Adapting during a bout - Shikine vs Choi Analysis 2023

Ryan Choi vs Takahiro Shikine at the Acapulco World Cup turned into an interesting bout!

Leave your thoughts on the fencing & the bout in the comments 😃 I would love to hear.

Two of the most interesting men's foil fencers on the circuit for their creative and modern approaches to fencing, this bout is a rematch of the Table of 16 bout at the Tokyo Olympics where Shikine beat Choi to advance to the quarter finals.

The photo in the thumbnail is by Alexander N Walson Yeung.

Fencers in this video:
Choi HKG
Shikine JPN

Voiceover done by James Wyatt

[manuelreyes]

Getting hit with point in line 3 times in a row has to be the most humbling experience. Great fencing thou jaja

[chunchoy]

I like it a lot it really helps me fence and pls do more on different types of fencers

[BrianGollnick-vp]

Shikine's first hit really is one of those ones where you wonder yourself how you got that to work. Nice video on a great topic: what to do when nothing seems to be working.

[ttw]

I love watching choi!! His style is really cool, unique and creative:)

[grocharon]

Excellent analysis! I was a little curious on the first point though. I note the call was overturned on review, however for me, Choi loses his PIL priority as soon as he withdraws his arm. Shikine thereafter immediately attacks, so I think the original call was the correct one.

[garchompdude]

Say what you want about how he fences but Choi had a plan and he followed through