Cavation
The cavation is an action used in fencing . In a forward movement, the tip of the blade executes a circular motion around the enemy weapon . The cavation (also called bypassing) is used to avoid the enemy weapon or to break a bond. A Cavation Into Tempo is understood to be an evasion attack that is carried out into the enemy attack.
The cavation should be made as small as possible in order to achieve the necessary speed that makes it impossible for the opponent to parry again or to form a bond.
There is the simple cavation, that is, the movement is carried out either to the left or to the right, the double bypass (double cavity), i.e. H. the cavation is carried out first to the left and then to the right (or vice versa) and bypassing the circle, i.e. H. the weapon bypasses the opponent's weapon in a circle (two bypasses optionally to the left or right).
literature
Luigi Barbasetti: The Art of the Saber and the Epee . 1936. Reprint 2019. ISBN 978-3-96401-005-6 , pp. 63,109.