Hangetort
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| − | One of Meyer's secondary guards, the hanging point is a defensive hanging guard similar to [[ochs]] except the point of the blade hangs downward and to the side around waist height. It can be used for deflecting or binding with equal facility. | + | One of Meyer's secondary guards, the hanging point is a defensive hanging guard similar to [[ochs]] except the point of the blade hangs downward and to the side around waist height. If the blade were, conversely, lifted, it would have become an [[einhorn]]. |
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| + | It can be used for deflecting or binding with equal facility and is seen with both forward and cross step [[posture]]. | ||
Revision as of 06:21, 23 June 2016
Hanging Point
One of Meyer's secondary guards, the hanging point is a defensive hanging guard similar to ochs except the point of the blade hangs downward and to the side around waist height. If the blade were, conversely, lifted, it would have become an einhorn.
It can be used for deflecting or binding with equal facility and is seen with both forward and cross step posture.
