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oachim Meyer's Fechtbuch Kunst des Fechtens, written in 1570, is perhaps the best known manual on fighting with the dusack. By this era, the dusack had become a pure sport, divorced from its origins as a martial weapon--just like the Olympic foil in modern times has become its own style separated from the deadly small sword that is at its origin. Despite this, Meyer's text on dusack is vital to understanding its usage, as it describes the weapon's use in fine detail.
Before Meyer goes into details, he offers the student a poem that summarizes everything that a fencer wielding a dusack should know:
Joachim Meyer's Dussack Poem
With this weapon reach wide and long,
Hang over forward after the blow
With your body step far to it,
Send your blows powerfully around and in,
To all four targets let it fly
With comportment, pulling, you can deceive him.
You shall parry in the forte
At the same time injure him with the foible.
Also you shall not come nearer
Than you can reach him with a step.
When he will almost run in at you
Drive him from you with your point,
But if he has run in on you,
With gripping, wrestling, you shall be the first,
Pay heed indeed to forte and foible,
Meanwhile, the openings he makes open,
Also step rightly in the Vor and Nach.
Note diligently the correct time
And do not be quick to be scared.
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