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| '''Chasing is extremely good,<br/>With slicing and winding protect yourself'''
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| <p>Chasing is extremely good,<br/>With slicing and winding protect yourself</p>
  
Chasing is multiple and varied, and should be done with great cautiousness against fencers who fight with long and free cuts, and have no proper art.
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<p>Chasing is multiple and varied, and should be done with great cautiousness against fencers who fight with long and free cuts, and have no proper art.</p>
  
Do it thus: In the Zufechten, when you approach him with your left foot forward and you hold your sword in the Roof guard, if he cuts long from above at your head, then do not displace him, but rather see that you escape from him with your head and sword, so that he does not connect, but let him fail, in this he falls with his sword and cut to the ground, below you, then step quickly with the right foot close to him and cut in forcefully from above to his head before he recovers or comes up again, if he however drives up quickly and displaces, then remain hard on his sword and feel if he goes through strongly upwards, thus allow your sword quickly to be soft and go upwards, step and cut around with a thwart to his right.
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<p>Do it thus: In the Zufechten, when you approach him with your left foot forward and you hold your sword in the Roof guard, if he cuts long from above at your head, then do not displace him, but rather see that you escape from him with your head and sword, so that he does not connect, but let him fail, in this he falls with his sword and cut to the ground, below you, then step quickly with the right foot close to him and cut in forcefully from above to his head before he recovers or comes up again, if he however drives up quickly and displaces, then remain hard on his sword and feel if he goes through strongly upwards, thus allow your sword quickly to be soft and go upwards, step and cut around with a thwart to his right.</p>
 
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| '''Item''' If one binds on to you from his right, thus pay attention when he strikes around, thus follow after him with the Slice on his arms to his right.
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| <p>'''Item''' If one binds on to you from his right, thus pay attention when he strikes around, thus follow after him with the Slice on his arms to his right.</p>
  
'''Item''' If you stand in the guard of the Fool, and he falls on your sword with his own before you come up, then remain below on his sword, and heft upwards; feel meanwhile whether he in the displacing, intends to execute a cut or winding against you, if so, then do not let him come away from your sword, but pursue him, and work meanwhile to the nearest opening.
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<p>'''Item''' If you stand in the guard of the Fool, and he falls on your sword with his own before you come up, then remain below on his sword, and heft upwards; feel meanwhile whether he in the displacing, intends to execute a cut or winding against you, if so, then do not let him come away from your sword, but pursue him, and work meanwhile to the nearest opening.</p>
  
Also note that chasing is when an opponent goes too high upward, and you chase him below either with cutting or slicing as he draws up for the stroke; likewise if he strays too wide to the side, and you chase his weapon to the opening from above.
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<p>Also note that chasing is when an opponent goes too high upward, and you chase him below either with cutting or slicing as he draws up for the stroke; likewise if he strays too wide to the side, and you chase his weapon to the opening from above.</p>
  
And in all chasing, if he escapes you, be sure to turn your long edge against his weapon; and take good heed of the slice, for with it you can force him out of all his work.
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<p>And in all chasing, if he escapes you, be sure to turn your long edge against his weapon; and take good heed of the slice, for with it you can force him out of all his work.</p>
 
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| '''Some twice or more<br/>Let it fly, begin with it'''
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| <p>Some twice or more<br/>Let it fly, begin with it'''
  
That is, you should pay attention, when you are laying on against him with the slice, that you shall not allow him free, but rather once or twice follow after with the slice and with this hinder him in his work and intentions, then when he least expects it, thus you should artfully fly away to the nearest opening before he realizes it. This is a true master’s Stück; and begin with it, that is:
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<p>That is, you should pay attention, when you are laying on against him with the slice, that you shall not allow him free, but rather once or twice follow after with the slice and with this hinder him in his work and intentions, then when he least expects it, thus you should artfully fly away to the nearest opening before he realizes it. This is a true master’s Stück; and begin with it, that is:</p>
 
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| '''Send the hits to all four targets,<br/>Learn the pullings, you will deceive them'''
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| <p>Send the hits to all four targets,<br/>Learn the pullings, you will deceive them</p>
  
You must be well versed in the four openings, if you will fight certainly, then you fight with whatever Stücken and cuts, as good as they may be, if you do not know how to cut off with each one to every quarter, and to mutate the intended Stück, by transforming it into other convenient work, from what he fights against you and how he meets your Stücken, then it can happen that you will take forth with one device to a particular opening, and yet he sends himself against you such that you can have another closer opening, this opportunity will escape you, if you execute your intended Stücken without happening to notice other opportunities, therefore be diligent where you may at once fight by flying freely to the four openings. Because you have only three ways to cut and strike, that is with the long and short edge, and with the flat, from which together, all fencing is composed of, and targeting to the four divisions of the opponent; from which are given all other fortuitous techniques, like pulling, doubling, running off. Thus take note of the following divisions and cuts, that you correctly make your cuts opposite and crosswise to each other.
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<p>You must be well versed in the four openings, if you will fight certainly, then you fight with whatever Stücken and cuts, as good as they may be, if you do not know how to cut off with each one to every quarter, and to mutate the intended Stück, by transforming it into other convenient work, from what he fights against you and how he meets your Stücken, then it can happen that you will take forth with one device to a particular opening, and yet he sends himself against you such that you can have another closer opening, this opportunity will escape you, if you execute your intended Stücken without happening to notice other opportunities, therefore be diligent where you may at once fight by flying freely to the four openings. Because you have only three ways to cut and strike, that is with the long and short edge, and with the flat, from which together, all fencing is composed of, and targeting to the four divisions of the opponent; from which are given all other fortuitous techniques, like pulling, doubling, running off. Thus take note of the following divisions and cuts, that you correctly make your cuts opposite and crosswise to each other.</p>
 
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| In the onset cut with your long edge to his left ear, as soon as this clashes or connects, pull around your head and cut the next also with the long edge, to his lower right opening, then third, to his lower left opening the fourth to his upper right opening, these 4 cuts should go quickly from one into another, And all strikes should be well to the body, also you should do these cuts with the short edge, to the four openings of the man
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| <p>In the onset cut with your long edge to his left ear, as soon as this clashes or connects, pull around your head and cut the next also with the long edge, to his lower right opening, then third, to his lower left opening the fourth to his upper right opening, these 4 cuts should go quickly from one into another, And all strikes should be well to the body, also you should do these cuts with the short edge, to the four openings of the man.</p>
 
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| '''Item''', thus also with the Flat, note that you cut with close hand to his left and to the right, inside with your hand this is from under or above, you may change through or reverse on him, to your own opportunity, then you cut the first from under to his right, the second to the upper left, the third to his upper right and the fourth to his lower left, when you cut these four strikes together into one another, you can in the very beginning or onset, deftly change off and pull them how it pleases you.
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| <p>'''Item''', thus also with the Flat, note that you cut with close hand to his left and to the right, inside with your hand this is from under or above, you may change through or reverse on him, to your own opportunity, then you cut the first from under to his right, the second to the upper left, the third to his upper right and the fourth to his lower left, when you cut these four strikes together into one another, you can in the very beginning or onset, deftly change off and pull them how it pleases you.</p>
 
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| Similarly when you come with the thwart strike against one another over-handed, it is with the long, short or flat. When you do these four cuts and have learned to strike also to the four openings, thus learn also pulling, threatening, failing and then know the same from these following writings; step and cut to his upper left opening, but do not let this hit, rather when you come merely on his sword with this strike, then pull off again to a flight, and strike him to his lower right opening and cut or strike still to him the first confidently to his upper openings to the left, thus you may pull and fail with them to all 4 openings Crosswise and athwart above, also your benefit is to learn the Circle cut, this is an Over and under cut together on one side, short and long and with the flat from such is known in the first assault, cut a long High cut to his left ear, and when this clashes thus pull both cuts upwards so that your Pommel comes through under your right, and cut with the long edge from under to his left. Step Indes with your left foot behind yours and come with the hilt high above your head. And still again then cut the first an undercut with the Long edge to his lower opening with a step to of your right foot, quickly pull upwards besides your right and cut the other from above to his left, with a back-step of your left foot behind your right, so that you stand covered behind your blade.
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| <p>Similarly when you come with the thwart strike against one another over-handed, it is with the long, short or flat. When you do these four cuts and have learned to strike also to the four openings, thus learn also pulling, threatening, failing and then know the same from these following writings; step and cut to his upper left opening, but do not let this hit, rather when you come merely on his sword with this strike, then pull off again to a flight, and strike him to his lower right opening and cut or strike still to him the first confidently to his upper openings to the left, thus you may pull and fail with them to all 4 openings Crosswise and athwart above, also your benefit is to learn the Circle cut, this is an Over and under cut together on one side, short and long and with the flat from such is known in the first assault, cut a long High cut to his left ear, and when this clashes thus pull both cuts upwards so that your Pommel comes through under your right, and cut with the long edge from under to his left. Step Indes with your left foot behind yours and come with the hilt high above your head. And still again then cut the first an undercut with the Long edge to his lower opening with a step to of your right foot, quickly pull upwards besides your right and cut the other from above to his left, with a back-step of your left foot behind your right, so that you stand covered behind your blade.</p>
 
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Item, Pull from your right a high strike to his left, but in the air, cross your hands and strike with the half edge to his left ear, Pull your hands again upwards, and strike with a Thwarter again from below to his left ear, thus also still again cut the Thwart from below to his left, with a step to Quickly pull upwards besides your right and thrust rapidly your pommel through under your right arm, and wind then with crossed hands again from your upper right in to his left, for this known strike, is also with the Flat from below and above together on one side, that goes for both sides and mark when you strike to the lower right opening, this is long or short, thus your cut comes crosswise and opposite but to the upper openings you come not crosswise, but like in the old Schielhau, thus step to him and shoot before through and strike with the half edge from you left to his right, not crossed, but over you right hand, pull nimbly again above you towards your left and cross your hands in the air, strike him with crossed hands to his lower openings from your left, in this, show that your head is well behind your blade, some twice or three times to his right thus you come also with the flat and long edge from under and above besides his right to his strikes, how it is taught, like when you connect above but quickly cut low.
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<p>Item, Pull from your right a high strike to his left, but in the air, cross your hands and strike with the half edge to his left ear, Pull your hands again upwards, and strike with a Thwarter again from below to his left ear, thus also still again cut the Thwart from below to his left, with a step to Quickly pull upwards besides your right and thrust rapidly your pommel through under your right arm, and wind then with crossed hands again from your upper right in to his left, for this known strike, is also with the Flat from below and above together on one side, that goes for both sides and mark when you strike to the lower right opening, this is long or short, thus your cut comes crosswise and opposite but to the upper openings you come not crosswise, but like in the old Schielhau, thus step to him and shoot before through and strike with the half edge from you left to his right, not crossed, but over you right hand, pull nimbly again above you towards your left and cross your hands in the air, strike him with crossed hands to his lower openings from your left, in this, show that your head is well behind your blade, some twice or three times to his right thus you come also with the flat and long edge from under and above besides his right to his strikes, how it is taught, like when you connect above but quickly cut low.</p>
 
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| '''Item''' threaten to him from above with a Quick strike, or cut in at him from above, and if he slips after, then pull up the cut and drive with your under cut to the same side, from this work arises the winding on the sword, namely when you have bound on his sword from your right to his left, then remain hard on his blade, thrust through with the pommel under your right arm through remain thus in advance on his sword and jerk your pommel again for the purpose of winding him again outside to his head, thus you find also three kinds, namely winding outwards and inwards short edge to both sides and you should know that I have not put them here for just any particular reason.
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| <p>'''Item''' threaten to him from above with a Quick strike, or cut in at him from above, and if he slips after, then pull up the cut and drive with your under cut to the same side, from this work arises the winding on the sword, namely when you have bound on his sword from your right to his left, then remain hard on his blade, thrust through with the pommel under your right arm through remain thus in advance on his sword and jerk your pommel again for the purpose of winding him again outside to his head, thus you find also three kinds, namely winding outwards and inwards short edge to both sides and you should know that I have not put them here for just any particular reason.</p>
 
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| <p>Also execute slicing off and slinging,<br/>Send away the hard dangers with the slice.</p>
  
When you thus allow your Stücken to run to all four openings, how you are taught here with this same, then also pay attention to his course, that is to his Stücken, so that you are strong on him and slice off against him according to opportunity; thus hinder and slice off his devices, until you see opportunity for other work. The danger is the strikes from both sides; will you displace by slicing them off, then see that you overlook no opportunity, and also do not slice too wide from his body, so that he does not go through against you.
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<p>When you thus allow your Stücken to run to all four openings, how you are taught here with this same, then also pay attention to his course, that is to his Stücken, so that you are strong on him and slice off against him according to opportunity; thus hinder and slice off his devices, until you see opportunity for other work. The danger is the strikes from both sides; will you displace by slicing them off, then see that you overlook no opportunity, and also do not slice too wide from his body, so that he does not go through against you.</p>
 
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Note when you displace with the horizontal cross guard, high up over your head, that is called the Crown. When you see that an opponent will run under your High Cut with the Crown, then do not let your High Cut actually connect, but rather pull the cut from him, that he drives out in vain, and cut with the long edge a middle cut athwart to his arm or wrist, this same thing thus you mark that when one who will gladly drive out and displace high, thus conduct yourself with comportment like you would cut high, do not complete this, but rather strike nimbly around to the lower openings with the Thwart, using flat or long edge or behind his arms to the ears you have it known.
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| The Crown Strike is done thus; If one cuts at you from above, thus strike with the flat likewise and together with him to his left ear, so that your long edge connects in on his blade, and your corner on your short edge travels, thus strike your cross athwart, and hold your hand high above the head nearly like with the squinter cut and allow this nimbly to snap around again to the lower openings.  
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Stand with the left foot forwards and strike him from your right through his face, that the half edge goes forth once to four times nimbly one after another, thus you drive on to him, then attack to him from under and whether it is with Zwerch or Long edge, mark when you thus have slashed up to him, thus take heed when he strikes at you from above and from his right side, then wind him by slashing out your long edge against his blade so that it stays somewhat athwart, your point upwards and to his left. step at once with the left foot to his left and thrust the pommel instantly under your arm, cut in with the short edge with skidding behind his blade to his head step likewise with your right foot after and around his left and jerk the pommel again therefore, so that you stand with the sword in the Zwerch or in Hanging point.
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| '''Item''' When one cuts a High cut to you from his right, thus capture him in the air with an opposing cut, striking out, from your right, with the long edge in that when it connects, thus strike around with the Zwerch to his left Ear, this goes also to both sides. Mark when you thus have laid on in the long-point, then you have the setting off to the 4 windings, which goes to all sides, namely if he cuts from above, thus strike from under on his sword, and if he remains bound hard search instantly with winding flicking, Mark also instantly and feel when he will go away thus at once when he goes away around to strike, thus flick at him from above over his arm with wound blade, that the long edge smartly stays against his blade, cut nimbly around with the flat against the upper quadrants to the next opening, if its seen that as soon as you again are on his blade, he cuts at you from above, thus bar him from above it is with setting off or setting on, thus as often as it clashes so you are nimbly attentive to the next opening.
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Strike the opponent powerfully through his face, upwards step through the strike after to your opponent with your right foot and leave your sword slide around and set him the first in his chest, Zwerch his arms defend yourself with the strong over your hands, and mark in this, then as soon as he makes his sword too wide in the Long-point, thus lay on with the point outside and over his arm.
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<p>Strike the opponent powerfully through his face, upwards step through the strike after to your opponent with your right foot and leave your sword slide around and set him the first in his chest, Zwerch his arms defend yourself with the strong over your hands, and mark in this, then as soon as he makes his sword too wide in the Long-point, thus lay on with the point outside and over his arm.</p>
 
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| '''Item''' Strike out before him and allow your sword to fly above besides your left, step and cut from your right from under at his arm, if he displaces this, thus wind and go through with the Grip and cast with your pommel outwards over his right arm, let go with your left hand from your grip, and grab therewith your blade to help the right, cut him with the long edge on his head.
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| <p>'''Item''' Strike out before him and allow your sword to fly above besides your left, step and cut from your right from under at his arm, if he displaces this, thus wind and go through with the Grip and cast with your pommel outwards over his right arm, let go with your left hand from your grip, and grab therewith your blade to help the right, cut him with the long edge on his head.</p>
| Item streich vor jhm auff / und laß dein Schwerdt oben umbfliegen neben deiner Lincken / trit und Hauw von deiner Rechten / von unden gewaltig zu seinem Arm / versetzt er / so wind unden durch mit deinem hefft / und greiff mit deinem Knopff aussen uber seinen Rechten arm / laß dein lincke hand von dem Hefft / begreiff damit dein kling zu hilff der Rechten / schlag jhn mit Langer schneid auff sein Kopff / wie dich solches die bossen in der figur O. zur Rechten hand anzeigen.
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| <p>The Blind-cut you should let rebound<br/>Cast around the Thwart, have diligence to the flicking</p>
  
Slash him with the Long-point in his face, step and pull your sword around your head and strike with the inside flat from your right to his left through the middle line, take your head well out and wind around nimbly again on his Sword with the outside flat also to his left ear.
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<p>Slash him with the Long-point in his face, step and pull your sword around your head and strike with the inside flat from your right to his left through the middle line, take your head well out and wind around nimbly again on his Sword with the outside flat also to his left ear.</p>
| '''Den Blendthau soltu lassen bröllen /<br/>Umbwirff die Zwirch / fleiß dich des schnellen.'''
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Streich den Langen ort in sein gesicht / trit und zucke dein Schwerdt umb den Kopff / und schlag mit inwendiger flech von deiner Rechten / zu seinem Lincken ohr / durch die mittel Lini / nim den Kopff wol mit / und windt behendt an seinem Schwerdt wider umb die außwendige flech / auch zu seinem Lincken.
 
 
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| '''Over-gripping'''
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| <p>'''Over-gripping'''</p>
Mark thusly when one binds on you from the right thus he presses weakly from you with the slice, with the sword, thus grab with your hand on your shield and cast with your blade over his both hands downwards and to your right, press the pommel from you.
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<p>Mark thusly when one binds on you from the right thus he presses weakly from you with the slice, with the sword, thus grab with your hand on your shield and cast with your blade over his both hands downwards and to your right, press the pommel from you.</p>
 
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Mark when one strongly binds to you on the blade, so remove your left hand from the pommel and grab there with both Blades in the middle, and drive with the haft or pommel over besides his both arms, Pull to you, thus must he lose his sword.
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<p>Mark when one strongly binds to you on the blade, so remove your left hand from the pommel and grab there with both Blades in the middle, and drive with the haft or pommel over besides his both arms, Pull to you, thus must he lose his sword.</p>
 
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Das ist so jhr beid einander eingelauffen seind / solt du dich des angreiffens gewiß machen / wann du anders ringen wilt / dann mit einem griff (so du fehlst) kanst du dich in gefahr geben / von welcher du dich ohn schaden kaum retten kanst.
 
 
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IM zufechten / führe dein Schwerdt mit außgestreckter klingen vor her / das der vorder ort gegen seinem gesicht auß standt / als bald du jhn also erlangen kanst / so laß dein klingen von seinem gesicht gegen deiner Lin'''[LXIv]'''cken undersich sincken / zuck hiemit dein Schwerdt mit hangender klingen umb deinen Kopff / und Hauwe in einem zusprung / ein hohen und gewaltigen streich gegen seinem Lincken ohr / so bald der hauw getroffen / als bald zucke dein Klingen gerad ubersich ab / und bleib also mit den henden hoch uber deinem Kopff / die Klingen aber lasse hiemit neben deiner Lincken seiten undersich sincken / zu einem Underhauw gegen seinem Rechten Arm / underdeß sencke dich mit dem obern Leib eylents undersich / und lasse dieweil deine Lincke Hand vorm hefft ab / und ergreiffe mit derselbigen dein Schwerdts klingen in der mitte / fahr ihm also von unden auff / behendiglich (dieweil er mit seinem Armen dem ersten streich zuversetzen hoch ist) an seine beide Arm / wann du jhm nun also seine Arm zwischen dein beide hend / mit der langen schneide deines Schwerdts auffgefangen hast / so winde mit gewaldt mit dem vordern ort aussen uber seine beyde Arm / ist er zu starck / und dringer ubersich / so bleibe gleichwol mit deiner klingen hart an seinen Armen / und wind mit dem Knopff unden durch / greiffe mit demselbigen außwendig uber seinen Lincken Arm / und reiß mit gewalt undersich auß / in dem du also mit deinem Knopff undersich zu dir außreissest / so setze jhm dein vordern ort mit der Lincken hand uber seinen lincken Arm / innerhalb seinem rechten in sein gesicht / will er aber mit seinem Schwerdt weitter arbeiten / so ergreiffe jhm sein Rechte auch mit dem vordern theil deiner Klingen / und reisse undersich / und schlag jhn mit deinem Knopff in sein angesicht.
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WAnn du gewahr wirst / das dir einer mit seiner klingen aussen uber deine beide Arm winden will / so lasse dein Lincke hand von dem Knopff / und ergreiffe damit dein Schwerdts klingen in der mitte / fahre dieselbige weil mit deinem Knopff zwischen seine beide Arm / unnd greiffe mit demselbigen / von inwendig uber seinen Rechten Arm / reiß also mit dem Knopff zu dir / und mit der klingen truck von dir / so nimst du jhm sein Schwerdt / Also folget immer ein Bruch auff den andern.
 
 
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IM zufechten führe dein Schwerdt mit außgestreckten Armen / außgestreckt und lang vor dir her / unnd merck fleissig auff die gelegenheit / wann du die ersehen / so Hauwe abermals mit herumb gezucktem Schwerdt / ge'''[LXIIr]'''waltig von Oben gegen seinem Lincken ohr / in dem der Hauwe trifft / so fahr auff mit beiden Armen / unnd stoß dieselbige weil deinen Knopff under deinem Rechten Arm durch / lass hiemit dein Lincke hand eilents vom heffte / und greiffe mit derselbigen oberhalb deinem Rechten Arm wider an dein Schwerdts knopff / Stich jhm also hinder seinem Schwerdt gegen seinem gesicht / oder so du ein kurtz Schwerdt hast / so Stich jhm von Oben zwischen seinen beiden Armen hinein / und setze jhm den vordern ort an seine Brust / und trit mit dem Rechten fuß zuruck / stoß jhn also mit dem vorderen ort von dir / laß in dessen dein Schwerdt wider verfahren / und Hauwe von deiner Rechten uberzwerch zu seinem Lincken ohr / mit einem abtrit deines Lincken fusses / gantz durch / den letsten Hauwe zum abzug von deiner Lincken durch sein Rechte / Oder wann du einem also zwischen seinen Armen / von Oben hinein gestochen hast / so lasse dein Lincke hand vom Knopff / unnd ergreiffe mit derselbigen dein klingen / underhalb seinem Rechten Arm / wende mit derselbigen ubersich / vor seinem gesicht gegen seiner Lincken / und mit dem Knopff oder mit Rechter hand reisse undersich / so nimstu jhm sein Schwerdt.
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MErck in dem der Underhauw gegen deiner Rechten antrifft / unnd du den selbigen versetzt hast / so lasse dein Rechte hand vom Schwerdt / und greiffe mit derselbigen aussen uber seinem Lincken arm / in sein Schwerds Knopff / Reiß den zü dir / auff dein Rechte seiten / so nimstu jhm sein Schwerdt.
 
 
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WAnn du an einem gewahr wirst / das er dich mit einem hohen streich ubereylen / und hiemit einlauffen will / so fahre mit deinem hefft und offenen henden ubersich / fange jhm also seinem hauw in dein hefft / wie dir solches mit den obern bossen in der Figur O. zur Lincken fürgemahlet ist / als bald der hauw auff dein hefft trifft / so fahre mit dem kreutz von Oben zwischen seine beide Arm / trit hiemit zu ruck / und Reiß mit dem kreutz undersich zu dir auß / Hauwe jhn mit solchem zug auff den Kopff.
 
 
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WAnn dich einer mit seinem Schwerdt underlauffen hat / also das jhr gar nahet zusamen komen / so wirff dein Schwerdt hindersich von dir / auch bucke dich eylents vor jm undersich / und ergreiff jm mit beyden henden beyde bein / zuck an dich / so fellet er an rucken / davon besihe die obern unnd kleinern bossen / zur lincken Hand in der Figur D.
 
 
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ODer in dem jhr durch einlauffen so nahet zusamen komen seind / also das es zu rung gerahten muß / so trit mit dem Rechten fuß zwischen sein beide bein / laß die Lincke hand vom Schwerdt / unnd greyffe mit den Rechten hand sampt dem Schwerdt under seinen rechten Arm durch / aussen umb seinen leib / und mit der Lincken hand ergreyffe jhm von inwendig durch / seinen rechten Schenckel / jhe niderer jhe besser / und schauwe das du mit deinem Rechten fuß zwischen sein beyde bein wol durchgetretten seyest / auff das du mit demselbigen mit widersperren unnd außrucken / dem wurff zu hilff komen könnest / erhebe jhn also in einem schwung / unnd wirff jhn hinder dir auff seinen Kopff.
 
 
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UNderlaufft dir einer mit der Zwirch dein Schwerdt / so merck in dem er dir gegen deiner Lincken herzwircht / so versetze ihm solche Zwirch mit hangender klingen / und greiff mit der Lincken hand (die du dann vom Schwerdt ablassen solt) under deiner unnd seiner klingen durch / außwendig uber seinen rechten Arm / fall jhm also mit derselben verkehrten Lincken hand an die gurgel / auch trit under des mit dem lincken fuß hinder seinen Rechten / wirff jhn abermals an seinen rucken.
 
 
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IM zufechten so kome mit deinem Lincken fuß vor / und streiche mit außgestreckten Armen ubersich / gegen seinem Schwerdt / also das in solchem ubersich streichen die halb schneid Oben stand / und vorgange / demnach wann dein vorder ort / in solchem ubersich streichen seinem (nemlich deines gegenmans) gürdel gleich kompt / und er dieweil eben herschlecht / so stosse eylents deinen Schwerdts knopff under deinem Rechten arm durch / und fare also mit gekreutzigten henden ubersich / gegen seiner Lincken / also das damit dein klingen ein wenig gegen seiner Rechten seiten hang / und schauwe das in solchem aufffahren / dein flache klingen auff dein Daumen zu ligen komme / fang also seinen hauw auff deine uberzwerche stehende flache klingen auff / also das in solchem auffangen und undergehn / beyde Schwerdter in die stercke zusamen rühren / unnd dein Kopff under deinem Schwerdt bedeckt und wol bewart sey / so bald nun also sein hauw auff deine klingen rühret / so rucke deinen knopff wider under deinen rechten Arm / gegen deiner Lincken seiten herfür / und wende hiemit dein halbe schneide einwart hinder seiner klingen / uberzwerch uber seinen Kopff / in solchem einwinden aber / bleib mit deinem Schwerdt hart an dem seinen / auff das du fühlen könnest / wann er abgehn wölle / auch soltu deinen Kopff mit solchem einwinden wol aus von seiner klingen / gegen deiner Lincken seiten entziehen / wirstu aber in dessen gewahr / das er (dieweil du dich mit solchem einwinden etwas blössest) von Oben nider derselbigen zu eylen wolle / so trit mit deinem Lincken fuß behend gegen seiner Rechten seiten auß / unnd stosse deinen knopff wider under deinem Rechten arm durch / unnd fahr mit beiden Armen auff / wende jhm also die halbe schneide wider außwerts an sein Recht ohr / auff diese weiß kanstu auff der einen seiten mit der klingen under seinem Schwerdt / ein und außwerts Winden / auff der andern seiten aber / magstu mit dem Knopff ubergreiffen / Also / wann du ihm auff vorige weiß sein Schwerdt mit verhengen auffgefangen hast / so trit behendt in dem die Schwerdter noch zusamen rühren / mit dem rechten Fuß ge'''[LXIIIIr]'''gen seiner Lincken seiten / und greiff mit dem Knopff / außwendig Oben uber seinem Rechten arm hinein / unnd reisse zu dir auß. Oder nach dem du jhm ein und außwerts gewunden hast / unnd er mit den Armen hoch auff gefahren ist / so wind jhm mit dem knopff inwendig zwischen seinen beyden Armen hinein / und greiff also mit demselbigen von inwendig uber seinen Rechten arm / und reisse gegen deiner Lincken auß / wiltu so magstu dein Lincke hand vom hefft ablassen / und mit derselbigen in die mitte deiner klingen greiffen / demnach wie du mit der Rechten hand gegen deiner Lincken seiten zu dir zeuchst / also trucke mit deiner Lincken hand / gegen seiner Lincken von dir / auch magstu jhm auß allen Legern mit hangender klingen underschieben und versetzen / und also wie gelehrt / an seinem Schwerdt ein und außwahrts Winden / und das zu beiden seiten.  
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IM zufechten schicke dich mit deinem Schwerdt in den Lincken Wechsel / und merck (in dem er von Oben gegen dir herhauwet) so trit mit deinem Lincken fuß gegen seiner Rechten / oder auff dein Lincke wol zur seiten auß / zugleich mit solchem außtretten Hauwe mit Langer schneide ubersich / gegen seinem herfliegenden hauw / also das du in solchem ubersich hauwen / deinen Schwerdts knopf under deinem rechten Arm durch gestossen / und seinen streich also mit kreutzigeten henden hoch in der lufft / auff deine Lange schneide in die sterck / auff gefangen habest / in dem nun also die Schwerdter zusamen rühren und glützen / so rucke deinen Schwerdts knopf neidlichen under deinem rechten arm wider herfür / damit sich das forter theil deiner klingen / durch solches herauß rucken / hinder seinem Schwerdt / uberhalb seinem Rechten arm hinein / und schlims durch sein gesicht wider herauß schwinge / in dem du aber den Underhauw also durch einen Oberhauw gegen seinem gesicht wider herauß windest / eben dieselbige weil / trit auch mit dem Lincken fuß ferner gegen der Lincken seiten auß zurück hindersich / wie du dessen in der Figur H. an dem grossern Bild zur rechten Hand ein anzeigung hast / Hauwe jhn also im abtretten durch sein gesicht / wann nun dieser Underhauw sampt dem außtrit / unnd herauß winden in einem huy behendiglichen gemacht und volbracht wirt / so geht es dir gewiß und wol an / auß disem Windhauw werden auch vil andere und schöne stuck genomen und zuwegen bracht.
 
 
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Revision as of 20:07, 30 April 2021

Joachim Meyer
Born ca. 1537
Basel, Germany
Died 24 February 1571 (aged 34)
Schwerin, Germany
Spouse(s) Appolonia Ruhlman
Occupation
Citizenship Strasbourg
Patron
  • Johann Albrecht (?)
  • Johann Casimir
Movement Freifechter
Influences
Influenced
Genres Fencing manual
Language Early New High German
Notable work(s) Gründtliche Beschreibung der
Kunst des Fechtens
(1570)
Manuscript(s)
First printed
english edition
Forgeng, 2006
Concordance by Michael Chidester
Translations
Signature Joachim Meyer sig.jpg

Joachim Meyer (ca. 1537 - 1571)[1] was a 16th century German Freifechter and fencing master. He was the last major figure in the tradition of the German grand master Johannes Liechtenauer, and in the last years of his life he devised at least three distinct and quite extensive fencing manuals. Meyer's writings incorporate both the traditional Germanic technical syllabus and contemporary systems that he encountered in his travels, including Italian rapier fencing.[2] In addition to his fencing practice, Meyer was a Burgher and a master cutler.[3]

Meyer was born in Basel,[4] where he presumably apprenticed as a cutler. He writes in his books that he traveled widely in his youth, most likely a reference to the traditional Walz that journeyman craftsmen were required to take before being eligible for mastery and membership in a guild. Journeymen were often sent to stand watch and participate in town and city militias (a responsibility that would have been amplified for the warlike cutlers' guild), and Meyer learned a great deal about foreign fencing systems during his travels. It's been speculated by some fencing historians that he trained specifically in the Bolognese school of fencing, but this doesn't stand up to closer analysis.[5]

Records show that by 4 June 1560 he had settled in Strasbourg, where he married Appolonia Ruhlman (Ruelman)[1] and was granted the rank of master cutler. His interests had already moved beyond smithing, however, and in 1561, Meyer petitioned the City Council of Strasbourg for the right to hold a Fechtschule (fencing competition). He would repeat this in 1563, 1566, 1567 and 1568;[6] the 1568 petition is the first extant record in which he identifies himself as a fencing master.

Meyer probably wrote his first manuscript (MS A.4º.2) in either 1560 or 1568 for Otto Count von Sulms, Minzenberg, and Sonnenwaldt.[7] Its contents seem to be a series of lessons on training with long sword, dussack, and rapier. His second manuscript (MS Var.82), written between 1563 and 1570 for Heinrich Graf von Eberst, is of a decidedly different nature. Like many fencing manuscripts from the previous century, it is an anthology of treatises by a number of prominent German masters including Sigmund ain Ringeck, pseudo-Peter von Danzig, and Martin Syber, and also includes a brief outline by Meyer himself on a system of rapier fencing based on German Messer teachings. Finally, on 24 February 1570 Meyer completed (and soon thereafter published) an enormous multi-weapon treatise entitled Gründtliche Beschreibung der Kunst des Fechtens ("A Thorough Description of the Art of Combat"); it was dedicated to Johann Casimir, Count Palatine of the Rhine, and illustrated at the workshop of Tobias Stimmer.[8]

Unfortunately, Meyer's writing and publication efforts incurred significant debts (about 1300 crowns), which Meyer pledged to repay by Christmas of 1571.[1] Late in 1570, Meyer accepted the position of Fechtmeister to Duke Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg at his court in Schwerin. There Meyer hoped to sell his book for a better price than was offered locally (30 florins). Meyer sent his books ahead to Schwerin, and left from Strasbourg on 4 January 1571 after receiving his pay. He traveled the 800 miles to Schwerin in the middle of a harsh winter, arriving at the court on 10 February 1571. Two weeks later, on 24 February, Joachim Meyer died. The cause of his death is unknown, possibly disease or pneumonia.[6]

Antoni Rulman, Appolonia’s brother, became her legal guardian after Joachim’s death. On 15 May 1571, he had a letter written by the secretary of the Strasbourg city chamber and sent to the Duke of Mecklenburg stating that Antoni was now the widow Meyer’s guardian; it politely reminded the Duke who Joachim Meyer was, Meyer’s publishing efforts and considerable debt, requested that the Duke send Meyer’s personal affects and his books to Appolonia, and attempted to sell some (if not all) of the books to the Duke.[1]

Appolonia remarried in April 1572 to another cutler named Hans Kuele, bestowing upon him the status of Burgher and Meyer's substantial debts. Joachim Meyer and Hans Kuele are both mentioned in the minutes of Cutlers' Guild archives; Kuele may have made an impression if we can judge that fact by the number of times he is mentioned. It is believed that Appolonia and either her husband or her brother were involved with the second printing of his book in 1600. According to other sources, it was reprinted yet again in 1610 and in 1660.[9][10]

Treatises

Joachim Meyer's writings are preserved in two manuscripts prepared in the 1560s, the MS A.4º.2 (Lund) and the MS Var 82 (Rostock); a third manuscript from 1561 has been lost since at least the mid-20th century, and its contents are unknown.[11] Dwarfing these works is the massive book he published in 1570 entitled "A Thorough Description of the Free, Chivalric, and Noble Art of Fencing, Showing Various Customary Defenses, Affected and Put Forth with Many Handsome and Useful Drawings". Meyer's writings purport to teach the entire art of fencing, something that he claimed had never been done before, and encompass a wide variety of teachings from disparate sources and traditions. To achieve this goal, Meyer seems to have constructed his treatises as a series of progressive lessons, describing a process for learning to fence rather than merely outlining the underlying theory or listing the techniques. In keeping with this, he illustrates his techniques with depictions of fencers in courtyards using training weapons such as two-handed foils, wooden dussacks, and rapiers with ball tips.

The first part of Meyer's treatise is devoted to the long sword (the sword in two hands), which he presents as the foundational weapon of his system, and this section devotes the most space to fundamentals like stance and footwork. His long sword system draws upon the teachings of Freifechter Andre Paurñfeyndt (via Christian Egenolff's reprint) and Liechtenauer glossators Sigmund ain Ringeck and Lew, as well as using terminology otherwise unique to the brief Recital of Martin Syber. Not content merely to compile these teachings as his contemporary Paulus Hector Mair was doing, Meyer sought to update—even reinvent—them in various ways to fit the martial climate of the late sixteenth century, including adapting many techniques to accommodate the increased momentum of a greatsword and modifying others to use beats with the flat and winding slices in place of thrusts to comply with street-fighting laws in German cities (and the rules of the Fechtschule).

The second part of Meyer's treatises is designed to address new weapons gaining traction in German lands, the dussack and the rapier, and thereby find places for them in the German tradition. His early Lund manuscript presents a more summarized syllabus of techniques for these weapons, while his printed book goes into greater depth and is structured more in the fashion of lesson plans.[12] Meyer's dussack system, designed for the broad proto-sabers that spread into German lands from Eastern Europe in the 16th century,[13] combines the old Messer teachings of Johannes Lecküchner and the dussack teachings of Andre Paurñfeyndt with other unknown systems (some have speculated that they might include early Polish or Hungarian saber systems). His rapier system, designed for the lighter single-hand swords spreading north from Iberian and Italian lands, seems again to be a hybrid creation, integrating both the core teachings of the 15th century Liechtenauer tradition as well as components that are characteristic of the various regional Mediterranean fencing systems (including, perhaps, teachings derived from the treatise of Achille Marozzo). Interestingly, Meyer's rapier teachings in the Rostock seem to represent an attempt to unify these two weapon system, outlining a method for rapier fencing that includes key elements of his dussack teachings; it is unclear why this method did not appear in his book, but given the dates it may be that they represent his last musings on the weapon, written in the time between the completion of his book in 1570 and his death a year later.

The third part of Meyer's treatise only appears in his published book and covers dagger, wrestling, and various pole weapons. His dagger teachings, designed primarily for urban self-defense, seem to be based in part on the writings of Bolognese master Achille Marozzo[14] and the anonymous teachings in Egenolff, but also include much unique content of unknown origin (perhaps the anonymous dagger teachings in his Rostock manuscript). His staff material makes up the bulk of this section, beginning with the short staff, which, like Paurñfeyndt, he uses as a training tool for various pole weapons (and possibly also the greatsword), and then moving on to the halberd before ending with the long staff (representing the pike). As with the dagger, the sources Meyer based his staff teachings on are largely unknown.

Additional Resources

  • Kiermayer, Alex. Joachim Meyers Kunst Des Fechtens. Gründtliche Beschreibung des Fechtens, 1570. Arts of Mars Books, 2012. ISBN 978-3981162738
  • Meyer, Joachim. Joachim Meyer 1600: Transkription des Fechtbuchs 'Gründtliche Beschreibung der freyen Ritterlichen und Adelichen kunst des Fechtens’. TAT. Wolfgang Landwehr, 2011. ISBN 978-3932077371
  • Meyer, Joachim. The Art of Combat: A German Martial Arts Treatise of 1570. Trans. Jeffrey L. Forgeng.
    • 1st edition. London: Greenhill Books, 2006. ISBN 978-1-85367-643-7
    • 1st edition. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. ISBN 1-4039-7092-0
    • 2nd edition. London: Frontline Books, 2014. ISBN 978-1-84832-778-8
  • Meyer, Joachim. The Art of Sword Combat: A 1568 German Treatise on Swordmanship. Trans. Jeffrey L. Forgeng. London: Frontline Books, 2016. ISBN 9781473876750

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Dupuis, Olivier. Joachim Meyer, escrimeur libre, bourgeois de Strasbourg (1537 ? - 1571). In Maîtres et techniques de combat. Dijon: AEDEH, 2006.
  2. Castle, Egerton. Schools and Masters of Fencing: From the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century. London: George Bell and Sons, 1885. pp 74 - 76.
  3. Naumann, Robert. Serapeum. Vol. 5. T.O. Weigel, 1844. pp 53-59.
  4. According to his wedding certificate.
  5. His dagger teachings do, however, show some evidence of influence by Achilles Marozzo's printed treatise.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Van Slambrouck, Christopher. "The Life and Work of Joachim Meyer". Meyer Frei Fechter Guild, 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
  7. Norling, Roger. "The history of Joachim Meyer’s fencing treatise to Otto von Solms". Hroarr.com, 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  8. Whose members included Christoph Maurer and Hans Christoffel Stimmer.
  9. Schaer, Alfred. Die altdeutschen fechter und spielleute: Ein beitrag zur deutschen culturgeschichte. K.J. Trübner, 1901. p 76.
  10. Pollock, W. H., Grove, F. C., and Prévost, C. Fencing. London and Bombay: Longmans, Green, and co, 1897. pp 267-268.
  11. Jens P. Kleinau. "1561 Joachim Meyer dedicated a fencing book to the Pfalzgrafen of Pfalz-Veldenz". Hans Talhoffer ~ as seen by Jens P. Kleinau. 04 July 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  12. Roberts, James. "System vs Syllabus: Meyer’s 1560 and 1570 sidesword texts". Hroarr.com, 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  13. Roger Norling. "The Dussack - a weapon of war". Hroarr.com, 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  14. Norling, Roger. "Meyer and Marozzo dagger comparison". Hroarr.com, 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  15. Corrected on Ⅲ.47v.
  16. Corrected on Ⅲ.47v.
  17. The "st" ligature is inverted.
  18. Typo, should be "wolt, könne".
  19. Originally printed "abzutzest", but corrected on Ⅲ.47v.
  20. Originally printed "verhauren", but corrected on Ⅲ.47v.
  21. The "t" is inverted.
  22. Ⅲ.47v indicates that this was printed "erbangen" and needed to be corrected to "erlangen", but that's not true in any copy available for consult.
  23. Originally printed "mim", but corrected on Ⅲ.47v.
  24. Originally printed "Higur", but corrected on Ⅲ.47v.
  25. Originally printed "Fellen", but corrected on Ⅲ.47v.
  26. Originally printed "gem" (with an inverted g), but corrected on Ⅲ.47v.
  27. Originally printed "allo", but corrected on Ⅲ.47v.
  28. Originally printed "Atm", but corrected on Ⅲ.47v.
  29. Corrected from Im, the first stroke of the “m” has been cancelled.
  30. Spitz uber- is clearly copied twice, this is probably an eye-skip.
  31. 31.00 31.01 31.02 31.03 31.04 31.05 31.06 31.07 31.08 31.09 31.10 31.11 31.12 31.13 31.14 31.15 31.16 31.17 31.18 31.19 31.20 31.21 31.22 31.23 31.24 31.25 31.26 31.27 31.28 31.29 31.30 31.31 indes
  32. palm up
  33. Illegible deletion.
  34. oberhauw
  35. ‘right’ is originally written, ‘left’ is written above it
  36. short edge
  37. “Degen”, lit. dagger, could either refer to a sword or dagger.
  38. short edge
  39. Unleserliche Streichung. Illegible deletion.
  40. Unleserliche gestrichen Einfügung oberhalb der Zeile. Crossed out illegible insertion above the line.
  41. Die Schlaufe des »h« trägt ein Diärese. The loop of the “h” carries a diaeresis.
  42. Korrigiert aus »mitelhauw«. Corrected from “mitelhauw”.
  43. Leicht unleserlich. Slightly illegible.
  44. Überschriebens »vom«. Overwritten “vom”.
  45. Inserted by means of a special mark.
  46. Word inserted next to the text.
  47. Inserted nest to the text.
  48. Zwei Worte am Seitenrand nachgetragen. Two words inserted at the margin.
  49. Wort am Seitenrand nachgetragen. Word inserted at the margin.