Longsword Roof Guard

The balance between safety durability and aesthetics is hard to achieve.

Longsword roof guard.

To stand in the roof guard hold the sword tip up pointing just slightly back. Plow guard and ox guard. The roof guard derives its name from the fact that it is poised to strike down from above. Your hands and hilt should be above your head.

I assume the text here refers to all of them if held on the right. The sword will always be on the side of the back foot. The other ones are side guards and there are plenty more. Also since the longsword is double edged the longsword can be lifted up verticly in a backhand strike where the sword changes positions from being pointed at the ground at the start to ending up over the head of the fencer in a position called vom tag translated from german as from the roof which will be described next.

This guard will defend the torso against attacks and allow you to make quick thrusts from below. Meyer s describes the vom tag only on the right as shown in the plate below. Posta di fenestra window guard. A lot of time and effort went into the design of these guards.

In german historical fencing there are four main guards. Vom tag from the roof or from the day master guard note. The plow guard pflug. There is dispute as to whether tag should be translated as from the day or from the roof.

In addition to the illustration with the dussack we offer paulus hector mair s version using the longsword. Hold the sword hilt below your waist with the tip pointed forward and up towards your opponent s face. Alternatively the hilt can be held at the side of your head but otherwise in the same position. This guard is shown in several different ways.

Unlike the other guards he. Vom tag roof guard ochs ox pflug plow alber fool. The sword point is directly pointing at the enemy which forces him to act. The point may aim somewhat downward or upward but typically aimed at the opponent s face or throat.

The major longsword guards of the german school the first position ochs ox essentially assumed by drawing the weapon up and to the outside. Mittelhut middle guard this guard primarily used with thedussack is used in a handful of techniques.