@3:39 FotR: Any time an opponent comes in with a hard counter-sixte, close the distance and cede into prime. The opponent would never have the time to pull back the arm or disengage for a remise... Doing this though, if you don't close the distance, you risk them retaking control of the blade and gaining the inside point position. This isn't a huge risk if you have an opponent that is strongly committed to a fleche action, but if they are the type to try second intention or to stop mid-fleche, you're going to have a bad time unless you step into it. Similarly, the prime must only be a response to strong and forward pressure in sixte; going to prime directly, instead of ceding into it, risks the opponent just drawing you into a very vulnerable position. No matter the engagement, there is always a relatively simple and direct ceding action that can efficiently gain you either blade control or inside point position in an infighting situation; however, the manner of ceding is reversed when fencing an opposite handed opponent, so you'll want to avoid ceding as muscle memory. More than anything else, controlling the circumstances in which you enter an infighting situation will always be more effective than trying to respond already within one.
@3:39 FotR: Any time an opponent comes in with a hard counter-sixte, close the distance and cede into prime. The opponent would never have the time to pull back the arm or disengage for a remise... Doing this though, if you don't close the distance, you risk them retaking control of the blade and gaining the inside point position. This isn't a huge risk if you have an opponent that is strongly committed to a fleche action, but if they are the type to try second intention or to stop mid-fleche, you're going to have a bad time unless you step into it. Similarly, the prime must only be a response to strong and forward pressure in sixte; going to prime directly, instead of ceding into it, risks the opponent just drawing you into a very vulnerable position. No matter the engagement, there is always a relatively simple and direct ceding action that can efficiently gain you either blade control or inside point position in an infighting situation; however, the manner of ceding is reversed when fencing an opposite handed opponent, so you'll want to avoid ceding as muscle memory. More than anything else, controlling the circumstances in which you enter an infighting situation will always be more effective than trying to respond already within one.