Step 1 of 4Strasbourg, 16th c.
Right hands-by-the-ear guard with point at the face.
Talhoffer, Alte Armatur und Ringkunst, 1459 — Ms.Thott.290.2º, fol. 7r. Wikimedia Commons ↗
Folio 1rGerman (Meyer)

Ochs-Stück

— the ox device

Meyer's device from the Ox. Thrust from one Ochs; if parried, wind to the other Ochs and thrust again.

Meyer treats the device as a metronome: the point alternates from one Ox to the other across the bind, with each parry feeding the next thrust on the opposite side.

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Rechtes Ochs

— right ox

Stand in right Ochs — hilt by the right ear, point at the face. Advance with the right foot.

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