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Travelling after is best deployed against fencers who cut past their target significantly without covering our own blade or line.
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Travelling after is best deployed against fencers who cut past their target and provide no pending threat at the end of the cut with edge or point, especially those who don't have distance and timing.
  
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==Application Examples==
  
Lew:
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===Application 1 - Voiding===
Item, mark the Travelings-after are many[19] and multiple, and pertain to driving with great prudence against the fencers that fence from free long hews,[68] and otherwise do not hold[69] the right Art of the Sword, etc.
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Item, the first technique from the Traveling-after
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This Nachreisen begins in the [[Zufechten]].
  
Drive it thus: when you come to him with the pre-fencing, then set the left foot forward and stand in the guard From the Day, and see well even that which he fences against you. If he then hews in[15] long from his right shoulder, then do not parry him, and wait so that he does not reach you with the hew. Then mark while his sword goes below you against the earth, [and] then spring to him[70] with the right foot, and hew him above in to the opening of his right side before he comes up again. So he is struck, etc.
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none;"
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|-
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! Teacher
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! Student
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| [[Vom tag]], left leg forward
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| [[Vom tag]], left leg forward
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| Cut an [[Oberhau]] all the way through the target down into [[Alber]]
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| Void the blow with a slight movement back (or a step if necessary)
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|-
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| Cut back in with to his right side, [[Springing]] forward with the right foot.
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|}
  
Item, another technique.
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Notice we are cutting to the right opening with a springing of the right foot.  This is a movement specific to Lew, other authors simply say cut to the head.  In any case the exact cut we should be using is unspecified, though a simple [[Oberhau]] is easy enough (though other cuts can be used, even such cuts as a [[Krumphau]].  The exact cut you use depends greatly on context, and the particular interpretation/style you prefer.
  
When he forehews at you and you hew after him, if he then drives quickly up with the sword and parries, then remain strongly with the long edge on his sword. If he then lifts upwards with the sword, then spring with the left foot well behind his right, and strike him with the Thwart (or such) to the right side of his head, and work quickly around to his left side with the Doubling (or such with other techniques) thereafter, if you find he is Soft or Hard on the sword. And that is the Outer Conduct, etc.
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===Application 2 - äussere mÿnn===
  
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The äussere mÿnn (outside intent/conduct) is a follow up to the earlier Nachreisen.  In this case we have attacked with Application 1 and the opponent has lifted up their own sword to parry - we now travel after the new opening with a Zwerchau etc.
  
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none;"
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|-
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! Teacher
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! Student
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|-
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| [[Vom tag]], left leg forward
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| [[Vom tag]], left leg forward
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|-
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| Perform Application 1
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| Perform Application 1 to completion
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|-
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| Lift up the sword to parry the incoming stroke
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| Remain strong on the sword, as they lift upward spring with the left foot behind his right and cut a [[Zwerchau]] to the right side of his head.
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|-
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| [[Duplieren]] behind the blade with a second cut (optionally use other techniques to withdraw)
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|}
  
Ringeck:
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= 16th Century =
Note,[18] this is when he mis-hews himself before you: so race after him with a hew to the upper opening; if he then drives up and binds[208] under you upon the sword, so note just as soon as one sword sparks[209] on the other, [and] so fall upon him from the sword with the long-edge over his arm, and also press him from you (as stands pictured next),[42] or cut him from the sword through the mouth. Deploy this to both sides.
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The broad principles of Nachreisen in Meyers text seem to encompass the principles of both the Nachreisen and the [[Vier Ansetzen]] from 15th century sources.  The idea is that each time the opponent moves to attack from another guard position, they open themselves to attacks in the area from which they have departed, whether they be acting in preparation, or cutting through.
  
Mark, when you fence against him from Under-hewing, or from the slashing, or lie against him in the guard that is called Fool, if he then falls with his sword on yours before you therewith come up, then remain thus with your sword below on his and heave upwards. If he then Winds on the sword with the point into your face or breast, then do not let him off from the sword, and follow him thereafter, and work in with the point to the nearest opening. Or, if he strikes around from the sword, then follow him or Travel-after with the point as before.
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For example, if an opponent stands in a lower guard and lifts to Tag, we should chase after their movement with a cut to the lower opening and preempt their strike. In this way the principle is similar to the [[Vier Ansetzen]] in the earlier texts.
 
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Mark, you shall travel after him from all hews and from all guards[13] as quickly as you can when he fore-hews from you or opens himself with the sword. And see that afterward you do not open yourself nor fore-hew with the Travelling-after, and mark that to both sides.
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== Application Examples ==
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= 16th Century =
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The general term for following behind an opponent's movement by attacking to the opening just created.  For example if the opponent cuts down from above avoid the stroke and cut in from above to the newly vacated opening. Likewise if the opponent lifts up in to [[Vom tag]] from [[Alber]] immediately cut in from below under the arms.
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Likewise if the opponent cuts down from above all the way to [[Wechsel]], we avoid the stroke and cut in from above to the newly vacated opening. This closely resembles the Nachreisen described in the 15th century sources.
  
 
== Application Examples ==
 
== Application Examples ==
  
 
See [[Kniechelhauw]] Application
 
See [[Kniechelhauw]] Application

Latest revision as of 01:06, 4 October 2018

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[edit] Chasing After

[edit] 15th Century

Nachreisen is usually described as chasing or travelling after, and as the name suggests it is a movement which follows after a movement of our opponent. Lew gives an excellent description of when we should use it when he says:

"Travelings [...] pertain to driving with great prudence against the fencers that fence from free long hews, and otherwise do not hold the right Art of the Sword..."

Travelling after is best deployed against fencers who cut past their target and provide no pending threat at the end of the cut with edge or point, especially those who don't have distance and timing.

[edit] Application Examples

[edit] Application 1 - Voiding

This Nachreisen begins in the Zufechten.

Teacher Student
Vom tag, left leg forward Vom tag, left leg forward
Cut an Oberhau all the way through the target down into Alber Void the blow with a slight movement back (or a step if necessary)
Cut back in with to his right side, Springing forward with the right foot.

Notice we are cutting to the right opening with a springing of the right foot. This is a movement specific to Lew, other authors simply say cut to the head. In any case the exact cut we should be using is unspecified, though a simple Oberhau is easy enough (though other cuts can be used, even such cuts as a Krumphau. The exact cut you use depends greatly on context, and the particular interpretation/style you prefer.

[edit] Application 2 - äussere mÿnn

The äussere mÿnn (outside intent/conduct) is a follow up to the earlier Nachreisen. In this case we have attacked with Application 1 and the opponent has lifted up their own sword to parry - we now travel after the new opening with a Zwerchau etc.

Teacher Student
Vom tag, left leg forward Vom tag, left leg forward
Perform Application 1 Perform Application 1 to completion
Lift up the sword to parry the incoming stroke Remain strong on the sword, as they lift upward spring with the left foot behind his right and cut a Zwerchau to the right side of his head.
Duplieren behind the blade with a second cut (optionally use other techniques to withdraw)

[edit] 16th Century

The broad principles of Nachreisen in Meyers text seem to encompass the principles of both the Nachreisen and the Vier Ansetzen from 15th century sources. The idea is that each time the opponent moves to attack from another guard position, they open themselves to attacks in the area from which they have departed, whether they be acting in preparation, or cutting through.

For example, if an opponent stands in a lower guard and lifts to Tag, we should chase after their movement with a cut to the lower opening and preempt their strike. In this way the principle is similar to the Vier Ansetzen in the earlier texts.

Likewise if the opponent cuts down from above all the way to Wechsel, we avoid the stroke and cut in from above to the newly vacated opening. This closely resembles the Nachreisen described in the 15th century sources.

[edit] Application Examples

See Kniechelhauw Application

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