Regarding my comment about a simple parry in quarte, for those not all that familiar with fencing, it would involve simply moving one's blade quickly to that position, deflecting the incoming blade. That done, the riposte (return thrust) would simply involve extending the sword arm and letting the attacker run onto the point (which he is already doing, but you would not be hit).

Here are four of the eight basic parry positions:   Clicky.

I can think of several other defensive moves that would totally screw up the attack.

What do they teach these guys, anyway?

Don Firth