Step 1 of 3Liechtenauer tradition, 15th c.
Arms extended, point at the opponent's face.
Talhoffer, Alte Armatur und Ringkunst, 1459 — Ms.Thott.290.2º, fol. 10r. Wikimedia Commons ↗
Folio 1rGerman (Liechtenauer)

Durchwechseln (script)

— changing-through as a sequence

Changing-through. They reach for your blade; you drop the point beneath and re-present it on the far side before they can recover.

The two-beat play: offer the point; as they sweep to parry, disengage under their blade and thrust to the opening on the opposite line. Speed comes from small circular motion of the hands.

The play, step by step

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Langort als Köder

— long point as bait

You stand in Langort, the point levelled at the face. They must do something about your blade.

Next → As they sweep to parry, drop the point · step 2: Durchwechseln

Or deviate from the script

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