Johannes Liechtenauer/Christian Tobler D 2021

This is Master Johannes Liechtenauer’s Fighting on Horseback

1	Direct your spear  Riding against destroys
2	If it drops  The end undoes him
3	Strike in, don’t pull  From the scabbard, left to him jerk
4	Grasp to his right  Thus you catch him without weapons work
5	The fighting of lance-thrusting  Learn to counter calmly without haste

6	If it changes  So that the sword is used against the sword
7	Truly seize the strong  You seek the Slapping Stroke
8	And remember: learn well to strongly defend  In all meetings, press him without danger
9	Plant upon without danger  Who grazes, hang to him to the hair

10	If you want to calmly  Charge long, this troubles greatly
11	Whoever now defends that  Then wind that hurts also
12	If he defends against this further  Grasp the bridle and do not let it go
13	Be mindful of the openings  Search for the Messer, do not tend to the pommel

14	Learn two strokes  With the empty hand against the weapon
15	The Sheep Grip fends off  Him who turns to you with wrestling.
16	While under the eyes  Grasp him truly with flying
17	Who attacks you  While riding towards you will be felled
18	Hanging to the ground  Grasp over against him truly with conduct
19	To both sides  You should learn to ride against him

20	If you want to ride  The horse run to the other side
21	Defend strongly  Plant upon him threaten him with this
22	Who defends against that  Grasp his sword from afar, get to the handle
23	Or turn around  To calmly charge for the weapon
24	With all skill  He who charges acts to his advantage
25	If you have charged past him  And unintentionally charge to the left
26	Follow his sword upwards  And wrestle, push also hard

27	If one charges on the right  Stop; turn around; tend to the fight
28	With the arm catch  Thus he cannot manage to harm you

29	The messer take  Hold, learn to shame him
30	The Unnamed  Against the strong to turn
31	Their strike, their thrust  Is being defeated without any fencing

32	If you want to grasp  You should not fail to ride beside him
33	The Sun Pointer  Take the left sleeve if you want to bend
34	Touch the forehead  Against the nape of the neck press very hard
35	So that he sways  And rarely makes it up again.
36	Who attacks you with that  Grasp over against him and he will be shamed
37	Press the arm to the head  This grip often robs the saddle

38	If you want to retain yourself  From seizing
39	Then take him into custody without wrestling  Without any rope
40	The Before Grip remember  This indeed breaks his strength

Here begins the Art with the Short Sword in Dueling, of Master Johannes Liechtenauer, God have mercy on him,

41	Who dismounts  Fighting on foot begins
42	This do with the spear  Two positions to begin truly
43	Spear and point  Thrust the initial thrust without fear
44	Spring, wind set truly upon  If he defends pull, that will defeat him
45	If you want to thrust before  With pulling learn to break his defense
46	Note if he wants to pull back  From harm and flee
47	Then approach him  To surely attend to grasp

This is the wrestling in dueling

48	If you want to wrestle  learn to spring correctly behind the leg
49	A bar shoot forth  That skillfully locks the leg
50	From both sides  If you want to skillfully end

51	If it happens that  The sword against the spear is drawn
52	Then behold the thrusts.  Spring, catch, hasten to him to wrestle
53	Strike long with the left hand  Spring wisely and seize him
54	If he wants to draw  from the scabbard, grasp and press in
55	So that his openings  With the sword point are troubled
56	Leather and gauntlets  Under the eyes seek the openings correctly
57	The forbidden wrestling  surely learn to use
58	To lock your foe  The strong thereby overcome
59	In all teachings  Turn the point against the openings

60	When one sees that from the scabbard  Both swords are being drawn
61	Then shall one strengthen  The protection now truly remember
62	Before and After, these two things  Explore surely, learn also to spring away
63	Follow in all meetings  If you want to fool the strong.
64	If he defends, then pull  Thrust, if he defends, move to him
65	If he fights extended  Then be artfully instructed
66	If he also attacks strongly  The thrusting defeats him
67	With his battering point  He defends himself—hit without fear
68	With both hands  Learn to turn your point to the eyes
69	The forward foot  With striking you must protect.