Italian Sword & Buckler Mini-Lesson - The Five Winnings When you defend yourself the goal is to set aside the opponent’s strike and create a position of dominance that allows for a safe counter-attack. In Duello Armizare there are five categories that these techniques fall into: Parry, deflection, collection, counter-thrust and counter-cut. This mini lesson with sword & buckler shares several examples of each, all against a downward blow from the right. In the full system you learn how to make e