Displacement (fencing)

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In fencing, displacement is a movement that avoids or dodges an attack.^[1]

Fencers commonly use displacement when attacking while not having priority. Attacking into the opponent's right-of-way is known as a counter-attack. If both fencers land, the fencer with priority, the attacker, is awarded the touch; therefore, the goal of the displacement is to hit the opponent while avoiding being hit in return. Displacement can take the form of retreating, advancing past the enemy's blade, utilising a flèche, ducking, or even stepping off the piste.

1. ^ Evangelista, Nick (1995). The encyclopedia of the sword. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-313-27896-9. OCLC 646068745.

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