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* [http://youtu.be/a_zyA1ln7vA Hugh Knight]
 
* [http://youtu.be/a_zyA1ln7vA Hugh Knight]
 
* [http://youtu.be/JLO7rFkyseo Philippe Willaume]
 
* [http://youtu.be/JLO7rFkyseo Philippe Willaume]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO51JG3bdnE&feature=share Eric White NJHFA]
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==

Revision as of 22:41, 21 January 2014

The Twerhaw (Twerchaw, Twirhaw, Twirchhew, Zwerhaw, Zwerchhaw; "Thwarting Hew") is one of the several hidden strikes mentioned in Johannes Liechtenauer's Record of unarmored longsword fencing.

Primary Sources

Video Interpretations

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Corrected from »Twir«.
  2. haust
  3. Leger - guards
  4. Versetzen - parrying
  5. This seems to be a print error in which the typesetter jumped from one instance of mit der langen schneid to the next, skipping the text in between.
  6. Lit. turned as in “soured” or “embittered”.
  7. Zornhau.