Thanks Mark, glad you like it. Your comment nails it: The demo was in fact included to show that you can actually cut through a target without pulling back your weapon. Thus you still threaten the opponent with the point.
Like the masters said: The point is the heart of the art!
i am so impressed with your tatami cut at 2:34 roland ending in ward. it's a thing of beauty.
MarkHolgate 4 months ago
@MarkHolgate
Thanks Mark, glad you like it. Your comment nails it: The demo was in fact included to show that you can actually cut through a target without pulling back your weapon. Thus you still threaten the opponent with the point.
Like the masters said: The point is the heart of the art!
warzechas 4 months ago
@warzechas which master? I don't recognise that quote.
MarkHolgate 4 months ago
@MarkHolgate
The oldest manuscript of the Liechtenauer tradition, HS 3227a, often dated to 1389, reads in 18v/19r:
[...] der ort des swertes ist das czentru~ vnd das mittel vnd der kern des swertes aus deme alle gefechte gen / vnd weder / yn in komen [...]
warzechas 4 months ago
@warzechas shamed, my friend, shamed, i should have known that. now wondering where on earth my copy of ringeck has gone.
MarkHolgate 4 months ago