Talhoffer Dagger – Part 1 – Treiben zu den Blößen

The first plate of the Talhoffer dagger plays in the Munich manuscript, 1467 Cod. icon 394a, contains the main guards or "free stances" in Dagger. The plate is to be understood as separate even they could be constructed as a sequence. To the right side we see the Oberstich and Unterstich (combined as a Treiben). At …

Talhoffer Dagger – Part 2 – Versetzen und Auswinden

The first plate of the Talhoffer dagger plays in the Munich manuscript, 1467 Cod. icon 394a, contains the first play of dagger. A simple displacement and a disarming of the opponent. The text in the images are to be translated: He wants to stab down from above / So he moves up with the displacement and wants …