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 176
Two pictures showing a counter to a technique that is not itself shown. So first, my interpretation of the technique being countered:
He attacks to the second opening, I set aside, pushing down his elbow while keeping his wrist enclosed with my dagger, and throw him.
From the other side:
NOTE: further research has shown that there are two similar but subtly different counters against this technique. For a more recent interpretation, see here.
The counter: I outpace the defender, moving over to his other side, then step behind and throw him. Note that in the second drawing, the hands are confusing; unless their position changed, those hands don't belong to whom they seem to belong...
From the other side:
In this demonstration, I kept my hand out for clarity, normally I trap the opponent's dagger against my side.
Here, I show the importance of enclosing the wrist with the dagger. If this is not done, the attacker could slip out, with very unpleasant results...
