Dude you are making high quality content here. Now I'm hooked on Hooked On Fencing.

Please, make more of these videos, they are really good!

Your explanation of the distinction between “opened-eye” and “closed-eye” actions is excellent. Fencing YouTube finds another gem in your channel.

I think tactically, the biggest critical change is the distance.  Grumier pulled Imre into the same counter attack that worked for him before but at the wrong distance... passe.  Like another commenter said, the line chosen accentuated Imre's error (but it was a beat w/ coupe so it left him on the same inside line) Imre pulls his own arm in addition to the beat (good angle at 8:46).
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Your videos are really well done. Very helpful. In my opinion some of the best fencing analysis. Please keep up the great work. Look forward to watching your next videos. Thanks,

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I like it so much…especially explained concept of open and closed eyes attacks

Terrific analysis, and a clear explanation. I'm sharing with my Epee students!  There is so much to unpack here; I could use this video as the springboard for a dozen mini-lectures. Thanks!

My view is that this touch was possible because Imre wasn't in a true en-garde position and didn't step back but instead raised in panic (I think), and his reaction to the beat was to withdraw his arm further, essentially assisting the beat and meaning that by the time he place his point it was passé and missed Grumier.

Excellent video, it was a pleasure to watch.

11:35 - I think the other important difference between these hits is the line of Grumier's beat. Imre goes for that counterattack to body on both points, but when Grumier tries the quarte beat, it inevitably leaves Imre's blade in the inside line, making it easy for Imre to replace the point and score. The sixte beat addresses that issue - it moves Imre's point to the outside line, giving him the choice between a tricky counter to flank, a big disengage back to the inside line or withdrawing the hand to then return to the correct line. Imre takes option 3 and nearly makes it, but not quite.

An interesting question is what would have been the correct defence? Big semi-circular parry in octave? Tough call to make when Grumier, the tall Frenchman with the French grip, loves those hits to hand over the top of the guard and the beat (from Imre's perspective) could easily have been a preparation for that instead.