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| + | Meyer differs slightly from earlier masters in his division of the human body. Whereas earlier masters | ||
| + | divided the body into a simple four quarters (upper left, upper right, lower left, lower right) Meyer also | ||
| + | divides the head into four quarters. | ||
| + | One can speculate that this represents a focus on blows to the head in 16th century fechtschulen as a | ||
| + | means of “scoring”, though it may simply be a natural extension of older terminology to provide more | ||
| + | accuracy/precision in practice. | ||
== Parts of the weapon == | == Parts of the weapon == | ||
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* The weak - the tip of the sword. | * The weak - the tip of the sword. | ||
| − | Gripping the weapon | + | == Gripping the weapon == |
Revision as of 06:40, 24 June 2016
4 Openings (high/low)
Meyer differs slightly from earlier masters in his division of the human body. Whereas earlier masters divided the body into a simple four quarters (upper left, upper right, lower left, lower right) Meyer also divides the head into four quarters. One can speculate that this represents a focus on blows to the head in 16th century fechtschulen as a means of “scoring”, though it may simply be a natural extension of older terminology to provide more accuracy/precision in practice.
Parts of the weapon
Meyer divides the sword further than previous masters. As you can see in the image above, aside from the usual true/false edge, he divides the blade into four sections:
- The “bind” or “haft” which includes the pommel, crossguard etc.
- The strong - the second “quarter” of the sword.
- The middle - lying between the strong and the weak.
- The weak - the tip of the sword.
