The Circle: Lines and Fencing Rules

.A. . . . . . face line
.B. . . . . . shoulder line
.C. . . . . . chest line
.D. . . . . . belly line
.E. . . . . . hip line
.F. . . . . . thigh line
.G. . . . . . foot line

Item

.a. . . . . . hand line
.b. . . . . . arm line
.c. . . . . . upright side line or the shoulder intersection line
.d. . . . . . Parting line
.e. . . . . . upright side or intersection line
.f. . . . . . arm line
.g. . . . . . hand line

Item

.#. . . . . . hanging or crossing line, give the arms strike

The First Rule:

In all bindings you should keep your blade in the outer circle, on which you should drive on his strike always fairly with yours, so no harm will come to you. Then proceed with his displacing outside or inside the circle, so you got inside the big circle, or outside the small one a sure opening.

The Other Rule:

As often as you have use in binding with the weapons, you should strike by winding inwards, so strike through the face and against the arm, the bind you should try to get again fast.

The Third Rule:

The drawn strikes change around the head, around the leading point, change is dangerous, thus in good behavior strike with good guards.

The 4. Rule:

As often you got astray, or you are misled by him, has lost your way, and you may get wounded so, the cuts learn, with dempfen. Backstrikes makes you healthy again, that you bring fast at time. If you get driven out of your ring the next line find you previously seek again, with strikes up and down, so that to work you come again.

The 5. Rule:

Your work drive to first to the Feeble,
than to the Strength, than to the body.

The End.

In the Feeble you can force him,
In the Strength you may rush him twice.
Between the binding displace well
and hard work in all engagement
The Vor and Nach brings wounding with it
In all engagements look out for the cut
In twitching, jerking, use the impact (thrust)
Stay, Thereafter Riding, finds your opening,
In Vor and Nach grab, grasp him well,
Do you break out well [right], he must let you go.