Parrying Set 1

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In which the 'student' demonstrates their knowledge to the 'teacher' of various parries inspired by the devices against attacks at various openings.

Meister	Lehrling
Vom tag, left leg forward	Alber, left leg forward
Passing Step Oberhauw	Passing Step forward & well to the right with the rear foot Hangetort parry and allow the blade to flow off (Ablauffen)
Fall through to Alber	Triangle Step right with the rear (left) cut around (Umbschlagen with a Zornhauw)

Meister	Lehrling
Vom tag, left leg forward	Alber, left leg forward
Passing Step Zwerch	Hangetort parry with the blade almost vertical, Lead leg Gathering Step forward if necessary
	Reach forward with left hand and grasp crossguard/schilt
	Passing Step back with left foot, twist Teacher's sword out to the left and cut over with a single handed cut with the right hand.

Meister	Lehrling
Zornhut, left leg forward	Alber, left leg forward
Passing Step Mittelhauw	Hangetort parry with the blade angled, Gathering Step forward if necessary
Maintain the Bind	Reverse blade (Verkehren) so the point is to the right and lays over their sword and wrench right (Außreissen).
	Cut behind their blade to their face (Doplieren).

Optional advanced movement continued from the previous technique

Meister	Lehrling
Lift hands up to counter the reversing.	Release the left hand, allow the blade to flip back around to point left, underneath their sword.
	Grip blade with left hand in a half sword.
	Move blade up under forearms and hand pressing (Hendtrucken).
	Triangle Step to the left, slice over the arms with the halfsword grip (Schneiden).

Meister	Lehrling
Nebenhut, left leg forward	Alber, left leg forward
Passing Step Unterhauw to lower opening	Schranckhut parry.
	Passing Step forward with the right foot, bring pommel forward and rotate sword from beneath the Meister's and over his arms, into his head with a snapping (Umbschnappen).