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The '''''Twerhaw''''' (''Twerchaw'', ''Twirhaw'', ''Twirchhaw'', ''Zwerhaw'', ''Zwerchhaw''; "Thwarting Hew" or "Crosswise Hew") is one of the several [[hidden strike]]s mentioned in [[Johannes Liechtenauer]]'s Record of unarmored [[longsword]] fencing.
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The '''''Twerhaw''''' (''Twerchaw'', ''Twirhaw'', ''Twirchhaw'', ''Zwerhaw'', ''Zwerchhaw''; "Thwarting Hew" or "Crosswise Hew") is one of the several [[hidden strike]]s mentioned in [[Johannes Liechtenauer]]'s Recital on unarmored [[long sword]] fencing.
  
 
== Primary Sources ==
 
== Primary Sources ==
  
 
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| title    = <span style="font-size:130%;">[[Codex Döbringer (MS 3227a)|Anonymous Gloss]] of the Record I (ca. 1389)</span>
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== Video Interpretations ==
 
== Video Interpretations ==
  
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[[Category:Hauptstucke]]
 
[[Category:Hauptstucke]]
 
[[Category:Vier Versetzen]]
 
[[Category:Vier Versetzen]]
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Revision as of 05:22, 8 July 2021

The Twerhaw (Twerchaw, Twirhaw, Twirchhaw, Zwerhaw, Zwerchhaw; "Thwarting Hew" or "Crosswise Hew") is one of the several hidden strikes mentioned in Johannes Liechtenauer's Recital on unarmored long sword fencing.

Primary Sources

Video Interpretations

Anton Kohutovič, Gesellschaft Lichtenawers

Eric White, New Jersey Historical Fencing Association

Hugh Knight, Die Schlachtschule

Philippe Willaume, School of Traditional Medieval Fencing

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Corrected from »Twir«.
  2. haust
  3. Leger - guards
  4. Versetzen - parrying
  5. Lit. turned as in “soured” or “embittered”.
  6. Zornhau.