Oberhauw parry set
Right Vom tag Passing step Oberhau
Right Vom tag Triangle step offline right rearward oberhau to strong Cross hands to barring (sperren) Gather step and move up to slicing (schneiden) ????
Right zornhut
Passing step zwerch outside
Long edge parry Right Vom tag Triangle step offline right oberhau to strong Immediately zwerchau to lower inside
Right Zornhut
Passing step mittelhau
Right Vom tag Stolen step back, oberhau to an eisenport type position. Stolen step fwd, slice to face
Right Nebenhut Passing step Unterhau
Right Vom tag Triangle step offline right oberhau to strong Sturzhau\
In which the 'student' demonstrates their knowledge to the 'teacher' of various parries inspired by the devices against attacks at various openings.
Contents |
Response to an Oberhauw
Teacher | Student |
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Vom tag, left leg forward | Vom tag, left leg forward |
Passing Step Oberhauw | Passing Step rear right (in the manner of a Cross Step backward), cut an Oberhauw behind the Teacher's blade, increasing it's momentum and driving it to the ground. |
Cross the hands to bar them below the blade (Sperren), then lead leg Gathering Step to the Teacher's left with a rising slice to their arms or face (Schneiden). |
Response to a Zwerch
Teacher | Student |
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Vom tag, left leg forward | Alber, right leg forward |
Passing Step Zwerch | Passing Step forward Hangetort parry with the blade almost vertical |
Reach forward with left hand and grasp crossguard/schilt | |
Passing Step back with left foot, twist Teacher's sword out to the left and cut over with a single handed cut with the right hand. |
Response to a Mittelhauw
Teacher | Student |
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Zornhut, left leg forward | Alber, right leg forward |
Passing Step Mittelhauw | Passing Step forward Hangetort parry with the blade angled. |
Maintain the Bind | Reverse blade (Verkehren) so the point is to the right and lays over their sword and wrench right (Außreissen). |
Cut behind their blade to their face (Doplieren). |
Optional advanced movement continued from the previous technique
Teacher | Student |
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Lift hands up to counter the reversing. | Release the left hand, allow the blade to flip back around to point left, underneath their sword. |
Grip blade with left hand in a half sword. | |
Move blade up under forearms and hand pressing (Hendtrucken). | |
Triangle Step to the left, slice over the arms with the halfsword grip (Schneiden). |
Response to an Unterhauw
Teacher | Student |
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Nebenhut, left leg forward | Alber, right leg forward |
Passing Step Unterhauw to lower opening | Cross Step forward Schranckhut parry. |
Bring pommel forward and rotate sword from beneath the Teacher's and over his arms, into his head with a snapping (Umbschnappen). |