The Zornhau and Zornhau Ort

I was asked to prepare a video showing the correct way to execute a Zornhau and the most important follow-up actions. This video discusses the Zornhau, the Zornhau Ort, and the Zucken or Durchwechseln if your Zornhau Ort is displaced.
Demonstrators: Hugh Knight and Chris Bertell. Camera: Chad Cordero.

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Sports

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• zornhau
• zornhau ort
• hugh knight
• schlachtschule
• ringeck
• longsword

[Schlachtschule]

I got the stance backwards--it's "shoulder's width apart side to side, and a little longer than shoulder's width front to back." My pardon for any confusion.

[permhaaland]

great upload. great explanation. :)

[PointedSphere]

I'm just starting to look into this stuff, and wow... that was very clearly explained. I'm gonna definitely watch through some more later, y'know, when I don't have to go to sleep for work the next day. Thanks for uploading. :)

[Schlachtschule]

@KhuranDixal No problem, these kinds of things aren't easy to discuss even with people who do speak the same language.

[KhuranDixal]

@Schlachtschule no need to apologize, I'm not a native english speaker so I easily make mistakes like this. :)

[Schlachtschule]

@KhuranDixal Then I apologize for misunderstanding. We use "static" to mean dead or stopped, which is far from what we're doing.

[KhuranDixal]

@Schlachtschule Thank you for the suggestion, I'll surely read it. By the way, I wrote 'static' blade contact because of my lack of knowledge of the english language... what I meant was a "not-instantaneous-and-violent­" contact.

[Schlachtschule]

@KhuranDixal You might want to look for an article by Matt Galas called "Kindred Spirits." He actively compares kenjutsu with the KdF and makes some interesting connections. I think he goes much too far in implying the techniques are the same, missing out on important but perhaps subtle differences, but it is very much worth reading.

[Schlachtschule]

@KhuranDixal I think several ryu use the bind and thrust idea, but I don't know of any who do it the way the Germans did it. With us, it's not a "static" blade contact, it's an active thing in which you actively feel the bind to tell what you're opponent will do next. In German this is called "Fühlen," and it is a root principle of our art. There are a lot of techniques that seem pretty similar between kenjutsu and the Kunst des Fechtens, but in my experience they are only superficially so.

[KhuranDixal]

@Schlachtschule Yes, you're right, as far as I know in suriotoshi there is no 'static' blade contact. But I'm sure to have seen something more similar to what you do in some-ryuha's kumitachi... I'll start searching the web.

P.S. sorry for my english