Glossary

Please find below some of the German terminology we use as part of our practice

Attacks

ZornhauWrath Strike
KrumphauBent Strike
ZwerchauTransverse Strike
ShielhauSquinting Strike
SchietelhauVertex Strike
OberhauDownstrike
UnterhauUpthrust
VorschlagFirst Strike
NachschlagFollowup Strike
OberschnittHigh Cut
UnderscnittUndercut
AlterschnittCut to the hands and then the throat

Set Techniques

Huten / LegerGuards
OchsOx
PflugPlough
AlberFool
Vom TagHigh Guard
VersetzenParrying
NachreissenAdhering
AbsetzenSetting aside
AnsetzenPlacing the point
AbwendenTurning aside
UberlaufenOverreaching
DurchlaufenRunning through
AbschneidenCutting off
HangenHanging
WindenWinding

Principles

VorBefore
NachAfter
IndesIn the moment
Schwach / WeichWeak / Soft
Stark / HardStrong / Hard
AnhebungBegin
EndungEnding
Zu hand fahren Moving in

General

SchuetzenProtecting
SchiessenShooting the point
Dar BringenTo execute
Bawer / BueffelPeasant / Unskilled Fencer
BeshaemenTo ashame
SchadenDamage , Injury
EndenLethally finish the combat
SchantzePlace of Combat
LeichmeisterFalse Master