I am stepping into the attack with a parry, so both of you are correct. In my head I took it for granted it was a two hand grip, it being a broadsword. Florian could have easily parried it with two hands and then freed a hand for grappling, or he could have executed the parry with one hand. But yes, this is true, I never mentioned it. My bad, once again. 

And I think I see the misunderstanding. In my head I saw this: Brennus stands in plow guard, left foot forward, right foot back and turned. Then during the attack, the right foot comes forward, accompanying the sword's downward strike. Is this incorrect?