Joachim Meyer - Sword Guards (Part Two)

Here you can see the Hangetort and the Schlüssel from Joachim Meyers Longsword. In addition there are some examples for techniques and transitions.
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[@acaristic93]

Really love the fact that you show transitions as well as some options on how to attack from a guard.

+aleksandar ristic Thx Aleksandar! We will try to upload the related plays from Meyers treatise soon :)

[@acaristic93]

+Björn Rüther Awesome,looking forward to it :)

[@davegallo7172]

Great! Really helpful, in particular the proposed transitions! I like the smooth movements and the excellent handling.

+Dave SdA Thx Dave :)

[@wolfking1985]

Amazing Bjorn simply amazing.

[@100RAmen]

beautifully done!

[@jonathanrobison9667]

Awesome video man! ITs really helping me practice especially when you turn the playback speed to half pace

[@JG-jb1wl]

damn. what type of workouts did he do to get those arms

[@Tripleskillet]

I would like to inquire about the song in the intro. What is it and who recorded it. Thumbs up on all your videos!

+Adam Triplett Thx...mh, its free stuff. I will ask my student who made the intro on our next training session.

+Björn Rüther Got it :D www.jsayles.com/familypages/earlymusic.htm

[@rvjobje]

Could you explain a situation when you want to use a Schlüssel sword guard or said in a other way, when can this sword guard be particularly usefull? Oh, and awesome lessons I really like how you explain not to do some techniques:) this helps me a lot in understanding how to do them correctly.

[@TheCrimsonIdol987]

Joachim Meyer outlines the use of the guard like so: "Key This guard is named the Key since all other elements and stances can be broken from this stance just as well as that which can happen from others where you will actually need more force to do so than in this one, and since a key is a small instrument which, without particular effort or force, can enter a big strong castle where otherwise a man must use great force, thus from this weak stance (as it may seem) all other elements will be broken artfully and delicately without special effort, and basically that’s the story. In the pre-fencing put yourself in this guard and, even as how to fence in such forms as the Unicorn was told before, it stands against your opponent’s guards, left or right, high or low, thus stab to him from the Key before yourself directly to his face into the Long Point, the stab of which he (if he doesn’t want to be hit) must defend from. On whichever side he then hits out from, then let your blade then swipe away with intent as he hits out to it, drive over your head and strike him to the same side that he struck out from, if he swipes after it, then don’t let it hit, but let it fly off to another opening, and strike away from him as he seeks for another opening." In other words, you use Schlüssel to stab from, harass those assuming high guards, as well as in the case of you stabbing forward and your opponent happens to bash your thrust out of the way, you can carry that momentum around to harass the opponent with a different strike. Meyer continues on from there: "Don’t go to other stances with your opponent, but force them out from you by striking, if he strikes just then from above or from below, from the right or from the left, then mark just as he strikes in, then shoot your Long Point in front of you into his face, and at the same time as shooting forward twist your long edge against his oncoming strike, when you have caught his strike on the strong of your long edge, then stay hard on his blade and wind in nimbly outward to his head, but if he goes nimbly off from your sword striking to the other side, then strike or rush him (while his sword is still driving out) to his head or arms, hurry soon after this to bind again on his sword and think of travelling after, slices, wrenches out, and misleading. Basically from this forward Guard you fence elements in the Before and shall attack through it, thus you can take off to the elements to which one breaks the High Guard acting from this Key." In other words, the guard is called Schlüssel or the Key, because like a key is a small instrument to enter a well fortified building, the guard's intent is the same. It's designed to be nimble to break the other harsh guards like Vom Tag.

[@SurmaSampo]

@@TheCrimsonIdol987 So it is a deception to appear that you are resting and unprepared but instead are just in a lazy ochs position.

[@frontsau2]

What do you think about the transition that some propose when: you transition from a Zornhut to the Schlüssel. This seems to be a defensive move because you step back, turn your back briefly to the front but still pointing the sword to the front during the transition.

mh, do you mean a transition with a full turn with the body? if yes, its not a good transition in my opinion. But to be sure, got an example for me. Perhaps a video?

[@forevertoremain]

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