Longsword Drills

Solo Drills

Cut Drill

1. Step with the right and zwerch ​from the right at head level.
2. Step with the left and zwerch ​from the left at head level.
3. Step with the right and cut a zornhau ​high right to low left.
4. Reverse the blade and step with the left to cut unterhau ​from low left to high right
5. Bring the blade around through right nebenhut and step with the right to cut unterhau ​from low right to high left.
6. Reverse the blade and step with the left, cutting zornhau ​from high left to low right.
7. Step forward with the right and cut krumphau ​from right to left.
8. Step forward with the left and cut krumphau ​left to right.
9. Stay in place and loop over into sturzhau ​on the right.
10. Step forward with the right and sturzhau ​to the left.
11. Step forward with the left and mittelhau ​from left to right
12. Step forward with the right and mittelhau ​from right to left.
13. Step forward with the right and bring the blade up and over into an oberhau straight down.
14. Slash back up to vom-tag with the false edge (move from alber to longpoint to vom-tag).

Guard Transition Drill

Guard Position	Forward Foot	Transition to Next Step
Zornhut	Left	Zornhau + pass forward
Wechsel	Right	Sturzhau (no step)
Ochs	Right	Unterhau + pass forward
Einhorn	Left	Falling false edge cut + forward
Vom-Tag	Right	Oberhau + pass forward
Alber	Left	Slash up + pass forward
Langort	Right	Pass forward
Eisenport	Left	Static parry
Kron	Left	Wrench left + schnappen + pass forward
Pflug	Right	Static parry with wind
Hangetort	Right	Zornhau + pass forward
Nebenhut	Left	Krumphau + pass forward
Schranckhut	Right	False edge cut to hands out + pass forward
Schlussel	Left	Parry high hanging + mittelhau + pass forward
Mittelhut	Right	Transition to zornhut (no step) and repeat other side.