Step 1 of 3Liechtenauer tradition, 15th c.
Fencer extending the sword forward with arms straight.
Talhoffer, Alte Armatur und Ringkunst, 1459 — Ms.Thott.290.2º, fol. 10r. Wikimedia Commons ↗
Folio 1rGerman (Liechtenauer)

Schielhau gegen Langort

squinting cut against the long point

The squinter breaks the Long Point. The short edge descends along their extended line and lands on hands or chest in the same tempo.

From Vom Tag, step to the outside of their levelled point and answer with the short edge: hands inverted, head moving with the blade, the cut knocking their point aside and landing on the arms or upper body in one stroke. If they withdraw the point first, chase with a Nachreisen thrust.

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Sie im Langort

they stand in the Long Point

Their arms are extended, the point levelled at your face. The line is theirs unless you displace it.

Next → Step to the outside of their point · step 2: Schielhau

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