Whack around and Wind out: using windings to stay safe and control the fight

[@SnickersnackDaggerclaw]

Videos like this are why this is one of my favorite HEMA channels.

[@WinnipegKnightlyArts]

I have been arguing this for literally years at this point lol. In my experience, if the opponent's in range to cut to your hand, they are in range that you can bind them. However what this normally looks like in actual freeplay comes down more to a rapid exchange where their blade gets stuck as they try to cut around and you cut to them. Due to the short range of the weapon the speed and density of actions is much much higher than longer weapons. If you try to force a bind from long range with a cut, you are ignoring the underlying principle that binding is done to accomplish, namely holding the centerline and just as importantly controlling their blade. You Must cut such that you threaten them with the point, so you cut at longer range and threaten the trust, exactly as Leckuchner writes repeatedly. They will be forced to react to the threat, and both should now have the point forward allowing you to get into position to attempt to control their blade with your strong... so winding/ the Krieg. The winding against the crooked parry ( is the first mention, there are others though) is essentially a mutieren just in a slightly new scenario. L has the habit of just describing the same core technique completely from scratch rather than just giving it a name, it's one of my main frustrations with his work tbh. If you do this on your left, it leads to the scenario described in which is analogous to the bind from a schielhau in longsword, which is a position I love, since you have multiple ways to attack the opponent while thwarting their attempts to cut around. It is a very smothering for the opponent.

[@alexhunt7810]

Always value your perspective on these things

[@davidyule3770]

In our HEMA school we use that kind of warm up before using the swords. Great job and best regards from Spain.

[@doctomahawk1993]

Great content as always.

[@shotgunridersweden]

Very cool, i basicly started applying this a few weeks back as one of my takebacks from wasaslaget and it work pretty well

[@Druid_Ignacy]

Your demonstration realy clears some things out. Now I see that long edge winden against krump versetzen may not hit, but gives me better position for followup techniques. Now: If enemy krump-parries my winden stich, and his riposte is a cut, can it be called shnappen? Or not, since there is little pressure to his sword? If not, how to call this thing, that happens very often and hits succesfully? I suppose snchappen will be a good counter against long edge winden on krump versetzen, yet most ppl do the riposte from krump versetzen as soon as initial threat of cut or thrust deminishes.