“And the takedown of the year goes to: Chilean protester vs riot cop 🤼”
Here’s a full video, the comrade here manages to tackle the same cup again as another approaches and then make a gateway.
Found here via Ringen discussiongroup!
“ it resembles Folio 21r of the Codex Wallerstein”
Here’s a version from Meyer mentioned in the comments of the post above.
Close up on the takedown itself:
From the comments:
“ “ Casting
1.62v.3
When an opponent has run under you with his sword, so that you two come very near together, then throw your sword back away from you, bend rapidly down before him, and grip his legs with both hands. Pull toward you; thus he will fall on his back. Concerning this see the small figures on the upper
left in Image D." page 108 of the Forgeng translation “
That translation seems to be out of print but another is on the way.
And here’s a few other options in the meantime.
Another analysis of the situation, but to be noted that setting this up improperly can lead to getting caught in a guillotine choke.
A similar post on the topic here.
A post with a video on specific historical wrestling techniques here.
And here’s another old post about some Meyer wrestling.
There’s also a great article on wrestling in Meyer written by Keith Cotter-Reilly one of the best on the subject.
Here’s a recent post about it. It talks of this technique as well.
And here’s a post about a video with the techniques mentioned in the article.
Another video on some double leg takedowns present in historical combat.
