Joachim Meyer · 1570

Gründtliche Beschreibung der Kunst des Fechtens

47 sections · 969 passages · translated by Rebecca L. R. Garber, Jon Pellett

Front Matter

1 Title Page 12 passages 2 Foreword to the Reader 15 passages

Part Ⅰ · Longsword

3 Longsword, Introduction & Contents 14 passages 4 Longsword, Chapter 1: The Division of the Opponent 5 passages 5 Longsword, Chapter 2: The Sword and Its Division 10 passages 6 Longsword, Chapter 3: The Guards 21 passages 7 Longsword, Chapter 4: The Cuts 26 passages 8 Longsword, Chapter 5: Counterattacks (Versetzen) 48 passages 9 Longsword, Chapter 6: The Withdrawal 4 passages 10 Longsword, Chapter 7: Steps 3 passages 11 Longsword, Chapter 8: Before, After, Simultaneous, and Indes 8 passages 12 Longsword, Chapter 9: Introduction to the Sequences 5 passages 13 Longsword, Chapter 10: The Four Openings 12 passages 14 Longsword, Chapter 11: Fencing from the Guards 53 passages 15 Longsword, Part Three: The Long Poem (Zedel) 100 passages

Part Ⅱ · Dusack

16 Dusack, Introduction 1 passage 17 Dusack, Chapter 1: Contents 4 passages 18 Dusack, Chapter 2: The Guards 3 passages 19 Dusack, Chapter 3: The Four Cuts 14 passages 20 Dusack, Chapter 4: The Secondary Cuts 22 passages 21 Dusack, Chapter 5: The Four Openings 1 passage 22 Dusack, Chapter 6: Counterattacks (Versetzen) 8 passages 23 Dusack, Chapter 7: The Guards and Their Techniques 2 passages 24 Dusack, Chapter 8: The Watchtower (Wacht) 10 passages 25 Dusack, Chapter 9: The Ox (Stier) 17 passages 26 Dusack, Chapter 10: The Wrath Guard (Zornhut) 15 passages 27 Dusack, Chapter 11: The Straight Parry, or the Slice 16 passages 28 Dusack, Chapter 12: Fencing from the Arch (Bogen) 29 passages 29 Dusack, Chapter 13: The Boar (Eber) 8 passages 30 Dusack, Chapter 14: The Middle Guard 10 passages 31 Dusack, Chapter 15: The Change (Wechsel) 10 passages 32 Dusack, Chapter 16: The Bulwark (Bastei) 10 passages

Part Ⅲ · Rapier

33 Rapier, Chapter 1: Contents 3 passages 34 Rapier, Chapter 2: The Division of the Man and the Weapon 3 passages 35 Rapier, Chapter 3: The Guards 8 passages 36 Rapier, Chapter 4: The Four Cuts 23 passages 37 Rapier, Chapter 5: The Thrusts 15 passages 38 Rapier, Chapter 6: Converting Cuts to Thrusts and Back 5 passages 39 Rapier, Chapter 7: Feints (Verführung) 22 passages 40 Rapier, Chapter 8: Changing, Pursuing, Remaining, Feeling, Winding 8 passages 41 Rapier, Part Two: Further Techniques 111 passages 42 Rapier, Appendix: Rapier and Companion Weapon (Dagger) 35 passages

Part Ⅳ · Dagger

43 Dagger, Introduction 80 passages

Part Ⅴ · Polearms

44 Polearms, Introduction & the Staff 58 passages 45 Polearms, Halberd 35 passages 46 Polearms, Long Spear 25 passages 47 Polearms, Long Spear: Counters 22 passages