Step 1 of 4Liechtenauer tradition, 15th c.
Folio 1rGerman (Liechtenauer)
Die Winden (24)
— the twenty-four windings
Liechtenauer's twenty-four. Four bindings × eight winds × three resolutions — the mother of all techniques at the sword.
From the bind, feel; rotate the hilt to change the geometry without leaving the steel; resolve as a thrust, a cut, or a slice depending on whether the opening that has appeared is the face, the head, or the arms.
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Ⅰ
Band
— the bind
Your cut has met their blade. Both swords are in contact; both points are loaded.
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