Zornhau
From Scholar Victoria
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Wrath Cut
15th Century
The 15th Century Zornhau is a tactical application of the Oberhau which is accompanied by several "Plays" describing subsequent fencing actions.
Application 1 - Zornhau
The fundamental opening to the Zornhau plays is described as a "simple peasant strike" (ie. a natural Oberhau) which is used to oppose an incoming Oberhau from the opponent. The cut is achieved without any explicit additional parrying, and cuts across the centreline and over the blade of the opponent.
Teacher | Student |
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Vom tag, left leg forward | Vomt tag, left leg forward, at measure |
Cut an Oberhau to the upper left opening with a Passing Step of the right foot | As soon as the opponent is within range, cut an Oberhau with a turn of the hip, displacing the blade and ending with a Passing Step. |
The blade should either hit, or end on-point with the opponent.
16th Century
In Meyer's text this is written as the Zornhauw and is a more generic usage of a diagonal cut.