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Mar 154 min read

Liechtenauer's longsword 101 - Part 11: Zornhau (Wrath strike)

The Zornhau is described as a 'peasant's strike', and in Meyer is described as a diagonal Oberhau from the right to the left ear of the...

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Mar 155 min read

Liechtenauer's longsword 101 - part 10: Secret strikes revisited

Joachim Meyer called them the 'Master strikes' and this is how they are mostly known in modern parlance. However, in the LL glosses they...

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Jan 2810 min read

Liechtenauer's longsword 101 - part 7: Seizing the Vor

Vor means 'before'. In my last post I talked about exactly what this means, but in summary it refers to attacking actions. It can...

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Jan 246 min read

Liechtenauer's longsword 101 - part 5: Parries

Parries in LL system can be broken down into: Common parries: not used if you can help it, but probably necessary to train against in...