Meisterhauw

15th Century

These are The Five Hews of the Liechtenauer tradition.

16th Century

The term Master-strikes shows up in the 16th century to describe the key cuts of the earlier Liechtenauer tradition. Specifically it is the description of the cuts:

• Oberhauw
• Zornhauw
• Zwerch
• Krumphauw
• Schielhauw