Rappier
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== [[Parries]] == | == [[Parries]] == | ||
| − | * [[Slicing | + | * [[Slicing Off]] |
* [[Suppressing]] | * [[Suppressing]] | ||
| − | * [[Going | + | * [[Going Through]] |
| − | * [[Setting | + | * [[Setting Off]] |
* [[Hanging]] | * [[Hanging]] | ||
| − | * [[Taking | + | * [[Taking Out]] (with the half edge) |
== [[Strikes]] == | == [[Strikes]] == | ||
*Thrusts | *Thrusts | ||
Revision as of 04:30, 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
