Lesson 4, Duplieren

[@petritzky]

If you do duplieren right you can feel how your opponent pushes your blade in his head. It feels great. Hard to pull of in sparring, but feels badass to do so.

[@SwordCarolina]

Absolutely. That feeling can make your whole week.

[@ItalianAvalanche]

I REALLY like this interpretation. I always felt like my head was totally exposed. I found myself wanting to triangle step out to the right to keep my head protected behind my strong but my stance was already extended from a triangle step from the previous cut and moving further out always sapped power from the doubling. This makes a lot more sense because you can step toward your opponent with the left foot while staying protected behind the cross guard. I love it.

[@TheGeorgianOne]

Excellent explanation yet again, thanks for re-recording the series!

[@keithb4077]

"What's changed?" You're the tall one! :) TYVM for another great lesson.

[@HikerDood]

Very nice!

[@killerkraut9179]

you can the dupliren as well use against a bad pasiv Parry

[@BernijayHEMA]

That is interesting. In my club, we concluded that the duplieren is a zwerchhau that is done in the bind. One thing that is also important to train with this technique is a retreat, since the afterblow is a big threat form this position. We figured 2 ways to protect yourself: either wind back into the other ox or follow up with a zwerchhau. What do you think would be another good way to deal with an afterblow?

[@PjotrFrank]

Durchlaufen. You can evade the afterblow if you move in. You can control the arms of your adversary as well with your off-hand, after the duplieren hits. Just my personal preference.

[@BernijayHEMA]

@@PjotrFrank We havent even looked at durchlaufen. I do not know of a tournament here in North America that would allow actual grappling. Only thing you can do here is grab someones arm(s), def can't throw them afaik.

[@PjotrFrank]

@@BernijayHEMA Quick follow-up question on north american safety regulations, if I may. Is it true, that any kind of Durchlaufen and Einlaufen is prohibited in U.S. tournaments? What about the associated Armringen and Leibringen techniques? For me theses are integral parts of the HEMA experience, and while I understand the safety concerns, I am kinda baffled that those would be anat-HEMA in the new world.

[@BernijayHEMA]

@@PjotrFrank I have only been to like 2 tournaments but when I asked about wrestling I was told no throws and no joint locks, just control of arms really. I would assume this holds true for at least most tournaments in NA. I imagine it has to do with risk of injuries.

[@PjotrFrank]

@@BernijayHEMA So arm-control after Duplieren, in order to prevent an afterblow, would be fine I think. Give it a try, it works quite well.

[@DenverHistoricalFencingAcademy]

There is too much good looking in this video.