Lowering to Cut Low - Part 3
8,242"... if you guide a cut toward their upper part (whether it arises from above, slantwise, across, or from below), you must also remain upright and high with your own body, so that your shoulder stands equal to that upper part toward which you cut or thrust (as much as your height allows).
This should not happen with the other cuts which you guide toward their lower body, but instead, the lower you cut, the more you should sink down with your upper body—which then must be achieved with steps, as you will subsequently find reported in more detail with the cuts."
"Regarding the first and highest, position yourself like this: stand with your right foot forward and with your body upright (as mentioned above). Cut with an extended arm from both sides slantwise through their shoulder. ...
Regarding the second, middle cross, position yourself in this way: move with the right foot forward, but so that in stepping, you stand with the feet one shoe-length or more farther apart from one another, and bend the knee well forwards so that you drop your right shoulder down somewhat (from which you bring forth your cuts) and you stand at the same height as the intersection of the middle cross. ...
Regarding the lowest cross, you must stand with the feet even wider apart and you should also bend your front knee farther forward than previously, so that you stand with your upper body farther forward than before (sunk downward) and with your right shoulder the same as in the others—that is, that you arrive at the same height in this. If this is impossible for your body, you should leave off with the lower cross (as it is not for everyone, etc.) ... "
- Joachim Meyer, 16 C. Fencing Master
Translated by Rebecca Garber
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