Rappier
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* [[Nebenhut]] (side guard | * [[Nebenhut]] (side guard | ||
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* [[Ochs]] (ox) | * [[Ochs]] (ox) | ||
* [[Eisenport]] (iron gate) | * [[Eisenport]] (iron gate) | ||
Revision as of 04:25, 7 July 2016
While it is tempting to translate this weapon as “rapier”, its use bears only a superficial resemblance to the classical rapiers as we now think of them. A more accurate description of this weapon would be sidesword; a cut and thrust sword popular across the continent at the time, and showing the beginnings of the complex hilts which would become a defining characteristic of rapiers.
As such the Meyer rappier syllabus is a broadly cut and thrust method which shares a large amount of common terminology with the longsword and dussack.
Guards
Parries
- Slicing off
- Suppressing
- Going through
- Setting off
- Hanging
- Taking out (with the half edge)
Strikes
- Thrusts
