"...masters of the past have warned against attempting to overcome an adversary through fury, passion, and aggression. For instance, in an addendum to Johann Liechtenauer’s Recital on the Longsword, a medieval author notes that a person who fences “wittily and without all wrath” will “seldom lose.” - Ben Miller
https://outofthiscentury.wordpress.com/2016/03/14/the-best-defense-is-a-good-offense-really/