Some long sword fencing pieces after Danzig & Ringeck

The pieces of fencing shown here are our interpretations of the text by Sigmund Ringeck (Mscr. Dresd. C 487) and Peter von Danzig (Cod MS 44 A 8) from which shortened excerpts can be read throughout this video.

A rough translation of these textparts in english - suggestions for improvement welcome:

I.
wan er sich vor dir verhawet, so rayß jm nach
* when he strikes too short, so follow his strike with your own sword

versetzt er dir den das
* if he displaces this

so lang din schwert ussen yber das sin vnd stich jn zu den vnderen bloeß
* so put your sword outwards over his sword and thrust him to his lower bareness

II.
wenn du gegen ym stest in der huot vom tag, so haw ym kunlich oben ein zuo dem kopff
* when you stand against him in the guard from above, so strike from above to his head boldly

springt er denn aus dem haw und maint er wll vor kmen mit dem twer haw
* if he then dodges your strike and wants to attack you with the cross strike

so val ym mit der langen schneid auff das swert
* so go down with your long edge on his sword

slecht er denn vom swert umb mit der twer dir zuo der anderen seitten
* if then he strikes over from the sword to your other side

so val ym mit der langen schneid in sein hand oder auff die armen
* so drop with the long edge in his hands or on his arms

so slach im mit dem duplieren mit der kurczen schneid hinder seiner swercz klingen in daß maul
* so strike him with the "duplieren" with the false edge behind his sword's blade in his mouth

so var auff und wind gegen dem slag dein swert under daß sein
* so go up and wind again the strike your sword under his sword

III.
wenn du gegen ym stest in der huot vom tag, so haw ym kunlich oben ein zuo dem kopff
* when you stand against him in the guard from the roof, so strike from above to his head boldly

springt er denn aus dem haw und maint er wll vor kmen mit dem twer haw
* if he then dodges your strike and wants to attack you with the "twer" strike

so val ym mit der langen schneid auff das swert
* so go down with your long edge on his sword

slecht er denn vom swert umb mit der twer dir zuo der anderen seitten
* if then he strikes over from the sword to your other side with the "twer"

so kum du indes vor auch mit der twer vorne fur under seinen swert im an den hals
* so meanwhile you also do your "twer" under his sword and to his neck


IV.
haut er dir denn von seiner rechten seitten oben ein zuo dem kopff
* if he strikes from his right side to your head

so haw auch von deiner rechten seitten von oben an alle vor saczung mit im zornigklich ein auf sein swert
* so strike from your right side too, without displacement wrathful on his sword

wirt er denn ortß gewar und vor seczt starck und druck dir dein swert auf die seitten
* if he notices the point of your sword and displaces strong and pushes your sword on the side

so reiß mit deinem swert an seiner swercz clingen vber sich auf oben ab von seinem swert und haw ym zu der anderen seitten
* so pull with your sword on his sword's blade upwards from his sword and strike him to his other side

so pind an seinem swert starck oben ein ze seinem kopff mit der langen schneid
* so bind on his sword strong from above to his head with the long edge

wind an seinem swert dein gehulcz vorne für dem haubt und stich im oben ein zuo dem gesicht
* wind on his sword your crossguard in front of the head and thrust him high to the face

wirt er deß stichs gewar und wert hoch auff mit den armen
* if he notices the thrust and resists with arms up high

so pleib also sten mit deinem gehulcz vor deinem haubt und setz im den ort unden an die prust
* so stay with your crossguard in front of your head and put the point of your sword down on his chest

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Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Karlsruhe
• Schwertkampf
• swordfight
• Gladiatores
• Langschwert
• longsword
• Schwert
• sword
• Liechtenauer

[11kman1]

do you manufacture yourt own weapons or not? if not, im interested in the longsword that the black cap guy is using, where did you buy it, is it the Albion "Liechtenauer" ? . i like it because it has a long grip..longer than most ive seen. i await your answer thank you.

[TheRealGladiatores]

@11kman1 Yep, the black cap guy is using an Albion Liechtenauer in this video.

[quanarius]

@Kunstdesfechtens that's true. they are all great arts. the fact the we can only see Eastern arts now is because Asians consider martial arts more than just a fighting tool, but as spirits (or something like that) which they vow to maintain, whereas Europeans just abandoned their fighting arts when firearms came into existence. But now it's good that Europeans are trying to revive their traditions. Hura!

[Kunstdesfechtens]

@MrJmak223 Like the "Dobringer" manuscript says: "There is but one art of the sword". :)

[volarion]

@SteampunkPagan halfswording isnt used much in blosfechten (unarmored fighting). you can but you usually shouldnt close that much (something i myself have a hard time with)

[peyo001]

HAve you guys ever hurt your selves by accident?

[SteampunkPagan]

Funny I always would assume one would half-sword with such a large blade.

[Kunstdesfechtens]

@Giagantus No idea. Though formation fighting and duelling are very different things. The gladius itself is a celtic design that the legions adopted and modified. The original gladius was leaf-bladed but changed to a straight edged weapon over time.

[Giagantus]

@Kunstdesfechtens Unless I am wrong Roman soldiers were forbidden from "duelling" with Keltic warriors, because the usually lost against the latter. And the Celtic sword was significantly longer than the gladius. An interesting thing to note imo

[xXCREEKSTARXx]

Wow...nice movement :D 

[xsublimex1111]

Is anyone else just mesmerized by how fluently and almost graceful a fighting style they make the swordplay out to be? Its also perfectly accentuated by the piano score. Its flawless. I dont think I can ever look at a Hollywood sword fight the same again.

[Giagantus]

@zoolkhan But the truth is that it is reconstructed, it doesn't exist in an unbroken line, hence the reconstruction. And fencing like that which Talhoffer has no modern counterpart, where as rapier fencing sort of has modern sport fencing (though it still different from the real martial rapier fencing.

[icyberia]

Great video!

[Guacamole4sho]

@ginjaninja1988 nice assessment! however one of the main ways the legions fought was in fact with speed, the roman battle line was not usually shoulder to shoulder as many think, the men three feet in between each other and when faced with a large swing from an axe or sword, were taught to take the initiative and quickly block and stab at the same time while keeping the forward movement, otherwise, as you said, if the roman stood still his shield hacked up and he would probably die