Fencing by the Book

Ep 10 - Concluding the Zornhau

The last few plays of the Zornhau:

8:42 - Zettel Reading
9:35 - Duplieren and Mutieren
11:30 - Earnest/Revenge
21:55 - Setup
25:15 - Tactics
29:50 - Sparring
38:35 - Transforming
39:40 - Winding
43:15 - Targeting

Ep 9 - Exposures

E9 time stamps:
1:40 - Episode start
9:37 - Exposures
12:47 - Zettel and Gloss Reading
15:42 - Differences in Versions
17:25 - Four Openings
24:09 - Pursuit, Shooting in, Winding
40:33 - Do not regard what he fences against you
46:30 - General Lesson
48:24 - Joachim Meyer's Head Division

Ep. 8 - Three wounders in War

This episode shoots from the hip. Timestamps:
2:39 - Episode start
4:10 - Zettel Reading
5:18 - Krieg (War)
26:59 - Soft and Hard
28:56 - Don't be Rushed in Your War
30:00 - Whoever Aims High is Shamed Below
34:47 - Hew, Stab, Slice

Episode 7 - Abnehmen & Stronger Against.

In this episode we discuss some of the actions from a bind - leaving it or being strong in it.

Episode 6 - Zornhau

In this episode we discuss the Zornhau (or Angry-hew...).

Timestamps:
9:37 - Zettel reading
11:45 - "Without any parry"
21:05 - Guards (cutting from/through/into guards)
23:45 - Counter cut (defining the zornhaw)
27:05 - "Simple peasant strike"
30:25 - Cutting angle
35:43 - Footwork
38:53 - Targeting/distance
48:42 - "Soft at the sword"
57:40 - "Threaten to stab him"

Episode 5 - Five Hews

Five episodes. This is about five hews. Or five master strikes? Five counter-attacks? Are there really five of them? What does hew even mean? Hew knew. 

Episode 4 - Five words two, electric boogaloo

In this episode we revisited some of the ideas from last week that needed further discussion, such as Vor and Nach, initiative and priority (and whether they're synonyms). 

Episode 3 - General Lessons

Episode 3 is an episode of thank yous. Thank you to our panel for showing up to talk about such a niche subject. Thank you to Steve for jumping in and editing the show for me. Most of all a big thank you to Doug and to Adrien, who each donated enough to cover 10 weeks of hosting for the podcast.

 

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Episode 2 - Forewords

In our second episode we have a lot of awkward pauses until Mike goes off on a tangent about pole-axes. Joey also admits she prefers the English. The panel for this episode is:

Johanna Hopfgartner
Michael Chidester
Stephen Cheney
Tea Kew
hosted by Mike Smallridge

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Episode 1 - Introductions

In this, our first episode, we outline the sources and give them a little context. The panel for this episode is:

• Johanna Hopfgartner
• Michael Chidester
• Stephen Cheney
• Tea Kew
• hosted by Mike Smallridge

Check out our website for the texts discussed, or you can get in contact via Facebook