At the recent Plovdiv Cadet World Championships, Los Angeles International Fencing Center’s (LAIFC) Justin Yoo lost a heartbreaking 15-14 priority bout for the Gold medal to Hungary’s Patrik Esztergályos. During the bout, the FIE managed to capture a photo of a beautiful flèche from Yoo that highlighted the qualities of a perfect flèche. These qualities include:

The start

The extension of the back arm

The clean extension of the front arm

The lateral burst

The timing

The finish

With the help of Olivia Weiss, Fencing.net has made the following image to illustrate and describe all of the components that go into a quality flèche attack. Read this closely, New Jersey High School Fencing, because it’s pretty stupid that you still ban this harmless move.