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Flying Off

The act of halting a cut just before the opponent parries it, then flying off with a cut to one of the other openings. This is actually a key part of the Meyer square - we fly off to other openings in succession.

Application Examples

In which the 'student' demonstrates their knowledge to the 'teacher' of a flying off to the opposite opening.

Meister	Lehrling
Eisenport, left leg forward	Zornhut, left leg forward
	Passing Step, Zornhauw
Long edge parry.	Before contact, pull the sword back and side step to the left, cutting a Zornhauw to their upper right opening.

Note: In some ways this particular example is similar to Zucken, the difference being that this flying off example is performed before blade contact, whereas zucken occurs after the bind is established.