Viva La DWRP

The parry is difficult and awkward, trying to defeat the strike from his left with the wooden cutlass in her right hand. She has to interpose the 'blade' across the center line, and while she does manage it, she has to take two steps back to get properly back into stance.

Now she's feinting and striking more regularly, getting the measure of his spacing and trying to bait attacks. Thankfully, with her shorter reach, she has to be aggressive, or she knows damned well he'll just use his greater reach to slowly pick away at her.