Fechter I

Revision as of 03:26, 24 January 2017

General Knowledge

Progression of Engagement

• Know onset, handworks, withdrawal
• Understand vor, nach, gleich, indes
• Example Device 126r.1

Basic Knowledge

• 4 openings to body/head
• Parts of the sword
• Gripping the sword
• Types of Parrying

Wrestling/Grappling

• Arm locking
• Wrestling
• Ringen am Schwert

Longsword

Stances

• Front weighted
• Rear weighted
• Cross stance

Footwork

• Passing
• Triangle
• Double Triangle
• Stolen/Broken
• Side/Glide
• Gathering

Principle Guards

• Vom tag
• Ochs
• Pflug
• Alber

Secondary Guards

• Wechsel
• Nebenhut
• Schranckhut
• Zornhut
• Mittelhut
• Schlussel
• Eisenport
• Langenort
• Hangetort
• Einhorn

Thrusts

• Straight Thrust
• Winding Thrust

Principal Cuts

• Oberhauw
• Unterhauw
• Mittelhauw
• Zornhauw

Secondary Cuts

• Zwerch
• Krumphauw
• Sturzhauw
• Kronhauw
• Wechselhauw
• Kurtzhauw
• Prellhauw
• Blendthauw
• Windthauw
• Kneichelhauw
• Schielhauw
• Glutzhauw

Cutting to the Openings

• Meyer Square - row 1 & 2
• Meyer Square - row 3 & 4
• Meyer Square - On Point
• Meyer Square - Parrying
• Example Device 127v.1

Parrying & Handworks

• Hanging parries
• Long-edge/straight parries
• Crossguard parries
• Oberhauw parries

Deceptions/entries

• Flying off
• Failing
• Pulling
• Changing through
• Chasing after

Devices from Vom Tag

• First play

Devices from Zornhut

• First play
• "Rule"

Devices from Ochs

• First play

Devices from Einhorn

• First play

Devices from Schlussel

• First play

Devices from Hanging Point

• First play

Devices from Eisenport

• First play

Devices from Nebenhut

• First play

Devices from Mittelhut

• First play

Polearms

Guards

• Oberhut (High/over guard - including thrusting variation)
• Mittelhut (Middle guard/straight parrying, also field guard variation)
• Unterhut (Low/under guard)
• Steurhut (Rudder guard - both variations)

Staff Strikes

• True edge strike from above
• True edge strike from below
• Polearm Thrusts

Parrying Sets

• Polearm Parrying Set 1 - Cut from Above

Dussack(optional)

Guards

• Wrath guard
• Steer
• Middleguard
• Boar
• Change
• Watch
• Slice
• Longpoint
• Bastion
• Bow

Strikes

• Scheitel
• Zornhauw
• Zwerch/middle
• Unterhauw
• First cutting drill
• Second cutting drill
• Third cutting drill
• Fourth drill
• Example with 6 cuts
• Change cross through the middle
• Cross change

Dagger (optional)

Guards

• High guard
• Middle guard
• Low guard
• Cross gaurd

Application

• High guard applications
• Low guard application