Longsword

Posture

• Front weighted
• Rear weighted
• Cross stance

Footwork

• Passing Step
• Triangle Step
• Stolen Step/Broken Step
• Side Step/Glide Step
• Gathering Step
• Cross Step

Guards

Principal Guards

• Vom tag
• Ochs
• Pflug
• Alber

Secondary Guards

Low Side Guards

• Wechsel
• Nebenhut
• Schranckhut

High Side Guards

• Zornhut
• Mittelhut
• Schlussel

Centreline Guards

• Eisenport
• Langort
• Kron

Hanging Guards

• Hangetort
• Einhorn

Principal Cuts

• Oberhauw
• Unterhauw
• Mittelhauw
• Zornhauw

Secondary Cuts

• Zwerch
• Krumphauw
• Sturtzhauw
• Kronhauw
• Wechselhauw
• Kurtzhauw
• Prellhauw
• Blendthauw
• Windthauw
• Kneichelhauw
• Schielhauw
• Glutzhauw

Cutting to the Openings

• Meyer Square
• Example Device 127v.1

Parrying & Handwork Sets

• Hanging parry set
• Long edge parry set
• Crossguard parry set
• Oberhauw parry set

Deceptions/entries

• Flying off
• Failing
• Pulling
• Changing through
• Chasing after

Stages of the Fight

• Example Device 126.1a

Devices from Vom Tag

• First play
• Second play
• Third play
• Fourth play
• Fifth play ("another")
• Breaking the High Guard

Devices from Zornhut

• First play
• Second play
• Third play
• Fourth play
• Fifth play ("another")
• "Rule"
• Left zornhut

Devices from Ochs

• First play
• Second play
• Third play
• Fourth play

Devices from Einhorn

• First play
• Second play
• Third play
• Fourth play

Devices from Schlussel

• First play
• Second play

Devices from Hanging Point

• First play
• Second play

Devices from Eisenport

• First play
• Second play

Devices from Nebenhut

• First play

Devices from Mittelhut

• First play
• Second play