Book 5 Quarterstaff, Halberd, and Pike

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Quarterstaff

Postures or Guards

Oberhut (High Guard)

Underhut (Low Guard)

Nebenhut (Side Guard)

Mittelhut (Middle Guard)

Steurhut (Rudder Guard)

Concerning Binding and the Parryings of the Staff and their Classifications

Devices from the Oberhut (High Guard)

Oberhut Device 1 (3.18r.1) [1 video]

Oberhut Device 2 (3.18r.2) [1 video]

Oberhut Device 3 (3.18v.1) [1 video]

Oberhut Device 4 (3.18v.2) [1 video]

Devices from the Underhut (Low Guard)

Underhut Device 1 (3.19r.1) [1 video]

Underhut Device 2 (3.19v.1) [1 video]

Underhut Device 3 (3.19v.2) [1 video]

Underhut Device 4 (3.20r.1) [1 video]

Underhut Device 5 (3.20r.2) [1 video]

Underhut Device 6 (3.20v.1) [1 video]

Underhut Device 7 (3.20v.2) [1 video]

Devices from the MIttelhut (Middle Guard)

Mittelhut Device 1 (3.21r.1) [1 video]

Mittelhut Device 2 (3.21v.1) [1 video]

Mittelhut Device 3 (3.21v.2) [1 video]

Devices from the Gerade Versatzung (Straight Parrying)

Gerade Versatzung Device 1 (3.22v.1) [1 video]

Gerade Versatzung Device 2 (3.23r.1) [1 video]

Gerade Versatzung Device 3 (3.23r.2) [1 video]

Gerade Versatzung Device 4 (3.23v.1) [1 video]

Gerade Versatzung Device 5 (3.23v.2) [1 video]

Gerade Versatzung Device 6 (3.24r.1) [1 video]

Gerade Versatzung Device 7 (3.24r.2) [1 video]

Gerade Versatzung Device 8 (3.25r.1) [1 video]

Gerade Versatzung Device 9 (3.25r.2) [1 video]

Gerade Versatzung Device 10 (3.25v.1) [1 video]

Gerade Versatzung Device 11 (3.25v.2) [1 video]

Deceitful Devices/Pulling/Winding/Driving

A Deceitful Device 1 (3.26r.1) [1 video]

A Deceitful Device 2 (3.26r.2) [1 video]

How you shall thrust with one hand... (3.26r.3) [1 video]

Another in which you shall wind... (3.26v.1) [1 video]

An artful and shrewd thrust to use... (3.26v.2) [1 video]

Another in which you shall deliver a thrust... (3.27r.1) [1 video]

Another how you shall thrust before him... (3.27v.1) [1 video]

A good stroke in which you turn around (3.27v.2) [1 video]

Another with a Middle Blow (3.28v.1) [1 video]

Pulling the Thrusts 1 (3.28v.2) [1 video]

Pulling the Thrusts 2 (3.29r.1) [1 video]

Pulling the Thrusts 3 (3.29r.2) [1 video]

Winding 1 (3.29v.1) [1 video]

Winding 2 (3.29v.2) [1 video]

Winding 3 (3.30r.1) [1 video]

Winding 4 (3.30r.2) [1 video]

A taking of the Staff (3.30r.3) [1 video]

Driving 1 (3.30v.1) [1 video]

Driving 2 (3.30v.2) [1 video]

Another one in which you go through (3.31r.1) [1 video]

Halberd

The Oberhauw (High Cut)

The First Device with the High Cut (3.33r.1) [1 video]

The Second Device with the High Cut (3.33r.2)

Another with this High Cut (3.34r.1) [1 video]

The Underhauw (Low Cut)

With the Low Cut (3.34r.2)

Another (3.34v.1)

A device with the Middle Cut (3.34v.2)

Wrenching/Changing Through

Wrenching (3.35r.1)

How you shall conduct yourself with Changing Through... (3.35r.2)

Item, thrust in on one side... (3.35r.3)

Or when are thrusting in... (3.35r.4)

Further note when you have bound... (3.35r.5)

If you stand before an opponent in the middle.. (3.36r.1)

How you shall plant your halberd in front on his neck

Position yourself with your halberd... (3.36r.2) [1 video]

Or when an opponent thrusts in at your right... (3.36r.3)

In the Onset, see that you catch... (3.36r.4)

If an opponent sends your halberd... (3.37r.1)

When you stand with your left foot forward... (3.37r.2) [1 video]

Item, again cut a High Round Stroke... (3.37r.3) [1 video]

Also you shall particularly note... (3.37r.4) [1 video]

Item, thrust earnestly against his right... (3.37r.5)

Some Counters against the Postures

Counter 1 (3.38r.1)

Counter 2 (3.38r.2)

Counter 3 (3.38r.3)

Counter 4 (3.38r.4)

Counter 5 (3.38r.5)

Counter 6 (3.38r.6)

Counter 7 (3.38r.6)

Counter 8 (3.38v.1)

A Wrath Cut

Wrath Cut 1 (3.38v.2)

Wrath Cut 2 (3.38v.3)

Wrath Cut 3 (3.38v.4)

Cross Cut from Above (3.32r.1)

Cross Cut from Below (3.32r.2)

Driving Diagonally through the opponent (3.32v.1)

Another Driving (3.32v.2)

Pike

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

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)