Reckless aggression at first glance, Gigue's first move was in fact a well calculated one, both snatching the initiative and probing out his opponent's fighting style with a bold provocation. 

Same as Sigurd, he had briefly inspected his adversary's equipment, yet his glare was aloof as he stowed away the information, without sparing time to analyze. His mind would resurface it, but at a later time, when those details - the placement of the metal plates on Sigurd's armor, his unsheathed longsword, spare axe on his belt - would come into play. The rationale behind this was that Gigue had been seeking out not a vague impression, but something much more definitive, which stood out: stood out enough to define the way he would approach this fight. 

However, his eye caught none such features, so he changed his mode of thought to a different one.

About 8 yards away from the stream's edge, he suddenly broke out into a run, charging right at the warrior, and having picked up some speed, leapt. The intention was to land right in front of Sigurd, their feet less than an arm's distance away, thus putting them both inside the range of each others' weapons - a move brash and wholly nontraditional. There were a myriad of ways the man could react to this - and which of them Sigurd chose would be quite telling of his mindset, giving Gigue a robust foundation for his battleplan. After all, it was when a split-second decision had to be made, that a man's instincts stood out most.

Whether this would lend him any other sort of advantage was up to debate, but he was confident that he wouldn't be doing his opponent a service either. From the moment his feet left the ground, he ready to adapt at a moment's notice and make sure that whatever the man did, he would at least break even.