Lehrling II

Lehrling Level 1 Syllabus

Theory

Basic Information

• 4 Openings (high/low)
• Parts of the weapon
• Gripping the Longsword

Engagement Theory

Stages of the Fight

• Onset (beginning)
• Handworks (middle)
• Withdrawal (end)

Initiative

• Vor (before)
• Nach (after)
• Gleich (simultaneously)
• Indes (instantly)

Longsword

Stances

• Front weighted
• Rear weighted
• Cross stance

Footwork

• Passing step
• Triangle step
• Stolen/Broken
• Side/Glide step
• Gathering (lead/rear)

Principal Guards

• Vom tag (from the day/roof)
• Alber (fool)
• Ochs (ox)
• Pflug (plough)

Secondary Guards

Low Side Guards

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

High Side Guards

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

Centreline Guards

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

Hanging Guards

• Hangetort (hanging point)
• Einhorn (unicorn)

Principal Cuts

• Oberhauw
• Unterhauw
• Mittelhauw
• Zornhauw

Secondary Cuts

• Zwerch (thwart)
• Krumphauw (crooked cut)
• Sturtzhauw (plunge cut)
• Wechselhauw (change cut)
• Glutzhauw (clashing cut)
• Kronhauw (crown cut)

• Prellhauw (bounce cut)
• Kurtzhauw(short cut)
• Blendthauw (blind strike)
• Kneichelhauw (elbow strike)
• Schielhauw (squinting strike)
• Windthauw (wind strike)

Cutting to the Openings

• Meyer Square - row 1 to 4
• Cutting through and to the point
• Cutting as parries

Handwork Sets

• Long edge parry set
• Hanging parry set

• Crossguard parry set
• Oberhauw parry set

Deceptions/entries

• Verfliegen (Flying off)
• Fehlen (Failing)
• Zucken (Pulling)
• Durchwechseln (Changing Through)
• Nachreissen (Chasing)

Meyer's Devices/Plays

• Attacking to the Openings Device 127v.1
• Stages of the engagement example 126r.1

Wrestling

• Arm locks 1-5 against an opponent striking out dynamically