Most people he tried to kill in this manner were dead by the first lunge through his agility alone; obviously this man did not want to follow precedent.

Once he saw the cutlass coming straight for his shoulder, he used the momentum from the parry to step to the side, just out of the way. Less grace than he would have liked, and with the blade too close for comfort. He quickly shifted his footing back a little, now no longer directly facing the other man. Another lunge, deeper, to go under where he had been parried before.