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Andre Lignitzer/Gregor Medvesek 2012
Here begins the wrestling of Master Andres Lignitzer
The first wrestling – When you clinch up at the arms, make sure that your left hand is on the inside of his right arm and that your right hand is on the outside of his left arm. If he holds you loosely, reach with your left for his left arm, grab him by the fingers, and jerk them to your left side. This is how you break his balance.
The counter
When someone does this to you and reaches for your fingers, spring with your right leg in front of both of his legs and reach with your right hand behind and around his back. Throw him in front of yourself to your left side.
The second wrestling
When you clinch up at the arms, fall with your right arm over his left hand and help your right arm with your left hand. Turn away from him to your left side.
The third technique
When you clinch up at the arms as before, make sure that your left hand is on the inside of his right arm and that your right hand is on the outside of his left arm. Strike his left hand from underneath with your right hand so that you have it on your right shoulder. Spring with your right leg in front of his left leg and wrap your right arm from the outside around his left arm. Help your right arm with your left hand and turn yourself away from him to your left side.
The counter
When someone does this to you and pushes your left arm on his neck, slip your left arm over his head and in front of his chest. Grab his left arm with your left hand and reach behind his right knee from the outside with your right hand. Lift his knee joint up and push him down to your left side with your left arm. This is how you throw him on his back.
The fourth wrestling
Go with your right arm from the outside over his left arm in front of his chest and grab him by his right shoulder. Spring with your right leg behind his left leg and grab him behind his left knee from the inside with your left hand. Throw him on your right side.
The counter
When someone does this do you, grab his right arm by the wrist with your right hand and his right elbow from bellow with your left hand. This is how you throw him on his mouth.[1]
The fifth wrestling
Go with your right arm outwards over his left arm from bellow and press him tightly to yourself on your right side. Spring with your left leg behind his left leg and go with your left arm over his right shoulder around his neck. Throw him to your right side.
The counter
When someone does this to you, stand fast and grab him under his mouth with your right hand over his left arm and in front of his chest. Pull him in front of yourself over your left thigh to your right side.
The sixth wrestling
Make sure your left hand is on the outside of his right arm and your right hand is on the inside of his left arm. Reach with your right hand upwards under his right arm and between his right arm and your left arm. Lift your right hand up and move it to your right side in order to break his balance. It is possible to do this wrestling on both sides.
The counter
Wrestle him after and break his balance.
The seventh wrestling
When he has grabbed you by the arms, let your right hand slide and grab his left arm by the wrist with your right hand. Help your right hand with your left and hold firmly. Go through to your right side. This is how you win his back.
The counter
When he goes through, go through with him and use whichever wrestling you see fit.
The eighth wrestling
Let your arm slide and help your right hand with your left. Go through to your left side.[2]
The counter
When someone does this to you and wants to go through to your[3] left side, grab him above his left elbow with your right hand and pull him to yourself. This is how you throw him on his back.
The ninth wrestling
Let your right hand slide on his left arm. Help your right hand with your left and turn away from him to your[4] left side. Pull his arm over your right shoulder.
The counter
If he has grabbed you in this manner, strike him with your left hand from the front around his body and above his left shoulder from behind. Turn yourself to his or your left side and during that turn step with your left foot in front of his left foot and throw him.
The tenth wrestling
When you have grabbed him by the arms so that your left hand is on the inside of his right arm and your right hand is on the outside of his left arm, reach with your left hand in front of his chest under his jaw to his left shoulder. Grab him behind his left knee from the outside with your right hand and throw him to your left side. This is possible on both sides.
The counter
When he does this to you, break his balance.
The eleventh wrestling
If he has grabbed you so that both of his arms are under your arms, grab him behind by his left butt cheek with your right hand.[5] Grab him under his jaw with your left hand, so that your left arm is between your and his chest. Push him away above and pull him to yourself below, so that you throw him on his back.
The counter
When he does this to you, let go with your right hand and hold him firmly by his back with your left hand. Spring with your left leg in front of him and throw him to your right side.
Another counter to the previous wrestling[6]
When he has both of his arms under, go with both of your thumbs from bellow under his jaw or behind his ears.[7] This is how you break free from his hold.
The twelfth wrestling
When you are in a neutral clinch position and you both have the same grips, make sure that your left arm is over his right arm and that your right arm is under[8] his left arm. Step with your right leg outwards[9] and pull his left arm with your left arm to yourself. Help your left arm with your right arm and throw him over your hip.[10] This is possible on both sides.
The thirteenth wrestling
When he has grabbed you so that your right hand is under and your left arm is over, grab him with your left hand by the left side of his neck and with your right hand by his jacket on his left side. Push his neck away from yourself towards the ground from above and lift him up a bit from bellow. Step with your left leg back and turn to your left side.[11]
The fourteenth wrestling
When he has grabbed you and you are in a neutral position with your right arm on the outside of his left arm and your left arm under his right arm, pull your left arm from his right armpit. Press his left arm to yourself with your right arm and go with your left hand under his neck. Turn yourself from him to your left side. This is possible on both sides.
The fifteenth wrestling
When he has grabbed you and you are in a neutral position so that your[12] right arm is over and your left arm is under, pull your left arm and grab him with your left hand above his shoulder around his neck. Reach to help your right hand bellow and press him down. Fall on your buttocks and throw him over yourself. This one is also possible on both sides.
The sixteenth wrestling
When you clinch up at the arms, make sure that your right hand is on the inside of his left arm and that your left hand is on the outside of his right arm. Let your left hand slide on his right arm and grab him with it by his right wrist. Grab under his right shoulder from bellow with your right hand and spring with your right leg behind his left. Press with your left hand above yourself and pull with your right hand to your right side.
The seventeenth wrestling
Make sure both of your arms are under his arms. Reach with your right hand between his legs, grab him behind by his jacket and go with your left hand from bellow to his chest. Lift up with your left hand and push away from yourself with your right hand so that he falls.
The counter
When someone does this to you, lock up his right arm with both of your arms and lift up. He will be unable to throw you.
- ↑ There is a further piece of instruction in Goliath: “Pull your left leg far back”.
- ↑ The instructions in Goliath are more precise: “Go through to your left side under his left armpit while holding his left arm.”
- ↑ Or “his” (in Goliath).
- ↑ Or “his” (in the Glasgow Fechtbuch).
- ↑ Goliath’s description is a bit different: “Strike out with your right hand and grab his right butt cheek”.
- ↑ I.e., against a hold with both arms under.
- ↑ The Glasgow Fechtbuch has another suggestion: “…or into his eyes”.
- ↑ Or “over” (in the Glasgow Fechtbuch).
- ↑ The instructions in Goliath are clearer: “Step with your right leg outside behind his right leg…”
- ↑ Goliath goes in more detail here: “…turn to your left side and throw him over your right hip”.
- ↑ Goliath has a further suggestion: “You can also step with your right thigh to his left thigh during the turn and throw him”.
- ↑ Or “his” (in the Glasgow Fechtbuch).
