Schielhauw

Squinting Strike

A meisterhauw and one of Meyer's secondary strikes, this blow parries with the false edge while simultaneously striking. Meyer's version of this strike hits with higher hands than many interpretations of the early German version of the blow. The low handed version which slides along the opponent's blade is identified by Meyer as Glutzhauw.

Execution

Meyer doesn't explicitly say what blow this cut parries, but his images suggest that it can be used against oberhauw/zornhauw or unterhauw with equal facility. The wording in the text states that the cut ends as the figures on the left in the image, one depicts a cut against an unterhauw, the other against an oberhauw. The execution according to the canonical description is:

• Standing in a Vom tag or Zornhut
• As he cuts step forward and left with a Passing Step and cut in the style of a Zornhauw at the start, but wind the hands high as the cut is executed so their blade is deflected by your false edge, and you strike their head with high hands.

Application Example

In which the 'student' demonstrates their knowledge to the 'teacher'.

Teacher	Student
Zornhut, left leg forward	Vom tag, left leg forward
Passing Step Zornhauw	Glide Step forward and right and cut diagonally down to his upper left opening.
	As the cut moves forward turn the wind the hands so the pommel moves out to the left, keeping the hands quite high. This will deflect their blade with your false edge.
	Let the cut continue so it hits with the false edge to their head.