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V. Langenschwert (Longsword)

Tactical Concepts:

1. Strike from both sides
2. Follow the blow
3. Don’t watch and wait, attack!
4. Always fence with all your strength
5. Strike first from your strong side
6. Vor und Nach
7. The strong and weak of the sword
8. Fühlen
9. The Four Openings
10. Indes
11. Hard vs. soft

Techniques:

1. Vier Leger
   1. Ochs
   2. Pflug
   3. Alber
   4. vom Tag

2. Der Zornhau
   1. Thrust from a weak bind
   2. Twitch if he displaces
   3. Wind from a strong bind
   4. If he lifts his hands thrust down
   5. Against a twitch stay on the sword and cut (Sprechfenster)
   6. Duplieren
   7. Mutieren
   8. The Feint
   9. Der Verkeher
   10. Durchwechseln

3. Der Krumphau (use against Ochs)
   1. Against the hands
   2. Schrankhut then cut to the head
   3. Krumphau against the blade then unterhau
   4. Wind to right Ochs and thrust to defeat the Krumphau

4. Der Zwerchau (use against vom Tag)
   1. Against the oberhau
   2. Duplieren if he’s strong
   3. Or push his hilt right with your cross and strike a left zwerchau
   4. Back lever throw
   5. Zwerch vs. zwerch

5. Der Shielhau (use against Pflug)
   1. Use against a "buffalo"
   2. Against the durchwechseln thrust to the face
   3. Use against the long point then extend your arms to thrust the face

6. Der Sheitelhau (use against Alber)
   1. Against Alber
   2. If he lifts his hilt wind and thrust down
   3. Against Der Kron cut under his arms

7. Der Vier Versetzen
   1. From the bind of the oberhau hook your pommel over his and cut
   2. From the bind of the unterhau hook your pommel over his and cut
   3. Zwerchau to halbschwert
   4. Back lever throw

8. Der Nachreisen
   1. When he raises his sword
   2. When he cuts short

9. Miscellaneous Techniques
   1. The overrunning
   2. Low Absetzen
   3. High Absetzen
   4. Counter the halbschwert by slicing his wrist then thrust halbschwert

10. Der Abschneiden
    1. Use the long edge against a right oberhau
    2. Use the short edge against a left oberhau
    3. If he twitches wind up and thrust as you cut his wrist
    4. Or step left and cut down into his arms
    5. Slice up with crossed wrists then wind down over his arms ("slicing of the hands")

11. Der Winden (24 variations)

12. Der Nebenhut
    1. Snatch and dupliere with the short edge
    2. Snatch and cut with the long edge
    3. If you snatch and he winds to his right step back and cut with outstretched hands
    4. If he winds left push down with your long edge; when he strikes around step back and cut his left side
    5. If you strike and he binds with hilt high then hold strong in the bind and thrust
    6. If you strike and he cuts into your attack then durchwechseln

13. Der Durchlaufen
    1. Throw forward
    2. Throw backward
    3. Push hilt and throw over leg
    4. Push hilt then back lever throw