Running slow provocation (Ritzen) into pulling (Zuchen) drills.
Input: provoking strike to the head to pull opponent out of their high guard.
Output: Zucken (Pull/Withdrawl) from measure and take the newly extended hand on the abzug (withdrawl)
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Our assault begins by the eating the underside of our opponents hands to bring their guard high before redoubling our assault as they are driven high, our assault then switches high once we train them to perceive our attacks coming from below.
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“Assaults” in HEMA are generally a set of motions that take you through the onset, into the krieg and through to the withdrawal.
In Meyer, we work through our onset, provocations, takers and hitters, one can see it as a set of motions or concepts in action.
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Time to learn a longsword technique from a irl Earthbender.
The prelhau is a beat that takes advantage of the flex in a longsword to curve the tip around opposition into deep targets like the head/face or into a thrust to the chest.
Rarely does the opp see it coming.
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I also mixed in some thrusts to the head which I can tell you for sure is a good way to get someone to pull their guard up lmfao
Here it is in practice
Meyer is about creating openings and exploiting them.
Pull them high so you can go low.
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A lot more things are not o my possible but effective when you hold your sword properly.
Yesterdays drills.
Rising underhau mutating into a rising zwechhau.
Underhau causes your opp to guard high, creating an opening for you to follow up with another strike from below.
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The 3 Ranges
Zufechten -
The approach phase/beginning to fencing. The fencers are far enough away so that neither can meaningfully threaten the other, so this phase is used for large sweeping movements, This phase ends when you are approximately "a fathom" from your opponent
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In fencing, striking low reduces your overall reach, which is why having "the high ground" in fencing isn't actually that advantageous contrary to pop culture.
In Meyer, we overcome this with the Lil John approach and Get Low.
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