Basic footwork Footwork in Destreza is fairly intuitive. There are: Advancing steps: fight foot goes forwards, left foot follows. Retreating steps: left goes backwards, right foot follows. Traversing steps: if going right, the right foot moves to the right and the left foot follows. If going to the left, either foot can go left and the other foot follows. Compass steps: like traversing steps but you pivot on your right foot a little to face the opponent. Diagonal steps forw

See part 1 here: Meyer's longsword 101 - Chapters 1-4. As before, yellow text is my own, the rest is a rewrite of Meyer's 1570 book...