Put this clip just before the first exchange in a fight edit, then follow the strike itself with a punch sound effect and layer a metal pipe clang underneath for the blade hitting something hard.
Über diesen Sound
This clip is the clean metallic slide of a sword being drawn from its scabbard, a short steel scrape lasting about one second. It gives a listener a tense, dramatic jolt, like the instant before a fight starts when showing off is over and the weapon is actually out.