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Meyer’s Zettel: Lines 29-34

Organization

Meyer labeled the second part of his longsword book “Part 3” and “Book 3”. It begins with a Zettel (Poem) that was clearly inspired by Liechtenauer. He then elaborates on selected verses, forming 28 lessons. This elaboration resembles how Ringeck and others would elaborate on Liechtenauer Zettel, creati...

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Exercises for Understanding Measure

This post contains the exercises from chapter 7 of our Meyer Longsword drill book plus two additional exercises that will be included in a future second edition.

Finding Your Measure Exercise

The goal of this exercise is to demonstrate that you underst...

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I Can’t Prove That an Oberhauw Can Be a Diagonal Cut

I started fencing over 20 years. Back then one of the first things I was taught about longsword is that the Oberhauw was any descending cut, vertical or diagonal. As this was part of my core training in Ringeck, it’s something that I’ve never questioned.

Recently I was involved in a conversation and it came up that in Meyer an Oberhauw was explicitly a vertical cut....

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Rules for Harnischfechten in HEMA

Harnischfechten, literally “fencing in armor”, was a very important part of historical martial arts but largely ignored today. One of the most common reasons is the belief that you cannot perform historic armored techniques in a safe manner because they are designed to avoid the armor. Yet we’re learning that’s a myth and there are ways they did it which we can emulate.

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Sword Dance or Circling the Numbers

Mark a space on the floor between you and your partner. This denotes where your blades should clash and visually indicates if you are getting too close. See page 4 for the cutting directions.

Warning: Ensure that at all times you are only close enough to hit your partner’s weapon and not their head or body.

Footwork

The basic footwork for the sword danc...

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