A Compound Attack ...
... that gets no respect is the feint of straight thrust-straight thrust. After all, if the opponent does not react to your feint of straight thrust, you just finish it in the same line. It’s sort of a continuation thing.
Not really. It is time to think about this action as what it is - a compound attack. If you fence eyes open, compound attacks are a feint, followed by observation of the opponent’s reaction, followed by the actual attack. If I feint a straight thrust, my most logical second actions are:
(1) disengage if the opponent attempts a lateral parry,
(2) counterdisengage if the opponent attempts a change-parry, and
(3) straight thrust if the opponent does not react.
In each case I have executed a two tempo action, the feint followed by the actual attack based on the opponent’s reaction. And that is a compound attack. If you make a feint and then blindly continue in the same line without recognizing the opponent’s reaction, I am not sure why you made a feint in the first place.
And the same logic applies to the feint of disengage, followed by straight thrust when the opponent does not react.