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2023/03/28 Training blog

Finally we started meisterhaus! Of course we begin from the top, Zornhau.

After warming up, first we did some laps with footwork, then the "Forma di Fiore". That's what they call some sequence lifted from Flos Duellatorum. One of these days I will explain what it is about, I'm not confident enough right now. Did I tell how we are studying _German_ longsword? Dunno shite bout Fiore.

So we pair up and finally try Zornhau ort (hort? I really didn't think this whole blog thing throu bc I do not need to spell the german words like, ever). Then we tried the rest of the play with counters and counter-counters. The moves came back to me gradually, as I've already studied and drilled the damn thing multiple times, in different halls and clubs, under different instructors. Still! The tempo! What a pain! You truly need to be Meister to act indes. Also I find the counter abnemen (???) to take some serius balls to pull off. I hate leaving the bind in close distance, in krieg.

This fine evening we had a woman in her thirties coming in for a free try, all alone. I could absolutely feel how scary she would be when the two instructors would talk in front of her, plastic weapon in hand, cutting off space while they were just explaining the technical terms and such. I shall tell them the next time to leave more space, physical space, between them and the tryout and the fricking door.

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Allenamento al Parco Nord. 。 。 。 。 。 #zwerchhau #meisterhau #liechtenauer #artimarzialimilano #schermatradizionale #scrima #schermastorica #artimarzialieuropee #medievalcodex #medievaleurope #talhoffer #disarm #disarmo #fendente #corona #spadaaduemani #longsword #langeschwert #armibianche #artimarziali (presso Milan, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEjFk7rpu7_/?igshid=p8qnzzyesnbn

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Lo Zwerchau è un colpo di tradizione germanica, molto forte e molto rapido. Risolutivo in ambito civile, ma non in armatura (dove può comunque essere utile per destabilizzare e confondere l'avversario), dove l'elmo offre una grande protezione, lo Zwerchau è uno dei colpi maestri [Meisterhau] annoverati da Johaness Liechtenauer. 。 。 。 。 。 。 #schermastorica #zwerchau #meisterhau #liechtenauer #talhoffer #historischesfechten #artimarziali #spadaaduemani #kampfkunst #xv #schermamedievale #armibianche #spadaedaga (presso Fiera Di Santa Caterina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CB2xX8YJuDQ/?igshid=10tr2ww2lyyi5

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In this we see the method to the seeming madness when the old masters state that you should not look to what your opponent is doing but act. An important element in successfully performing the Mastercuts is to confidently attack the opponent—not his weapon—while understanding that the nature of the strike used will protect you from the incoming attack without further thought. This is not an issue of perfect timing, as might be supposed, but rather one of correct geometry, put in place by the simple response mechanism of training. If an opponent takes up guard x, you strike Meisterhau y, which automatically defends all likely attacks from guard x and simultaneously strikes your opponent or otherwise compromises him. Mutual kills are unacceptable in this craft; a proper defense protects as it places you into a position of advantage, from which you cut, slice, or thrust.   [...]Lastly, remember that your target is always your opponent’s head or body, never his weapon. Take no thought to your opponent’s attack once you have observed his starting position and begun your masterly counter, and you will prevail.

The Mastercuts – What They Are and What They Aren’t, Bartholomew Walczak and Jacob Norwood

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Translators Problem: a "Stück" of fencing

Translators Problem: a “Stück” of fencing

When we come to the translation of fencing books we will find that there are sets of combined body motions mostly done solo or together with a partner. But how are those sets of motions described by images and text are to be translated? In German they are named “Stück” which is a very flexible and vague term. In this article you find the answers, and it’s plural because there cannot be one as you…

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