Step 1 of 3Saxony, 15th c.
Folio 1rGerman (Liechtenauer)
Duplieren
— doubling
Doubling. The short edge wraps over the bind and strikes the head from above before the opponent's parry has time to recover.
Distinguished from Mutieren by direction: where the mutation goes under the parry, the doubling goes over it. The cut is one continuous motion — bind, wrap, strike — and arrives behind their own blade.
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Starkes Band
— the strong bind
Your cut has met their parry strong on strong. Their blade blocks the direct line.
Next → Wrap the short edge over their blade · step 2: Duplieren
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