Step 1 of 3Strasbourg, 16th c.
Hard bind at the long sword.
Talhoffer, Fechtbuch, 1467 — Cod.icon. 394a, plate 18 (bind from the wrath cut). Wikimedia Commons ↗
Folio 1rGerman (Meyer)

Das Zucken im Krieg

— the withdrawal at the bind

Meyer's Zucken. Step back as you snatch the blade out of the bind; step forward as you restrike the opening.

Meyer reformulates the Liechtenauer Zucken as a footwork exercise. The deception is created by the passing step backward; the strike is delivered by the passing step forward in the same tempo.

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Im Krieg

— in the bind

Both blades are in contact, pressure rising. You read their commitment.

Next → Snatch the blade back with a passing step · step 2: Zucken mit Rückschritt

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