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 175
This is one technique, although (confusingly) shown with the defender holding the dagger in the left or right hand. Both work.
Points of attention:
- Think of picking up a coin.
- This works best against an attack to the second opening.
- While I did not demonstrate, the plate shows you throwing up your legs, falling with your full weight on his arm (probably breaking it). This is not very nice, but not doing so leaves you vulnerable to him lifting your left leg, negating the technique.
With the dagger in the other hand:
