Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27350660-20160330094943/@comment-27963514-20160330161433

I think the main reason for the stance is to clearly show the viewer what her style is. The show has a lot of jumping, flipping, and spinning around in combat. It looks cool, but it's impractical, and a rigid style like fencing can easily get lost in all the action.

So start the fight with a pose that immediately puts "fencing" in to everyone's mind, regardless of whether the stance is appropriate or practical, and it doesn't matter that she's jumping from wall-to-wall, doing back handsprings, and casting dust attacks. By that point, we've already associated her with fencing, so it doesn't matter that 90% of what she does isn't even remotely related to the style.