Paulus Hector Mair #Halberd No.16
Channel: fechtkunst.schule
Date: 2019-11-04

This is an interpretation of #halberd play 16 from Paulus Hector Mair's enormous compendium of martial arts teachings "Opus Amplissimum de Arte Athletica" (MSS Dresd.C.93/C.94).
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Training Manual: https://is.gd/9990O0
Source: http://wiktenauer.com/wiki/Paulus_Hector_Mair
Dresden I Transcription (1540s) by Pierre-Henry Bas
English Translation by Per Magnus Haaland
Fencer: Fabian & Christian

---An Underhau with an Absetzen in the Half-Halberd

It happens that you stand at the closing against the opponent with your left foot forward and hold your Halberd at your right side. He then stands likewise opposite to you in the Underhau with his right foot set forward and the Halberd on his left side. Stroke upwards towards his face with your Halberd [1].

If he goes towards your face like this, strike from below to his left arm (as in illustration, though there it may be an artistic error here) [2].

If he strikes to your left arm like this, set it aside with your half-Halberd at your right side and then immediately set your blade over his left arm and press downward with it [3].

If he presses downward with strength like this, step with your left foot behind his right and strike with your rearmost point to his head [4]. Then quickly yank your right foot back and wind your foremost point to his chest [5].

If he winds like this towards you, set it aside with your half-Halberd and wind your rearmost point over his left arm from below. With that snatch to your right side and then yank yourself back from him with an Oberhau [6].