Riposte

A riposte is an immediate counterattack from a successful parry . The technique of the riposte combines the recording of the incoming attack directly with the counterattack , which exploits a gap in the opposing defense caused by the attack .

use

The term comes from the French language and describes a quick-witted answer there. The term in the sense of the close combat maneuver is mainly used in fencing and martial arts , in the latter case mostly when defense and counterattack are carried out with the same extremity (arm, leg).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ dtv-Lexikon, Volume 15, September 1976, page 197
2. ↑ http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905/A/Riposte?hl=riposte