Longsword Lessons: Secondary Postures - Zornhut, Langort, Nebenhut & Wechsel

Welcome to the second video on the guards/postures of longsword according to the renaissance fencing master Joachim Meyer, and presented by Michael Thomas, and Nick Thomas the founder of the AHF. In this video we will show you the first four secondary postures. These are critical framing postures from which to use in your fencing. You will form them in your attacks and defence, as well as moving through them as you execute techniques.
In order the postures are zornhut, langort, nebenhut and wechsel.
The swords being used are known as 'The Meyer' from the Albion Maestro Line:
www.albion-swor...

[@Skoogplay125]

I'm not a German, but isn't wechsel supposed to be pronounced more like wecksel?

[@noobor]

+Martin Poláček You are right, I think that the sound files on this dictionary are quite useful. www.dict.cc/?s=wechsel

[@AcademyofHistoricalFencing]

+Martin Poláček You are indeed correct.

[@TheMasturCheef]

+Martin Poláček Yes. And "Hut" as in "Nebenhut" is not pronounced like the english "hut" but more like "hoot".

[@ConnorJaneu]

+Academy of Historical Fencing The Zornhut, when would that ever be useful? It telegraphs your strike, takes longer to execute a strike, and only has 1 option of attack. Perhaps right after a parry?

[@kps_polis1357]

+101ultimategaming Cutting into an armored opponent perhaps? Fiore has a similar stance for fighting against armored opponents.

[@larsf92]

very interesting keep it up.

[@saint_gales]

why meyer?

[@kylesutliff8258]

I am not getting any sound from this video. :-(

[@AcademyofHistoricalFencing]

+kyle sutliff Must be something with your device as it works fine on a range of different computers and phones.

[@kylesutliff8258]

Thanks, I will have to try watching this on my phone instead.

[@schwertschwinger]

Me too! :(

[@gwynbleidd1917]

That looks way more like posta di donna. Not zornhut.

[@vargata]

Sorry to say, but you're doing it all wrong. Zornhut isn’t just a static position to start an attack from; it’s part of a circular motion. Think about this: go from a bind to nebenhut rechts, then to zornhut, and finally to vomtag and langort. This creates a smooth, circular strike that can be done on either side. When you go from the bind to nebenhut, it’s straightforward, but when you transition to zornhut, you shift your weight to your back leg. From zornhut, you can then move back to the center with vomtag and strike by stepping forward or shifting your weight. These aren’t four separate stances; they’re just different steps in one fluid strike. Also, forget about those exaggerated, theatrical moves; they’re just the result of poor drawing skills from the medieval artists who didn’t understand anatomy well.