Vidilpoge is an interesting counter-ward. Basically, from second ward, bring your sword tip forward and rest it over your buckler arm, either in the inner elbow, or closer to the buckler. Now, by raising the hilt of your sword above your head, you form a sort of hanging-ward protecting your head (in practice you need to raise the buckler a little, too). You basically play your arm like a violin, using your sword as a bow.
Here is a video demonstrating it in action: Vidilpoge - YouTube
The plays of Vidilpoge are pretty strange, but since they appear in the middle of the section on longpoint, it is likely that the Scholar has entered in longpoint, threatening a thrust.
The priest has gone into vidilpoge and has come up from underneath the scholar's sword, 'scooping up' the scholar's sword. This is demonstrated in this video here: I.33 Vidilpoge Vs Langort obsessio - YouTube
In play 1, the priest grabs the scholar's sword with his buckler hand and snatches it off him. This definitely wouldn't be my first choice of action!
In play 2, the priest has lifted the Scholar's sword up from the initial position and has pushed it off to the right, over his buckler, and then has gained an overbind.
In practice, vidilpoge is quite a nice way to parry an incoming strike from the left, and works similar to my hanging-ward on the left. In fact, the two are nearly identical, with the main difference being how much of my blade is held over my buckler arm.
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