Step 1 of 3Liechtenauer tradition, 15th c.
Hard bind at the long sword.
Talhoffer, Fechtbuch, 1467 — Cod.icon. 394a, plate 18 (bind from the wrath cut). Wikimedia Commons ↗
Folio 1rGerman (Liechtenauer)

Zucken

— jerking from the bind

Jerking-away. The bind goes hard; you snatch the sword back so their pressure finds no resistance; you restrike the opening they have over-committed to.

From a hard bind, withdraw the blade abruptly. Their force meets nothing; their structure leans forward; the opening they have just exposed is yours. Speed in the re-direction is the whole play.

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Harter Krieg

— the hard bind

The blades are crossed and they press strongly into your steel.

Next → Snatch the blade back · step 2: Zucken

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