Everything fenced from this guard can more readily be fenced form other guards, but Meyer wanted to illustrate a few tricks... Play 1 # You Opponent 1 Right change guard Longpoint 2 Strike up from change guard with false edge 3 times 3 Hit from the right side with the flat to their left ear Move steeply upward, i.e. to parry 4 Release your left hand from the pommel and let your blade snap around in one hand upward from below toward their right. Set the front point on their ch

This summarised chapter 10 from the 1570 'Art of combat'. Chapter 10 is where we get the Meyer's square, often used as a warm-up...

This is my current approach to using 15th-century German fencing theory. You may have a different interpretation—and indeed, the...

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...

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...

Editor's note: this is a much abridged and edited/reworded version of Joachim Meyer's 1570 book. Its purpose was to a) force me to...

This has been developed for an 8 week beginners course on longsword that I am teaching. It is designed to introduce a beginner to the...