Joachim Meyer: Glance strike vs Thwart

[CalebChow]

Just to confirm...
Is difference between the two simply that the glance strike (schielhau) steps with only the right foot while the thwarter (zwerch) steps completely to the opponent's left?

The "step fully" part with the glance strike kinda threw me off a bit since the zwerch says "strike to close by stepping full to his left side."

These can be found in Joachim Meyer on longsword, pages 11 and 12.

Thanks!

[Jaron Bernstein]

Just to confirm...
Is difference between the two simply that the glance strike (schielhau) steps with only the right foot while the thwarter (zwerch) steps completely to the opponent's left?

The "step fully" part with the glance strike kinda threw me off a bit since the zwerch says "strike to close by stepping full to his left side."

These can be found in Joachim Meyer on longsword, pages 11 and 12.

Thanks!

You can throw a zwerch of schiller to both right and left side. The difference is the angle of the cut. A shielhau is a descending (vertical) short edge cut. A zwerch moves on the horizontal plane. Read further and it will explain.

[CalebChow]

ahh, the angle of the cut. Thanks! I missed that part.