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Lehrling Level 1 Syllabus

Essentials

Basic Information

• Parts of the weapon
• Gripping the Longsword

Fencing Theory

• Four Lines of Principal Cuts
• The Four Openings
• The Four Times Vor, Nach, Indes, & Gleich (before, after, in-the-moment, and simultaneously)
  • Vor (before/initiative)
  • Nach (after)
  • Gleich (simultaneously)
  • Indes (immediately, in the moment)
• The Three Stages of the Exchange
• The Three Types of Strike: Provoker, Hitter, & Taker

Longsword

Posture

• Front weighted
• Rear weighted
• Cross stance

Footwork

• Passing step
• Gathering (lead/rear)
• Triangle step
• Double Step
• False/Cross Step
• Stolen Step

Guards/Postures

Principal Guards

• Vom tag
• Ochs
• Pflug
• Alber

Secondary Guards

Low Side Guards

• Wechsel (change)
• Nebenhut (near guard)
• Schranckhut (barrier guard)

High Side Guards

• Zornhut (wrath guard)
• Mittelhut (middle guard)
• Schlussel (key)

Centreline Guards

• Langort (long point)
• Kron (crown)
• Eisenport (iron gate)

Hanging Guards

• Hangetort (hanging point)
• Einhorn (unicorn)

Guards Progression

The student should be able to perform the progression of guards as a flourish to demonstrate movement and coordination.

Strikes

Principal Cuts

Cuts need only be performed at slow speed showing form and technique.

• Oberhauw
  • Application 1 - Oberhauw Entry
  • Application 2 - Oberhauw Parry
• Unterhauw
  • Application 1 - Unterhauw Entry
  • Application 2 - Unterhauw Parry
• Mittelhauw
  • Application 1 - Mittelhauw Entry
  • Application 2 - Mittlehauw Parry
• Zornhauw
  • Application 1 - Zornhauw Entry
  • Application 2 - Zornhauw Parry
  • Application 3 - Zornhauw Ablauffen
  • Application 4 - Zornhauw Fehlen

Secondary Cuts

Cuts need only be performed at slow speed showing form and technique.

Crooked cut variations:

• Krumphauw (crooked strike)
  • Application 1 - Krumphauw to the Arms/Head
  • Application 2 - Krumphauw as a Parry

Thwart cut variations:

• Zwerch (thwart)
  • Application 1 - Zwerch Entry
  • Application 2 - Zwerch as Absetzen
  • Application 3 - Zwerch Verfliegen

Plunging cut variations:

• Sturtzhauw (plunge strike)
  • Application 1 - Plunge Strike Entry

False edge cuts which parry:

• Schielhauw (squinting/schield strike)
  • Application 1 - Schielhauw Entry
  • Application 2 - Schielhauw Absetzen
  • Application 3 - Schielhauw Ablauffen
  • Application 4 - Schielhauw Fehlen

Changing strike variations:

• Wechselhauw (change strike)
  • Application 1 - Wechselhauw
  • Application 2 - Wechselhauw Driving

Cuts with winding:

• Windthauw (winding strike)
  • Application 1 - Windthauw Parry

Cutting to the Openings

• Meyer Square - row 1 & 2
• Cutting through and to the point

Fencing Free-play

The students shall demonstrate their ability to fence using the principles from Meyer's system in the following conditions:

• Fight a 2 minute bout at slow speed showing control and flow

Wrestling

• Arm locks 1-5 against a static opponent