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Revision as of 06:45, 28 June 2016
The longsword is the subject of the majority of historical fencing manuals from the medieval/high medieval period. While many of the texts also describe other weapons, the longsword provides a common thread throughout. Meyer also uses many of the lessons from the longsword as a basis for his other weapon treatises.
From its earliest days the longsword was a battlefield weapon and remained in use as such through the 14th and 15th centuries, eventually fading into disuse as a common battlefield weapon at the close of the 16th century. During this period, however, it also became the weapon of choice for judicial duels, as well as one of the central weapons in competitive schulefechten. This last application became the central focus of the longsword during the 16th century with the rise in popularity of fencing as a sport amongst the citizens of German towns and cities.
In Meyer Free Scholars the longsword is used to teach all of the principles of armed combat that apply to other weapons, and as such takes up the greater part of the basic syllabus. Longsword techniques integrate directly with ringen with one transitioning smoothly into the other as the flow of combat dictates.
Basic Information
- 4 Openings (high/low)
- Parts of the weapon
- Gripping the weapon
Fencing Theory
- Vor (before/initiative)
- Nach (after)
- Gleich (simultaneously)
- Indes (immediately, in the moment)
- Stages of the Exchange
Posture
- Front weighted
- Rear weighted
- Cross stance
Footwork
Guards
Principal Guards
Secondary Guards
Low Side Guards
- Wechsel (change)
- Nebenhut (near guard)
- Schranckhut (barrier guard)
High Side Guards
Centreline Guards
Hanging Guards
Strikes
Principal Cuts
- Oberhauw (high cut)
- Unterhauw (low cut)
- Mittelhauw (middle cut)
- Zornhauw (wrath cut)
Secondary Cuts
- Zwerch (thwart)
- Krumphauw (crooked strike)
- Sturtzhauw (plunge strike)
- Kronhauw ( crown strike)
- Wechselhauw (change strike)
- Kurtzhauw (short strike)
- Prellhauw (rebound strike)
- Blendthauw (blind strike)
- Windthauw (winding string)
- Kneichelhauw (wrist strike)
- Schielhauw (squinting strike)
- Glutzhauw (clashing strike)
Cutting to the Openings
Handwork Descriptions
Attacking
- Abschneiden (slicing off)
- Nachreisen (chasing)
- Schlaudern (slinging)
- Einlauffen (running in)
Anbinden (binding)
Verstullen (blocking)
- Schneiden (slicing)
- Hendtrucken (pressing hands)
- Verkehren (reversing)
- Außreissen (wrenching)
- Sperren (barring)
- Ubergreiffen (over gripping)
Absetzen (setting off)
- Umbschlagen (striking around)
- Rinde (looping/rounds)
- Ablauffen (running off)
- Doplieren (doubling)
- Umbschnappen (snapping around)
- Winden (winding)
- Durchwinden (winding through)
- Verschieben (sliding/deflecting)
- Hengen (hanging)
Verfuhren (deceiving)
- Zirckel (circle)
- Zucken (pulling)
- Verfliegen (flitting)
- Wechseln (changing)
- Fehlen (failing)
Parrying & Handwork Sets
This set of techniques comprise some simple drills intended to illustrate some of the more interesting handworks in Meyer's system.
Deceptions/entries
- Verfliegen (Flying off)
- Fehlen (Failing)
- Zucken (Pulling)
- Durchwechseln (Changing Through)
- Nachreissen (Chasing)
Stages of the Fight
Devices from Vom Tag
Devices from Zornhut
Devices from Ochs
Devices from Einhorn
Devices from Schlussel
Devices from Hangetort
Devices from Eisenport
- First play
- Second play
Devices from Nebenhut
- First play
Devices from Mittelhut
- First play
- Second play
