Lowering to Cut Low - Part 4

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"... 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."

"If you were to cut those cuts which are directed toward their upper body with your body sunk down low, you would shorten your strike. The same applies if you were to cut low and remain with your body upright and high. Your cut would not only be shortened, but you would also completely expose your upper body.”

"However, you should not cut at the foot unless you have weakened them with Suppressing [Cuts] (as taught previously) or have taken their blade using another sequence. Exceptions are that they lose out [to you] due to long waiting or have otherwise moved too far upward."

"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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