Shadow Brisé

Requirements
Brisé, Intentions

Short description
This is a Brisé without any intention

Principle
The point of this skill is to do an attack with the least amount of intention, so the parry won't come up fast enough to protect the target.

Strengths
Stays invisible up to the very last moment. It usually seems to come "out of nowhere". Nobody ever sees it coming.

Weaknesses
The main problem of this attack is, when it's well performed, it is so invisible that not even the referee nor the judges see it. Therefore, even if you happen to hit your target, you probably won't score. Worse, the referee might observe you for a non-valid Brisé, since they didn't see the armé.

How to use it?
You have to keep your intentions at the minimum possible level. It means keeping the body movement to a minimum, relaxing your guard position, no sudden move, and try to keep your stick in a plan that is exactly parallel with the attack axis for as long as possible. Finally, try to keep your distance about half a step from hitting distance to lower your opponent's guard.

Grinding this skill
You have to learn how to do a clean brisé using only your arm. Then you need to dissociate your arm from the rest of your body and mind by doing decoordination exercises : try to keep doing the attack while doing something completely different. For example, practice while chatting with someone, walking around, doing side-steps, jumps, squats... whichever comes to mind.