Variable planes of footwork	Multiple directions in which one might travel.
Valid Hits	Hits which arrive on target.
Vault	To jump over and obstacle or above a strike to the legs.
VCR	(Film) Video Cassette recorder.
Vertical attack	An attack travelling from a high to a low line at an angle of 90 degrees to the floor.
Vertical changement	Changement made from a high to a low line or vice versa.
Vertical jump	Extremely theatrical evasive maneuver of leaping above a cut to the legs.
Video assist	(Film) A film feed taken from the camera viewfinder and displayed on a monitor usually for the director to watch during shooting.
Viggiani, Angelo	Italian master who proclaimed the superiority of the thrust over the cut in 1560. A contributor to what we now call the lunge.
Vocal	A sound created with the voice to express a reaction to pain, effort etc.
Void	To avoid (as opposed to parry)
Volte	Sudden evasion which turns the body almost parallel to the line of attack.
Volume	The degree of loudness.
Voluntary sounds	Conscious sounds delivered during a fight.
VT	(Film) Video Tape.