| Con stayed on the defensive, blocking and parrying, and occasionally countering when he thought there was an opening. |
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| This particular knife was her pride and joy, a replica Knight's parrying dagger whose blade was finely engraved and sharp as a razor. |
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| Her bare feet created a rhythm of their own as she moved all over the floor, lunging and retracting, parrying invisible foes. |
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| He cleaved the head off of an imaginary foe before turning about, parrying a blow by another imaginary enemy. |
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| Suddenly Constantine advanced and Alexander was driven back, parrying Constantine's attacks with his great sword. |
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| Soldiers came in from behind, and she spun around, parrying their attacks, and blasting them with her fire. |
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| He stopped parrying my attacks, took two good shots on the chin, parried the kick I aimed at his gut and batted my leg aside. |
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| The Blue Archer quickly recovered and threw a few more punches, a few hitting their mark, parrying the retaliating blows well. |
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| Instead of parrying, Celia crouched under the blade's arc and reprised with an upward thrust of her own weapon. |
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| The remise is an action often used by beginners, instead of parrying if their attack is parried. |
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| First from immobility, the instructor remaining in lunge and parrying back to quarte. |
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| Head This historically inspired model can stand as a parrying weapon or in combination with a shield. |
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| A fencer is defending when taking steps back, or when parrying and riposting. |
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| Some fencers find particular difficulty in parrying the cut-over because the point disappears from their field of vision. |
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| The physical practice of Iaido includes drawing, parrying and cutting motions, as well as various methods of returning the sword to the scabbard. |
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| Over the years he has seen off numerous competitors, parrying attacks from all sides and always, somehow, emerging victorious. |
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| Yet Iran's rulers, rather than parrying, sidestepping or giving ground, seem determined to fight on both fronts at once. |
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| With Lebanese elections scheduled for June, Mr Mikati found himself parrying demands that were sure to alienate his Sunni constituents. |
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| The attacker will not be drawn into parrying a counter-attack unless he perceives the threat very early in his attack. |
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| Active parrying, variable attack tactics with different hit results, and the reaction of the opponent to the selected strategy all ensure that every combat scenario becomes an unforgettable, individual experience. |
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| But on each occasion though the goalkeeper stood firm, parrying to safety. |
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| On all occasions, however, whether in pressing demands or parrying those of the other party, the strength and stability of the alliance had to be preserved, or better still, enhanced. |
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| This affords a significant advantage, particularly in parrying stopcuts. |
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| And there are limits to the parrying argument that a leadership contest would create a vacuum of power at a time when Britain needs a firm hand on the tiller. |
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| The hosts' profligacy came back to haunt them four minutes before the interval, Nagoya keeper Toru Hasegawa parrying a fierce shot from Al Ittihad skipper Noor into the path of Saleh Al Saqri, who made no mistake. |
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| Faced with the tide of public disgust, and pressed by journalists to say what they would do, Sinn Fein leaders, usually so skilful at parrying hostile questions, also seemed taken aback. |
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| Defense when fighting with a rapier was effected by parrying with the left hand, which was protected by a gauntlet or cloak or equipped with a dagger. |
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| He then missed another glorious chance on the hour mark, although credit must go to Mohammadi for brilliantly parrying away the Brazilian's volley from close range. |
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| Once the attacker has parried he will then have the right to riposte and so on, each fencer parrying and riposting in turn until a hit is scored or a fencing rule is contravened, or the fencers choose to terminate the phrase. |
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