Paulus Hector Mair - Historical #Dagger fencing play No.31 - HEMA
Channel: fechtkunst.schule
Date: 15/01/2020

#learnhema .. This is an interpretation of dagger play No.31 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/VKom7M
Source: http://wiktenauer.com/wiki/Paulus_Hector_Mair
Dresden I Transcription (1540s) by Pierre-Henry Bas


Fencer: Fabian & Christian


----Double face thrust

Item: when you-all come together with the onset and both step in with right legs so stab him in his face [1].

If you want to defend against this stab, so go also against him with a stab to his face [2]. [If he flinches and parries...] Immediately grip with your left hand behind his right elbow turn his stab therewith [3] [You can also attack here].

If he has thus seized you and set your stab aside so seize your dagger in your left hand and stab at his breast [4] and step back therewith. Immediately seize your dagger again in your right hand.

If he has thus stepped back so tear doubly at him and seek his openings below and above. Immediately stab him therewith at his right side [5][6].

If he then tears at you and stabs thus at you, so take away his stab. Immediately spring with your right foot well on his right side and stab him therewith at his neck [7]. And pull yourself back from him into the change.