For some barbaric guilds the battle is a simple continuation of 'raising your
weapon and smashing the enemy's skull with it', to a point of utter boredom.
There are more interesting ways of fighting, and this is one of them. In
fencing the comprehension of different techniques and how to combine them (to
create a 'cadence' into your fencing) is vital. A combination that works
wonders against one foe may fail against another. You need to be flexible, you
need to be clever.