Ben Strickling wrote:Jaron Bernstein wrote:The only way I envision this working is if the "reversed thrust" is actually a pommel stroke, but this one of those passages that has mystified me. It is the only clearly described "turn your back to him" spin I am aware of
Wow, that's an interesting passage. I'm certainly not an expert on Meyer and I know very little about cut and thrust, but it strikes me that this techique might be a version of the volte
That would easily explain the foot work where you "step out with your left foot behind your right" and yet still "toward him." Forgeng's glossary in the back defines a reversing as one where the hand is "inverted relative to its relaxed position" -- i.e. with the palm facing to the right. This would explain how you thrust "under your right arm," which makes it slightly different from the way it's pictured in Capo Ferro in that the thrust in done below (hence to the belly) instead of above. Does that make sense? I'm still not absolutely sure, but it seems right.
Ben Strickling
It might also just be a volta. I am not sure. It is that part where you thrust "under your right arm" that makes this seem very awkward.