Book 3 Part 5 Pike

A Thorough Description of the Art of Fencing

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Table of Contents

Postures or Guards

Oberhut (High Guard)

Mittelhut (Middle Guard)

Gerade Versatzung (Straight Parrying)

Nebehut (Side Guard)

Wechsel (Change Guard)

Oberhut zum StoB (High Guard for the Thrust)

Underhut (Low Guard)

Dempffhut (Suppressing Guard)

Concerning Thrusts, and how you shall carry them out fluidly in the work

Device 1 (3.40r.1)

Device 2 (3.40v.1)

Fighting from the Oberhut (High Guard)

Oberhut 1 (3.40v.2)

Oberhut 2 (3.41r.1)

Fighting from the Underhut (Low Guard)

Underhut 1 (3.41r.3)

Working in the Before

Device 1 (3.41r.3)

Device 2 (3.41r.4)

Device 3 (3.41v.2)

Mittelhut (Middle Guard)

Mittelhut 1 (3.41v.3)

Mittelhut 2 (3.41v.4)

Mittelhut 3 (3.41v.5)

Dempffhut (Suppressing Guard)

Dempffhut 1 (3.41v.6)

Dempffhut 2 (3.42v.1)

Dempffhut 3 (3.42v.2)

Nebenhut (Side Guard)

Nebenhut 1 (3.42v.3)

Nebenhut 2 (3.42r.1)

Nebenhut 3 (3.43r.2)

Nebenhut 4 (3.43r.3)

Counters for the Postures in the Pike, along with other shrewd devices

Device 1 (3.43r.4)

Device 2 (3.43v.1)

Device 3 (3.43v.2)

Device 4 (3.43v.3)

Device 5 (3.43v.4)

Device 6 (3.43v.5)

Precept 1 (3.44v)

Device 1 (3.44v)

Device 2 (3.44v.1)

Device 3 (3.44v.2)

Device 4 (3.44v.3)

Device 5 (3.44v.4)

Device 6 (3.45r.1)

Precept 2 (3.45r.2)

Device 1 (3.45r.2)

Device 2 (3.45r.3)

Device 3 (3.45r.4)

Device 4 (3.45v.1)

Device 5 (3.45v.2)

Running In 1 (3.46r.1)

Running In 2 (3.46r.2)

A brief lesson in how to use your pike in earnest cases...

Device 1 (3.46v.1)

Device 2 (3.47r.1)

Device 3 (3.47r.2)

Device 4 (3.47r.3)