Kniechelhauw

Page for the wrist strike.

Primary Sources

Joachim Meÿer's Treatise  

Figures	Draft Translation by Mike Rasmusson	1570 Edition  Transcribed by Michael Chidester
	Knuckle Strike This strike takes its name from the joint against which it is tried, and is completed thus: when at first you hold your hands high above your head, and your opponent is moving under his sword so his head is held between both arms, then strike with a traversing strike under his sword’s pommel, with a view to his knuckles or to the joints between hand and arm. If he holds his hands much too high, then strike with a rising traverse Strike from below up against the knob of his elbows, thus is it completed.	[Ⅰ.14v.1] Kniechelhauw. DIeser hat den Namen von dem Gliedt, nach welchem er gerichtet wirdt, den vollend also, wann dumit de[i]nen henden hoch uber den Kopff nach dem ersten angriff, deinem gegenfechter under sein Schwerdt kommen bist, und seinen Kopff also zwischen beiden Armen heltet, so Hauw mit den Zwirchhäuwen under seines Schwerts Knopff, ubersich nach seinen Kniecheln, oder zu den gelencken zwischen seiner Hand und Arm, helt er die hendt gar zu hoch, so Hauw mit obgemelten Zwirchhäuwen von Unden auff nach dem knöpfflein bey den Elenbogen, so ist er gemacht.