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"Dieweil ich mir die Kunst des Fechtens in disen Ritterlichen und Mannlichen Wehren, welche jetziger zeit bey uns Teutschen am meisten gebreuchlichsten, nach meinem besten verstand uñ vermögen auffs fleissigest und trewlichest zubeschreiben fürgenommen, und aber die erfahrung gibt und offenbar ist das, das Fechten im Schwerdt nit allein ein ursprung und quell alles andern Fechten, sonder auch für andern wehren das aller künstlichst und manlichste ist, derwegen hat mich notwendig und für gut angesehen, von diser meinen eingang zumachen, und auffs kürtzest, aber doch klärlich davon auff solche weiß zuhandlen, wie in andern künsten und übungen allen beschicht."
"I'm divulging the Art of Fencing with these Knightly and Manly Weapons, which at the current time for us Germans is of greatest necessity, to which my best understanding and abilities are well and truly described for uptaking, and although the lesson given is obvious, that fencing with the sword is not the sole origin and wellspring for all other fencing arts, it is celebrated among other weapons for artfulness and manlyness, and because of it I have what's needed for good understanding from which to make progress, and thus quickly, so onward I see with clarity how with wise handling all this can be applied in other arts and disciplines."
-Joachim Meyer, Free Fencer in Strasburg ANNO MDLXX
Welcome
to the Todesengle
Fechtschule, here in you shall find the art of fighting and fence as practiced
by members of the Todesengle Fahnlein. This document shall first impart unto
you the knowledge of the proper way of stance and movement so that you may
navigate the pike lines and treacherous footing of the battlefield. Following
an understanding of the proper form and manner in which to move we shall then
examine the basic guards or postures that you shall come to find as comfortable
you mother's womb and which shall protect you just as well. These basic posture's
we will then extend to include their variations and adaptations which will
make you most versatile and deadly as your training proceeds. Next shall come
a discussion on defence and the ways in which one can avoid the blow or if
necessary deflect it with your own blade. Now that you have learned to defend
you shall learn to attack and the ways in which you might defeat your opponent.
With the basics well and truly learned we shall now blend them together and
begin to see how one flows into another. From here the different weapons you
shall employ will be examined and discussed in detail.
The work that you hold in your hands has been compiled by Fechtmeister Gustav Weinrich, Federfechter Tillman and Weibel Helmut. The lessons that we have learned and the things that we teach are our interpretation of period sources. They are the product of years research by those who have gone before such as the Fechmeister and Journeymen of Fence Hans Yosef. These are the answers that we have found and that work for us.
Gustav Weinrich
Fechmeister; Todesengle Fahnlein
ANNO MMIII
The Principles of Movement, Defense and Offense
