Guards! Guards!
Meyer’s 1570 text provides a description of the many guard positions in his system, which seems overly complicated, however it’s important to remember two things: 1) All positions are just variations on the 4 fundamental/principal guards – Tag, Alber, Ochs, and Pflug. 2) The positions are transitional points as you move through cuts and parries,Read more about Guards! Guards![…]