Folio 1vSaxony, 15th c.
Manuscript scene of one fencer chasing the other's withdrawn cut into the open line.
Talhoffer, Alte Armatur und Ringkunst, 1459 — Ms.Thott.290.2º, fol. 77r. Wikimedia Commons ↗
Folio 1rGerman (Liechtenauer)

Nachreisen

travelling-after

Chasing the opponent. When they pull back their blade or miss their cut, you ride the opening they leave behind.

Nachreisen — 'travelling after' — covers every action that exploits a withdrawn or absent blade. If they raise into Vom Tag too slowly, your Oberhau arrives before theirs; if their cut overshoots and falls into Alber, your point follows it into Langort. The principle is the Vor regained: by sensing the moment they lose the initiative, you take it back without trading a blow.

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