From On Guard, execute a standard lunge. Now recover and lunge at a 90 degree angle to your right. While recovering from this lunge, swing yourself 180 degrees and lunge to the left of your original lunge. Next, recover and swing yourself to the left 90 degrees again so that you are facing the exact opposite direction from where you started. Finally you wheel about so you are back On Guard at the starting position.

Hint: try and remain fluid and relaxed as you move through the points of the compass. If you want, lunge using the off hand to do the attack. Don't worry about speed, let that come with time.

Erik Schlagel, December 8, 2009
  

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