Die Schlachtschule Simple Cuts Drill and Zwerch Cutting Drill

This is a low-quality (hopefully temporary--we hope to have a higher quality version up soon) video of two of our standard practice drills, one showing the four simple cuts and the other the Zwerchau cutting drill; notice how easily they can be blended together. The simple cuts drill shows the Ober- and Unterhauen from both sides. The Zwerch drill shows a solo exercise patterned from Ringeck's instructions about cutting from the plow to the ox. Demonstrating with me are two of my apprentices, Matthew Tice and Elijah Clark.

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Sports

Tags:

• schlachtschule
• longsword
• ringeck
• oberhau
• unterhau
• zwerchau
• liechtenauer
• wma

[Schlachtschule]

True enough, and a good suggestion. Thanks!

[Schlachtschule]

Thank you for the idea. We don't do a lot of empty-air cutting exercises (these two are *it* and we only use them as very basic exercises), however, and we can't use this one because it includes the Mittelhau, a technique we don't include as part of our curriculum. All of our other drills are two-man exercises. I appreciate the idea, however--Meyer had some great stuff. If only he taught Harnischfechten...

[Schlachtschule]

Thanks!  You are missed--I hope to see you back in class soon.

[CollegiumInArmis]

No problem. Just an idea. As I noted though, the cut can be a zwerch rather than a normal mittelhau (i.e. R zorn, L zwerch, R unter, L unter, R zwerch, L zorn, R sheitel). Zwerch is certainly early source!

[CollegiumInArmis]

Meyer (that naughty schulefechter) has many drills worth utilizing even for earlier longsword. Here's a 6 cut dusack drill expanded to a 7 cut longsword drill (1st apply each cut with passing steps, later mix with triangle steps for some challenge):

1- right Zorn (into Langenort)

2- left Zwerch (or Mittelhaw)

3- right Unterhaw

4- left Unterhaw

5- right Zwerch (or Mittelhaw)

6- left Zorn (into Langenort)

7- Scheitelhaw

The pattern is high-middle-low-low-middle-hig­h on alternating sides.

[cudgelritter]

And I just had some flashbacks

And nicely done on being in sync