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Hande Trucken
Hande Trucken (Hendtrucken, Hande drucken, pressing the hands) is one of the 17 Hauptstucke in the recital of Johannes Liechtenauer, and means to slice against an opponents wrists, typically done after disengaging from a bind. The technique is featured throughout the German fencing tradition.
Primary Sources
Gotha Version (1448) |
Rome Version (1452) |
Copenhagen Version (1459) |
Wolfenbüttel Ⅰ Version (ca. 1465-80) |
Munich Ⅰ Version (ca. 1470) |
Vienna Version (1480s) |
Dresden Version A (ca. 1504-19) |
Dresden Version B (ca. 1504-19) |
Krakow Version (1535-40) |
Munich Ⅱ Version (1523) |
Augsburg Ⅰ Version (1523) |
Glasgow Version (1533) |
Augsburg Ⅱ Version (1553) |
Munich Ⅲ Version (1556) |
Wolfenbüttel Ⅱ Version (ca. 1588)
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Pressing Hands
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Das ist võ hent truckñ dy außrichtu~g Den snyt wint |
von hend drucken [6r] Dein schneid wende |
vom hennd trucken Din schnyd ver wende |
Dyne snyden went |
dein snidt wend |
[09r] von hende trucken Dein schnÿde wende |
Hend druckhen. Dein schneiden wennt |
Von dem hend truckhen |
+ Von dem hendt truckhen [2]von di[r] dein schneid wend |
Von hennd truckhen, Dein schneid wennde |
Von den hend trucken [3]von dir dein schneid wend |
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Video Interpretations
{{#evp:youtube|Chk0pff1E7I| Sword Carolina (2015)|left}}
References
- ↑ Talhoffer adds four additional verses: "und gang nach an den man / stoss mit dem ghiltz schon / wiltu denn nit schallen / so hastu zway eynfallen".
- ↑ Text adds an additional couplet: "Das schwertt bind / zu der fleche truck in die hend".
- ↑ Text adds an additional couplet: "Das schwert binden / zu der flech trukh in die hand"
