Articles
- Hans Talhoffer's dagger
- Myth of "20 to 30 pound broadswords"
- Dagger techniques from Talhoffer's Fechtbuch 1467
- Simplified method for instructing dagger techniques. (500kb pdf)
- Talhoffer's Tafel 172
- Dagger techniques from Achille Marozzo
- Defence against a dagger from Fiore dei Liberi
- Our first attempts at Talhoffer's dagger.
- A buckler from an IKEA salad bowl.
- Thoughts on sharing of research.
- Recommended Literature and book reviews
- Links
Sources
- Vollstandiges Ring-Buch of Johann Georg Passchen.
- Nicolaes Petter's Klare Onderrichtinge der Voortreffelijcke Worstel-Konst.
- Some dietary rules.
- Hendrick van Buren's Drilkonst, (1672) (pdf, 4Mb)
- Illustrated translation of chapter 3: handling of the pike, from the above.
Tafel 174
Two techniques again. The first is a very badly drawn counter to the "scissors" technique on this plate.
My first interpretation was that this shows a counter to the previous technique on plate 173, based on the use of "uszgangen" (going out): take over the dagger in the other hand so you can free your arm. (You could also drop the dagger, presumably, but that's stupid.)
In my second interpretation, I perform a counterlock against his elbow:
Actually, both of these are incorrect, as the caption explicitely calls it a counter to das fahenn, another term for the scissors. For a more recent interpretation, see here.
The second technique is the "scissors": receive the attack with crossed wrists, then enclose his arm and pull down. This is rather painful for the attacker.
Points of attention:
- I recommend to keep the space between the hands as small as possible (as I show to the audience).
- Keep the wrists straight or turned downwards while lowering the hands.
