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Incomplete Translation by Keith P. Myers	Dresden I Transcription (1540s)	Vienna I Transcription (1550s)	Munich I Transcription (1540s)
[1] The Zornhaw against the Thrust It happens that you stand with the Zornhaw (Wrath Strike) with the left foot forward. Then follow after with the right and hit him strongly from above to the left side. If he deflects this, then strike nimbly to the next opening. If he strikes you wrathfully like this, then wind against the Zornhaw in the Hanging Point and let your point properly go forward shooting in (Einschiessen) to the face or chest. If he perceives this thrust, then drive with the sword well up over your head, spring with your right foot to his left side and cut him with the Zwirchhaw (Across Strike) to the head. If he strikes towards your head like this with the Zwirchhaw with crossed arms, then displace this with your long edge, then immediately yank back your sword (as in illustration) and wind your point from your left side to his face or chest.
[2] The Krumphaw from Both Sides When you come to the closing with the opponent, set the left foot forward and hold your sword with the point at your right side and remain hence standing in the Krumphaw (Crooked/Off-line strike). If he then strikes you from above to an opening, step outward with your right foot and give him a Krump to his right side and strike him at the nearest opening. If he gives you a Krump like this and you stand with your right foot forward likewise in the Krumphaw, then step in with your left leg and displace his strike with your long edge. Then immediately follow outward with the right foot and drop a Krump onto his sword with your short edge and with that cut through his head.
[3] The Zwirchhaw from Both Sides When you come to the closing with the opponent, stand with the right foot forward such that the short edge is wound towards you. Then follow outward with your left leg and strike the Zwirchhaw with crossed arms. If he displaces this, then wind in the weak and strike him long to the upper opening. If rather you stand with the left foot forward and likewise lie against him in the Zwirch with crossed arms, then follow outward with your right foot and turn your hand so that the flat of the sword stands in front of him and strike with the Zwirch in towards his left ear. If he displaces your Zwirch, then let a double feint pass and strike him to the top of his head on the right side.
[4] The Schillerhaw (Squinting Strike) from Both Sides When you come to the closing with the opponent, set your left leg out in front such that the short edge is wound under. Then step out with your right foot, wind your pommel beneath your right arm and set upon him with the point. If he sets upon you with the point like this, then displace it and immediately wind in the Zwirch, hang with your sword against the Zwirch on your right side and step out with the left foot. Then wind the point in between his arms such that the short edge stays on top (as in illustration). If he winds his point in between your arms like this, then set this aside with your long edge. With that press downward and let the weak run and strike him with the long edge to his head.
[5] Schaitlerhaw (Vertex Strike) Stand with the left leg in front and lift your sword above your head with extended arms (as in illustration). Then spring in towards him with the right foot and strike with the long edge directly to the top of his head. Then sink the point downward to his face or chest. When he then does the Schaitler to you, displace it with the Kron (Crown) such that the point and the hilt of your sword both stand above you. If he then fires out to thrust the point upwards towards you, wind your sword through under his Kron with the edge against his arm and with that cut him over both of his arms. If he cuts over your arms like this, then step back with your right foot and set his cut aside with the Krumphaw with your short edge and with that cut to his right side.
[6] The Ochs from Both Sides It happens like this in the Ochs (Ox). Stand with the left foot forward and hold your sword with crosswise hands above your head. Then wind and step with your right foot to his right side. If he perceives this Upper Hanger, then strike in the Zwirchhaw with crossed arms. If he strikes the Zwirch towards you like this, displace it and immediately wind and hang the point towards the face or chest. Then strike in strongly from above to his head. If he displaces this, strike the double feint, then immediately quickly take (the opening) before you from which to work a strike, thrust or cut. If you then stand with the right foot opposite him and he works quickly at you, then set this aside with doubled cuts on both sides and immediately strike with the Zwirch with crossed arms to the right side of his head. If he displaces the Zwirch with the long edge, then let off and strike with the short edge from above.
[7] The Pflug from Both Sides Step in towards the opponent with the right foot and hang the sword at your left side. Then drive up with the hilt over your head, step across with your left leg, and strike the Zwirch. If he perceives the Zwirch and displaces it, then spring across with your right leg and strike to the top of the head. But if you stand opposite him in the Pflug (Plow) and he does the Schaitlerhaw to you, then wind upwards into the Prechfennster (Speaking Window) so that you are looking out through the arms and your right foot stands forward. Then drop down and strike in with the half edge to the left ear. If he strikes you like this, then displace it with your long edge and then immediately wind with your point to his left face or chest. Then let off (Ablassen) with your sword, step with the left foot in front of his right, and strike from above to his head.
[8] The Alber and the Guard Vom Tag Stand with your left foot forward with outstretched arms such that the point is directed at the ground and the short edge is up (Alber/Fool, at left of illustration). Then fly up with your sword with crossed arms in front of your head in the Versazung (Parry Position), step in with your right leg, and shove the point into the left side of his face. If you should perceive this thrust and stand with your right foot opposite him in the guard vom Tag (from the Roof, at right side of illustration), then take away the thrust with a Krumphaw and strike with the Zwirch. Then immediately drop down and cut through the face. If you perceive that he intends to cut you like this, then push away his cut with your long edge and immediately wind with your point towards the left side of his face or chest. Then follow with the left foot in front of his right and strike his right forearm. If he strikes towards your arm like this, displace it with the long edge, step with your left foot in front of his right, and let the weak of your sword run and strike him to the top of his head.
[9] The Strong and Weak with Which to Instantly Note Evenness You stand with the right foot forward and bind his sword with your Schweche (weak). Then determine whether he is soft or hard at his sword. When he is soft at the sword drop down on his left side, step out with your left leg, and Zuck (yank) all hits you will throw at the opponent. When you stand opposite him likewise in the weak and he does the Zucken (yank) against you, then step back with your right foot and strike a Creizhaw (Crossing Strike) to his right ear. If he displaces your Creizhaw, then drop down and shoot the point double to the face and with that strike his head from above. If he hits towards your head like this, then do not displace this. Rather step away from the strike to his right side and Zwirch to his head.
[10] A Nachraisen (Traveling After) with a Cut You stand with your left foot forward in the Unterhau (Upward Strike) and he adheres to your hands from above (as in illustration). So step outward with your right foot and drop a Krump on him at your left side. If he drops a Krump on you and you stand with your left foot forward, then drop down quickly and step out with your right leg. With that strike him from above to the right side of his head. When he displaces this, strike him from below to his left side with your long edge. Then immediately step back and strike him from above a long one to the head. If he travels after, then set the point in his chest. If he sets aside your point, then strike with extended arms back away from him. If he strikes back away from you like this, then travel after him double with cuts and strikes from above and below, whatever he makes you do.
[11] Another Nachraisen When you stand with your left foot forward, step outward with your right foot and strike from your right shoulder with an extended blow to his head. If he strikes a long one like this to your head and you stand with your left foot forward, then adhere to him with the short edge, step outward with the right foot and wind to his left ear such that the hilt stands in front of your head. Should he perceive the winding and displace it, then hang and pass through with your sword and strike him to the nearest opening. If he seeks your opening like this, then strike against him with your long edge and set this aside below and above, extend your trunk and arms well and seek with your point the opening at his face or chest. Then immediately strike a Zwirch to his head with crossed arms. If he does the Zwirch towards you like this, then displace it with your long edge and wind the short edge to his left ear. Then yank your right foot back once again and strike to his right ear.
[12] A Nachraisen with the Hangenden Ort Stand with your left foot forward and strike in from your left shoulder to the right side of his head. When he then strikes like this towards you and you stand with your right foot forward, drop into the Hangenden Ort (Hanging Point) (as in illustration) and let the weak of your sword pass, then spring in behind his right side and hit to his head. If he displaces this, Doplier (double) high and Muntier (transform) low and set the point on his neck. If he sets upon you with his point like this, then push him away with your long edge, follow with your right leg outward and strike from below to his right arm. If he displaces this, then step with your left foot in front of his right and hit him with a double Feler (feint) to the top of his head. If he strikes high towards you like this, then displace him and wind with your short edge at his left ear. Then immediately run off and strike around again to his left side with your long edge.
[13] Another Nachraisen When you stand with your right foot forward hold your sword extended in front of your face such that the short edge stands towards you and step out with your left leg as you wind to his chest. If he displaces the point, then yank back and strike from above to the next opening. If he then strikes you like this, set your left foot forward and spring with your right foot well to his left side and drop in with the Creuzhaw. If he displaces this, then step back with your right leg and strike to his left arm. If he strikes you like this, then displace this with the Krumphaw such that it adheres on your sword. Then immediately step outward with the right foot and strike high to his head. If he strikes high towards you like this, then set this aside with the Krump with your short edge on your right side, and with that cut into the upper opening.
[14] A Nachraisen from the Right Side You stand with your right foot forward and hold your sword at your chest with the point opposite his face (left side of illustration), then step in with your left leg and guard yourself with crossed arms in the Versazung (Parry/Ready Position). Then step outward with your right foot and strike high to his right side. If he strikes high towards you like this and you stand with your right foot forward, the sword on your right side with extended arms to fire amidst the opponent (right side of illustration), then step outward with your left foot and hold the hilt in front of your head such that the point stands to the rear with crossed arms, and strike to his right side. If he displaces this, then travel to his left side with your short edge and then immediately wind upward with the Rose on his sword and strike with the Zwirch with crossed arms to the right side of his head.
[15] A High and a Low Nachraisen You stand with your left leg forward and your sword at your right chest with the long edge turned towards the opponent (as in illustration). Step in with your right leg, drop down on his left side and strike him there with your long edge. You then stand with the right foot forward, so take away the strike with the half edge, follow outward with the left leg and strike to his right ear. Should he perceive this strike and displace it, wind the Zwirch to his left side and then immediately drop down and strike him again to the left side. If he strikes double towards you like this, displace this with your long edge, then immediately step outward with your right leg and cut to his neck with the short edge. With that turn the long edge on him and cut to his head and his body.
[16] An Uberlauffen (Running Over) with a Sword Capture You do an extended strike while stepping in with the right leg and he likewise strikes in high. Step outward with your left leg, wind your pommel to your right side in over his arm (Uberlauffen) and jerk inward to your right side so that you capture his sword (as in illustration). If he intends to capture your sword like this, then set your left leg in front of his right, release your sword to him and forcefully and quickly thrust to his left shoulder as you jerk his right leg backwards with your left. Thus you throw him forward onto his face. If he will throw you onto your face like this, then yank your right leg at once towards you and step behind your left as you cut to his head. If he intends to cut you like this and has both swords, then grab his left elbow with your right hand and his left knee with your left hand. Thus you throw him over and over.
[17] An Uberlauffen with a Sword Capture Step in with the right leg and strike him directly to the head, then follow outward with your left leg and strike to his right side. If he strikes towards you like this, then wind your pommel in over his arm as you pivot to your left side (Uberlauffen), thus you capture his sword (as in illustration). If he intends to capture your sword like this, then set your right foot in front of his left and quickly throw him. Or set your left hand high upon him and yank the right against you. Thus you lock his arm. If he will lock your arm like this, then let your sword drop, grab his right hand with your left and under his right shoulder with your right and capture him at the shoulder. Thus you may throw him or carry him away with an armlock.
[18] The Oberhaw with the Sword Capture When you come to the closing with the opponent, set your right leg forward, follow outward with the right leg and strike long to his head. If you strikes towards you like this and you stand with your left foot forward, then displace his Oberhaw (Downward Strike), step outward with your right foot or leg and grab inward over his right arm with your left to his hilt (as in illustration). Then travel towards your left side so that his sword is captured. If he has captured your sword like this, then set your left hand on his right elbow and the right on his left, and with that shove him away from you. If he shoves you away from him like this, then let both swords drop and immediately spring turning backwards, run your pommel between his legs with extended arms, and with that lift upward and stand him on his head.
[19] A High and a Low Thrust Stand with your right foot forward and fire the point at the opponent from your left side to his chest. Should he perceive this thrust and displace it, then wind him the Zwirch with your left leg in, step with the left foot around to your right side and strike to his left ear. If he strikes towards you like this, then block his Zwirch such that your left foot is forward (as in illustration) and strike high to his head. If he displaces this, then wind the point to his face or chest. Should he perceive this thrust, then wind him the hanging point such that your right foot stands forward and strike with the Zwirch to the left side of his head. If he strikes towards you like this, then displace this with the Krumphaw (also matches illustration) and immediately cut to his head. If you should perceive a cut like this, then cut at this right side and immediately step back with your right foot and wind the Zwirch to his left ear.
[20] A High Winding with an Oberhaw Stand with your right foot forward and strike to his upper opening. If he strikes against you like this, then displace him and wind the short edge at his right ear (as in illustration). If he displaces this, then wind opposite him in the hanging point and then go against him with a Schaitlerhaw. He displaces this, so drop out of the Schaitler and immediately Krumphaw and cut him through his mouth or wherever you want. Should you perceive this cut, then set the Krump on his sword again. With that you have broken his cut and may also cut to his head. When he has broken your cut like this and cuts towards your head, step back with the left leg and wind the hilt out in front of your head and immediately strike to his right side.
[21] A High and a Low Einschiessen (Shooting In) So you stand with your right foot forward and he is opposite you with his left and shoots the point in against your face or chest. Strike high over his position to his head (as in illustration), then step outward with your left leg, hang and with that wind to the next opening. If he then hangs and winds towards your head, step with your right leg in front of his left and strike towards the left side. If he should perceive this strike, then step back with your left leg and wind him the hanging point such that your hilt stands before your head. Then immediately step in with your left leg again and wind him your point with crossed hands from your left towards the right side of his face. If he displaces this, then follow outward with your right leg and strike him high directly with your long edge.
[22] A Thrust with the Pflug Abzunemen (Parry Position) You stand with your left foot forward with arms extended in front of your face such that the point stands opposite your opponent. Then step outward with your right foot and wind the point into his face. Should you stand opposite him in the Pflug with the right foot forward and perceive this thrust (as in illustration), then follow outward with your left foot and wind the point out on your right side and then strike him at the upper opening. Should he perceive this strike and displace it, then strike with the Zwirch to his right side with crossed arms. If he strikes towards your right side like this, set your right foot forward and hang the blade at the right side so that he strikes it. Then immediately follow outward with your left leg and strike to his upper opening. If he strikes high towards you like this, displace this with your long edge as you drive out in front of your head. Then set the edge on his left arm near your crossguard and with that shove him on his right side. Thus you may cut him as well.
[23] Two Thrusts from which One goes into Winding You stand with the right foot forward and fire the point at the opponent (as in illustration). Then follow outward with your left leg and wind the point in the face or chest with extended arms. If he displaces this, then step backwards with your left leg and wind into the Prechfennster (Speaking Window) such that your hilt stands before your head. If he lies in the Prechfennster like this, wind the point in his face out of the Rosen (Rose) such that your right foot stands forward, then step outward with your left leg, set your right foot behind his left and wind with the short edge to his head. Then immediately strike with the long edge to his right arm. If he strikes towards your right arm like this, follow outward with your left foot and set a Krump onto his sword and with that cut to his head and body. Should he cut towards you like this, then bite another Krump and with that strike to his next opening.
[24] A Durchlauffen (Run Through) with a Ringen (Grapple) When you come to the closing with the opponent, strike high to his head as you step inward with your right foot in front of his right. If he displaces this, then let your sword fall over behind your back, run your head through his right arm, grab with your right hand around his body towards his left side and with your left hand to the back of his right knee (as in illustration before dropping sword). Thus you throw him. If you will break this, then let your sword fall and drop your right arm high over his left. Thus you may lift him with that. If he has grabbed you like this, then yank your right leg back, release your right hand from his body and grab behind his right knee with it. Then thrust with your left hand into his chest. Thus you throw him back.
[25] A Zucken (Yank/Snatch) to Half Sword with a Thrust You stand with your left foot forward and hold your sword in front of your head with crossed arms, the point opposite his face (as in illustration), then step outward with your right foot and wind the point to his face or chest. If he winds one towards you like this, then stand with your right foot forward and set aside the thrust Krumb on his right side. If he then sets aside your thrust Krumb, yank your sword towards you to half blade and shoot the thrust in again towards his face with the short edge. If he displaces this, then step outward with your left foot and strike him a long one high to the next opening. If he strikes a long one towards you like this, then displace this with your long edge, follow outward with your left leg and strike him with the Zwirch with crossed hands to his right arm.
[26] A Grappling at the Sword with a Throw You come to the opponent at the closing, so set your left leg between his feet, release the left hand from your sword, grab him below his left arm around his body towards his left side, and trap him at the hip and carry him away (as in illustration) or throw him from you onto his face. If you would counter this, then drop your left hand around his neck and your right hand around his left foot. Thus you may likewise throw him.
[27] A Thrust out of the Hacken (Leg Hook) When you come to the opponent at the closing, step in with your right foot and strike high to his head. If he then strikes one like this towards you, displace it and yank his right leg towards you with your left (the Hacken or Leg Hook). Then release the left hand from your sword, go in under his right arm and set upon his chin. With that thrust him high away from you (as in illustration). If he then sets upon your chin like this and will throw you, let your sword drop and take the right arm and set it on his left elbow. Then grab his left hand with your left hand in front and pivot to the right side. Thus you lock the arm. If he would lock your arm and you have the sword in your right hand, then thrust with your pommel to his right elbow. Thus you throw your left arm free.
[28] An Entry with a Grapple You come to the closing with the opponent, so set your right leg forward and strike high and long to his head. Then release your left hand from your sword and set it on his right elbow, follow outward with your left leg and shove him away from you. If he shoves you away from him like this and you stand with your left foot forward, then drop your left arm onto his right (as in illustration) and wind his right arm under your shoulder. Set your right front in front of his left, go under his neck with your right arm, and wrench your sword pommel downward. If he intends to wrench you downward with his pommel, then press with your neck so that he wrenches around further. Then immediately drop your pommel over his left arm, take it again low with your left hand and with that push strongly downward. Thus you cut him through his head.
[29] [A Throw at the Sword] When you come to the closing with the opponent Zwirch high to his head with your long edge, then let your sword drop and grab between his arms with your right hand to his neck around on his right side. Then immediately step with your left leg behind his left and yank low towards yourself (as in illustration). With that throw him to your right side. If he has trapped you like this high and low and intends to throw you, then press his arm with your arms together. Thus you counter him. If he has trapped your arm like this and intends to counter you, then step inward with your right foot in front of his left and immediately pull your arm powerfully from him and take his sword out of his hand. With that turn to your right side and cut him with the long edge from above.
[30] An Uberlauffen with a Grapple When you go to close with the opponent stand with your left foot forward and strike him with a Krump. Then follow outward with your right leg and Zwirch to the other side. Should he perceive your Zwirch and displace it, drop both your hands between his arms such that your right hand stands high on his hilt and pass your left hand under his right around to the pommel. With that pull him towards you. If he then pulls you towards himself like this, step with your right foot behind his left and let your sword drop. Then grab with your left hand under his left thigh and with your right forward on his neck. Then immediately throw him swiftly behind you.
[31] A Grapple with a Cut When you go to close with the opponent stand with your right foot forward and strike him to the top of the head. If he then strikes against you, displace this and strike him with crossed arms in towards the right side of his head. If he then strikes you one like this, displace his strike, let your sword drop and step outward with your right foot in front of his right. He lets his sword drop to cut through the face or wherever he may, so grab his right elbow with your right hand and with your left forward on the same (as in illustration). Thus with that you lock his arm. Then immediately yank towards yourself so you may also throw him.
[32] An Underhaw with a Sword Capture When you come to the opponent at the closing, strike with the Underhaw (low strike) stepping forward with your right foot such that the long edge stands upwards, then follow outward with your left leg and shoot the point double to the face or chest. If he displaces the thrust, then drop down in the Underhaw such that your hilt stands before your head. If he stands like this in front of you, then set the Krump on his sword such that your right foot stands forward, grab both blades with your left hand high in front (as in illustration) and with that pull from your right to your left side. Thus you capture his sword. If he intends to capture your sword like this, release it, step outward with your right leg, grab his right elbow with your left hand and the back of his right knee with your right hand and with that lift directly upwards. Thus you thrust him backwards.
[33] An Einfallen (Dropping In) with a Cut You strike with the Windthaw (winding/turning strike) and then turn out of it into a low cut towards his right side. Should you perceive this cut, step in with your right foot and shove the cut out with your long edge. As you do this drop your long edge between his hands onto the hilt and immediately invert the right hand and sweep his sword down with the half blade the same as yours (as in illustration) and subsequently yank it out of his hands. Then cut in high or low and you have both swords. If he will then cut like this towards you and has both swords held together, release your hands from your sword and step behind his right leg with your left and grab his waist with extended arms. Thus you throw him with both swords together.
[34] A Cut through the Hand You come to the closing with the opponent, so set your right leg forward and from here you will strike to the high opening. Then immediately drop down and strike again low to his right side. If he displaces this, then step behind his right leg with your left and wind the Zwirch out to strike to his high opening such that your hilt stands in front of your head. If he then strikes high towards you like this and you stand with your right foot forward, release your right hand from your hilt and grab with it to the half blade and with the left hand pull up to the cross. With that displace his strike on the sword blade between your hands and sweep his sword blade low and high with both your hands (as in illustration), then with that turn to your left side so that you cut him.
[35] Two Cuts from Above and from Below When you come to the closing with the opponent stand with your right foot forward and strike him with the Wechsel (Changing strike). Then wind into the right Fligelhaw (Flying strike) such that your hilt stands in front of your head. Set upon him with the cut to his left side over both of his arms. If he has set upon you with a cut like this, then step in with your left leg and set your strong outward onto both of his arms (as in illustration). Thus you counter his low cut with your high. Then follow outward with your right foot and drop a Krump over his arm. If he does a Krump to you like this, then let the weak of your sword run, step in with your left foot and strike with the long edge high to his head. Then turn your short edge on his neck and shove him away from you. Thus he may come to no more work before you.
[36] Two Lannge Orter (Longpoint) out of the Long Cut When you come to the opponent step in with your right leg and strike him with your long edge to his right arm (as in illustration). If he displaces this, then wind into the Hanging Point such that the hilt stands in front of your head, step to your left side with your left foot and strike him with the Creizhaw (Crossing strike) to his right side with crossed arms. If he strikes against you like this and you stand with your left foot forward, set his strike aside with the short edge, follow outward with your right foot and strike to the top of his head. If he strikes towards your high opening like this and you stand with your left foot forward, displace this with your long edge, follow outward with your right leg and Zwirch him to the left side of his head. Should you perceive this strike coming around, take it away with the Krumphaw and strike high to his head with the long cut.
[37] A High Cut with the Schaitler When you come to the closing with the opponent step forward with your left foot and strike a long one over both of his arms to his right side (as in illustration, though it shows the attack to the wrong side). Thus you may cut him low or high. If he then strikes towards you one like this and you stand with your left foot forward, then take the cut away with a Krumphaw at your left side and with that cut him through the head. If he cuts through your head like this, then drop another Krump on him and then likewise cut through his head on his right side. If he displaces this further, then take a double Feler (feint) to both sides and then immediately strike with crossed arms to his right ear. Should you perceive this strike, displace it with the long edge, let the weak of your sword run, and with that strike to his right arm. Then step back and wind into the Hanging Point, immediately follow outward with the left leg and stick the point into his chest.
[38] Another High Cut Stand with your left foot forward and strike a long one like this over both of his arms near his right ear (as in illustration). Then follow outward with your right foot and strike a Zwirch to his left side. If you have then struck the Zwirch, yank your sword free up over your head and make as if you will strike to the top of his head. Then immediately step with your left leg around to his right side and cut over his arm. If he cuts over your arm like this, displace this cut with the long edge, turn the sword with the short edge onto his blade and with that strike to his head. Should you perceive this strike, displace it with your long edge and immediately shoot to his face or chest out of the Ochsen (Ox) with crossed arms. If he displaces this, then spring with your left foot onto his left side and strike with the Zwirch to his head.
[39] An Inverting Cut with an Ansezen (Set Upon) When you both come together at the closing stand with your left foot forward and take care of the opening over his left arm with your cut and set upon him with the long edge such that the cross stands on his elbow. Then shove him away from you (as in illustration). If he then shoves you away like this, take your left leg and pivot to your right. Thus you go out of the cut. With that strike high to the right side of his head such that your left leg comes forward again. Then immediately follow outward with your right foot again and strike to his head with the long edge out of the stance vom Tag (from the roof). If he displaces this, then strike his right arm with a Fligelhaw (flying strike) from below. If he travels after the strike and will shove it away, then strike him to the high opening with your short edge. If he strike towards you like this and you stand with your left foot forward, Zwirch to the right side of his head.
[40] Another Inverting Cut When you both come together at the closing take note of the level of the opening at his arm and set upon him with your long edge on his right shoulder and your cross below his right shoulder and with this shove him out in front of you. If he shoves you away like this and you have your hands crossed in front of your head (as in illustration), then step out in front of you with your right leg, pivot backwards with your left and thrust your point in his face. If he displaces your thrust, then quickly take the timing in front of you and strike low and high to his four openings. If he seeks your openings like this, then hang and wind out of the Pflug to strike him strongly from above. If he displaces this, then follow outward with your right leg, dopelier (double) high, ajundier (mutate?) low and with that seek his openings as well.
[41] The First Cut from Below When you come to the closing with the opponent pay attention to whether he seems high of low opposite you. If he goes high with his arms opposite you, then cut him from below. If he rather goes low with his arms opposite you, then cut him from above. If you then stand opposite him with your left foot forward and he cuts from below towards you (as in illustration), then step back with your left foot and set the long edge upon his sword. Thus you have countered the cut from below and may work whatever you want low or high to his openings. Then immediately strike to his right ear with crossed arms. If he displaces this, then yank back your sword to half blade and strike again wherever you want. Then immediately wind with crossed arms and thrust your point into his face again from your left to his right side.
[42] The Other Cut from Below When you both come together at the closing, take note of the openings at his body low and high. If he then strikes high towards your head, cut in from below through his arm (as in illustration). If he cuts towards you from below, step with your left leg in front of his right and strike the Zwirch with crossed arms to hit him at the right side of his head. Then spring to his right side with your right foot out of the Zwirch and strike long as you move away from him. If he has struck away from you like this, then travel after him double with cuts and strikes and strike with the long edge to the high opening. If he strikes high towards you like this and you have leaned backwards, then step in again with your left leg as you wind and hang up over your head with your blade on your right side so that his strike goes away off of your blade. With that strike high to his head.
[43] A High Hanging from both Sides When you come to the closing with the opponent, stand with your right foot forward and hold your sword on your right side with your hilt in front of your head (as in illustration). Follow outward with your left leg and wind your point into his face with crossed hands out of the Hanging. If he winds the point towards your face like this and you likewise stand opposite him in the Hanging with your right set forward, then follow outward with your left leg and shove out into the winding with the long edge to your right side with crossed hands. Let the weak of your sword run and strike him high. If he displaces this, then Zwirch to his right side. If he displaces this as well, then follow outward with your right leg and Zwirch to the left side of his head. If he Zwirches towards you on both sides like this, then set the Krump on his sword and cut to his head.
[44] Another High Hanging When you come to the closing with the opponent, stand with your left foot forward with crossed arms such that your point hangs towards the ground on your left side (as in illustration). Step in with your right foot and wind your point into his face such that your hilt stands in front of your head. If he winds the point towards your face like this, then take his point away to your left side with the short edge. Then follow outward with your right foot and cut him through the head. If he intends to cut you like this and you stand with your right foot forward, then set this aside with your short edge. Then immediately follow outward with your left foot and cut through his head also with the short edge. If he displaces this, then wind your pommel over his right arm and with that turn to your left side. Then immediately pivot around onto your right side. Thus you cut through his head.
[45] The Prechfennster from Both Sides It happens like this in the Prechfennster (Speaking Window): stand with your right foot forward and hold your hilt in front of your head such that your thumbs are underneath, the point is high on your right side, and you look out at the opponent between your arms (as in left side of illustration). Drop the sword down on your right side as you step in with your left foot and strike him powerfully to the head. If he strikes high towards you like this and you likewise lie in the Prechfennster and stand with the left foot forward, then displace the strike with your long edge with crossed arms as you follow outward with your right foot. Then drop the short edge down and strike on the left side of his head. If he strikes towards you like this, set this aside with your short edge, follow outward with your right leg and wind the short edge at his left ear.
[46] Two Windings with Similar Free Points It happens like this in the Winding: stand with your right foot forward such that your short edge is wound opposite of you with the point in the opponent’s face (as in illustration). Follow outward with your left leg, wind into the Krumphaw shooting the short edge over his sword and then strike to his head with your long edge. If you then also stand like this in the Winding with the right foot opposite him and he shoots over you and strikes high, then let your wind run double and strike with the long edge against his strike. Follow outward with the left foot and you may work from there with strikes, thrusts, and cuts. If he fires strikes and thrusts at you like this, then displace this with the Krieg (in-fighting) and work with his Schwech (weak) and Sterck (strong), in the Vor (before) and the Nach (after).
[47] Two Winding In at the Sword It happens like this with the Winding In: stand with your left foot forward and hold the short edge opposite the opponent with crossed hands with your left hand over your right arm (as in illustration). Wind through in the Rose and then immediately drop down at your left side, step in with your right leg and wind towards his face. If he then winds like this towards your face and you likewise stand opposite him in the Winding with your right foot set forward, then wind your long edge on his long, drop downward with your short edge at your right side, and step well in towards him in the bind. Thus you will not become caught in the winding. Then immediately wind around and through, invert your hand and grab around the pommel such that you stand in the Einkhiren (Unicorn) and then stab with your point to his face or chest.
[48] A Double Winding from which a Hanging Proceeds It happens like this in the Winding: stand with your left foot forward and hold your sword with crossed arms with the flat at your left leg such that the point stands opposite the opponent (as in illustration). If he then intends to strike high towards your head, step in with your right leg with the hilt in front of your head to displace his strike. Then spring with your left leg behind his right and strike with the Creizhaw (Crossing Strike) to his head. If he strikes towards your high opening like this and you stand with your left foot forward, displace his Creizhaw with your long edge, travel outward with your right foot, and cut towards his head and body. If he intends to cut towards you like this, then shove out the short and long against him to work with the Winding to the waist and heart, from one opening to the other.
[49] A Winding Aside from both free Right Sides You come to the closing with the opponent in the Winding Aside and stand with your right foot forward (as in illustration). Follow outward with your left leg, wind the half edge downward, and shoot the long point into his face with extended arms. Should you perceive this thrust and stand with your right forward, then set it aside, step in with your left foot, and set the short edge Krump onto his sword. His thrust is deflected like this. If he deflects your thrust like this, wind aside and strike in over his arm to the right side of his head. If he strikes towards you like this, displace it and then immediately follow outward with your right foot and strike with the short edge to his head. If he strike towards you like this with short and long to your right side, displace this likewise with short and long edges, then follow outward with your right foot and seek his next opening.
[50] A Thrust out of the Word “Inndes” (Simultaneously) When you come to the closing with the opponent and he fires his long point against your face or chest, step with your right leg opposite him and set the thrust aside with your long edge (as in illustration). If you have then set his thrust aside like this, wind quickly downward and change high again to the face. If he displaces this, then step in with your left leg and strike with crossed arms to his right ear from above. If he strike towards you like this and you stand with your right foot forward, then set it back again and wind your point double to his face or chest. If he displaces this once more, then strike into the Alber vom Tag (Fool from the Roof). If he then intends to strike towards your high opening, wind out with crossed hands into the Versazung (Parry Position), step in with your right foot and immediately wind and hang and strike high to his head.
[51] A Thrust against the Einschiessen (Shooting In) Strike like this at the closing with the opponent: set your left leg forward and shoot in the point to his face or chest such that your half edge stands downward. If you then stand with your right foot opposite him and he fires the point at you like this over your crossed arms (as in illustration) and you have shot in at him as well, then wind your short edge to your right side and with that set his thrust aside. You may work from here whatever you will, weak and strong and take note of the word “Indes” (Immediately). If he intends to work towards you like this weak and hard on your sword, take heed of the level of the opening at his body with your point. Then step outward with your right leg and at the same time strike with the long edge to his head. If he works quickly on you like this, then displace him with the Krieg (war/in-fighting) from one side to the other. Because of this you may at the same time bring strikes, thrusts, and cuts.
[52] A Thrust against a High Nachraisen (Traveling After) It happens like this when you come to the opponent: stand with your right foot forward such that your long edge is wound upward and the hilt is in front of your head. Then fire the point opposite his face or at his throat. If he fires the point opposite your face or chest like this, then stand with your left foot forward and travel after him long and high to his head with outstretched arms (as in illustration). Then follow outward with your right foot and wind into the Hanging Point and with that strike him again a high long one to his right side. If he strikes towards you like this, then displace this with your long edge, step outward with your left foot, and strike with the Zwirch to the right side of his head. If he displaces the Zwirch, then yank back your strike and hit him again quickly. If he strikes at you double like this, step away from his strike with a false step on your left side and strike him to the right.
[53] A Zucken from Both Sides Strike yourself into the Zucken like this such that your left foot stands forward and you strike to his right side with crossed arms (left side of illustration). Then immediately wind your sword at your right side, step in with your right foot, and strike yourself into the low Zucken such that your hilt stands in front of your head with your point opposite the opponent. If you then stand like this opposite the opponent with your right foot forward and arms extended such that the long edge stands opposite him (right side of illustration), then hang on your right side, follow outward with your left leg, and strike high to the top of his head. If he displaces your strike, then strike the Zwirch towards the left side of his head. If he Zwirches towards your left side like this, set this aside with your short edge, follow outward with your left foot, and strike to his right arm. If he displaces this, then wind to his face. If he winds towards you like this, shove this out with your long edge, follow outward with your right foot, and strike to his high opening.
[54] A Zucken with Short and Long Edges It happens like this in the Zucken: stand upright with both feet together and lift the sword across in front of you with outstretched arms such that the short edge stands opposite you (as in illustration). Then take the Fligel (Flying Strike) in from below from your left side, follow outward with your left leg, and strike to his right side. If he strikes the Fligel against your right side and you stand with your right foot forward, then drop a Krump on his sword and follow outward with the left foot. Thus you may cut him on both sides to the head and to the body wherever you want. If he intends to cut you like this, displace it with winding on your sword, follow outward with your right foot, and strike with the short edge to his head. Then immediately yank back your sword and wind the point to his face or chest. If he sets this aside, then take all hits double and with that strike to the right side of his head.
[55] A Binding with a Sword Capture When you both come together at the closing and the other has you in the bind, step forward with your left foot and grab with your left hand over his right to his pommel. Thus you may capture his sword. If he then grabs over your right arm like this and has caught your sword near the pommel, then thrust at his left elbow with your left hand as you set your left foot in front of his left (as in illustration). Thus you push him back and may well come out of harm from him. If he intends to push you like this, let your sword drop, release your left hand from his sword, yank your left leg back and then immediately grab with both hands to his left foot and with that yank towards you. Thus you may throw him backwards. If he will throw you like this, then catch him by his throat and turn his face against the sun.
[56] A Krumb Aufsitzen (Set Upon) from Both Sides When you both come together at the closing and have each struck your swords in the weak, take note of his weak and set the Krumb upon his hand with your short edge with crossed hands such that your left foot stands forward (as in illustration). If he is setting the Krumb upon you like this and you stand with your left foot forward, follow outward with the right and strike Krumb against Krumb. Then with that cut high to the right side of his head. If he displaces this cut drive out with the short edge over your head and let the weak run on his left side. Then strike high to his head. If he strikes high towards you like this, then displace this with the long edge and immediately strike with crossed arms to his right ear. If he displaces this, hang and wind and immediately thrust with your point to his face or chest. Then strike yourself back away from him.
[57] An Aufsitzen with an Einschiessen When you come together at the closing and both have thrown the high strike and the other intends to set upon you, then set your right leg in front, follow outward with your left , set the short edge over his hands, and with that press directly downwards to the ground (as in illustration). If you then stand with the right foot opposite him and he sets the Krumb upon you, yank your right leg back, go out with your hilt in front of your head such that the point hangs to the rear, and hit him strongly from above. If he displaces this, then wind into the Zwirch and strike him double to the left side. If he seeks the opening on your left side like this, then shove this out with the Krumphaw, immediately follow outward with the right foot, and cut to his head. Should he perceive this cut and take it away, then step with your left foot to his right side and strike him double.
[58] The Underhaw with their Lower Uberlauffen It happens like this in the lower Uberlauffen (Running Over): stand with your right foot forward and hold your sword in front of your face with extended arms such that the long edge stands high and the point is opposite the ground (as in illustration). Then follow inward with the left foot and strike from below to his right side with crossed arms. If you then stand with the right foot opposite him and he intends to do the lower Uberlauffen, then shove out with the long edge, step with your left foot behind his right, and strike high to the top of his head. If he strikes high towards you like this, then displace this with the long edge and wind into the upper Hanger on your right side. Then immediately follow outward with your right foot and strike with crossed arms to his right ear. If he strike towards your right side like this, then displace this with your long edge, immediately follow outward again with the right foot, and strike once more to his right side.
[59] The Mittelhaw from Both Sides Conduct yourself like this in the Mittelhaw (Middle Strike) such that your left foot stands forward and your sword is extended from your body on the right side (as in illustration). Follow outward with your right foot and strike quickly through in front of the opponent in the Sturzhaw (Plunging Strike). Then step in with the left leg and strike to his right ear. If he displaces this, then strike again quickly to his head. If then strikes towards you to the other side over your Versazung (Parry Position) and you stand with your right foot forward, then yank your sword upward from his blade, step backwards with your right foot, and with that stab to his chest with crossed arms. If he stabs towards you like this, set this aside with your short edge, follow outward with your right foot, and with that cut to his head. If he displaces the cut, then step back with your right foot and shoot the point to his face. If he fires the point at you like this, set it aside with the long edge, and with that Schill and Schaitler to his head.
[60] A Feler at the Pflug upon Joining When you will strike the Feler (Feint), it happens as follows: stand with your left foot forward and hold your sword extended in front of you with outstretched arms such that the long edge stands below (as in left side of illustration). Follow outward with your right foot and let the Feler run double on your left side to his right. If you then stand opposite him in the Pflug with crossed hands and with your left foot forward such that the point is opposite the opponent (as in right side of illustration) and he strikes the Feler double at you, then step in with your right foot and wind out with the hilt over your head such that the point hangs to the rear on your right side and immediately Hang as he strikes. Then strike to the right side of his head. If he displaces this, follow outward with your left foot and strike with crossed hands to his right side. If he strikes towards you like this, displace this with your long edge, follow outward with the left leg, and strike directly to the top of his head.
[61] Two Openings from the Left Side Thus you both come together at the closing, so stand with your left foot forward and take note of his high opening. With that strike a long high one to the opening at his head. If you then stand with the right foot opposite him and have likewise struck to the opening at his left side (as in illustration), then step back with your right leg and wind out with the hilt in front of your head such that the long edge stands high. Thus his strike is displaced. Then immediately yank your sword back behind your head and shove the point into his face from your left to his right side. If he intends to thrust towards your face like this, set this aside with the long edge and immediately strike him quickly to his head. If he displaces this, step backwards with your left foot and strike from below to his right arm. Then immediately follow outward again with the left leg and seek his openings from one side to the other.
[62] Two Openings from the Right Side When you come before the opponent and stand with your right foot forward, take note of the opening at his right side with your long edge with extended arms. If he then strikes towards your right side like this, do not displace this but rather strike high to his head (as in illustration). If he then strikes a long high one towards you like this, drive with your sword up over your head, spring with your left foot behind his right, and likewise strike him to the top of the head. If you should perceive this strike coming around, then step in towards him with the right foot and strike over both of his arms. With that you may also shove him away from you. If he then shoves you away from him, immediately work quickly with him in the Vor and in the Nach and at the same time take note whether he is weak or strong at his sword and seek the next opening from both sides. If he displaces this, then wind your point to his face or chest.
[63] Feeling for the Weak and the Strong You come together at the closing like this in the bind. Set your right foot forward and immediately determine whether he is soft or hard at his sword. If he is weak, then step in with your left foot and strike with crossed arms to his right ear. But if he is hard at his sword and holds strongly against you, then let the weak off and strike to his head. If he strikes a high one out of the weak towards you like this and you stand with your right foot forward, then shove this aside with the long edge, drop a Krumb on him and with that cut to the next opening on his left side. If he intends to cut you like this, then shove aside the Krumb and immediately cut to his head. If he displaces this, wind your point in his face and then travel after him double with cuts and strikes. If he travels after you long like this, then hang and wind, spring backwards to your right side and at the same time seek his high opening.
[64] Schrannkhut from Both Sides So you lie in the Schrannkhut (Barrier Guard) like this with extended arms such that your left foot stands forward and he strikes high towards your head. Follow outward with your right foot and take his strike away with your short edge and then strike high to the top of his head. If you then stand opposite him likewise in the Schrannkhut and your left foot stands forward, then step with your right foot behind your left and set his strike aside with your long edge and then wind to his neck. Thus you may cut or slash him wherever you want. If he will then cut you, follow outward with your left leg and strike with the Zwirch to the left side of his head. If he displaces this, then strike him with crossed arms to his right side. If he strikes towards you like this, then displace this with your long edge and immediately counter with strike, thrust or cut from one side to the other.
[65] The Wechselhaw from Both Sides When you come to the closing with the opponent and strike in the Wechsel (Changer), set your left foot forward and strike from below at his face such that the short edge stands high. Then step outward with your right foot and strike with the long edge to the right side of his head. If you then likewise stand opposite him in the Wechselhaw (Changing Strike) and have your left foot set forward (as in illustration) and he strikes in high towards you, then follow outward with your right foot and displace this with the long edge. Then immediately strike from below to his right side with crossed arms and with the long edge. If he displaces this, then take your strike again from below and Wechsel high double to his head. Should you perceive the Wechsel, displace it with your short edge and strike to his head with your long edge. If he displaces this, strike to the right side of his head with the Zwirch with crossed arms.
[66] Two Positions from which the Einkiren Proceeds If you will perform the Einkurn (Unicorn), it happens as follows: stand with your left foot forward and do an extended strike well out towards the ground (as in illustration). Then immediately Dopelier (double) out and release your left hand from your sword’s pommel, step outward with your right foot, grab with an inverted hand on the pommel such that your thumb stands high, and shoot the point to his face. If he shoots the point towards your face like this and you stand with your right foot forward, set the thrust aside with your long edge, follow outward with your left leg and strike quickly with the long edge high to his head. If he strikes a high one towards you like this, displace this and immediately change through low into the cut from below and with that cut to his arm. If he will displace the cut, then immediately wind around and out, follow outward with your left leg, and seek his next opening.
[67] High Abgenommen and Striking to the Opening When you come together at the closing, stand with your left foot forward and strike to his high opening (as in illustration), then follow outward with your right leg, yank back your strike again, and with that quickly strike him once more high on the right side of his head. If he displaces this, then drive out at his sword’s blade with your sword such that you high Abgenomen (force it upward) and then stab to his face. If you then stand with your right foot opposite him and hold your sword under your left shoulder and he stabs towards your face, then grab to your half blade, drive out in front of your head, and thrust his point away with the Kron (Crown). Then you may thrust your point to the face or chest, and may also hit to his head with the pommel. If he intends to hit you with the pommel like this, displace this also with the Kron and immediately stab your point in his face and then hit with your pommel to his head.
[68] A Reissen (Snatching) with a Sword Capture When you come together at the closing and the other binds on the Schildt (shield), set your left foot forward and strike to his left side with your short edge. If he then strikes towards your left side and you stand with your left foot forward, then drop a Krumb on his sword and step with your right foot outside behind his left. Thus his sword comes under your left shoulder. Drop your right hand on his handle and come to the aide of your right with your left. With that turn to your left side and you may throw him or capture the sword. If he will capture your sword, then release it and grab with your right hand forward onto his right and with your left on his right elbow and with that shove away from you. Thus you may lock his arm. Should you perceive this armlock, step with your left foot onto his right side and come to the aide of your right hand with the left (as in illustration). Then you turn yourself out of the armlock.
[69] The Wechsel from which the Thrust Proceeds It happens like this in the Wechsel (Changer): stand with your left foot forward and strike with your sword out in front of his face such that your short edge stands high and then wind your sword at your left side with crossed hands and put the point in his face as you follow outward with your right leg. Thus the point comes in at him twice. If you then stand like this in the Wechsel opposite him such that your right foot stands forward and you perceive the double thrust, then step back with your right leg and shove the thrust away with your long edge. Then immediately wind your short edge onto his sword, step in again with your left foot, and press his sword at your right arm. Then you may cut to his high opening. If he intends to cut towards you like this, displace him with the Krumphaw and with that cut to his head. If he sets this aside, then wind into the Hanging Point such that your hilt stands in front of your head, follow outward with the left foot, and wind the point double to his face.
[70] The Einkiren with an Absetzen When you come before the opponent, it happens like this in the Einkiren (Unicorn): stand with your left foot forward with arms inverted in front of your head such that the short edge stands below and the point is opposite the opponent (as in illustration). Follow outward with your right foot and with that stab your point to his face or chest. Then immediately wind into the Zwirch and strike to his right side with crossed hands. If he then fires the Einkiren at you like this, set your left foot forward and set aside the Einkiren with your long edge. Follow outward with your right leg and strike high to his head with your long edge. If he displaces this, then immediately work quickly from one opening to another low and high, wherever he makes you. If he seeks your openings like this, then immediately work with him quickly at the Vor and at the Nach. If it is the Vor, you come to the lead. If it is the Nach, you strike after.
[71] A Right and a Left Thrust It happens like this in the left thrust: set your right foot forward and hold your sword over your head with extended arms such that the point stands to the rear (as in illustration). Then follow outward with your left leg and shoot the point to his face from your left to his right side. If he displaces this, wind into the Hanging Point and strike again at his left side. If you then stand like this opposite him with your right foot forward such that the hilt is in front of your head and the point stands opposite the opponent and he strikes double at you, displace this and let the weak run double. Then immediately seek the next upper two openings. If he seeks your upper openings like this, block this and immediately strike quickly with the short edge to his head. If he displaces this, immediately wind quickly to his face, follow outward with your right leg, and strike high to his head.
[72] A Thrust to the Face out of the Bind When you come together at the closing and the other has bound at the swords, stand with your right foot forward in the bind, then follow outward with your left leg and strike to the high opening. If he then strikes a high one towards you like this and you stand with your left foot forward, displace this. If he then yanks back and intends to strike again, bring your pommel in between both his arms towards his face (as in illustration). Thus you split his arms one from another and can also strike, cut, or stab through his head. Should you perceive this previously described technique and he will counter you with his pommel, then press downward with your hands on his arms and immediately cut to his head. Should you perceive this cut, set your long edge on his right arm and with that slash and cut on the right side to his next opening.
[73] A Position out of the Pflug against the Oberhaw It happens like this: stand with your right foot forward with your sword flat such that the point is opposite the ground. If he then strikes the Oberhaw at you (as in illustration), step in front with your left leg and set his strike aside with crossed arms with the long edge, then stab to the left side of his face. Thus you wind into the Hanging Point. If he stabs towards your face like this and you stand with your right foot forward, spring with your left foot onto his left side and set the stab aside. Then step with your right foot well onto his right side and strike quickly high to his head. If he displaces this, then take the Dopelhaw (Doubled Strike) with a thrust and work towards his next opening. If he seeks your opening like this, follow outward with your right leg, hang and wind against his strike so that his blow is displaced. Then immediately strike with crossed arms to the right side of his head.
[74] Two High Strikes to the Head When you come to the closing with the opponent, set your left foot forward and immediately take note of the level of his strike. If he strikes high towards your head, step with your right foot behind your left and wind the hilt out in front of your head. Thus his strike goes aside on your flat. Then follow outward with your right foot and with that hit high to the top of his head. If he then strikes a high one towards you like this and you stand opposite him with your left foot, set his strike aside with your short edge and cut through his face with your long (edge). If he intends to cut you like this, release your left hand from your sword and thrust on his right elbow. Thus you shove him away from you and have taken his strength so that he cannot work further.
[75] A Reissen with a Sword Capture When you come together at the closing, stand with your left leg in front and strike high to the right side of his head. If you then stand opposite him like this also with your left foot forward and he strikes high towards your right side, displace this with your long edge, and during the displacement release your right hand from your sword and grab his left with it. If he has then released his right hand from his sword and grabbed your left, release your left hand from your sword as well and grab his blade as well as your own (as in illustration). Then step with your right foot behind his left and turn from him to your left side. Thus you capture his sword. If he will capture your sword, let him! But set your left hand on his right elbow and with that turn to your left side so that you lock his arm.
[76] A Reissen with a Throw When you come to the opponent at the closing, stand with your left foot forward and bind on his sword. If he holds strongly against you in the bind, then drop your pommel over his arm and with that snatch him towards you (as in illustration). If he snatches you towards himself like this, set your right leg behind his left, let your sword fall and grab his jaw with your left hand and his left leg half-way above the knee with your right hand. With that you may throw him backwards. If he holds you like this, grab your sword’s blade with your left hand near the point and set your sword between between hands onto his neck. With that you shove him away from you and he must release you. If he has then set upon you like this and has shoved you away from him, turn yourself to the rear and cut to his head with doubled cuts. That is, with short and long edges.
[77] Two Entries from which Two Cuts Proceed When you come to the closing with the opponent it happens like this: set your right foot forward and strike a high one with the Sturzhaw (Plunging Cut) to his left side. Then follow outward with your left foot, grab your sword’s blade with your right hand near the Schildt, and cut through his face. If you then stand with your left foot opposite him and he intends to cut you, release your left hand from your pommel, thrust your sword through between his arms towards his face and immediately grab with your left hand over his right arm forward on your sword’s blade (as in illustration). Then step in towards him with your right leg and wind your sword to your left side such that your pommel comes upward. Thus you cut over both of his arms and may thrust the pommel into his face or chest.
[78] Two Einschiessen with their Points You stand with the right foot forward and shoot the point at his left side such that your short edge is turned downwards with the hilt in front of your head. Then follow outward with your left leg and wind your short edge to his face or chest. If he displaces this, step back with your left foot and strike with the Zwirch to his left side. If he strikes towards you like this and you stand with the left foot forward and hold your hilt with crossed arms in front of your head, then follow outward with your right foot and wind his sword to your left side with your short edge (as in illustration). Then follow outward with your left leg so that you can strike or cut to his head with your long edge. If he intends to cut you like this, drop the Krumb on his sword. Then immediately step in and around with your left leg and with that cut to the right side of his head or wherever he makes you.
[79] A Sword Capture with a Cut When you come to the closing with the opponent it happens like this: stand with the right foot forward and take note of the level of his strike. Then immediately cut to his head with the long edge (as in illustration). If you stand with the left foot opposite him and he cuts high towards you like this, drop a Krumb over his hand, wind your left arm over both of his arms, and with that snatch to your right side. Thus you capture his sword. If he intends to capture your sword like this, then let him! But step with your left foot behind his left, grab forward around his throat with your left hand, and behind his left knee with your right. Thus you throw him from below upwards. If he intends to throw you like this, then let your sword fall as well, grab with your right hand inside his left arm, and set the left hand on his throat. At the same time step with your right foot behind his left and thrust him onto the back.
[80] A Binding from which to Capture the Sword You each have bound the other at the sword and you stand with your right foot forward (as in illustration). Wind your left arm over his right with the pommel, step with your left foot in front of his left, and with that turn to your right side. Thus you capture his sword. If he holds you like this and turns himself, then release your left hand from your sword, set it under his left elbow, and with that shove him away from you. If he then shoves you away from him, let both swords fall and grab his left arm with both hands. Then turn to your right side and lock his arm. If he will lock your arm like this, grab with your left hand forward on his right and lift it upward. Thus you are free of his arm-lock. Then immediately grab his throat with your right hand, extend your arm, and shove high away from you. Thus you throw him downwards.
[81] An Inverting Thrust with a Throw When you come to the closing with the opponent, act as if you will strike high to his head. But then immediately release your left hand from your sword, grab behind his left knee, and yank towards you as you thrust high with your pommel towards his face. If he then holds you like this, likewise release your left hand from your sword and capture him powerfully near the right elbow and with your pommel over his right arm (as in illustration). Then yank towards you. If you have grabbed him powerfully like this, shove upwards. Thus you lock his arm. If he will lock your arm, then let your sword fall and thrust with your right hand on his jaw. Thus you throw him backwards. If he holds you low and high like this and intends to throw you, and you have your left hand on his right elbow, yank your left foot towards you from below and shove high away from you. Thus you will be free of the throw.
[82] A Face Thrust with a Similar Side Thrust When you come to the opponent at the closing, stand with the right foot forward and strike to his right arm. If he displaces this, then act as if you will strike him high but immediately thrust your pommel into his face (as in illustration). Should you perceive this thrust, step inward with your right foot in front of his right and put your head through his right arm. Thus you go out of the thrust and with that can thrust the pommel into his right side. If he thrusts to your right side like this, set the short edge of your sword on his neck. Should you perceive this setting upon, step back with your right foot. Then you may strike, cut, or stab him. If he will work against you like this at the same time, then work with him also weak and strong. With that you take the initiative to his next opening.
[83] A Throw out of the Strong to the Weak When you come together at the closing and the other has you in the bind, let your sword fall, stand with your right foot forward, and thrust your head into his abdomen. At the same time sweep both of your hands behind his knees (as in illustration). Thus you may throw him on the back or outward over your head. If he then holds you like this and intends to throw you, thrust your pommel onto his head. Then he must release you. Should you perceive this thrust, put your arms on both his arms and with that lift upwards. At the same time kick your left foot behind his right and thrust high away from you. Thus he falls on the back. If he intends to thrust you backwards like this, then likewise let your sword fall and grab with both hands near the middle of his body. Thus you may carry him away or throw him from you.
[84] A Strike with a Verkerer (Inverter) When you come to the opponent at the closing and he is opposite you, strike high to his head. If he then strikes a high one towards you like this, displace this and immediately step inward with your right foot in front of his right. Release your left hand from your sword and thrust against his right elbow. Set your long edge upon his right hand near his sword and shove away from you. Thus you spin him around (as in illustration). If he spins you like this and has released his left hand from his sword, then step backwards with your right foot. Thus you will be free of him. Then strike with a long high one. If he goes out of the Verkerer (Inverter/Spinner) like this and strikes a long high one at your head, drive out with your sword and grab with your left hand around to your pommel. Thus you displace his strike, and then strike to his right arm.
[85] A Verkerer with an Ansetzen When you come together at the closing stand with your right foot forward and strike with the Underhaw long to his left side such that your hilt stands in front of your head. If he strikes one towards you like this and you stand with your right foot forward, displace this and then immediately release your right hand from your sword and set it upon his right elbow (as in illustration). With that wind your head through his right arm as you let your sword fall. Then grab with your left hand onto your right side (likely at your right shoulder) and with your right forward near his right (hand). Thus you can lock his arm outward or inward. If he will lock your arm like this, release your left hand from your sword, drop it onto his right elbow, follow outward with the left leg, let your sword likewise fall, and grab with your right hand behind his right knee. Thus you may throw him as well.
[86] An Ansezen with a Verkerer When you come together at the closing and the other has you in the bind and your left foot is set forward, release the left hand from your sword, set it upon his right elbow, and with that shove him backwards. Thus you spin him (as in illustration). If you have bound him on the sword like this and he has spun you, then step backwards with your right foot. Thus you go out of the spin. Then immediately strike in from below from your right side to his right arm.
[87] Another Ansetzen with a Nachraisen When you come to the closing with the opponent, stand with your right foot forward and strike with an Underhaw with your long edge from your left to his right side between both of his arms. Then immediately pivot to the rear so that you yank the sword back through his hands. If he yanks the sword through your hands like this and you stand with your left foot forward, travel after him and cut through the head with your long edge (as in illustration). If he will cut through your head like this, then set this aside with the flat of your sword, step backwards with your right foot, and strike to his right arm. If he displaces your strike, then let a double Feler (feint) run and strike to his left side. Then immediately hang, wind, and shoot your point to his face or chest.
[88] A Verkerer with a Cut When you come to the closing with the opponent, set your right foot forward and strike high to his head. If he strikes at your high opening like this and winds towards your neck, release your left hand from your sword and grab both swords together (as in illustration). Then with that snatch away from you. If he snatches to the front like this and you stand with your left foot forward, follow outward with your right, strike to his next opening, and shove him away from you so that you spin him. Then immediately work quickly from one opening to another with strikes, stabs, and cuts wherever he makes you. If he strikes and thrusts at you like this, set this aside low and high with short and long edges. Then immediately strike to his next opening. If he displaces this, then quickly seek another opening. If he seeks your openings like this, then Zwirch double to his right side and with that strike yourself away from him to the rear.
[89] A Throw with the Point When you come together at the closing it happens like this: stand with your left foot forward and strike a high one at the same time as him. Then immediately release your left hand from your pommel and grab your sword’s blade. Press his sword towards you with your hilt and set your point on his neck so that you can cut him (as in illustration). Then immediately press to your left side and lift his right foot upwards with your left. Thus you throw him with the point. If he intends to throw you like this and you stand with your right foot forward, step with your left to his right side and shove your hilt over your head strongly with the long edge upwards. Thus you go out of the throw. Then immediately yank your left leg back and strike to his high opening. If he displaces this, then hang and wind and thrust the point into his face.
[90] A Cut with a Throw When you come together at the closing, stand with your right foot forward and bind on his sword. Then follow outward with your left, release your left hand from your pommel and grab at your half-blade, and set your long edge on his left shoulder over his chest. Thus you may cut him. Should you perceive this cut, step with your right foot in front of his left, release your right hand from your sword, and grab him over the shoulder blades (as in illustration). Then immediately grab your sword’s blade again with your right hand and press directly downwards. Thus you force him to the ground. If he intends to press you like this, grab his blade between your hilt. Thus you may throw him just as he tried to throw you.
[91] A Sword Capture with a Cut It happens like this at the closing: stand with your right foot forward and strike a long high one to his head. If he displaces this and strikes inward at you as well, then release your left hand from your pommel; hold both swords together, and with that snatch to your left side. Thus you capture his sword. If he snatches from you towards himself like this, step with your left foot on his right (as in illustration), then step outward with your right and cut him with your long edge. Then shove him away from you. Thus you free your sword and immediately strike quickly with a high one. If he strikes one towards you like this, displace it with your long edge. Thus you come high to the cut again and may strike, cut, or stab him. If he will work at you at the same time like this, step back with your right foot. Thus you may also go at him with a counter, strike, thrust, or cut and work quickly with him in the Vor and in the Nach.
[92] An Uberfallen with a Cut When you come together at the closing and the other binds you, stand with your left foot forward and at the same time feel whether he is soft or hard at his sword. If he is hard and holds strongly against you, hang and wind and strike strongly to his right side. Should you perceive this strike, displace it with your long edge such that your right foot stands forward, release your left hand from your sword and grab in over his left arm and between both of his arms. Then immediately yank your sword to your right side such that the point comes onto the left side of his neck (as in illustration). If he sets the point on your neck like this, cut him with your long edge below his left shoulder as you step outward with your right leg. Thus you shove him away from you with the cut.
[93] An Armlock with the Sword When you come together at the closing, step with your left foot at his right side, release your left hand from your sword, grab over his cross to his pommel, and with that snatch upwards on your left side. Then follow outward with your right foot and strike to his high opening with your long edge. If you then stand with your right foot forward and he steps towards you with his left and grabs your pommel with his left hand, then grab your blade with your left hand and sweep his arm onto the hilt (as in illustration). Then immediately wind his arm back to the rear on your right side. Thus you lock his arm aside. If he will lock your arm like this, then grab with your right hand to his left and with your left from below on his right and shove directly upwards. Thus you throw the armlock free.
[94] An Einprechen with a Cut When you come together at the closing and the other has bound on the sword and your left foot is set forward, drop out of the bind into the cut from below to his left side. Should you perceive this cut, drop both of your arms over his sword, release your left hand from your sword and grab to his left elbow, and set your right foot in front of his left. Then shove him away from you. If he shoves you away from him like this and you have your left hand on your sword’s blade (as in illustration), then step backwards with your left foot and capture his sword on his left shoulder. Then immediately strike high to his head. If he displaces this, follow outward with your left foot once again and wind your point double to his face or chest.
[95] An Oberhaw with a Groin Thrust When you come together at the closing and the other strikes in strongly in the Zornhaw (Wrath Strike), determine whether he is soft or hard at his sword. If he is soft against you, then cut to his head. If he intends to cut you like this, then hang on your right side so that his cut is in vain. Then immediately set your left leg between both of his feet and release your left hand from your sword. Thrust between his arms and onto his chin with your left hand. Thus you thrust him into a fall. During the fall grab with your left hand on your sword’s blade and thrust the point into his groin or wherever you want (as in illustration).
[96] An Oberhaw against the Cut from Below You come to the opponent at the closing thus: stand with your right foot forward and strike strongly with the Oberhaw to his head. If he strikes in strongly against you like this and goes out high with his arms, then stand with your left foot forward, release your left hand from your pommel, and grab your half-blade. Then immediately drop a cut onto both of his arms and with that shove him backwards (as in illustration). If he shoves you away from him like this, step backwards with your right foot and strike in towards his left side from below. If he strikes in at you like this, shove it away with a cut between your hands, step back with your left foot, and strike strongly to the top of his head. If he strikes a high one against you like this, then follow outward with your right foot and wind into the Ochsen with crossed arms. Then immediately follow outward with your left leg and shoot the point into his face.
[97] A Cut with a Snatch When you come together at the closing and both strike in high at each other, stand with your right foot forward and take note of the cut in the striking. With that cut in over his chest. Should you perceive the cut like this, step with your right foot in front of his right, release your left hand from your pommel and hold him around his neck with it. Sweep his blade into your left hand with yours, extend your right foot directly at the back of his right knee (as in illustration), and snatch downwards strongly. Thus you snatch him to the ground. If he intends to snatch you like this and has both swords held together, then yank your right foot back and step behind his right on the outside. Then immediately cut strongly away from you with the edge. Thus his snatch is countered. Then immediately strike his head with the long edge. If he displaces your strike, wind with your point to his face or chest.
[98] A Verkerterhaw (Spinning/Inverting Strike) When you come together at the closing and each strike together with the Underhaw, come forward with your left foot and strike him from below from your right to his left side. If he strikes towards your left side like this in the Underhaw, stand with your left foot forward and likewise strike against him to his left side with crossed hands. Then immediately release your left hand from your pommel, set it on his left elbow, and cut under his left shoulder with your right hand with your long edge (as in illustration). Then shove him away from you. Thus you spin him. If he intends to spin you like this set your left leg back. Thus you go out of the spin. Then immediately cut to his head. If he cuts towards your head like this, displace it with your long edge, immediately step in with your right foot, and strike to his left arm.
[99] An Einprechen with a Cut So you come together at the closing and strike out like this against the other: stand with your left foot forward and take note of the Einprechen (entry) in the striking out. If he then strikes out in front of you like this and goes out high with his arms, break in upon him with the point between his arms such that your hand with your cross stands upon his chest. If he has broken in on you like this, then step with your left foot around the back of his left knee from the outside, with that yank directly downward as you set your long edge on his neck (as in illustration). Then cut him to the ground. If he intends to cut you to the ground like this, step with your right foot in front of his left and immediately set your cross on his chest. With that shove him away from you as you yank your left towards you. Thus you throw the cut and the Hacken (Leg Hook) free. Then immediately strike quickly to his right side.
[100] Two Underhaw from Both Sides When you come together at the closing with the Underhaw, set your right leg in front and strike towards his left side (as in illustration). If he then also stands with the right foot opposite you and strikes at your left side, step with your left foot behind his right and strike high to his head. If he strikes towards your head like this and you stand with your right foot forward, follow outward with your left and displace his strike with your long edge. Then immediately thrust your left foot to his groin. If he thrusts towards your groin like this, release your left hand from your sword, sweep his left leg, and lift it upward. Thus you throw him on his back. If he has grabbed your left leg like this and will throw you backwards, set your point on his neck and shove him away from you. Thus he must release you.
[101] An Oberhaw with an Einschiessen When you come to the opponent at the closing, stand with your left foot forward and strike the Oberhaw in strongly from above to his head. If he displaces your strike, wind your short edge on his neck and immediately strike quickly with crossed arms around to the right side of his head with the Zwirch. If he strikes the Zwirch against you like this, displace it with your long edge and step with your left foot inside in front of his left. Then immediately release your left hand from your pommel and grab him behind his left knee. With that lift directly upwards and shoot your short edge over both of his arms (as in illustration). Then shove high directly away from you. Thus you may throw him. If he intends to throw you like this, cut strongly from high downwards. Thus he must release you. Then immediately wind into the Hanging Point, step outward with your right leg, and strike to his right ear.
[102] A Throw at the Sword When you both strike in at the other strongly with the Zornhaw and each intend to displace high at his head, determine whether he is soft or hard at his sword. If he is soft and does not hold strongly against you, then wind your short edge at his left ear. If he displaces this, then immediately let your sword fall and stoop with your head between his legs, grab around both of his knees with your arms, and with that lift upwards. Thus you throw him or may carry him wherever you want (as in illustration). If he holds you for a throw like this or will carry you away, let your sword fall, grab with your left hand to his left foot and with your right inside to his groin. Thus you stop the throw and lock him in so that he can no longer hurt you by throwing you from him.
[103] Another Throw at the Sword When you come together at the closing and the other has you in the bind, stand with your right foot forward and immediately work quickly with him weak and strong and wind your pommel between his arms. If he intends to wind in upon you like this, set this aside with the Kron and immediately stab with your point to his face or chest. If he sets your point aside, cut over both of his arms and with that snatch his sword out of his hands. If he snatches your sword out of your hands like this and you stand with your left foot forward, then grab with your right hand at his right side and with your left at his left side with extended arms. Thus you throw him onto his head (as in illustration).
[104] The Sunnen Zaigen (showing the sun) with a Throw When you come together at the closing, stand with your left foot forward and hit from below at his left ear. If you then stand with your left foot opposite him and he hits towards your left ear like this, displace this with your long edge, immediately let the weak of your sword run, and strike to his right ear with crossed arms. If he displaces this, let your sword fall, thrust your right hand on his jaw, and grab high at the right side of his head with your left. Thus you turn his face against the sun. If he holds you like this, grab with your right hand around the back of his left knee and with your left on his jaw and immediately work with him weak and strong (as in illustration).
[105] An Inside Armlock When you come together at the closing and each hit together with high strikes, it happens like this: stand with your right foot forward and immediately let your sword fall. Then grab with your left hand on his right and with your right between both of his arms inside to his right elbow bend. Then turn yourself upwards on your left side to lock his arm (as in illustration). If he will then lock your arm and you stand with your right foot forward and hold your sword in your left hand, drop your pommel over his right arm and snatch directly downwards. Thus you have countered him and may yank your long edge over his head and quickly stab your point to his face.
[106] An Outside Armlock When you come together at the closing it happens like this: stand with your right foot forward and strike high with the Zwirch to his head. If he strikes the Zwirch towards you like this and you stand with your right foot forward, displace it with your long edge, immediately let your sword fall, grab with your right hand on his right elbow and with your left forward near his right (hand). With that turn yourself to your right side so that you lock his arm outward (as in illustration). If he will lock your arm like this, likewise let your sword fall and set your left hand on his right elbow. Thus you lock his arm as well. Then immediately grab his right leg with your right hand and with your left around his body on his right side. Then with that lift upwards so that you throw him.
[107] An Armlock with a Throw When you come together at the closing, strike in the Schranckhut (Barrier Guard) on your right side such that your long edge stands high. Then step with your right foot behind his right such that the back of your right knee stands on his right. If he then strikes against you like this and you lie in the Schranckhut, then take his strike away with your long edge, immediately let your sword fall, grab with your right hand on his right (hand) and with your left on his right elbow (as in illustration). Then press with that onto your right side so that you lock his arm. If he holds you like this and intends to lock your arm and you have the sword low in both hands and your right foot set forward, then set your left leg behind his right. Thus you will be free of the armlock and may work with him whatever you want.
[108] An Underhaw with an Armlock When you come to the opponent at the closing, set your right foot forward and strike in the Underhaw. If he displaces this, step in front with your left leg and wind the point into his face. Should you perceive this thrust and stand with your left foot forward, set it aside with your long edge, immediately let your sword fall, set your left hand on his right elbow and the right below his right shoulder, yank towards you with that and shove high away form you. Thus you lock his arm (as in illustration). If he has set upon you like this and will lock your arm, yank your left foot backwards and cut with the entire strong (portion of the blade) through the head. If he cuts you like this, let your hand go from his elbow and step with a false step in the triangle. Thus his cut is in vain and you cannot be harmed.
[109] The First Technique in the Kron It happens hence that you close against the Kron. Strike him with the long edge to the top of his head such that your right foot stands forward. If he displaces this with the Kron, then step in with your left leg, take your strike once again and wind your point to his chest. If he sets your point aside also with the Kron, follow outward with your right foot and grip with your left hand at the mid-point of your blade and thrust powerfully to his face. If he goes on to displace this, then step with your left foot on his right side and thrust to his groin. If you come to perceive such a groin thrust and stand with your left foot forward in the Kron, then set it aside with the Kron, follow outward with your right foot, and thrust with your point to his face. If he displaces this, then strike him with your crossguard to his head.
[110] The Cut through the Kron When you come to the closing with the opponent and he stands against you in the Kron, then stand with your left foot forward and strike him with an Underhau from your right side. With that Cut in through the Kron over his chest and over his right arm. If he cuts you like this and you stand with your right foot forward, then follow outward with the left and set the cut aside with the portion of your blade between your hands. Then immediately wind upward and stab the point to his face or chest. If he displaces the point, then release your right hand from your hilt and grip near your left at your sword’s blade. Then immediately strike to his head with the crossguard and with the pommel. If he strikes you with his pommel like this, then displace him with the Kron, and grip with your left hand at your sword’s blade. Thus you can also cut or thrust him.
[111] Blowing through the Kron It happens hence at the closing on the Kron. Stand with your right foot forward and strike him with an Oberhau to the head. Follow with your left foot after the strike such that your crossguard comes on his blade with the long edge. Then immediately pull downwards so that you cut him through the top of the head. If he cuts you through the top of the head like this and you stand with your right foot forward, then step with your left leg in front of his left and push upon his sword at his left side such that the pommel comes onto his neck. With that pull to your right side. If he pulls you like this to his right side, then set this aside with your Schildt (ricasso) and stab your pommel into his face. If he stabs you to the face like this, then follow outward with the right foot and set aside the stab with your sword’s blade between your hands. Then immediately stab with your point to his face or chest.
[112] A Cut with an Uberfallen (dropping/falling over) from the Kron When you come to the closing with the opponent, set your left foot forward, follow with the right outward and strike with an Unterhau to his left side with crossed arms. If he strikes like this to your left side and you stand with your right foot forward, then release your left hand from your sword and grab his sword’s blade such that you keep his point under your left shoulder. Then immediately shoot your sword over his hilt with your right hand and with your short edge. Thus you displace his cut in the Kron and with that can take his sword. If he intends to take your sword like this, then step with your left leg in front of his right and release your left hand from your sword’s pommel. With that grab your mid blade and cut him hence back away from you.
[113] The First Kampfstuck of the Longsword When you close with the opponent, it happens consequently that you use this Kampfstuck. Stand with your right foot forward and grip your sword’s blade near the point with your left hand and wind your right extended forward with your pommel opposite his face. Follow with your left leg outward and thrust the pommel into his face. If he displaces this, take your pommel once more and wind back in at your right side. Then immediately stab the point into his face. If he stabs the point to your face like this and you stand with your left foot forward, then take his point out to your left side with your point, follow with your right foot outward, and thrust your pommel into his face or chest. If he thrusts his pommel at you like this, then set this aside with the portion of your blade between your hands and work with him nimbly at the Vor (before) and at the Nach (after).
[114] The Second Kampfstuck of the Longsword When you come at the opponent with this Kampfstuck, it happens hence as follows. Stand with your left foot forward and hold your sword on your right side. Grip your blade with your left hand with your point wound forward. Follow with your right foot outward and grab your blade with your right hand near to your left. Then immediately strike him with your pommel to his head. If he strikes like this towards your head and you stand with your right foot forward in the half Kron (crown), then follow with your left foot outward and drive upward well into the complete Kron over your head so that you displace him. Then immediately thrust to his face with your point. If he displaces your point, step with your right foot in front of his right and go with your pommel on his left elbow, step back again with your right foot, and shove upward with your left hand. Yank back towards yourself with the right hand, and thus you lock his arm.
[115] The Third Kampfstuck of the Longsword When you go to close with the opponent such that your right foot stands forward, then wind your hand in front and grasp your sword by the blade. Then immediately strike him with your pommel to his upper opening and follow with your left leg outward so that the blow is struck properly. If you do not do this, the blow will be too short. If he strikes with his pommel like this at you, then step with your right foot forward and displace him with the half Kron. Then immediately set your sword blade at his crossguard and with that pull his sword out of his hands. If he pulls your sword away like this, then step with your right foot behind his left, grab with your left hand at his left foot and with the right hand on his left shoulder, and shove him with both swords over and over. Should he perceive the shove, then step with a false step in the triangle. Thus you go from him out of the shove.
[116] The Fourth Kampstuck of the Longsword When you come together at the closing and both fire the points at each other’s chest, then stand with your left foot forward, step with the right outward, and strike with the pommel to his left ear. If he strikes like this to your left ear, do not displace him, but rather thrust with your point to his face or chest. If he thrusts like this to your face, then set his point aside with your point and wind your pommel under his left arm. Pull with that towards your right side. If he pulls you like this towards him, then release your left hand from your blade and wind inside between his arms. Then immediately pull upward at your right side. If he pulls you like this towards him, then release your left hand from your blade and thrust in with that on his right elbow. Thus you have him locked, and may work with him as you will.
[117] The Fifth Kampfstuck of the Longsword It happens hence that you stand in the Kampfstuck with your left foot forward and hold your sword behind your neck such that the point stands against the opponent. Step out with your right leg and grip with our right hand to your left on your sword blade and strike him with the pommel to his neck. Should you perceive this blow and stand with your left foot forward, then go up with your sword into the Kron and displace him with the portion of your blade between your hands. Follow with the right foot outward and set your pommel behind his neck, and with that pull to your right side. If he pulls you like this, then grip your hilt once again with your right hand and set your right leg behind your left. Thus you should stop his pulling and cut over both of his arms. Should you perceive such a cut, then set it aside with the Kron. Then immediately thrust to his face with your point.
[118] The Sixth Kampfstuck of the Longsword It happens hence that you stand with this Kampfstuck with your left leg forward and hold your sword at your chest such that the point is directed downwards. Step in with your right foot and wind your point to his face or chest. If he winds the point to you like this and you stand with your right foot forward, then take his point away with the foremost part of your point. Then immediately drop your crossguard onto the bend of his left elbow and pull towards you with that to your right side. If he has you locked up like this and intends to pull you, then release your left hand from your blade and grip your pommel. Then immediately step backwards and thrust to his groin. Should you perceive such a thrust, then displace it with the portion of your blade between your hands, follow with your left leg outward and thrust him also to the groin. If he displaces this, then strike him with your pommel to his head.
[119] The Seventh Kampfstuck of the Longsword It happens hence that you stand in this Kampfstuck with your left foot forward and hold the sword in the manner of the Pflug, and grip with your left hand on your blade such that the point stands against the opponent. Step outward with your right foot, lift up powerfully over your head, and with that thrust at him in whatever opening you see. If he thrusts towards you like this and you are also positioned in the manner of the Pflug with your left foot forward, then follow with your right foot outward and displace his thrust with the portion of your blade between your hands. If he displaces your thrust like this, then wind with your pommel outward over his right arm and shove him away from you. Thus you lock his arm. If he shoves you from him like this, then step back with your left leg. If he then travels after you, wind your point double towards his face or chest.
[120] The Eighth Kampfstuck of the Longsword It happens consequently that you stand in the Kampfstuck with both feet together and hold your sword with your right hand above your head and the left on your blade such that the point is directed downwards. Step in with your left leg and wind the point to his groin. If he thrusts at your groin like this, then stand with your right foot forward such that your body hangs back. You then hold your blade with crosswise arms under your left shoulder, then you move your arm up and set the thrust aside. Then immediately follow with the left leg outward and wind the point to his face. If he thrusts you double at your face like this, then follow with your right foot outward and set the thrust aside with your point. Then immediately strike him with your pommel to his right side.
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[1 (137)] A Taking of the Sword with a Throw When you are in the approach with your right foot standing forward, then step in toward the man with your left leg behind his right and cut toward his head with your long edge. At that moment, move your left hand from your grip to your sword blade. With that, wind the short edge on the left side of his neck. If you then stand with your right foot against him and he has confined you like this, then plant the cross and shield of your sword under his left arm and briskly shove it upwards. Thus you take his trap away. At that moment, grab the pommel of his sword with your inverted left hand and turn it well upwards. Thus you wind the sword out of his hands, and you may also be able to throw him.
[2 (138)] A Planting which Proceeds from a Throw When you are in the approach with your left foot standing forward, then follow in after with your right leg inside of his left. In the same instant, cut to the left side of his head with your long edge. If he moves to strike a cut from above at you like this, and you are standing with your left foot toward him, then cut to the left side of his head with your long edge to oppose him, thereby taking away his cut on your left side. At that moment, cut him from his right side upon his left so that your short edge on his sword blade comes close to his grip. Next, let your left hand go from your pommel and take hold of your blade with inverted hand and plant it on the left side of his neck. Wrench to your left side, and thus you may be able to throw him over your left leg. If he has planted upon your neck like this and wishes to throw you, then quickly let your right hand go from your grip and plant it on his left elbow. Now strongly shove away from you and kick him in the ankle with your right foot around his left. With this, pull towards you below and shove away from you above. Thus, you throw him backwards.
[3 (139)] A Throw with the Sword If you stand in the approach with your right foot toward the man, then step in after with your left leg and cut to the left side of his head. If he is coming in at you in the approach with his left leg toward you and has taken your cut away, then transfer your left hand from your pommel to the sword blade and place it on the left side of his neck. Wrench him with this on your right side. If he has set strongly upon you like this, then allow your sword to quickly fall away and set your right hand outside on his left elbow and shove it away from you. If he has taken away your planting, then let your right hand go from your handle and grab his left knee and lift it up high. If he has seized you in this way and intends to throw you, then grab his right hand with your left and push it down, thereby taking it away. In the same instant, hit him in the ankle with your left foot around his left. Pull that strongly toward you while you pull his right hand to you with your left and also push him strongly away from you above with your right hand, thus you throw him backwards.

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Incomplete Translation by Keith P. Myers	Dresden I Transcription (1540s)	Vienna I Transcription (1550s)	Munich I Transcription (1540s)
[1] The Zornhaw against the Schaitler When you proceed to close with the opponent, stand with your left foot forward and it happens like this with the Zornhaw. Hold your Duseggen with extended arm above your head on the right side such that the point hangs to the rear (left side of illustration), strike with the Zornhaw to the left side of his head, immediately follow outward with your right foot, and thrust to the right side of his face. If he thrusts like this towards your face and you stand in the Schaitler with your left foot forward (right side of illustration), set his thrust aside with your long edge, follow outward with your right leg, and immediately strike to the left side of his head. If he displaces this, spring with your left foot before his right and strike with the long edge to his head. If he then strikes a long one from above towards you like this, step in with your left leg and displace his strike, then immediately strike towards him with an Underhaw from your right to his left side.
[2] The Underhaw from Both Sides It happens that you stand in the Underhaw with your right foot forward and hold your Duseggen with the hilt in front of your head and the point extended towards the opponent (shown left side of illustration). Immediately follow outward with your left leg and strike with the Zwirch to the right side of his head. If he displaces the Zwirch, pull the blow back completely and strike again to his right arm. If he strikes you double like this at your right side and you stand with your left foot forward, set this aside with your long edge and immediately wind upwards over your head, step outward with your right foot and strike quickly to the upper opening on his right side. If he displaces this, wind the point to his face or chest. If he then sets you aside like this, follow outward with your right foot and strike from above to the top of his head.
[3] The Bogen from Both Sides So you come to the opponent at the closing and it happens that you stand in the Bogen (bow) with your right foot forward such that your long edge is turned upward and your point is extended towards the opponent (shown in illustration). Immediately follow outward with your left leg and strike to his right elbow from below. If he displaces this, step with your right foot in front of and inside his right foot and strike to his head from above. If he strikes to you like this from above and you also stand opposite him in the Bogen, set your right leg backwards and strike into the Zwirchhaw so that his strike is displaced. Then immediately step in with your right foot once again and strike him on his left side. If he displaces this, follow outward with your left foot and thrust to his face. If he then thrusts like this to your face, set it aside with your long edge. Then immediately step outward with your left foot and strike with the Zwirchhaw to his right arm.
[4] Two Absetzen from Both Sides When you go to close with the opponent, it happens that you stand in the Absetzen (Set Aside/Parry Position) with your right foot forward and hold the Duseggen at your right chest. Immediately follow outward with your left leg and strike to his right arm from below. If he strikes to your right arm like this and you also stand in the Absetzen with your right foot set forward, set it aside with your long edge. Then immediately follow outward with your left leg, grab with your left hand at his right, and strike him to his head. If he has grabbed you like this and struck one from above, set your left hand on his right elbow and shove to stop his blow. Then immediately pull your right arm back, step behind him and strike to his upper opening. He displaces this promptly, so catch him again with a Zwirchhaw to his head. If he does a Zwirchhaw like this to your head, catch him with a Krumphaw and cut to his face, then strike yourself from there to the rear.
[5] The Zwingerhaw with the Schrankhut You come to the opponent at the closing and it happens that you stand in the Zwingerhaw (Swinging Strike) with your right foot forward and your Duseggen at your left shoulder (left side of illustration). Immediately follow outward with your left leg and strike his right arm. Thus you swing in so that he must displace (move out of the way). If he swings towards you like this to displace you and you stand with your right foot forward in the Schrankhut (Barrier Guard) with the point on the ground and the long edge directed at the opponent (right side of illustration), then pull your right foot back and go upwards with the Duseggen in front of your head. Then immediately step outward again with the right leg and strike to his left side. If he displaces this, hang on your right side so that the long edge is turned upwards, spring with your left foot behind his right, and strike with the Zwirch to his right ear. If he does the Zwirch like this to your right side, displace it with your long edge. Then immediately step in with your right leg and cut inward to his right arm from below while simultaneously gripping his right hand with your left so that you have gained the upper opening.
[6] The Entrusthaw against the Oberhaw It happens that you stand in the Entrusthaw (Anger Strike) with your left foot forward and hold your Duseggen with the hilt at your right knee such that the point is turned towards the opponent (left side of illustration). He then strikes to your upper opening, so follow outward with your right foot and go with your Duseggen up over your head so that the long edge is turned upward and his strike is displaced. Then immediately strike quickly with the Zwirch to his right ear. If he strikes like this with a Zwirch to your right ear and you stand with your right foot forward, displace him with your long edge and follow outward with the left foot. Then quickly flow off (Ablauffen) and strike his right arm. If he displaces this, follow after him double with a thrust to his face or chest. If he then follows after you like this, step to the rear with your right leg and strike him at the same time double to his head. If he strikes double like this towards you, step with your right foot in front of his left and wind with your short edge on his long edge at his left side. Then immediately cut to his face or neck.
[7] A Low Mundiern with a Geferhaw When you come to the closing with the opponent, it happens that you stand in the low Mundiern (transition/changer) with your right foot forward, the long edge below the hilt near your right knee such that the point is going in between your legs. Immediately go up and follow outward with your left leg such that your long edge is turned upward and the point directed at the opponent. Follow outward with your right foot once again and strike with the long edge to his head. You stand against him in the Geferhaw (Danger Strike) with your right foot set forward and he strikes like this at you. Set your right leg to the rear again and go with your Duseggen well up over your head such that the long edge stands above. Thus his strike is displaced. Then immediately work quickly at the weak and strong seeking from one opening to another, from below and above. If he then seeks your openings like this from above, Duplier (double) the opponent towards his face so that you deceive him to think you have made a following stroke to his head. If he consequently sets this aside, strike a Creizhaw (Cross Strike) in front of his face to his right arm.
[8] Two Positions from which the Creizhaw Proceeds When you come together at the closing, it happens with these positions: your right foot is set forward, your Duseggen held with the hilt near your right knee with your left hand behind near the point (left side of illustration). He then strikes to your opening from above, so go up with your Duseggen above your head such that your left foot is set forward. Thus his strike is displaced. Then immediately strike with a doubled Creuzhaw (Cross Strike) to his head. If he strikes you double like this from above and you have your Duseggen at your right leg with the long edge directed at your opponent, the point directed at the ground, and your right foot set forward (right side of illustration), shove this away crosswise with your short edge. Then immediately set upon him with a cut from below on his right arm and grab his right elbow with your left hand so that you shove him from you. Follow outward with your left leg and strike him to the upper opening. If he shoves you from himself like this and intends to strike you from above, spring backwards with your left foot so that you can once again come to your work.
[9] Perceiving the Weak and Strong When you come together at the closing, set your right foot forward and strike him in opposition in the bind. Perceive whether he is soft or hard with his Duseggen. If he is hard and holds against you strongly, follow outward with your left leg and allow the weak to quickly pass and strike his head on his right side. If he then strikes you like this from above and you also stand against him in the bind with your right foot set forward, follow outward with the left and displace his strike with the strong of your Duseggen. Then immediately step in once more with your right leg and strike to his left side. If he displaces this, pull the right foot back again and thrust to his face. If he then thrusts like this to your face, take the thrust away with your short edge and cut with the long edge to his face. If he cuts like this to your face, drop a Krump on him so that you have the cut as good as he and may work with him all the previous techniques.
[10] A Cut with a Reyssen When you come before the opponent, it happens that you stand with your right foot forward, your Duseggen extended well away from you, and cut to his head. If he intends to cut to you like this and you also stand with the right foot opposite him, strike a straight strike to his head and in the process drop your hilt over his right arm near his Duseggen and snatch (Reyssen) downwards so that you have countered his cut. Then immediately follow outward with your left leg at this right side and strike with the Zwirchhaw to his head. If he does a Zwirchhaw like this towards your head, set your right leg back and displace his Zwirch with your long edge. Then immediately shoot in with your Duseggen to his face. Should he perceive the shooting in (Einschiessen) and displace it, step in with your right foot once more and let a double Feler (failer/feint) quickly pass. Then immediately strike his right arm. If he strikes like this to your right side, step in the triangle and turn the long edge above your head so that the strike goes along your long edge. Then immediately follow after him double and strike to his upper opening.
[11] Two Cuts from Above It happens that you stand in the cut from above with your right foot forward and do an extended cut from above low on his right arm. Should he perceive this cut, then grip the back of your Duseggen with your left hand, jerk out and cut him with the strong away from you. If he intends to cut you with the strong like this and you stand with your right foot forward, step with the right to the rear so that you go out from his cut. Then immediately go in again with your right foot with your Duseggen above your head such that the long edge is turned upward and the point hangs to the rear. Then immediately follow outward with your left leg and do a double strike to his head. If he intends to displace this with the Zwirchhaw, then grip with your left hand over his right hand and take his position away so that you may again strike to the upper opening. If he strikes double like this to your upper opening, then grip with your left hand at his right elbow and turn him hence away from you. With that strike or cut to his head.
[12] An Einschiessen against the Kron It happens like this with the Einschiessen (shooting in). Set your right foot forward and shoot the point to his face or chest with an extended arm. If he shoots the point to your face like this and you stand against him in the Kron (Crown) with your left foot set forward, take this away with the Kron. Then immediately turn yourself out of the Kron into a position with your Duseggen over your head. Follow outward with your right leg and strike from below to his right arm. If he displaces this, allow it to run off (Ablauffen) and strike from above to his right side. If he strikes you like this from below and above, drop a Krump on him over his right arm and step in with your left leg, set your left hand on his right elbow and shove him away from you so that you can strike him to the head from above. If he has then set upon you and shoved you away from himself like this, pull your right foot to the rear so that you go out of his grip and come to similar work with him. Immediately thrust to his face with your point. If he sets this aside, then step in again with your right leg and strike from below to his left side. Then immediately strike with an Oberhaw as you move away from him.
[13] A Schaitelhaw with an Abnemen When you come to close with the opponent, the Schaitelhaw (Vertex Strike) happens like this: stand with your right foot forward and strike with an extended arm to his head. If you strikes straight at you from above like this and you stand with your left foot forward, strike a similar one and while striking grab his right hand with your left. Thus you catch him and can send the Schaitelhaw to his head (as in illustration). If he has caught you like this and thrown the Schaitelhaw, step with your left foot in front of his right and grab his right with your left forward near the Duseggen so that you can cut through to the face. If he intends to cut through to your face like this, step back with your left foot and turn yourself up with your Duseggen at your right side such that the long edge stands above. Then immediately strike quickly to his left side. If he displaces this, spring with your right foot to his right side and strike with a doubled Creizhaw to his head.
[14] A Cut from Below with a Zwirchhaw It happens at the closing that you stand in the cut from below with your left foot forward and make as if you will strike him from above. Then immediately grip with your left hand forward on the Duseggen and turn into the cut from below to his right arm. If you stand opposite him with your left foot forward in the Zwirchhaw and he cuts like this towards your right arm, turn yourself with your Duseggen above his and with that snatch towards yourself. Thus you have countered his cut and may cut him. If he intends to set this aside, step to the rear with your left leg and thrust to his face. If he then thrusts like this to your face, displace this with the Bogen, step outward with your right foot and strike to his left side. If he displaces this, step to the rear with your right foot and strike with a Zwirch to his right arm. If he strikes like this to your right side, follow after him with your left foot and strike from below to his right elbow. If he displaces this, allow it to immediately flow off (Ablauffen) and strike from above to his right arm.
[15] A Cut from Above with an Absezen When you come to the closing with the opponent it happens that you stand with your right foot forward in the cut from above and strike with an extended Oberhaw to his head. Then with that cut him to his face. If he intends to cut you like this, step in with your right foot and displace his cut with your long edge. Then immediately grip with your left hand forward on your Duseggen and drop your point onto his neck, snatch in towards you (as in illustration), and follow with your left leg outward. Thus you can throw him. If he intends to throw you like this, step with your right foot to the rear, come with your left hand to the hilt of your Duseggen and cut him like this with the strong away from you. Thus you will be free of the throw. Then immediately spring in once again and strike with a Schaitler to his head. If he displaces this, hang at your left side and strike double once again a long one from above. If he strikes you like this double from above, then wind through under his strike with your Duseggen well over your head into a good position and make as if you will strike him from above, and then thrust to his face.
[16] A Zornhaw against a Cut from Above It happens that you step in with your right foot with the Zornhaw and strike him powerfully to the head from above. If he strikes you wrathfully like this from above, step inside with your right foot in front of his right, grip the Duseggen with your left hand and set him aside from below his right hand. Thus your hilt comes up onto his head. Then immediately cut hard from above away from you and yank your right foot from beneath you. Thus you cut him to the ground. If he has set you aside like this upward from below and intends to cut you to the ground, then step to the rear with your right foot and strike his left arm strongly from above. Thus will you be free of the defense from below and above. If he then follows after you closely, strike from below with a Zwirch to his right arm. If he does a Zwirch like this to your right side, step in with your left foot, displace him with your long edge and strike with a double Feler (failer/feint) to his head. If he intends to displace you like this from above, then immediately grab his right with your left hand and go with your Duseggen above your head in the Zwirch. Thus you have taken the Vor (initiative).
[17] A Verkerer (Turner/Inverter) with a Doubled Oberhaw When you come to the closing with the opponent it happens that you stand with your left foot forward and strike him double from above. Then as soon as you perceive his Duseggen, follow outward with your right leg, grip with your left hand to his right shoulder and shove him away from you so that you turn him (as in illustration). If he turns you away from him like this and you stand with your right foot forward in the turn, yank your left foot to the rear and thrust double to his face or chest. If he displaces this, then follow inward with your right foot once again and strike to his head. Should he perceive this strike and displace you at once, go up with your Duseggen in front of your head such that the point hangs at the left side, grip your point with your left hand and hit him with the hilt to his head. If he strikes at you like this with his hilt, stop him with the Kron. Then immediately allow it to flow off and strike with a Zwirch to his head. If he displaces this, strike from one opening to another, below and above, whichever opening you can find.
[18] A Zwirchhaw against the Krumphaw It happens like this with the Zwirchhaw. Step in with the left leg and strike him with an extended Zwirchhaw to the right side of his head. If he then does a Zwirch to you like this and you stand with your right foot forward, follow outward with your left and drop a Krump on him at his right side. Then immediately cut through to his face and strike to his right arm. If he displaces this strike, then strike from below to his right side. If he strikes from below towards you like this, grip with your left hand from above over his right and press downward. Thus his strike is countered and you hit him from above to the head (as in illustration). If he has set you up like this, step in with your right leg and grab his right arm with your left hand. Thus you take his strike away and can come to similar work with him. If he is in similar work with you, then strike him immediately straight to the top of his head. If he displaces this, spring with your left foot well to his left side, drive with the Duseggen up above the head and strike him quickly double from above. If he strikes double like this towards you, set him aside Krump with your short edge. Thus you may thereafter strike or cut him.
[19] A Throw out of the Hacken It happens at the closing that you strike in towards him with a long extended Oberhaw. If he then also strikes towards you out of the long blow, step inside with your right foot behind his left. Thus you come into the Hacken (Leg Hook). If he comes to you like this in the Hacken, drop a Krump on him with your right arm over his and with your left hand around his neck in the front, then yank towards you with the Hacken (as in illustration). Thus you can throw him. If he intends to throw you like this, spring with your left foot behind his left and grab his left elbow with your left hand. Thus you go into him from below and above. Then immediately strike with an Oberhaw away from him. If he then follows after you, wind your Duseggen up over your head in a good position and at the same time follow after (him). Thus you set aside his strike with your long edge. Then immediately thrust to his face or chest. If he will further set this aside, then cut from above to his head. If he will then cut towards you like this from above, counter the two cuts from below from both sides.
[20] The Alber vom Tag against the Wechselhaw from Below It happens that you stand in the Alber vom Tag (Fool’s from the Roof) with both feet together, your Duseggen above your head such that the point hangs to the rear. Then immediately step in with your right leg and take the thrust behind your head from your left side to his right side. If you stand then in the Wechsel (Changer) with your right foot set forward and he fires you the point like this, then wind up out of the Wechsel with your left foot set forward and set his thrust aside with your long edge. Then immediately step in the triangle and strike him long to his head from above. If he displaces this, then step with your right leg on his left side and strike once more to the upper opening. If he strikes to you double like this from above, then displace him with your long edge and step inside in front of his right leg with your left. Then immediately grip with your left arm over his right so that you can strike to his head. If he has grasped you like this, then grip with your left hand at his right arm and shove him away from you. Thus you will also free your right arm. Then immediately step in front of his right foot with your left and turn yourself away from his arm at your right side such that your long edge is turned upward. Step with your left leg to the rear and strike long away from him.
[21] An Armpruch against an Einschiessen When you come to the opponent at the closing, step in with your right foot and strike a long one from above to his head. If he intends to displace this, then strike in the Windhaw (Turning Strike), step with your right leg to the rear, and strike his right arm. If he strikes like this towards your right arm and you stand with your right foot forward, displace this with your long edge. Then immediately strike from below to his right side. If he further displaces this, then quickly seek the next opening. If he seeks your opening like this, then go upward in the Zwirch well above your head such that your left foot stands forward and strike his right arm. If he displaces this, strike a long one to his right side. If he strikes you double like this, then displace him and step with your right leg at his right and shoot the point to his face. If he shoots the point to your face like this, displace him with your long edge. Then immediately step in with your left leg and drop your hilt over his right arm, grip his right elbow with your left hand and turn to your left side (as in illustration). Thus you lock his arm and you can also throw him.
[22] A Doppelhaw against the Winding It happens like this in the Doppelhaw (Double Strike): stand with your right foot forward and strike with the short edge to his head. If he strikes like this towards your head and you stand opposite him in the Winden (winding), take heed of his strike and step opposite him with your right leg as you turn against him. In the winding grip with your left hand forward on his Duseggen near his point (shown in illustration), then follow outward with your right leg and turn yourself to his right side. If he turns towards you like this at your right side, then step in with your left foot, set upon him with your left hand from below on his right shoulder and shove him away from you. Thus you will free your Duseggen, and then strike with a Zwirchhaw to his right arm. Thus you hinder his arm. Then immediately yank your left foot back and strike from below at his face. If he strikes towards you like this from below, displace him with your long edge. Then immediately follow outward with your left foot and wind the point to his face. If he displaces this, then strike double to his right arm. If he has struck like this towards you, then step with your left leg at his right side and thrust his right elbow with your left hand. Then you can cut him from below or above.
[23] An Absetzen against a Cut When you come to the closing with the opponent, it happens that you step in with your left foot and strike from below to his right elbow. If he intends to displace this, step backwards with your left foot and strike his left side with a doubled Creizhaw. If he strikes towards you like this and you stand with your right foot forward, then displace him with your long edge and strike to his right side. If he displaces this, then follow outward with your left leg and thrust to his face. Should he perceive this thrust and intends to displace it, strike him long from above to the top of his head. If he then strikes like this from above towards you, step in with your left leg once again and strike as if you would hit his head. Then immediately grip with your left hand forward on your Duseggen and drive it forward with your point around his neck (as in illustration). Step inside with your right foot in front of his right and with that yank to your right. Thus you yank him to the ground.
[24] The Two High Rhuor of the Duseggen When you come before the opponent at the closing, it happens like this with the first upper Rhuor: step in with your right foot towards him and strike to his head. If he displaces this, then follow outward with your left leg and strike to his right arm. Then if he strikes like this towards your right arm and you stand with your right foot forward, strike him with extended arm at the great toe of his right foot (as in illustration). Then immediately step in with your left leg and strike his right elbow from below from your right side. If he displaces this, then strike quickly with a Zwirchhaw to the right side of his head. If he does a Zwirch towards you like this, displace him with your long edge, step in towards him with your right foot and drop a Krump over his right arm. Then with that cut to his face. If he cuts to your face like this, grip his right hand with your left and shove him away from you. Then with that strike to his upper opening.
[25] A False Point (thrust) against a Verhawnen Wechsel It happens at the closing that you set your right foot forward and strike out with your Duseggen against the ground in front of your right foot (shown on left side of illustration). Then immediately step outward with your left foot and go up with your Duseggen and wind your point behind your head from your left side at the right side of his face. If he thrusts like this to your face and you stand with your left foot forward in the Verhawnen Wechsel (Struck Changer), set in to the rear and take the point back away with your Duseggen. Then immediately follow outward with your right leg again and strike double to his head with a doubled Feler (feint). If he displaces this, then wind the point towards his face and immediately strike with a Creizhaw to his right arm. If he strikes like this to your right arm, take the strike away with your short edge and then cut to his head. If you should perceive such a cut, take the cut away with the Kron. Then immediately strike and thrust to his head.
[26] The Zwirchhaw from Both Sides When you come to the closing with the opponent, it happens like this with the Zwirchhaw: step in towards him with your right foot and strike with the Zwirchhaw from your right shoulder to his right side. If he does a Zwirchhaw against you like this and you also stand opposite him in the Zwirchhaw with your right foot set forward, then displace him with your long edge and immediately do a Zwirch at his right side (as in illustration). If he displaces this, then follow outward with your left leg and strike long from above to his head. If he strikes you double like this from above, then set him aside with your short edge, step in towards him with your left leg, grip his right elbow with your left hand, and wind your Duseggen under his right arm using your left hand to help. Then you cut him, and during the cut shove him away from you and strike his head. If he then strikes from above towards you like this, set your left leg to the rear once again and displace him with the Kron. Thus you may cut him and then immediately work from one opening to another.
[27] A Cut with a Duseggen Capture It happens like this at the closing in the cut: stand with your left foot forward and take heed of his strike. If he then strikes towards you from above, go at him with an upward cut to his right side and during the cut grab with your left hand inside over his right arm such that his Duseggen is between your arms (as in illustration). Thus you can capture his Duseggen. Then immediately step with your right foot in front of his right and turn to his right side. Thus you lock his arm. If he intends to lock your arm like this, then come with your left hand to help your right. Thus you will free yourself from the armlock. Then immediately follow outward with your left leg, grip his right leg with your left hand and set your right hand forward at his neck. Yank towards you from below with the left hand and shove away from you from above. Thus you throw him onto his back.
[28] The Guard vom Tag and the Bogen from which a Throw Proceeds When you come to the opponent at the closing, step in towards him with your right foot and it happens that you are in the guard vom Tag (from the Roof) with your arm extended well up over your head, your long edge turned upward and the point hanging to the rear. Then immediately turn your point into his face or chest. If he displaces this, step in with your left leg and strike with the Zwirch to his right arm. If he further displaces you, then strike with a Schaitel to his head. If he then strikes like this double towards you, displace him with the Bogen, follow inward with your left leg and strike to his face. If he displaces this, then turn to your right side with your Duseggen well up over your head, follow outward with your right leg and thrust to his chest. If he thrusts like this to your chest, then set him aside with your long edge and immediately strike from below to his right arm. If he sets this aside, then strike from above to his right arm. If he then strikes like this to your right arm, displace him with the Bogen. Then immediately grab his right foot with your left hand, yank towards you and thrust your Duseggen to his groin (as in illustration). Thus you can throw him.
[29] A Duseggen Capture with a Throw It happens with this technique that you stand with your left foot forward and hit him with strikes from above. When you then come to him, step in with your right foot and strike out with the Krumphaw to the left side of his head. If he strikes a Krump towards you like this and you stand with your right foot forward, then displace him with your short edge and immediately cut with the long edge to his neck. If he will displace this, then step in with your left leg and strike from below to his right arm. Then immediately yank your left leg to the rear again and strike from below to his left side. If he strikes towards your left side like this, take heed of his strike and step in with your left leg and hit him long from above to the head. Then immediately grip with your left hand over his Duseggen to his right arm and turn him to your right side. Thus you capture his Duseggen and then set the point of your Duseggen on his neck (as in illustration). If he sets upon you like this, let him take your Duseggen, then grip his left elbow with your left hand and between his feet with your right. Thus you throw him.
[30] The Luginslannd against a Throw When you come to the closing with the opponent, it then happens like this in the Luginslannd (Watchtower): step in with your left leg and hold your Duseggen above your head such that the long edge is turned upward and the point is directed at the opponent. Then immediately step in with your right leg and thrust your point to his face. If he displaces this, strike with the long edge to his head. If he thrusts and strikes towards you like this, displace him, step outward with your right leg, and strike to his right foot. If he intends to displace this, then step well in towards him, turn with your right foot and strike with a Creizhaw to his face. If he strikes like this towards your face, then step in with your left leg and displace him with your long edge and at the same time strike to his right arm. If he strikes towards you like this, then step to the rear with your right leg once again as you let your Duseggen fall, grab with your right hand to his left leg and with your left hand below his left elbow. Thus you capture his sleeve and can throw him to the rear (as in illustration).
[31] A Schaitler against the Bogen It happens that you close with this technique: you freely strike in towards him long and high in the Schaitelhaw (Vertex Strike). Thus you come to him and then step in with your left leg and shoot the short edge to his face. If he displaces this thrust, let a double Feler pass, follow inward with your right leg and strike from above to the right side of his head. If he strikes like this towards you, step in towards him with your right foot and displace him with the Bogen such that your hilt stands well before your head. Then immediately follow outward with your left leg and wind into the double cut, cutting to his face. If he displaces this, then follow outward with your right leg and strike with the long edge to his head. If he strikes you from above like this, then step in with your left leg, drop down at your right side and strike long from above to the right side of his head. Then immediately grip his left shoulder with your left hand and shove him away from you. If he shoves you away like this, step in with your left foot in front of his left, grab with your left hand behind his left knee and cut to his face out of the Bogen (as in illustration).
[32] A Duseggen Capture with an Armpruch It happens at the closing that you step in with your left leg and strike with a doubled strike to his head. If he displaces this, then follow outward with your right leg and Zwirch to his right side. If he further displaces this, then set your left leg at his right side as you wind your Duseggen into the left side of his face such that the long edge stands above. If he thrusts like this towards your face, then step in with your right leg and set him aside with your long edge. Then immediately set your left leg in front of his left and drop your hilt over his right arm. Thus you strike in through his head. Then immediately grab his right elbow with your left hand so that you lock his arm. If he intends to lock your arm like this and has dropped over you with his hilt, then grab his right elbow with your left hand with your Duseggen over his right arm and turn to your right side. Then immediately come to the aide of your right hand with your left. Thus you capture his Duseggen. If he has captured your Duseggen like this, then thrust with your left hand at his left elbow. Thus you get away from him and he cannot harm you.
[33] Two Tie-ups from which a Throw Proceeds It happens consequently at the closing that you step in with your left foot and strike from below to his left side. If he displaces this, Schill and Schaitel him at the right side of his head. Then immediately follow with your right leg outward and wind your point to his face or chest. If he winds the point like this to your face, then set your left foot in front and set him aside with your long edge. Then immediately step outward with your right leg, hang and wind likewise your point to his face, and then strike to his right side. If he displaces this, then strike quickly double to his right arm. If he strikes double like this at your right side, step in the triangle and displace him with your long edge. Then immediately do an extended Zwirch to his right ear. If he does a Zwirch towards you like this, then grip with your left hand around his neck. Thus you have countered his strike. If he has grabbed you like this, then step with your left leg behind his left knee in the Hacken (leg hook). Then immediately grab with your left hand around his body across the waist. With this you can then throw him (shown in illustration).
[34] Two Tie-ups with their Points When you come to the closing with the opponent, step in with your right foot and hit towards him with strikes from above. Then immediately shoot the short edge to his face or chest. If he sets this aside, strike double from above to his head and from above double up (duplier) beneath him. Then immediately step in with your left leg and strike from below to his right arm. If he then strikes towards you like this from below and above, step into him with your left leg and displace this below and above with your long edge, and during the displacements allow your short edge to go downward. Then immediately follow inward with your right leg and do a Schaitel from above to his head. If he displaces this, then strike a Creizhaw to his right arm as you step with your right leg to the rear. If he then follows after you, grip your Duseggen with your left hand with the long edge upward and stab the point in his face. If he stabs the point in your face like this with both hands, then step behind his left foot with your right into the Hacken and drive outward in the Kron. Thus you displace his stab. Then immediately drive your hilt forward around his neck, yank towards you from below and away from you from above at your right side. Thus you throw him backwards.
[35] The Sunnen Zaigen (showing the sun) with a Throw It happens at the closing that you step into him with your right foot and Schill and Schaitel him short and long to the head. If he displaces this, then set your right leg to the rear and thrust your point to his face. If he then thrusts like this towards your face, step into him with your right leg and displace him with your long edge. Then immediately follow inwards with the left leg towards him and strike to the left side of his head. If he displaces this, then cut to his face, step in with your right leg once again and strike with a Zwirchhaw to the right side of his head. If he does a Zwirch like this towards you, then step in again with your right leg and strike from above to the top of his head with a double Feler. If he displaces this, then immediately let your Duseggen drop and grab with your right hand to his jaw and with your left hand to his head from above. If he has then grabbed your right foot with his left hand and intends to throw you, twist his face against the sun so that he can do you no harm and then throw him with this (as in illustration).
[36] A Zornhaw against a Lanngen Ort When you come to the closing with the opponent, step into him with your left leg and hold your Duseggen above your head with extended arm at your right side such that the point hangs to the rear and the long edge is turned upward (left side of illustration). Then immediately follow outward with your right leg and strike with the Zornhaw double to the right side of his head. If he displaces this, then thrust your point to his face or chest. If he then thrusts like this towards your face, displace him with your long edge and step in with your right leg, then immediately shove your point to his chest at his right side. If he displaces this, then follow outward with your left leg and strike with a Creizhaw to the right side of his head. If he further displaces this, then strike with an Underhaw to his right arm. If he then seeks your openings from above and below like this, step into him with your left leg and displace him with your long edge. Then immediately strike to the great toe of his foremost foot. If he intends to set this aside, then thrust and strike quickly to his head at the upper openings.
[37] The Ochs against the Bogen It happens like this in this technique with the Ochs: stand with both feet together and hold your Duseggen away from you with an extended arm such that the point is directed at the opponent and the long edge is turned upward (left side of illustration). Then immediately step in with your right leg and strike with the Zwirch at his left side with the short edge. If he displaces this, then spring with your left foot at his right side and strike long from above to his head. If he strikes towards you like this, then step in with your right leg and displace him with the Bogen, your Duseggen in your left hand. Then immediately follow with your left leg outward and turn upward over your head in the Hangend Ort (hanging point) and then strike double to the right side of his head. If he displaces this, then take your Duseggen in your right hand and Schaitel him double to his head. If he strikes you like this from above, then turn in the Hangend Ort and spring inward with your right foot. Then immediately thrust to his face. If he intends to displace this, then follow with your left foot outward and at the same time strike double to his right arm.
[38] An Ubergeen with a Verkertenhaw against the Half Kron It happens that you come before the opponent at the closing with this technique: stand with your body turned so that your face is directed at him and your Duseggen stands above your head with an extended arm and the long edge upward (shown on left side of illustration). Then immediately go over (Ubergang) and step in with your right foot and strike with a pivoting strike (Verkertenhaw) to his head. If he displaces this, then follow after him double with thrust and with strikes. If he follows after you like this and you stand with your left foot forward in the half Kron (shown on right side of illustration), then drive up with your Duseggen out of the half Kron into the complete (Kron) and displace this between your hands. Then immediately step in with your right foot, wind at your right side and thrust to his face or chest. If he displaces this, then strike quickly to his right arm from below, step back once again with your right leg, and strike with the Zwirch to the right side of his head. If he does a Zwirch towards you like this, then follow outward with your left leg and set him aside with your long edge. Then immediately drop a Krump on him, follow outward with your right foot, and cut from above to his face. If he displaces your cut from above, then turn under and cut him from below.
[39] Two Tie-ups from which a Throw Proceeds When you come to the closing with the opponent, position yourself with this technique: step in with your left foot into the guard vom Tag. Then immediately go out of the guard vom Tag with your point towards his face, follow outward with your right foot and wind at your right side with your hilt above your head into a good position. Then spring with your left foot well at his right side and Zwirch him short and long to the head. If he displaces your Zwirch, then strike quickly to his right arm. If he strikes to your right arm like this, then step into him with your left foot, set this aside with your long edge, and shoot the long point to his face or chest. If he sets this aside, Schill and Schaitel him to his head. If he seeks your openings like this, drop a Krump on him. Then immediately go with your hilt behind his head, grab with your left hand forward towards your point, and with this squeeze in towards you. If he has set upon you with his Duseggen like this and squeezes you to himself, then grip his chin with your left hand and thrust with your hilt to his face (shown in illustration). Thus he must release you. Then immediately cross him with the Hacken, yank towards you with it, and thrust away from you from above. Thus he falls backwards.
[40] An Ansetzen (Set Upon) with a Cut against the Kron When you come to the closing with the opponent, step in with your left foot and strike wrathfully to his head. If he displaces this, then hang, wind and thrust to his face. Then immediately step in with your right leg and change through (Durchwechsel) at his left side, and in the change through strike him double to his right side. If he further displaces this, then change through from his left to his right side with a Creizhaw and strike to his right arm. If he strikes like this towards you, then step in with your right foot, set him aside with your long edge and strike with a double Feler to his right foot. Then quickly go up with your Duseggen in front of your head in a good position and strike with a double Creizhaw to his face. If he strikes like this towards you, meet him with an Oberhaw and then immediately grip his right elbow with your left hand and cut from above to the right side of his face. If he cuts at your face and has set upon you like this, then grip forward near your point with your left hand and drive up well over your head into the Kron. Thus his cut is in vain. Then thrust your hilt to his face so that you are free from him and may also fall over (Uberfallen), snatch (Reissen), and cut (Schneiden) him.
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[45] The Point against the Crown Present yourself like so in this piece with the approach: Step in there with your right leg and shoot the point of your dussack high over both his arms into his face. If you are then in the approach with your left leg coming in there toward him, and he is thrusting at your face like this, then go up in the Crown with your dussack, with your left hand forward by the point and with that take away his thrust to your right side. In that instant, release your left hand from your dussack out of the Crown and cut at him from your right side toward his face. If he cuts at your face like this, then go against his cut with the long edge and take it away on your left side. In the same moment, let the weak of your dussack fall away and step in with your right leg and cut toward his right arm. In that instant, pull back away from him.
[46] A Dussack Hold Follow this piece in the approach like so: If he is coming in against you with his right leg and stands in the Bow, and you also stand with your right leg toward him, then snatch hold of his dussack with your left hand, [catching it] close to the point. Turn it toward your left side, and in the same moment step in with your left leg and cut toward his head with your long edge. If he has seized your dussack like this and cuts from above at you, then come to the aid of your right hand with your left on the handle of your dussack. Wind it out of his left hand. In the same moment, step in the parrying with your left leg to his right side in a triangle and quickly cut toward his right arm.
[47] A Throw with the Dussack If both of you have come together in the approach and have bound with each other, then stand with your right foot forward and wind the handle of your dussack over his right arm. Once you have wound over his arm like this, then quickly step behind his right with your left leg and go around his neck with the point of your dussack, and then grab hold of your point with your left hand. In that moment, quickly and strongly pull it toward you. Thus you throw him backwards over your left leg.
[48] A High Planting with a Throw Present yourself like so in this piece with the approach: Step in to him with your right leg and cut to his head with your long edge. If he cuts at you from above like this, and you stand with your left leg toward him, then rush to oppose his cut with your dussack. With that, take away his cut on your left side and push hard away from you. In the same instant, wind over his dussack with your long edge and plant your dussack on his neck so that you have the dussack in both hands. Now, hit him in the ankle with your left foot around his right and strongly pull him toward you; above, strongly push him away from you with your dussack at his neck. Thus, you throw him backwards.
[49] A High and Low Planting When you come in to the approach with your left leg, and you are in a high cut with your dussack in the air, then step in to him with your right leg and cut outside and from above toward his right arm. If he cuts at you from above like this, and you stand against him in a low cut, then step in with your right leg and quickly cut him outside and from below toward his right arm. If you have planted upon him from below like this, then pull your dussack down and cut above to his head with your long edge. If he cuts high to you like this, then move to oppose his cut with your dussack, taking it away on your right side. In the same moment, leap to his right side with your left leg in a triangle and shove your point at his face. Cut back away from him.
[50] Taking Away Two High Cuts with the Dagger When you are in the approach, follow this piece like so: Step in with your right leg and cut high at his head with your long edge. If he cuts at you from above like this, and you stand with your left leg toward him, then move to oppose his dussack with your dagger, parrying his cut with the cross of your dagger. In the same moment, cut toward his head with your dussack, as he did to you. If he cuts at you like this, then go up to his dussack with your dagger (as he did to you) and parry with the cross of your dagger. In the same moment, turn his dussack to your left side with your left hand inverted and wind the point of your dussack to his face. With that, cut away from him.

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Incomplete Translation by Keith P. Myers	Dresden I Transcription (1540s)	Vienna I Transcription (1550s)	Munich I Transcription (1540s)
[1] The First Two Upper Bindings from the Right Side It happens that you are closing with the staff. Step towards him with your right foot on the inside and wind from above from your right shoulder with the right hand outside of his staff. In the winding feel for whether he is soft or hard in the bind. If he is hard against you and holds against your strong, follow with your left leg after and at the same time change through from his left upon his right side and stab him to his face. If he stabs like this to your face and you also stand against him in the bind with your right foot forward, your right hand forward midway on your staff, then set this aside with our foremost point on your right side. Step with your left leg inside and wind your rearmost point to his face. If he sets this aside, then follow after with your right leg and strike him wickedly with your upper point out of the bind to his head. If he strikes similarly from above to your head, set your left leg back and displace this with your foremost point. At the same time, thrust him to his chest. If he displaces this, pull back your thrust against him and stab him in his right arm. Then wind backwards away from him.
[2] The First Two Lower Bindings from the Left Side It happens that you have closed and stand with your left foot forward holding your staff at your left shoulder with your left hand forward. You stand this way against him and he the same in the lower bind. Step inside with your right leg and stab him from the inside to the outside over his left arm to the chest. If he displaces this, then follow after again with your left leg and wind your rearmost point to his face. If he stabs to your face like this and you stand with your left foot forward, set aside his stab and step inside with your right foot and at the same time thrust your foremost point to his face. If he sets this aside, then change through immediately and thrust to his left side. If he sets this aside, then follow after with your left foot and at the same time wind nimbly double with your foremost point and rearmost point to his face. If he winds double like this to your face, set this aside with your own winding from both sides. Then immediately follow after with your right leg and stab him to his face. If he displaces this, yank your right leg back and strike him with your staff with an inverted hand to his head and then immediately grab with your left hand once again your staff and cover your face with a good stance.
[3] The Next Two Upper Bindings from the Left Side It happens that you close to the upper bind from your left side. He stands against you likewise in the bind from his left side. Step in with your left leg and at the same time feel whether he is hard or soft in the bind. If he is soft, step outward with your right leg and thrust to his face. If he does a take off, then immediately wind through from your right upon his right side. If he winds like this to your right side and you likewise stand against him in the bind with your left foot placed forward, displace this and at the same time step outward with your right leg and thrust to his face inside over his right arm. If he displaces this, wind through with your point at his right side and thrust with your point to his right side. If he sets this aside, follow outward with your left leg and wind through with your rearmost point between his arms to his face. If he winds like this to your face, set your right leg back and set this aside with your foremost point. Then immediately wind your rearmost point likewise to his face. Follow outward again with your right leg and strike him with the half-staff with both hands to his head. With that withdraw into a good guard.
[4] The Next Two Lower Bindings from the Right Side It happens that you close to the lower bind with your right foot set forward and your right hand extended in front near the point. Immediately wind your right hand to the hip and stab him to his face. If he stabs you like this to your face and you also stand against him in the bind with your right foot placed forward, set it aside with your foremost point and make as if you will stab to his right leg. hen immediately step with your left foot outward and wind your rearmost point to his face or chest. If he winds like this to your face, step back with your right foot and set this aside with your rearmost point. Then immediately step in once more with your right foot and stab with your foremost point to his face. If he displaces this, change through with your point and follow outward with your left leg and with that stab at his right side. If he stabs towards you like this, set it aside and at the same time follow outward with your right leg and wind both points double to his face. If he sets this aside, yank your right foot back and strike to his head. Then wind back into a good stance.
[5] An Absetzen against a Doubled Mittelhau It happens that when closing in the Absetzen you step in with your left leg, your staff pointed at the ground and your right hand stretched above your head. Immediately wind your right hand to your hip and thrust to his face. If he thrusts to your face like this and you stand against him in the doubled Mittelhau with your right foot forward, then set aside his thrust with your foremost point and at the same time step after with your left leg and thrust with your lower point to his face. If he displaces this, change through from below and strike his right arm. If he displaces this, step in with your right leg and thrust with your long point to his face. If he perceives the thrust and displaces it, yank your right leg back and thrust to his left leg. If he thrusts like this to your left leg do not displace him, rather thrust quickly to his face. Then immediately wind back from him into a good stance.
[6] A Right and a Left Position It happens that you stand in this position from the right side with your right foot forward and hold your staff at your right side in the strong. He then stands against you from his left side also in the strong with his left foot placed forward and you both have each other in the bind. Make as if you will stab to his face, then immediately change through from his right to his left side, follow outward with your left leg and stab him to the chest. If he displaces this, follow outward with your right leg and wind your rearmost point inside between his arms to his face. If he winds like this to your face, step in with your right foot and set this aside with your rearmost point. Then immediately change through with your point and stab to his face. If he sets this aside, go over and strike to his head. If he strikes like this to your head, set your staff at the ground on your left side and oppose him with your staff to block him between your hands. Then immediately thrust to his face and yank yourself back into a good stance.
[7] A Face Thrust against a Lower Abnemen It happens that in the closing to the Face Thrust you hold your staff at your right side with your left hand at the half-staff, your right hand behind near your right leg and your foremost point opposite his face. He then stands against you in the Abnemen with his left foot placed forward, his staff at the ground and the right hand extended behind near the point. Follow outward with your right leg and thrust to his face. If he thrusts like this to your face, step in with your right leg and go with the staff in front of his face to set his thrust aside. Then immediately wind your rearmost point inside between his arms to his throat. If he winds like this to your throat, set your right leg back, set this aside with your foremost point and strike him at the bind to his head. Then with that yank yourself back into a good stance and take heed that you are not followed after to the face.
[8] Two Absetzen from Both Sides It happens at the closing that you stand in these Absetzen with your right foot forward, your staff directed at the ground with extended arms, your left hand at the middle of the staff and the right above in front of your face. He also stands like this against you from his left side. Then step inward with your left leg and wind your upper point between his arms to his face. If he displaces this, follow outward with your right foot and strike him out of the Absetzen with your rearmost point to his right arm. If he strikes like this to your right arm and you stand with your left foot forward, take this aside with your rearmost point in the right hand. Then immediately follow outward with your right leg and thrust your rearmost point to his chest. If he displaces this, step inward with your left leg and wind him double with your points to his face. If he winds you double like this, yank your right leg to the rear and set this aside with your foremost point. Then immediately thrust with your rearmost point to his face or chest and with that yank yourself back into a good stance.
[9] A Face Thrust against an Absetzen It happens that you stand at the closing with the Face Thrust with your left foot forward, your staff in your right hand at your right hip and the point directed towards his face. He then stands opposed to you in the Absetzen, his right foot set forward, his staff in the middle with both of his hands extended in front of his face. Then step inward with your right foot and wind your rearmost point into his face on his right side. If he sets this aside, wind your other point to his chest. Then immediately set your right leg to the rear and strike him with your staff to his right side. If he strikes you like this to your right side, step inward with your left leg and set this aside between your hands at your left side. Then immediately thrust your foremost point into his face. If he displaces this, follow outward with your right foot and thrust with your rearmost point to his groin. If he thrusts low towards you like this, step backwards with your left foot and set this aside with your rearmost point. Then immediately step in with your left foot and thrust with a double thrust to his face. With that step back into a good stance.
[10] Two Einprechen from which a Throw Proceeds When you come to the opponent at the closing, step inward with your left leg and thrust with your staff to his face from your right side. If he displaces this, set your right leg to the rear and let your staff shoot through your hand and strike inward with the long point to his head. If he strikes like this to your head, displace this with the portion of your staff between your hands. Then immediately step inward with your right leg and thrust your foremost point into his face. If he sets this aside, change through at his staff, follow outward with your left foot and thrust your rearmost point to his right side. If he thrusts you like this to your right side, displace it and step inward with your right leg towards him and immediately thrust your rearmost point to his face. If he thrusts to your face like this, displace it, step inward with your right leg towards him and drop into the Absetzen with your foremost point at his neck and your right foot behind his left (as shown in the illustration), then press over away from you into his cheek and yank from below towards you so that he falls to the rear.
[11] Two Thrusts to the Upper Openings When you come to the closing with the opponent step inward with your left leg and hold your arms extended with the staff, your right hand above your head and the point directed towards his chest. He then stands likewise against you in the high thrust position to your upper opening with his left foot set forward. Then follow outward with your right leg, wind with your right arm to your right side and in the winding thrust your long point into his face. Should he perceive the thrust and displace it, change through from his left to his right side and thrust to his chest. If he thrusts towards you like this, set it aside and follow outward with your right leg and at the same time wind your rearmost point to his face into the Einwinden (in-winding). Then step with your right foot to the rear and thrust to his chest with your long point. If he displaces this, step inward with your right foot once again and strike with the long point from above to his head. If he strikes towards you from above like this, set it aside with a winding at your staff and immediately thrust double to his face. With that step back into a good stance.
[12] A Long Point against a Bind When you go to close with the opponent, strike in freely from the Sturzhau (plunging strike) double towards him so that you come before the opponent standing with your left foot forward, your right hand at your hip and your staff’s point opposite his face. Then immediately follow outward with your right leg and thrust your long point to his throat. If the thrusts to your throat like this and you stand with your left foot forward in the bind against him, take it away with your foremost point and immediately follow outward with your right foot and strike to his head, and in doing so, wind your staff around in front of his neck. Then step with your left foot in front of his right, press over and away from you and strike him from above so you can take advantage of his weak position. If he intends to weaken you like this, follow outward with your left foot, take away his point with your staff and immediately wind your foremost point to his face. If he displaces this, change through and thrust him once again to the face from the previously described stance. If he thrusts you double to the face like this, set it aside with your foremost point and wind the rearmost point to his chest. With that yank yourself back into a good stance.
[13] An Inverted Strike against an Abnemen It happens that at the closing you strike towards him with a doubled Prusthau (chest strike) as you come to him. Then step in with your right foot towards him and at the same time release the staff to quickly pass over and strike his head with an inverted hand. Then once again grip the staff with your left and wind your foremost point into his face. If you then stand like this against him with your left foot forward and with your staff extended and the point directed at the ground, take aside his strike with the portion of the staff between your hands (as shown in the illustration), step in with your right leg and wind your short point in your right hand to his face. If he displaces this, step to the rear again with your right foot and thrust your long point to his face. If he thrusts to your face double like this, take it away with your foremost point and immediately step in with your left foot and thrust your rearmost point double to his face. Should he perceive this double thrust and displace it, strike him quickly with your long point to his right side. If he displaces this as well, wind double to his chest. With that step back into a good stance.
[14] A Gewicht Stab against a Groin Stab When you come to close with the opponent, step in with your left leg and hold your staff with your right hand above your head and your left hand well forward on your staff and stab to his left elbow so that you capture his gewicht (sleeve?). If he thrusts like this to the sleeve of your left arm and you likewise have your staff in your right hand above your head and your left foot set forward, set this aside upwards from upon your staff and immediately thrust to his groin. Thus you hit him with your thrust below his, which is in vain. Then immediately follow inward with your right leg and wind your rearmost point to his face. If he winds like this to your face, set it aside with your foremost point. Then hold your staff directly in front of your face and immediately step in with your right foot towards him and strike his staff out of his foremost hand with your rearmost point and thrust with your foremost point to his face. If he sets this aside, yank your right leg back and shoot your long point to his chest. With that step back in to a good stance.
[15] A position in the Wag against a Gewalt Stoss It happens at the closing that you stand in this position with the feet equally together, your staff pointed at the ground, the left hand mid-way on the staff, the right hand at your right side and present yourself with your body in the Wag (balanced stance or position). Then immediately step in with your left leg and thrust your long point to his chest. If he thrusts like this to your chest and you stand with your left foot forward, your staff at your left leg pointed at the ground and your right hand over your head near your point, then step in with your right leg and set this aside with your foremost point from your right hand. Then immediately step again with your right foot to the rear and thrust with the Gewalt Stoss (power thrust) with your strong and with your long point to his face. If he thrusts with the strong like this to your face, step in with your left foot in the triangle so that you avoid his thrust. Then immediately step in with your right leg towards him and release your staff to pass over and strike his head. Then grip your staff once again with your left hand and wind double away from him back into a good stance.
[16] A Long Point with an Abnemen against a Crossed Wechsel When you come to the closing with the opponent step in with your right foot and hold your staff forward pointed at the ground with your right hand mid-way and the left near your point back at your left hip. He then stands opposed to you in the Crossed Wechsel (changer) with his right foot set forward. Go forward with your long point and at the same time follow outward with your left leg and thrust to his face. If he sets this aside, follow outward with your right foot and wind your rearmost point to his face or chest. If he thrusts double like this to your face, go forward with your staff and set this aside with your foremost point. Then follow outward with your left leg and thrust your rearmost point to his face out of the Crossed Wechsel. If he displaces this, quickly wind him again double to his left side. If he travels after (nachraisen) you like this, set this aside with your half staff. Then follow outward with your left leg and stab with your rearmost point to his left side. Then immediately yank your left leg back and strike him with your foremost point to his head. With that step back into a good stance.
[17] Two Upper Thrusts to the Chest from the Left Side It happens at the closing that you step in with your left foot towards him and thrust with your staff from your left side inward between his arms to his left chest. He then stands opposed to you also in the Upper Thrust from his left side with his left foot set forward and thrusts to your chest as well. Then release your left hand from your staff and grip with it to his staff near his point and at the same time wind your point beneath his left shoulder with your right hand. Then step in towards him with your right foot and with that wind both staves at your right side with crosswise arms. Thus you will have him such that he cannot work against you. If he has you locked up like this such that you cannot work with your staff, then quickly allow the staff to drop, set your left foot behind his right from the outside, grab with your right hand to the back of his right knee and with your left below his right shoulder well around and across your body. Thus you will with this prevent him from harming you.
[18] A Thrown and Pinned position from which He Cannot Escape Hold yourself as follows at this closing. Strike inward with the Sturzhau (plunging strike) towards him, then set your left foot forward and thrust your foremost point to his face. If he thrusts like this to your face when you are opposite him at the closing, then set it aside with a forward wind at your staff, step in with your right foot towards him and thrust your long point to his chest. If he thrusts like this to your chest, then step well in towards him and set the thrust aside with the mid-point of your staff between your hands. Then immediately throw your staff outward over your head, put your body in the Wag and grab with both hands to his waist. Then squeeze him to you and lift him well upwards so that you have him in the weak position. Then immediately throw him down so that you have used him to break your own fall. Knee him to his groin with your right foot between his feet and your left beneath his right. Seize both his hands for by the throat and press hard everywhere to the ground so that you control him (as illustrated). If you have thus been violently thrown down and controlled, quickly take heed that your hand is not locked up, but rather stop him with either hand in his face, the thumb under the chin and the other fingers beneath the eye sockets. Grab hence strongly with either hand. Thrust him strongly to the groin. Extend a foot that is unencumbered and at the same time yank him against you so that you give him a good one to the groin. With these three grips you can bring him to the mark.
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Incomplete Translation by Keith P. Myers	Dresden I Transcription (1540s)	Vienna I Transcription (1550s)	Munich I Transcription (1540s)
[1] The First Two Oberhau with the Halberd from the Left Side It happens at the closing that you stand in this technique with your left foot forward and hold your Halberd above your head. Then immediately follow outward with your right foot and strike to his head. If he strikes like this to your head and you also stand opposite him in the Oberhau with your left foot forward, then set your left leg back and strike him similarly from above so that his strike is in vain. Then immediately lift up and thrust your foremost point into his face. If he displaces this, change through from his left to his right side and set your blade on his right arm. If he has set upon you like this, then step back with your right leg so that you strike away from him. Then immediately stroke upwards with your Halberd before his face and in the stroking wind on his halberd at his left side. At the same time wind your Halberd and snatch it towards you. If he is strong and will not give way, step in with your right leg once more and thrust to his chest. If he thrusts like this to your chest, then step back with your left leg again and set the thrust aside with your rearmost point so that you are free from harm.
[2] The Underhau with the Halberd from Both Sides It happens at this closing with the Underhau that you stand with your left foot forward and hold the point downward opposite of the opponent. Then immediately move your right hand to your right hip and thrust to his face or chest. If he sets this thrust aside, change through from his left to his right side. If the thrusts double like this to your face and you stand with your left foot forward also in the Underhau, then drive with your right hand to your right hip with your Halberd and set this aside at your right side with your blade. Then immediately follow outward with your right leg and set your foremost point at this chest. If he sets the point at your chest like this, step back with your left leg, then immediately quickly yank the right back as well so that you can again match him equally and strike an Oberhau to his head. If he strikes you from above like this, drive up with your Halberd from below so that you fan his strike with your blade. Then immediately yank back and thrust to his groin. With that yank yourself to the rear.
[3] The Crossed Wechsel Against the Abnemen It happens that you stand in the Crossed Wechsel (changer) with your left foot forward and your left hand beneath your right shoulder. Then immediately step in with your right leg, wind double in the Underhau and thrust to his left leg. Should you perceive this thrust and stand opposed to him in the Abnemen with your left foot set forward, then drive with your right hand to your right side so that you take his thrust away. Then immediately follow outward with your right leg and thrust your foremost point to his face. If he thrusts like this to your face, then set this aside from your left to your right side with the strong. Then immediately stroke upward from one side to the other before his face and in the stroking wind at his Halberd. Then immediately change through double and thrust to his face. If he thrusts like this towards you, then set this aside with your blade so that you move the thrust outward above your head. Then immediately follow outward with your left leg and strike his Halberd away with your rearmost point so that you are free from him.
[4] A Gesicht Stoss (Face Thrust) against a Prusthau (Chest Strike) It happens that you stand in the Gesicht Stoss with your left foot forward and hold your Halberd at the chest such that the edge is turned upwards. Then immediately follow outward with your right leg and thrust to his face. If he thrusts like this to your face and you stand with the left foot forward, go forward with your Prusthau and set his thrust aside with that. At the same time step in with your right leg and thrust to his chest. If he displaces this, change through at his Halberd from his right to his left side. Then immediately step with your left foot in front of his right and thrust double to his face. If he thrusts double like this towards you, set the thrust aside from both sides, step in with your left leg, change through from his right to his left side and thrust to his left arm. If he displaces the thrust, wind your rearmost point from below upward into his chest. If he winds his rearmost point to your chest like this, step back with your left leg so that his winding is in vain. Then immediately thrust to his face, and with that yank yourself back with complete and half Halberd.
[5] A Bind from which a Reyssen (Snatch) Proceeds It happens that you stand in the bind with your left foot forward, your Halberd’s rearmost point at your right hip and the point opposite his face. Bind him from your right to his left side and then immediately wind your Halberd quickly over his and snatch it towards you. If you then stand like this opposed to him in the bind with your left foot forward and he snatches towards himself like this, then follow outward with your right leg and thrust into his chest above his left arm. Should he perceive this thrust and displace it, change through from his left to his right side and thrust to his face. If he seeks your opening like this from one side to the other, then step back with your left foot and set this aside with your rearmost point at both sides. Then immediately step in again with your left foot, wind your blade out in front and take his Halberd away, and then thrust to his face. If he sets this aside, seek his opening from one side to the other in the change through and with that yank (step) back twice.
[6] A Bind with an Upper Sperzen (Obstruction) It happens at this closing that you stand with your left foot forward and he stands opposite to you in the bind with his left foot set forward. Wind forward at his Halberd in the bind and turn your blade to set it over his hook. If he intends to wind upon you like this, turn your Halberd and shove upward with it. Then immediately jerk your Halberd over quickly and thrust to his face or chest. If he sets the thrust aside, stroke outward with your Halberd in front of his face and seek the nearest opening. If he seeks your openings like this, set it aside with the foremost point of your Halberd, follow outward with your right foot, strike his Halberd away with your rearmost point and with that wind double from underneath to his face or chest. Should he perceive this winding and step back, travel after him double with strikes and windings. If he travels after you like this with these techniques, set them aside with the rearmost and foremost points of your Halberd and with that step back into a good stance while covering your face.
[7] An Upper Strike with a Lower Reyssen (snatch) It happens that you stand in the Upper Strike with your left foot forward and hold your Halberd in the Oberhau. He then stands likewise opposite to you with his left foot set forward and his Halberd opposite of your face. Take this aside with the Oberhau and at the same time snatch towards you from your left to your right side (shown in illustration). Then move up with your Halberd into his face. If he intends to go at your face like this, wind your Halberd with the blade behind his leg and yank with it so that his thrust is in vain and you can likewise cause him to fall. Then immediately travel after him with a thrust to his face. If he thrusts like this to your face, take it aside with your half Halberd, change through from one side to the other and seek the nearest opening. If he sets this aside, likewise bind with him at his Halberd and turn his foremost point away with your rearmost point. Step inside with your right foot in front of his left and immediately drive your rearmost point around his neck to his right side. With that yank him towards you so you can throw him. If he intends to throw you like this, change up both hands on your Halberd and set your Halberd on his right arm. Shove him away from you with it so that you are free from harm.
[8] A High Winding out of the Bind with a Lower Sperzen (Obstruction) It happens that you stand in this technique with your left foot forward and your Halberd at your right chest with the point opposite his face. Immediately step in with your right foot and hit him with an inverted strike to his head. If he strikes you from above and you stand with your left foot forward, displace this with your blade and immediately bind him. Then change through from his left to his right side, wind over his Halberd with that and press strongly downward (as seen on right side of illustration). If he has obstructed you like this, follow outward with your left foot and wind your Halberd once again strongly to him with the point in his face. If he sets this aside, step with your right foot in front of his left and wind your rearmost point inward between his arms over his right arm. Press downward with that at your right side so you can strike to his head with your blade. If he has wound hard upon you like this, change through your left hand quickly once again on your Halberd, immediately step back with your left foot and strike with your rearmost point to his head.
[9] An Inside Arm Thrust against a Face Thrust When you come together at the closing and he thrusts to your face, step in with your left foot and thrust inside of his left arm. At the same time set the blade upon him and with it shove him away from you to his right side so that his thrust is in vain. Then quickly yank your Halberd towards you and thrust your foremost point to his chest. If he thrusts like this to your chest, set your left leg back and set it aside with your blade. Then immediately move your Halberd up for his face, step in once again with your left foot and wind your point to his face or chest. If he winds like this to your face, take this aside from one side to the other and then immediately step in with your right foot and strike with your rearmost point to his head. If he displaces your strike, step with your left foot to his right side and strike with your blade to his right arm. If he strikes towards you like this, take it aside with your rearmost point and wind your foremost point from below to his chest. Then immediately step in with your right leg and strike with your rearmost point to his head.
[10] A Chest Thrust with a Sperzen It happens that you stand in this technique with your left foot forward and hold your Halberd above your right chest. Then immediately thrust with the foremost point of your Halberd to his chest. If you then likewise stand against him with your right foot forward and he thrusts towards you, set the thrust aside in front with your Halberd, then immediately fall over his blade with your Halberd and pivot yourself to your left side so that you obstruct his Halberd (as seen in illustration). From the obstruction grip with your left hand to your right, set your right foot back and strike from above to his head. If he strikes from above towards you like this, step back with your left leg and set this aside with the foremost point of your Halberd. Then immediately shove strongly upward with your Halberd, step in with your right foot and wind your rearmost point to his throat. If he sets this aside, follow outward with your left foot and strike with your blade to his head. If he strikes you like this from above, displace it to your right side with the portion of your Halberd between your hands. With that strike double while moving back.
[11] A Prusthau from below against an Oberhau with a Reyssen (Snatch) It happens that you stand at the closing with your right foot forward and go forth with the Prusthau (chest strike) from below to his left arm and change up your hand on your Halberd. Then immediately pivot from your right to your left side and snatch to yourself (seen in illustration). If he snatches you towards himself like this with the strong and you stand with your left foot forward, change through your left hand quickly on your Halberd and strike to his head from above. If he displaces this with his foremost point, then wind from below to his chest at his right side. Should you perceive this thrust, set your right foot back and take it aside with your rearmost point. Then immediately work with this same point from one side to the other, follow outward with your right leg and wind your Halberd in between his arms to his chest over his left arm. If he does not release his hand from his Halberd you will lock his arm. If he intends to lock your arm like this, change up your hand on your Halberd, step in immediately with your right foot and thrust your rearmost point to his groin. With that you are free of him.
[12] Two Reyssen from above out of the Bind When you both come together at the closing and the opponent has initiated the bind, step with your right foot in front of your left and wind your blade forward around his neck. If he intends to snatch you like this with his blade and you stand with your left foot forward, likewise wind your Halberd around his neck and snatch strongly towards yourself (seen in illustration). If he then snatches strongly towards himself like this, step in with your left leg and take his Halberd away with your rearmost point at your left side. Then immediately drive your rearmost point forward around his neck, set your right leg behind his left and snatch to your right side. Thus you can throw him. If he intends to throw you like this, release your left hand from your Halberd, grip with it well behind his right elbow and shove away from you so that you are free. Then immediately quickly grip again with your left hand to your Halberd and strike to his head. With that change yourself from him to the rear.
[13] A Reyssen from Below against a Gewalt Stoss (Power Thrust) It happens that you stand with your left foot forward and hold your Halberd near your left leg with the blade directed at the opponent. He then stands opposite to you in the Gewalt Stoss (Power Thrust) with his left foot set forward and intends to thrust towards you. So go forward with your Halberd around his leg and pivot from your left to your right side (as in illustration). Thus you snatch him towards you, his thrust can bring you little harm and you can also throw him. If he has prepared like this and intends to throw you, quickly release your Halberd from his throat, set the blade on his Halberd and press strongly downward so that you are free of his throw. Then immediately drive quickly from his Halberd up towards his face. If he displaces this, change through from his left to his right side and thrust to his throat. If he displaces this as well, step in with your right foot and wind your rearmost point to his face. If he works towards you like this, set your left foot back and take away his foremost point with your rearmost point. Then immediately step in with your left foot and wind your foremost point to his face. With that yank yourself back into the Wechsel.
[14] A Winding with a Throw When you both come together at the closing and have equally bound upon each other, change through at his Halberd from his right to his left side and thrust to his left arm. Should he perceive this thrust and displace it, change through double and seek his nearest opening. If he seeks your opening like this, stroke with your Halberd from below to in front of his face and strike his foremost arm. Then immediately bind strongly on his Halberd and quickly change through to thrust him double to his face. If he thrusts double like this towards you, take this aside with the foremost point of your Halberd such that your left foot stands forward. You then likewise stand opposite to him with your left foot forward. Then take away his Halberd with your rearmost point, step with your right foot behind his left and set your rearmost point in front of and around his neck (as in illustration). With that yank strongly from above to yourself so that you throw him over your right leg.
[15] An Ubergeen (Going Over) from above along with a Side Thrust It happens that you stand at this closing with your left foot forward and hold your Halberd at your right side with the point directed against the opponent. He then stands also like this against you at the closing. Bind with him equally and then wind your blade behind his hook and shove upwards with it. If he has prepared your Halberd like this and shoves upward, step with your right foot behind his left, yank your Halberd over and thrust from below with your rearmost point to his left side (as in illustration). Then immediately set your right foot to the rear again and strike with your blade to his head. If he works at you like this, take it aside with your rearmost point and immediately follow outward with your right foot and strike his left arm. If he displaces this, wind in with your rearmost point between his arms to his chest and immediately step back with your right leg and strike to his head. Thus you strike as you get away from him.
[16] An Underhau with an Absetzen in the Half-Halberd It happens that you stand at the closing against the opponent with your left foot forward and hold your Halberd at your right side. He then stands likewise opposite to you in the Underhau with his right foot set forward and the Halberd on his left side. Stroke upwards towards his face with your Halberd. If he goes towards your face like this, strike from below to his left arm (as in illustration, though there is an artistic error). If he strikes to your left arm like this, set it aside with your half-Halberd at your right side and then immediately set your blade over his left arm and press downward with it. If he presses downward with strength like this, step with your left foot behind his right and strike with your rearmost point to his head. Then quickly yank your right foot back and wind your foremost point to his chest. If he winds like this towards you, set it aside with your half-Halberd and wind your rearmost point over his left arm from below. With that snatch to your right side and then yank yourself back from him with an Oberhau.
[17] A Cut with a Throw out of the Hacken (Leg Hook) Hold yourself as follows at the closing out of a Schnit (cut) from above. Stand with your right foot forward and hold your Halberd above your head with the blade turned upwards. You then stand against him like this with your right leg set forward, so hold your Halberd at your right side directed towards his face. Then immediately step in with your left leg and set your blade in front of his throat. If he has set upon you like this, set your rearmost point under his left shoulder and shove to your right side. Then immediately step back with your right foot and cut to his head from above with your blade. If he cuts to your head like this, drive up with your Halberd well in front of your head and displace his cut with your blade. Then immediately step with your right foot behind his left and take his Halberd away from above with your rearmost point. If he takes your Halberd away like this, step back with your left foot and wind your rearmost point to his left arm. If he winds towards you like this, step with your left foot behind his right, set your blade in front of his throat and place the Hacken (leg hook) around his right foot from the outside (as in illustration). Then immediately shove strongly away from you from above and jerk towards you from below so that he must fall.
[18] A Verkerer (Inverter) against an Underhau It happens in the Verkerer (inverter) that you pivot around on your right foot to your left side in an Oberhau such that your left foot is turned against the opponent. Then immediately strike to his head with an Oberhau. If he strikes from above like this towards you and you stand with your left foot forward with your rearmost point directed at the ground out front opposite the opponent (as in illustration), then drive up with this same point and take his strike away. Then immediately step in with your right leg and strike from below with an Underhau to his left arm. If he displaces this, go with your rearmost point to your right side and at the same time step back with your right leg and change your foremost point from his left to his right side towards his face. If he changes likes this towards your face, displace this in front with your Halberd and immediately wind through on his Halberd from one side to the other to seek his nearest opening. If he sets this aside, step in with your right leg and take his Halberd away with your rearmost point. With that thrust to his face or chest. Then step back into the Wechsel.
[19] A Halberd Capture with a Throw When you come together at the closing and have bound equally with each other, change through from his right to his left side with a thrust. If he takes this aside, step in with your right leg and take his blade away with your rearmost point at your right side. If he intends to take your Halberd away like this, step back with your left foot and thrust your rearmost point to his chest. If he displaces this, step in towards him once again double and hit him with your rearmost point to his head. If he hits towards your head like this, displace this at the mid-point of your Halberd, then immediately grab with your left hand to his rearmost point and with your right hand to his foremost such that you have both Halberds in your hands. Then immediately step with your left foot onto his right knee so you can break his leg in two. If he has prepared both Halberds together like this and intends to step upon you, release your right hand from your Halberd and drive it around the back of his knee from the outside (as in illustration). Then immediately shove strongly away from you with your left hand and yank hard upwards from below so that he must fall and can work no further harm towards you.
[20] A Bainpruch (Leg Lock) against a Nackstoss (Neck Thrust) When you come together at the closing and have bound each other equally, hold your Halberd opposite his face and then immediately change aside on his Halberd and thrust to his face. Should he perceive this thrust and displace it, step in with your right foot and wind your rearmost point from below to his left arm. If he winds towards you from below like this, change up your left hand quickly on your Halberd and thrust with your foremost point to his chest. If he displaces this, strike with your rearmost point to his head. If he strikes you like this from above, step back with your right foot and take his strike away with your foremost point. Then immediately wind strongly beneath his Halberd and shove it upward. Then step in double towards him and let your Halberd fall, grab with your right hand below to his left foot and with your left shove powerfully at his left knee so that you can lock his leg or throw him. If he has prepared you like this, set your Halberd at the nape of his neck and press strongly downward (as in illustration). Thus you counter his efforts.
[21] The Crossed Guard against the Low Hold yourself like this in this piece in the approach: Step in toward him with your left leg and go up out from the lower guard with a thrust to his face. If he stabs you from below like this and you stand against him in the crossed guard with your right foot forward, then step in with your left leg and cut from above to oppose his thrust as you step. Push it downwards so that you take his thrust away. If he has cut at you in this way and taken away your thrust, then wind your blade from your left side against his halberd on his left side, thus you block him. In the same moment, then pull the halberd and thrust toward his face or chest. If he stabs at you like this, then take it away with your blade on your left side. In the same instant, cut to his head with your blade. Turn yourself twice back away from him.

Scythe

Incomplete Translation by Keith P. Myers	Dresden I Transcription (1540s)	Vienna I Transcription (1550s)	Munich I Transcription (1540s)
[1] Two High Cuts with the Scythe Present yourself like so in this piece: When you both are going together, stand with your left foot ahead and hold your scythe on your right side with your left hand at the lower grip, your right on the middle one. At that moment cut to his left side, in around toward his right arm. If he cuts at you like that and you also are standing with your left foot toward him, and you too are holding your scythe on your right side with your left hand at the lower grip, your right at the middle one, then leap in a triangle and set his cut off outside in front with your scythe on your right side. Now step in there out of triangle with your left leg and cut at his neck. If he cuts high at you in that way, then step backwards with your left leg and parry his cut outside in front on your scythe. In the same moment, nimbly step in there again and wind your scythe behind your head and out from there with a cut from your left side to the right side of his head, and with that, step back away from him.
[2] Two Low Cuts If you are both coming together, then conduct yourself like this in this piece: Stand with your right foot in front and hold your scythe in a low cut with your right hand at your middle grip, your left at your lower one. At that moment step doubly in a triangle and cut to his right arm from behind your head so that your arms come crosswise one over the other. If he cuts at you like this, and you also stand with your right foot toward him, and you hold your scythe in a low cut, your right hand at your middle grip, your left at the lower one, then go up out of your low cut and take his cut away on the outside of your scythe on your right side. At that moment, step in a triangle on your left side with your left leg and wind your scythe behind your head and back out to his head, so that your arms come crosswise, one over the other. In the same moment, step back from him with a good parry.
[3] Two Middle Cuts Hold yourself like this with this piece: When you are both closing together, stand with your left foot in front and hold your scythe on your right side, with your [left]* hand at your lower grip, your right at your middle one. At that moment, follow in after with your right leg and cut around his body with your scythe toward his right side. If he cuts a middle cut to you like this, and you also stand with your left foot toward him, and you also hold your scythe on your right side with your right hand at your middle grip, your left at your lower one, then step in there in a triangle with your right leg and wind your scythe behind your head and out again so that your arms come cross-wise over each other with a cut toward the right side of his body. If he cuts at you with a middle cut like this, then go inside to him with your scythe at his scythe. Shove strongly with it away from you on your right side. In that moment, step with your left leg to his right side and cut to his head. Step away from him with it.
[4] Taking Away Against a High Cut If you are both going together, then hold yourself like this in this piece: Stand with your left foot in front and hold your scythe in front of your body, toward the man, with your right hand at the middle grip, your left at your lower one. In that moment quickly cut toward his head. If he cuts high to you like this, and you are also standing with your left foot toward him, and you are holding your scythe high in front of your face with your right hand at your middle grip, your left at your lower one, then take away his high cut with your haft on your left side. If he has taken you away in this manner, then wind through underneath and quickly cut* to him with the point of your scythe toward his head. If he wishes to set you aside and cut at you like this, then go up with your scythe and take him away on the outside your scythe on your right side. At that moment, cut toward the left side of his head. With that, step backwards from him.
[5] Crossed Cut against a Straight One Conduct yourself like this in this piece: When you are closing with each other, stand with your right foot in front and hold your scythe straight to the man with your left hand at your lower grip, your right at your middle one. At that moment, cut around his body toward his right leg*. If he cuts low at you like this, and you are also standing with your left foot toward him, and you hold your scythe toward the man with cross-wise arms, then take it away below with your haft on your left side. At that moment, quickly cut toward his neck. If he cuts high at you like this, then step around on your right side with your left leg and take away his cut with your hilt on your right side. In that moment cut toward his left (forward) leg. If he cuts low at you in this manner, then set your lower grip of your scythe before your left leg and step with your right to your left and with that, take his low cut away. In the same moment, go up and cut toward his neck. Step back away from him with it.
[6] Two Arm-cuts If the two of you are going together, then conduct yourself like this in this piece: stand with your right foot ahead and hold your scythe toward the man in a high cut, with your right hand at your middle grip, your left at your lower one. In that moment cut outside to his right arm. If he cuts high at you like this, and you are also standing with your right foot toward him, and you hold your scythe toward the man with your right hand at your middle grip, your left at your lower one, then set him aside with your lower grip. At that moment cut at him from below to the inside of his right arm. If he cuts at you from below in this way, then exchange your left hand from your lower grip to the middle one, and your right to where your left stood at the lower grip, thus you escape from his cut. In that moment, quickly cut at him from underneath toward his right arm and with that, step back away from him in a good parry with your scythe.
[7] A Cut against a Taking-away Conduct yourself like so in this piece if you are both coming together: Stand with your left foot forward and hold your scythe straight before your body, with your right hand at your middle grip, your left at your lower one. In that moment, quickly cut toward his right arm. If he cuts at you like this, and you stand with your right foot toward him, and you hold your scythe toward the man with your left hand at your lower grip, your right at your middle one, then go up with your scythe and take his cut away with it on your right side. At that moment, cut toward his right arm with your scythe. If he cuts at you like this, then take that away on your haft, between your two hands. In that instant, let your left hand loose from your lower grip and step back away with your left leg, thus you escape out from his cut. Next, grab hold of your lower grip again with your left hand and step around and in again with your left leg. With that, cut to the right side of his neck and step back from him.
[8] A High Cut against a Low One When you are both coming together, then conduct yourself like so in this piece: Stand with your right foot forward and hold your scythe straight toward the man. At that moment, quickly cut below toward his left (forward-placed) leg. If he cuts low to you like this, and you stand with your left foot toward him, and you hold your scythe high on your right side, your left hand at your lower grip, your right at your middle one, then go to him with your scythe around the left side of his neck. Pull him to you with it, thus you are free from his low cut. If he cuts high at you like this and pulls you to him, then let your left hand go from your lower grip, put it on his haft and shove strongly upward, thus you take away his high cut. In that moment, grab hold of your lower grip again with your left hand and step back with your right leg, thus you are able to cut his left foot away.
[9] A Taking-Away against a High Cut Present yourself like this in this piece: If you are both coming together, stand with your right foot ahead and hold your scythe extended toward the man, with your left hand at the lower grip, your right at the middle one. At that very moment, cut toward his head. If he cuts high to you like this, and you also stand with your right foot toward him, and you hold your scythe extended in front of your face, with your left hand at the lower grip, your right at the middle one, then take it away with the haft of your scythe on your right side. In the same instant step in a triangle with your right leg and cut him with your scythe behind and around your head to the right side of his neck. If he cuts at you from above like this, then go against him again and take away his cut to the outside on your scythe. At the same moment, follow in after with your left leg and cut toward his head. Step back away from him with this.
[10] A High Cut against a Cut to the Groin When you both are coming together, then present yourself like so in this piece: Stand with your left foot forward and hold your scythe extended before your body toward the man, with your right hand at the lower grip on your right side, your left at your middle one. At that moment, quickly cut toward the right side of his neck. If he cuts high at you like this, and you are standing with your right foot toward him, and you hold the scythe in a low cut, with your left hand at your lower grip in front of your face, your right at your middle one, then take away his high cut with the haft of your scythe on your right side. In that moment, cut between both his legs to his crotch. If he cuts you from below in this way, then be sure to go down and force his scythe away with the haft of your scythe, thus you take away his shot to your crotch with it. In that instant go up again with your scythe and cut toward the right side of his neck. With this, cut it to the ground.

Flail

Incomplete Translation by Jason Taylor	Dresden I Transcription (1540s)	Vienna I Transcription (1550s)	Munich I Transcription (1540s)
[1] Two over-strikes with the flail Item: Do like this: in this play, when you come together, stand with your left foot forward and hold your flail with your left hand at the lower end, and your flail-head and staff next to each other in your right hand. In this play, strike him with your flail-head to the right side of his head. If he strikes you in this way, and you are standing also with your left foot stand against him, and hold your flail with your left hand by the back end, and with your flail-head and staff beside each other in your right hand, displace his strike (lit. “take his strike off”) with your flail-head to your left side. Simultaneously exchange your left hand in place of your right and follow with your right leg in and strike him with the back end against his left arm. If he strikes at you in this way, hang with your staff on your right side; displace his strike with that; simultaneously step in a triangle and strike him with your flail-head to his head. With that, step back from him.
[2] An over-strike against a taking away Item: When you come together, do like this: In this play, stand with your left foot forward and hold your flail with your right hand high on your staff, and your left at the back end. Meanwhile, strike him with your flail-head to the head. If he would strike you from above in this way, and you also stand with your left foot against him and hold your flail with your left hand by the back end, and your right hand in the middle of your staff, then step in with your right leg and displace the strike to the right side. With this, follow with your left leg in and strike him with your flail-head to the right side of his body. If he strikes to you in this way, step with your left foot backward and displace him with your flail-head to your right side. Meanwhile, step nimbly in a triangle and strike him with your flail-head to his right side; with that, step back from him.
[3] Two binds with the flail Item: Do like this in this play: When you come together, stand with your left foot forward and hold your flail in the bind with your left hand by the back end, and your right hand in the middle of your staff. Meanwhile, strike him with your flail-head to the right side of his head. If strikes you from above in this way, and you stand with your right foot against him and hold your flail also with your right hand in the middle of your staff, your left on the back end, then drive against his strike with your flail and bind him on the staff of his flail. With that, displace his strike away to your left side as you follow with your left leg in and strike him with your flail-head to the right side of his body. If he strikes you in this way to your right side, then displace him with your flail to your left side as you step with your right leg to his left side and strike him with your flail to his head. With that, step back from him.
[4] A strike to the head against a taking-off. Item: When you come together, do like this in this play: stand with your right foot forward. Hold the flail with both hands on the rear end of your staff. Meanwhile, strike him to the right side with the flail-head. If he strikes you from above in this way and you stand with your left foot against him and hold your flail with your right hand in the middle of your staff, your left by the back end, and stand truly in the Scales, so step back with your left leg and displace his strike away with the staff of your flail toward your left side. Simultaneously step nimbly with your left leg in again and strike him to the right side of his head. If he strikes at you in this way from above, displace him to the right side; meanwhile, follow in with your left leg and strike him on the right side of his head. If he strikes you in this way, then displace him to your right side. Meanwhile, follow with your left leg behind, and strike him to the left side of his head, and step back from him.
[5] An over-strike with the flail Item: Do like this: In this play, when you come together, stand with your right foot forward and hold your flail with your right hand in the middle of your staff, your left hand at the back end. Meanwhile, strike him with your flail-head to his extended left leg. If he strikes you below in this way, then withdraw your foot; meanwhile, step nimbly in again with the aforementioned leg upon his flail. So is his strike in vain. Meanwhile, strike him with your flail-head to his head or shoulder on his right side so that you bring the arms crosswise over each other. If he strikes at you in this way from above, and has stepped with his left foot upon your flail, then again seize your staff with your right hand. Meanwhile, step with your right leg back and pull your flail hard to you. So you escape the strike. Meanwhile, step nimbly with your right foot again and strike him with your staff to his arm. With that, withdraw yourself back from him.
[6] An over-strike against a middle Item: When you come together, do like this: In this play stand with your left foot forward and hold your flail with both hands on your staff against the man on the right side. Meanwhile, strike him a middle blow with your flail-head to his body, in and around from his left side to his right. If he strikes you to your body in this way, and you stand with your right foot against him and hold your flail in the high guard against the man with both hands on the staff, then drive under with the staff, and with that displace his staff to your right side. Meanwhile, strike him with your flail-head to his head. If he strikes you also from above in this way, then step with your left leg back and drive over with your flail, and displace his strike out and away to your left side. Meanwhile, step in again with the aforementioned leg and strike with your flail to the left side of his neck; with that , step back from him.
[7] An over-strike against an under-strike Item: Do like this: With this play, when you come together, stand against the man with your left foot forward truly in the Scales and hold your flail so that the staff is in both hands on the ground. Meanwhile, strike him with your flail-head to his left extended foot. If he strikes you below in this way, then withdraw your left leg back, step with that out of his strike; instantly step with the aforementioned foot nimbly in again and strike him with your flail-head to his back. If he then stands in the Scales against you, and strikes you in this way from above, then step with your left leg back and displace his strike away with your flail to your right side. Instantly step with your left foot in again and strike him with your flail-head to the right side of his body. If he displaces that, then step in the triangle and strike him with your flail-head to his head. With that, step back from him.
[8] Two more over strikes Item: When you come together, so hold yourself like this: With this play stand with your right foot forward and hold your flail with your right hand in the middle of your staff, your left hand by the back end. Meanwhile, strike him with your flail-head to his left arm. If he strikes you in this way from above, and you also stand against him with your right foot and hold your flail with your right hand on the flail-head, your left on the lower end by the chest, then displace him with your staff to your left side and, with that, strike him to his neck on his left side. If he strikes you from above in this way, then displace him with the staff of your flail to the left side, simultaneously step with your left leg twice on the triangle and strike him with your flail-head to the right side of his body. If he sets that aside, then strike him with the lower end (of your staff) to the left side of his head; with that, step back from him.

Peasant Staff

Incomplete Translation by Reinier van Noort	Dresden I Transcription (1540s)	Vienna I Transcription (1550s)	Munich I Transcription (1540s)
[1] Two upper strikes with the peasant staff Arrange yourself so in this piece when you go together. Stand with your left foot forward, and hold your staff up on your right side next to your head. Then step to with your right leg and strike him to his head on his left side. If he strikes at you so from above, and you also stand with your left foot against him, and hold your staff in both hands behind your head on your right side, then step back with your left leg and take his strike away from him with your staff on your left side. Then step in again with the above-mentioned foot and strike him to his head. If he strikes at you so from above, then step back with your left foot and take that from him with your staff on your left side. Then step in the Triangle and strike him to his right arm. With that step back from him.
[2] A bind with the peasant staff When you go together, then arrange yourself so in this piece. Stand with your right foot forward and hold your staff with your left hand at your back end, your right in the middle with a stretched arm. If he then also stands with his right foot against you and holds his staff in both hands like you and strikes towards you, then also drive towards his strike with your staff [and] bind him with that. When you have bound him so and you feel that he resists you strongly, then step with your left leg on his right side, and strike him to his right arm. If he strikes at you so, then hang your staff well down on your right side. Thus with that you take his strike from him. Then, follow to with your left leg and strike him to his head on his right side. With that step back from him.
[3] A murder strike with the peasant staff When you go together then hold yourself so in this piece. Stand with your left foot forward and hold your staff up on your right side with your left hand at your back end, the right in the middle. Then step in with your right leg and strike him to his head. If he strikes at you so from above, and you stand with your right foot against him and hold your staff on your left shoulder with both hands at your back end, then wind with your staff behind your head forward on your right side, the front end well down and displace his strike with that. Then step in with your left leg, and strike him with your staff to his head. If he strikes at you so from above, then displace that from him with your staff on your left side with crossed arms. Then strike him with your staff to his neck on his left side. Thus you strike him to the ground.
[4] A lower strike against a taking off Hold yourself so in this piece. When you go together, stand with your right foot forward and hold your staff in both hands against the man at your back end. Then strike him to his right forward-placed leg. If he strikes at you so below to your right foot, and you stand with the same forward, and hold your staff with your left hand at your back end behind your head, your right in the middle before your face, then take his strike from him with your staff on your right side. Then step with your left leg on his right side and strike him with your staff strongly to his head. If he strikes at you so from above, then step back with your right leg and go up again with your staff. Take his strike from him with that on your right side. Then step nimbly in again with the above-mentioned foot and strike him straight above to his head. With that step back from him.
[5] Another murder strike with the peasant staff Arrange yourself so in this piece when you go together, stand with your right foot forward and hold your staff up above your head with your left hand at your back end, your right in the middle. Then step in with your left foot, and strike him to his right forward-placed leg. If he strikes at you so to your right foot, and you stand with the same forward, and hold your staff up at your back end with crossed arms on your left side, then wind your staff forward on your right side [and] with that hang well towards the earth. So his strike is put away. Then strike with your staff to his right arm. If he strikes at you so, then take it away from him, with your staff up on his left side. If you have thus driven it over you then follow to with your right leg and strike him between both arms to his head. Thus you strike him to the ground.
[6] Yet another murder strike with the peasant staff When you go together, then arrange yourself thus in this piece. Stand with your left foot forward and hold your staff with your lower end on the ground on your right side, both hands at your back end. Then step in with your right leg and let your staff overrun. With that strike him to his right arm. If he strikes at you so, and you stand with your right foot against him and hold your staff with your front end on the ground before your body, your right in the middle of the staff your left at your back end, then step back with your right leg, and drive up with your staff. With that take his strike away from him on your right side, then strike him to his head. If he strikes at you so from above, then take it from him with your staff on your left side. Then strike him a murder strike strongly to the left side of his head. Thus you strike him so that he falls with his face on the ground.
[7] Two upper strikes with the peasant staff Hold yourself so in this piece, when you go together. Stand with your right foot forward and hold your staff with both hands at your back end against the man. Then strike him to the left side of his head. If he strikes at you so from above, and you stand with your left foot against him, and also hold your staff in both hands against the man, then step back with your left leg, and take his strike from him with your staff, on your right side. Then step in again with the above-mentioned foot and strike him to the left side of his neck. If he also strikes at you so from above, then step back with your right leg and take his upper strike away from him on your left side. Then step in again with the above-mentioned foot. Thus you come into your previous stance again and may strike him to the left side of his head.
[8] Another murder strike with the peasant staff When you go together, then hold yourself so in this piece. Stand with your right foot forward and hold your staff against the man in front of your face with both hands. Then step in with your left leg and strike him strongly to his head. If he strikes at you so from above and you also stand with your right foot against him, and hold your staff in both hands at your back end the front up against the man, then take it from him with your staff on your left side. Then step with your left leg in the Triangle on your right side and strike him to his left arm. If he takes that from you so with his staff on his right side, then step in with your right leg out of the Triangle and strike him a murder strike with your staff to the front of his head so that he falls backward.

Mixed Weapons

Incomplete Translation by Eric Mains	Dresden I Transcription (1540s)	Vienna I Transcription (1550s)	Munich I Transcription (1540s)
[1] The Javelin against the Sword Present yourself like so in this piece with the javelin: Stand with your left foot ahead and hold it with both hands on your right side, your front end or point toward the man. If he then also stands with his left foot toward you and holds his sword overhead in a high cut against you, and he wishes to cut in at your head, then quickly stab at his body. If he stabs at you like this, then step backwards with your left leg and cut with your sword to the left side of the shaft of his javelin with the Zwerch so that you take his thrust away with it. If he cuts opposing you like this and takes your thrust away from you, then follow in after with your right leg and thrust at him with the front end of your javelin toward the right side of his body. With this, step back from him.
[2] The Halberd against the Sword When you both are coming together, then present yourself like so in this piece with your halberd: Stand with your left foot forward and hold your halberd extended in front of your face with your right hand on the back end, pointed toward the man, your left at the middle, high on your left side. At that moment quickly cut toward his head. If he cuts from above at you like this and you also stand with left foot toward him, and you hold your sword on your right shoulder, the pommel in your left hand and pointed toward the man, then cut to his halberd with the long edge. Thus you take his cut away with it. At the same moment step in a triangle and cut to the left side of his head with the long edge. If he cuts from above at you like this, then step twice with a chasing and stab him twice from below and above as you step away from him with it.
[3] The Longspear against the Sword Hold yourself like this with this piece: When you are both closing together, stand with your left foot in front and hold your spear on your right side with your left hand ahead toward the man, your right behind your right leg on your spear. At that moment quickly stab at him toward his face. If he stabs high at you like that, and you stand with your right foot toward him and you hold your sword in the Change on your left side, the point toward the ground, then go up with your sword out of the Change and with that strike to his spear. Thus you take away his thrust on your right side. If he has cut at your spear like this, then pull your spear downwards. In that moment, go up again so that you have your spear well out front in the middle and stab him through the left side of his body. If he has stabbed you through your body, then cut strongly to him with your long edge toward his head, and this strike must be done quickly or else it is wasted.
[4] The Halberd against the Sword If you are both going together, then hold yourself like this in this piece: Stand with your right foot forward and hold your halberd with your right hand on the lower end at your right hip, your left in the middle toward the man, the point up. At that moment, stab him in his face with your forward end. If he stabs you high like this, and you also stand with your left foot toward him, well in the balance, and you hold your sword with both hands on the haft on your left side, the point toward the man, then plant your long edge on his halberd and set him aside with it. In that moment, step in with your right leg and go up over your head with your sword with crossed arms and cut high to his head with your long edge. If he cuts high at you like this, then wind your halberd behind your head and back around and strike him with the blade of your halberd toward his head.
[5] The Dussack against the Sword Conduct yourself like this in this piece: When you are closing with each other, stand with your right foot in front and hold your dussack in your right hand toward the man, your left hand on your left hip. In that moment, quickly cut toward his head. If he cuts high at you like this, and you are standing with your left foot toward him, then oppose his dussack with crossed arms, restraining his cut with yours, away to your right side. At that moment, follow in with your right leg and let your sword quickly overrun and cut toward the left side of his head. If he cuts high at you like this, then take that away with your dussack on your left side. In that moment, leap to his right side with your left foot and cut to his right arm. If he cuts to your right arm like this, then hang well to your right side and parry his cut with your sword. In that moment, step in there with your left leg and cut to his forward leg.
[6] More of the Dussack against the Sword When the two of you are coming together, then present yourself like so in this piece: Stand with your right foot forward and hold your sword on your right side with both hands on your hilt. At that moment, cut to his head with your long edge. If he cuts from above at you like this, and you stand with your left foot toward him, and you hold your dussack on your left arm with your right hand on your grip in the air behind your head, your long edge wound upward, the point toward the man, then take that away on your left side. In that moment, step in there with your right leg and cut to the left side of his head. If he cuts at you from above like this, then hang your sword on your left side so that the long edge is turned upwards and parry his cut with it. In that moment, cut to his left leg with your long edge and step back away from him with it.
[7] The Dagger against the Sword Conduct yourself like so in this piece: If two of you are coming together, then stand with your left foot forward and hold your sword in front of your face toward the man. In that moment, cut to his head. If he cuts from above at you like this, and you stand with your left foot toward him, then quickly step in there with your right leg and parry his cut with your dagger on your right arm, close to the grip on his blade. In that moment, catch hold of his right arm with your left hand, (going) inside over his handle. Pull him to your left side and stab at his face. If he thrusts high at you like this, then let your left hand loose from the pommel of your sword, take hold of his left and shove it upward. Thus you take away his thrust. At that moment, step back with your left leg, yank your right hand to you, and take hold of your pommel again with your left. In that moment, cut to his head and step back away from him with it.
[8] One More Piece with the Dagger against the Sword If you are both coming together, then conduct yourself like so in this piece: Stand with your left foot in front and hold your sword with crossed arms, so your grip is on your right side and the point is toward the man. At that moment, turn your point with a thrust to his chest. If you stand with your right foot toward him, and you hold your dagger in your right hand along the inside of your right arm, your left hand on your left hip, and he thrusts at you like this, then fall upon his sword with your dagger and push it firmly away from you on your right side, thus taking away his thrust. In that same moment, follow in with your left leg and catch his right hand with your left and stab him in the throat. If he stabs high at you like this, then seize his right with your left hand and take it away to your left side. In the same instant, step back away from him and quickly wrench your right hand toward you and cut to his head.
[9] The Dagger against the Dussack Present yourself like this in this piece: If you are both coming together, stand with your right foot ahead and hold your dussack in a low cut against the man. In that moment cut from below to his right arm. If he cuts from below like this at you have your right foot toward him as well, then take his cut away with your dagger on the outside of your right arm. In the same moment, grab the outside of his right arm with your left hand and step behind his right with your left leg and stab him in his face or the chest. If he thrusts at you like this, then snatch hold of his right with your left hand and shove it to your left side away from you, thus you take his thrust away. In the same moment, cut to his nearest opening just as soon as you find that opening, and step back away from him.
[10] One More with the Dagger against the Dussack When you both are coming together, then present yourself like so in this piece: Stand with your right foot forward and hold your dussack in the air over your head with your right hand. If he stands with his right foot toward you and holds his dagger on the outside of his right arm to parry, then step in there with your left leg and grab hold of his right arm with your left hand, catching his dagger’s blade and his arm together. At that moment, strongly cut at his head with your dussack. If he cuts at you from above like this, then go inside of his right arm with your left hand and push him strongly to your right side away from you. At that moment, go with your dagger in front of your head as you take his cut away. Now, step in there with your left leg and take hold of his right hand with your left and shove it well upwards and stab him in the face or the chest. Pull yourself back away from him with this.
[11] The Boar-spear against the Halberd Conduct yourself like so in this piece: When you are both coming together, stand with your left foot forward and hold your spear toward the man with your right hand on your right side, your left in the middle on the shaft. At that moment, stab toward the left side of his body. If he thrusts at you like this, and you stand with your right foot toward him, and you support your halberd with your right hand by the back end on your right side, your blade toward the man, then take his thrust away with your blade on your left side. In that moment, follow in after with your left leg and stab him in his nuts. If he thrusts low at you like this, then step back with your left leg and take his thrust away on your left side with the forward part of your spear. If he has taken you away like this, then cut to his head with the blade of your halberd. If he cuts high at you like this, then move towards his cut and stab over his left arm through his neck, then you may plant him to the ground.
[12] More with the Boar-spear against the Halberd When you both are coming together, then conduct yourself like so in this piece: Stand with your left foot forward and hold your spear in the air in front of your face with your right hand on the back end, your left at the middle. At that moment, cut to his head. If he cuts from above at you like this, and you also stand with your left foot toward him, and you are supporting your halberd with your right hand at the back end behind your head, your left toward the man on the shaft by the blade, then take away his cut on your right side with your blade. In that moment, stab him in the chest with your front end. If he thrusts at you like this, then take it away on your right side with your spear. In that moment, step in there with your right foot and let your spear fall. Then grab him with your left hand around behind his neck on his right shoulder and your right hand to his left leg. Lift him strongly upwards so that you throw him on his face. Once you have thrown him like this, you may easily take hold of your spear again and proceed with cuts or thrusts as you wish.
[13] A Piece with the Halberd against the Dussack Present yourself like so in this piece from the approach: Step in with your left leg and cut a high cut to his head. If he cuts upon you from above like this, and you have your right foot in front, then step in with your left leg and go up high in front of your head in the Crown with your dussack, thereby parrying his cut. If he has taken away your cut like this, then step in with your right leg and wind your front end to his face or chest from below. If he has wound into you with his point like this, then fall upon his halberd with the Crown and push it far below, thus you take that away. In the same moment, grab the back end of his halberd with your left hand and lift his halberd. Step in with your right leg and cut to his head in the same instant. If he then parries that, stab him in the face or chest. Immediately pull yourself back away from him with a Double Cut.
[14] Another Piece on the Halberd against the Dussack Conduct yourself like so with the approach in in this piece: Step in with your left leg and thrust toward his body with your halberd. If he stabs at you like this, and you stand with your left leg toward him, then go up in the Crown with your dussack, taking his thrust away. In that instant, grab the middle of his halberd with your left hand and put it far down towards the ground on your left side. Now stab him in the face with the point of your dussack. If he thrusts at you like this, then take it away on your halberd between both your hands to your left side. If he has taken you away like this, then cut to his head with the long edge of your dussack and turn yourself away from him with doubled thrusts and cuts.
[15] A Piece on the Rapier against the Boar-spear Present yourself like this in this piece with the approach: Step in to him with your left leg and thrust your boar-spear to his face or chest. If he stabs at you like this and you stand with your right foot toward him, then cut against his thrust with your rapier, placing it on the forward end of his spear. In the same instant, push it from you on your left side and grab the forward part of his spear, thus you take away his thrust. If he wants to catch your spear, then quickly pull it toward yourself and stab at his face or chest from his left to his right side. If he thrusts a second time at you like this, then take that away with your rapier on your right side. In the same moment, step in with your left leg and grab the middle of his spear with your left hand, then in that instant, quickly stab to his face. If he parries you, then change through on his spear and leap in a triangle and cut to his head.

Sickle

Incomplete Translation by Reinier van Noortand Saskia Roselaar	Dresden I Transcription (1540s)	Vienna I Transcription (1550s)	Munich I Transcription (1540s)
[1] A cut from above with the sickle from both sides If you both approach each other, and hold the sickle correctly, if you put your right foot in front and hold the sickle in the right hand next to the left side of your head, and stretch the opened left hand towards your opponent, and from there follow with the left [foot], you cut his head from his right side. But if the opponent turns at you in the same way, [while you are] standing with the left foot in front, holding the sickle in the right hand, holding [it] next to the head down at the left shoulder, with the left on the right [hand], then deflect with your sickle your opponent to your right side. Then, if you have grabbed the right [hand] of the opponent with the left hand, you wound his head on the right side. But if the opponent comes at you in the same way from above, if you quickly grab his right [hand], you can in this way turn away his cuts. And from there, you can immediately, if you pull the right [hand], try to cut the left leg of the opponent standing in front. But if he tries the same, then push the right elbow of the opponent more inwards with your left hand, if you then pull back the right hand, you can hit his head with the point of the sickle and pull back again.
[2] A low and a high cut In mutual battle, if like an athlete you prepare yourself for the fight, you will put your right foot in front, and opposite the opponent hold the sickle with the right hand, but hide the left arm under the right arm, and if from there you make a pass with the left foot, you will by cutting from the low position stop the right arm of the opponent. But if in the same way you place your right foot opposite him, and hold the sickle with the right hand in the manner of the high cut, and the left under the right arm, then you will displace his attempt to your left side with your sickle, and meanwhile, after you have with the left hand grabbed the right hand of the opponent, from the left side of your opponent cut his neck with the sickle. But if he comes at you in the same way from above, you will again grab his right hand with your left hand, and if he makes an attempt, displace this to your left side, and hit his left arm with the sickle, and from there again pull backwards. But if the opponent pulls back, you will with two steps press on to threaten the opponent and cut his head.
[3] A cut against a way of pulling by the opponent In this fight, when you come closer to the opponent, you will stretch your right arm, and with the right hand hold the sickle opposite him, but hold the left [hand] on the left hip, and then, after you have followed with the left foot, you will hit the head of the opponent with the sickle. But if he comes at you in the same manner, [while you are] standing with the right foot in front, and if you hold the sickle against the opponent with the right hand and in the same manner hold the left hip with the left hand, you will displace his attempt to your right side. If from there you connect the sickle with his right arm, you will quickly pull him towards you. But if he wants to pull you towards him in the same way, if then with the left hand you grab his right, and to your right side displace the attempt of the opponent, hit his head immediately on the left side and from there pull back. But if the opponent likewise pulls back again, you will threaten him sharply by following him, and hitting the right hand of the opponent with the sickle.
[4] A cut from above and one from below In this manner, you can adapt to the opponent, when you stand up straight with both legs together, and with the right hand hold the sickle high, with a straight arm, next to the head, but place your left hand in the same way on the left hip, and if from there you step in with the right leg, you will hit the head of the opponent with the sickle. But if he takes the same position against you, [you] standing with the right leg in front, and with the sickle in the right hand next to the leg that stands in front, and the left hand in the same manner on the left hip, you will with a raised sickle displace his strike to your right side. If from there you follow with the left, you will hit the right leg of the opponent standing in front. But if it happens that he, from the low strike hits you in the same manner, you will with your left hand grab his right elbow from the outside, pull it towards you, and if you place the sickle on the right shoulder of he opponent, you will put him down by cutting.
[5] Two cuts that hit the arms To the aforementioned manner, you can adapt in this way: if you remember to place the right foot in front and to hold the sickle against the opponent with the right hand, if you connect the left [hand] with the left hip, you can then cut his right arm with the sickle. But if he approaches you in the same way, while you hold your right foot in front and against the enemy hold the sickle with the right, then place your left arm onto his right arm from the the front, and displace the cut of the opponent towards the left side: if you grab the aforementioned hand strongly, from there you will wound his right arm with the sickle. But if he uses this, then with the left hand grab the right of the opponent, make a pass inwards with the left foot, and if you lift his right above the head, and immediately pull back your right again, you will hit his groin with the sickle. But if the opponent also uses this, bring the left hand up over his own right arm, and if you then in that manner pull him hard towards you, you can break the opponent’s arm, and from there cut his neck and pull back again from the opponent.
[6] The double cut against the double parry In the mutual battle of this fight, when you yourself reach the opponent, then put your left foot in front, and hold the sickle high with the right hand opposite the opponent, and cut his neck from the right side. But if he in the same manner comes at you from above, [while you are] standing with the right [foot] in front, then hold the sickle against the opponent in the manner of the low cut, and block his right arm with the left hand, and after you have lifted this high, you will cut his right arm next to the armpit with the sickle. But if he attempts the same, after with the left hand you have grabbed the opponent’s right and have lifted this, you will displace his cut in this manner. But if you from there immediately retract the right, you will try to cut the right foot of the opponent [which is] placed in front. But if the opponent in the same manner uses this, then grab his right hand with your left, and in this manner displace his attempt, and if you then pull back the right hand immediately, you will wound the neck of the opponent with a cut, and pull back from him again.
[7] A high and a low cut and their parry If you both approach each other, then put your left leg in front, and hold the sickle high with the right hand against the opponent, and from there cut his head. But if he in turn attempts to injure you from above, then again put your left leg in front, and hold your sickle against the opponent in the cut from below, then you will hinder his right arm from the front with the left hand, and if you then lift this, you can displace the high attack of the opponent. And from there you can injure the knee of the opponent’s left leg, [which is] placed in front. But if the opponent in the same manner hinders you from below, you can hinder his right elbow from the inside with the opposed left hand, and if you then displace him strongly, you will displace his cut, and if you then quickly again pull the right hand towards yourself, and attack the right arm of the opponent by cutting, you will from there pull back from him again.
[8] Two cuts against their parry In this manner you will behave in a mutual fight: remember to place your left leg in front and to hold the sickle high with the right hand opposite the opponent, and you will hit part of his neck or his left side. But if the opponent in the same manner attempts to cut, you, standing with the right foot in front against him, will then hinder the right hand of the opponent with your left hand, and if you then lift it high, you will in that manner displace the enemy cut. And from there you will not omit to hit the left side of the neck of the opponent with the sickle. But if he will come at you from above, you will with the left hand hinder his right elbow from the inside, and if you pull that back hard towards your left side, and so displace the opponent with force, if you then immediately follow up with right towards the inside, for him towards the left side, and immediately pull your right hand towards you, you will cut the left side of the enemy body with the sickle, and from there make sure that you pull back from the opponent safely.
[9] A different manner for the above form To the aforementioned manner in a mutual fight you can adapt as follows: put the right foot in front, and hold the sickle with the right hand high from the right side, and connect the left [hand] with the left hip, and follow the placing of your body to the left, then cut with the sickle in the left side of the neck of the opponent. But if the opponent has come at you in the same manner, then place the right foot in front against him, and hold the sickle high with the right hand, and connect the left [hand] with the left hip, then direct the left hand from below upwards and you will block his right arm next to his shoulder, and if from there you pull him towards you as hard as you can, you will displace his cut and in the meantime cut the head of the opponent. But if he in turn tries to hit your head, then grab his right hand with force with the left hand, and if you displace that to the left side, you will deflect the cut of the opponent. And if you have finished this situation, then quickly reach with the sickle to his right leg, [which is] placed in front, and from there pull back.
[10] A cut from above against a way to parry To this technique you will adapt in the following way: put the left foot in front and hold the sickle opposite the opponent with the right hand, and you will cut his neck from the right side. But if he attempts (to hit) you in the same manner, [while you are] standing with he left foot in front, you will again lift the sickle with the right hand, and with the centre of the sickle block his attempt, and immediately after that with the left hand attack his right elbow by pushing against it, and then lifting him strongly upward: and if you then suddenly pull the right [hand] towards you, after you have followed with the right foot, you will cut the neck of the opponent from the right side. But if the opponent attempts the same against you, you will with the left hand grab his right on the inside, and if you lift it, you will deflect the opponent’s idea against you. But if you are deflected in the same way by the opponent, you will immediately attempt to cut his left foot, [which is] placed in front, and when you pull him towards you by pulling, it is possible to injure him by cutting, or to throw him.
[11] Two cuts on the outside In the fight you will act in this manner: put your right leg in front, and hold the sickle with the right hand opposite the opponent, but put your left against your left hip, and from this position you cut the enemy’s neck from outside on the right side with the sickle. But if he uses this against you, [while you are] standing with the left foot in front, and are also holding the sickle in the right hand opposite the opponent, then grab the right elbow of the opponent with the left hand from the outside, and if you sharply displace that towards your right side, you will deflect the cut of the opponent, and from there you will make sure that you cut his right elbow from the outside with the sickle. But if the opponent attempts the same against you, you will not neglect to grab the right arm of the opponent with left hand and in that way displace his cut. And from there you will with force attempt to cut the left leg of the opponent, [which is] placed in front, after pulling back the right [hand] towards you. But if he has come at you in the same way, you will displace him with force with the left hand against his right arm. But if the opponent displaces you in the same way, you will suddenly pull back your right, and if from there you injure his head by cutting, pull back from him again.
[12] A cut from above against one that attacks the side In this fight, when you arrive at the opponent, you will remember to place your right foot in front, and if you hold the sickle high with the right hand against the opponent, you will hit his head. But if the opponent acts against you in the same manner [while you are] standing with the right foot in front, and you in turn are holding the sickle in the right hand in the manner of the middle cut, then with the left hand grab the right arm of the opponent at the front, next to the hand, and if you lift him upwards in that way, you will displace the cut from above. And quickly you will wound the right side of the opponent with the sickle. But if you understand that he attacks you in the same manner, then with the left hand hinder the right elbow of the opponent from the outside, and if you push the opponent strongly away towards your right side, you will deceive his middle cut, and meanwhile follow with the left foot and hit his right leg, [which is] placed in front, and from there again pull back from the opponent.
[13] Two cuts with their applied parry You will adapt to the opponent from this fight in this way, that you put your right foot in front and hold the sickle with a stretched arm against the opponent, and you will make sure that you cut his head with force. And if he in his turn attempts to wound you, then you [standing] opposite him with the right leg in front, and the sickle held in the right hand in the manner of the cut from above, cover the right elbow of the opponent with the left hand from the outside, and if you then lift this, you will lift away his cut from above. Meanwhile you will cut the right arm of the opponent from above next to the hand. But if he attempts to injure you in the same manner, you will place your left hand on the chest of the opponent between both his arms, from the right side, and in this manner you will push him away, and from his cut you will safely release yourself. But meanwhile, after you have pulled towards you with your right hand, you will cut the right arm of the opponent, and from there pull back from him again.
[14] Two cuts from below In this fight, if you stand straight with both legs in the same place, and with the right hand hold the sickle at the right side, but at the same time grab it with you’re the left [hand] and place the right against the right hip, and then place the left foot in front next to the left foot of the opponent, on the outside, and if you cut to his left foot, [which is] placed in front, you will in this manner pull the opponent towards you. But if he uses this against you, you will block the left shoulder of the opponent with the left hand, and if you pull the opponent down towards your left side, you will deflect his cut. But if meanwhile you throw the sickle between his legs in his genitals, and from there you pull him towards you, it will be possible in that manner to throw the opponent over the left leg, [which is] placed in front.
[15] Two middle cuts by which a way is formed to throw the enemy If it will be necessary to adapt to this action in this manner, you will put your right foot in front, and hold the sickle with the right hand, in front of your face opposite the opponent, but also place the left [hand] against the left hip. Meanwhile you will place the left foot outside behind the right of the opponent, and in the manner of a cut from his right side connect the sickle around the loin to hit. But if he attacks you in approximately the same manner, you in your turn will use the learned method [a cut around the loin from the right], and pull the opponent towards you from there. But if he in his turn connects his sickle with your loin, you will with the left hand hinder his elbow on the inside, and displace the attack of the opponent to your left side. Further, if you in turn are displaced by him in the same manner, if you have grabbed his chin with the left hand, you will lift this up. But if the opponent attempts to turn this against you, you will immediately attack with the sickle, and pretend to want to attack the opponent from above to cut, but to deflect you will cut his left arm and in this manner you will free yourself, so that he cannot grab your chin. But if you understand that the opponent wants to do the same against you, then throw the sickle away, and throw your left hand from above against his neck, and put the right on his genital, and if in this manner you will lift up the opponent, you will throw him down on your left side.
[16] A way to throw the enemy on the ground by lifting him If you want to use this action in an athletic manner, you have to place your right foot opposite the opponent, and hold the sickle opposite the opponent with the right hand in the manner of the cut from below, but place the left against the left hip, and if from there you move forward to the inside with left, you will place the sickle against his right arm to cut. But if he in the same manner uses the middle cut against you, you will again place the right foot in front, and with the middle of the sickle deflect his attack to your right side. But if you are in the same manner deflected by the opponent, you will place your left hand against his right elbow from the outside, and from there put him away towards your right side. But if he in his turn puts you away, you will direct your sickle around his loin from his right side in the manner of a cut. Further, if the opponent attempts it in the same manner against you, you will throw away your sickle, and take hold of the side of the opponent’s head with the right hand, with the left hand on the left side, and in this manner you will turn the face of the opponent upwards towards the sun and at the same time you can throw him towards your left side.

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