Paulus Hector Mair #Halberd No.17
Channel: fechtkunst.schule
Date: 2019-11-25

This is an interpretation of #halberd play 17 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

 ---A Cut with a Throw out of the Hacken (Leg Hook)

Hold yourself as follows at the closing out of a Schnit (cut) from above [1]. Stand with your right foot forward and hold your Halberd above your head with the blade turned upwards.

You then stand against him like this with your right leg set forward, so hold your Halberd at your right side directed towards his face. Then immediately step in with your left leg and set your blade in front of his throat [2].

If he has set upon you like this, set your rearmost point under his left shoulder and shove to your right side. Then immediately step back with your right foot and cut to his head from above with your blade [3].

If he cuts to your head like this, drive up with your Halberd well in front of your head and displace his cut with your blade. Then immediately step with your right foot behind his left and take his Halberd away from above with your rearmost point [4].
[Note: we added a throw here, because it makes sense once you are in this position]

If he takes your Halberd away like this, step back with your left foot and wind your rearmost point to his left arm [5].

If he winds towards you like this, step with your left foot behind his right, set your blade in front of his throat and place the Hacken (leg hook) around his right foot from the outside (as in illustration). Then immediately shove strongly away from you from above and jerk towards you from below so that he must fall [6].