It causes a lot of consternation, and I agree on the pedagogical point, and I just want to add my view that cut vs thrust really isn't this mutually exclusive thing that people get worked up over. The three wounders have to be used at the right time/distance, but it's not like the motion in context is going to be so radically different that if you only trained the cut you'll be lost when it comes time to adjust to making it a thrust/slice. That isn't even mentioning that what you have to do to make sure it's *safe* to cut around is the first step to developing feeling in the bind.
have a good one dude xD *also an interesting point, about the organisation of his book... it like blew my mind right now xD i never thougnt of it that way... definedly going to incooperate this thought into my training... BIG THANKS
Ah beer...aqua vitae. Well the cut in my opinion is the bread and butter of the structure of the sword work.I don t want to say that the Drey Wünder are equally important , but they kind of are and they do complements the other. This is specially true in the case of the cut and thrust....almost any thrust can become a cut or slice and vice versa. Also having a good cutting structure as a base helps you better understand blocking, deflections, displacements and the bind.
Very historicly correct. Being intoxicated while fencing during Meyers time was probably the norm :-)
It causes a lot of consternation, and I agree on the pedagogical point, and I just want to add my view that cut vs thrust really isn't this mutually exclusive thing that people get worked up over. The three wounders have to be used at the right time/distance, but it's not like the motion in context is going to be so radically different that if you only trained the cut you'll be lost when it comes time to adjust to making it a thrust/slice. That isn't even mentioning that what you have to do to make sure it's *safe* to cut around is the first step to developing feeling in the bind.
Excellent point, and that's generally how we approach things as well
have a good one dude xD
*also an interesting point, about the organisation of his book... it like blew my mind right now xD i never thougnt of it that way... definedly going to incooperate this thought into my training... BIG THANKS
Ah beer...aqua vitae. Well the cut in my opinion is the bread and butter of the structure of the sword work.I don t want to say that the Drey Wünder are equally important , but they kind of are and they do complements the other. This is specially true in the case of the cut and thrust....almost any thrust can become a cut or slice and vice versa. Also having a good cutting structure as a base helps you better understand blocking, deflections, displacements and the bind.
How did you like the White Stout?
Easily one of my favorites.