Andre Lignitzer/Mike Rasmusson SS 2004

Here you rise to the art of Master Andres, known as the Lignitzer and well respected, in the shortened sword in the ready hand as an effective knightly weapon.

Note: take the sword with the right hand on the grip, and with the left grasp the middle of the blade, and go strongly to the man, so he must stab or strike. Indeed come before to quickly engage forcefully and stay close -

The First Play.

Note: stab him inward to his face, when he wards you, Then drive through and attack him outward to his face, if he wards you again, and so strikes your point off, then twist with your pommel around over his right shoulder, and spring with your right leg behind his left, and throw him back over -

The counter against

Note: as one does this to you and has thrust the pommel onto your neck, then from below drive up with the left hand between both his arms, and grab him by his right arm, and force yourself from him on your right side, and throw him over the hip

Yet a counter to the first play

Note: when he would thrust his pommel around your neck, then grasp forward with the left hand, and grab behind his right hand onto the grip and take the pommel, and shove it below, and attack him where you wish with your sword -

A counter against the counter

Note: when he has grabbed your pommel, then twist with your pommel up and outward from below around his left hand, and stride ahead with your right leg, and thrust your blade to his left arm -

The second play

Note: stab him just like the first stab to his face, and go to the second one as if you would stab inward to his face, just then drive through, and attack him outward to his face when he wards it, Then stride behind his left leg with your right, and thrust him with the hilt in his left armpit, and thrust a little upward so he falls -

The counter against

Note: if one does this to you, then stride with your left leg behind you, and block the thrust on the blade between both your hands, and twist with the pommel from below up between both his arms, and twist your pommel up from below over his left hand, and spring with your left leg behind his right, and thrust the whole sword over his neck, thus you have won his back -

A further counter against this

Note: as one would thrust the whole sword over your neck, then openly stand with your right leg still, and let go of your sword's grip, and with your right arm grasp around his back, and pull him by the middle, thus you throw him -

The third play

Note: stab him inward to his face, and just then drive through the other's stab, and stab him outward to the face, but if he wards this, then stride with the left leg between both of his, and with your pommel reach outside over his left leg to his knee joint, and stand yourself with the left shoulder up hard onto him, and lift yourself up strongly, and push to his left side -

The counter against

Note: if he will drive the pommel to your knee joint, then grasp with your left hand to his arm behind his left hand, and grasp with your right hand from below up around his elbow, so that your fingers stand above, and throw him on his mouth -

The fourth play

Note: when you stab him inward to the face, and he also to you, then strike flat against his sword, and grab his sword in your hand by the blade and set your point in him under his left shoulder, if he wards this, and also grabs your sword like you have his, then work from a wrench which stands described (below) as you wish -

The first wrench

Note: stab him inward to the face, if he wards this, and sets your stab aside, then twist your pommel up from below on your left side, and up over his sword's blade between both his hands, and wrench strongly to you, Thus you wrench his left hand from his blade, then stab him to the torso, if he is too strong and you can't wrench his hand from the sword, then twist the pommel still up from below on your right side over his left hand, and thrust the blade from you to his left side -

The second wrench

Note: stab him inward to his face, but twist with the pommel from your left side up from below over his blade between his hands and wrench strongly to you, and then stab him to the torso, if he wards this and fights your sword, and does so that both swords are caught, then thrust your sword's pommel around his right side, and spring with your right leg behind his left, and take the back, and lift across him with fingers high above the ground, and hit with your right foot outward to his right ankle, and throw him onto his right side -

The third wrench

Note: do to him just like as described above, and if both swords become caught, then thrust around over the head on his right side, and spring with the right leg behind his left, and with your right hand grab him by his left rear fauld, and with the left hand grab up from below to his bevor, and pull below to you, and thrust up from you, so he falls on his back.

The counter against

Note: if one drives with the left hand under your bevor, and has you by the left rear fauld with his right hand, and would throw you over backward, then grasp with your left hand up around his left, and grab him by the fingers, and break his hand away to the left side, and drive with your right hand on his left elbow, and take his weight.

The fourth wrench

Note: this is if both swords are caught, then thrust your pommel up around his right side, and spring with your right leg behind his left, and grab him with your left hand behind his left hand on his arm, and with your right hand grab him by the elbow and take the weight -

The fifth wrench

Note, when he has caught your sword, and you his, then go through both swords on his left side, then twist outward around his sword so that he must let yours go, if he holds his sword and lets yours go, then do as if you would stab him to the torso, if he wards this, and grabs at the sword with his left hand, then stab below through his sword on his right side around over his right arm onto his chest, thus you break his sword around out of his hand, then thrust his sword with the point toward him, and attack with your sword in the high guard -

The counter against

Note: if one does this to you, and will stride through both swords to you, then thrust both swords over his neck, and make them shears -

A counter against the counter

Note, when he has made shears, then in the bind grab up from below with your right hand behind his right so that your fingernails are above and thrust your sword hard from you on your left side, and turn yourself against him also on your left side and twist your pommel out over his right hand, and hit him where you will with the pommel and the hilt -

The sixth wrench

Note, when both the swords are caught, then thrust the pommel hard from you on your right side, and up around his left side and spring with your right leg behind his left, and grasp with your right hand up from below to his right armpit, and so lift his sword upward, thus you throw him to your right side which is the best, and the last of the wrenches.

This is but a play

Note, if he breaks through to your torso, then stab him first also to the torso, The second stab, stab from above down over his left hand between both arms, and twist the pommel up from below to his right side, stride with your left leg behind his left, and throw him over your thigh(?) -

The counter against

Note, if one does this to you then let your sword go from the blade, and grasp with your left hand behind and over his shoulder, and grab your sword once again by the blade, and pull him close to you, and swing yourself from him on your right side -

Yet a play

Note, if he works high with you, and stabs you to the face, then stab up from below between both his arms, and over his left shoulder, grasp with your left hand behind his left, and thrust your sword's grip onto your left shoulder, and grasp with your right to his left elbow hard up from below, and take his weight, then the sword stays under his left arm and between both of yours -

Yet a play

Note, if he works high with you, then stab up from below between both his arms, and let your left hand drive from the blade, and grasp over his sword's weak, and grip your sword by the blade again and then thrust both swords well above over his neck back and behind him to both knee joints, and wrench well below to you, and with your head thrust well from you so you throw him onto his back -

A counter against it

Note, if one does this to you, and will thrust both swords over your neck, then drive with the right hand to his left side around his back, and stride with your right leg ahead in front of his left leg, and throw him over your hip. This goes for both sides -

Yet a play

Note, stab him inward to the face, and then in the left hand hold his sword by the blade against your sword, and twist the pommel up from below behind his right hand, and then lift hard upward, and then wrench to your right side, thus keeping his sword on your right arm, This is a sword taking -

Yet a play

Note, when you advance to him, stab him outward to the face, and with the left hand grasp his sword's blade between both his hands, and let your own sword fall, and with your right hand grip behind his left also on his sword's blade, and with your right hand jerk his sword hard to your right side, then grab with your left hand down from below between both his arms behind around his right hand on his grip, and wrench his pommel up from below between both his arms, thus you take his sword -

A counter against

Note, if one does this to you, and takes your sword, and would twist out, then grasp with your right hand behind his right, and your left hand behind his right elbow, then you have him around his back -

Yet a play

Note, when you both fight around the sword, then strive so that you have your left hand behind his right on his grip, and your right hand between both his hands on his sword's blade, then grip with your left hand behind his right, and then grasp with your right from below up under his right arm, and stride with your right leg behind his left if he pulls the leg behind himself, then stride between both his legs, and thrust his arm to his left side from you with your left hand, and with your right arm shove him on his right arm, and a little upward on your right side so he falls -

Here you rise to the mortal strike

The first mortal strike: step close to him, and do as if you would stab him inward to the face, and then let your right hand drive from the grip, and thereby come to help the left hand on the sword's blade, and strike him with the pommel or with the hilt, or with the grip to his head -

A counter against it

Note, if one strikes to your head, then block the strike between both hands on your sword's blade, and twist the pommel to your left side over his hilt, and pull close to you, thus forcing his sword out of his hands -

The second mortal strike

Note, stab him inward to his face, but let your sword drive with the grip, and now grasp your sword with both hands on the blade, and strike him with the pommel to the left shoulder -

A counter against it

Note, block the strike on the blade between both your hands, and twist the pommel down over his hilt from above, and pull close to you, thus you take his sword just like before -

The third mortal strike

The third mortal strike is done to his left elbow, and counter it the same way as the two earlier counters.

The fourth mortal strike

Note, do as if you would stab to his face, and strike with the pommel to his left knee joint -

The counter against it

If one strikes to your left knee joint, then block the strike on your sword's blade between both your hands, so that your pommel stands toward the ground, and twist up from below on your right side, and pull hard behind you, thus you take his sword -

The fifth mortal strike

Note, do as if you will attack him inward to his face, and strike him with the pommel below to his left ankle -

A counter against it

Note, if one strikes to your left ankle, then let your sword drive by the pommel, and with the grip to the ground, thus you fight the strike with the hilt, and spring quickly with your right leg behind his left side, thus you win his back -

Four attacks

Go quickly to him, and attack him to the face, or to the throat, or to the chest, or under his left armpit -

A counter

If he attacks you with his sword to your chest, then drive with the left hand down from above to his sword, and hold it fast by the point, and then stab your sword behind his left leg, and shove with your chest a little ahead of you and extract your body off of his point, and thrust with your left hand under his face, or on his chest back over your sword -

A second counter

Note, if he attacks your face, and you also to him, then stab with your sword behind his gauntlet, and step ahead of yourself to his left side -

But a closing

Note, when both your swords have engaged, then grasp with your left hand out over his left, and wrench his point once, and stab up from below to his left armpit(?) -

Yet a closing

Note, when he has attacked to your chest, and will force you, then stab down from above with the sword over his left arm between both his hands, and twist your pommel up from below toward his right side, thus breaking around -

A counter against

Note, if he does this to you, then release your left hand from the blade, and stride with your left leg in front of him, grasp your sword by the blade again, and pull him hard to you, and then force yourself to his right side, thus you throw him down before you -