Solo Longsword: Meyer’s Square for solo drills

Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:45 The pattern in depth 02:47 The Basics 04:08 The Real Deal 04:54 Variations 06:55 Solo training advice All too often people simply gloss over the fact that Joachim Meyer’s four openings drill is best performed in pairs. In this video, however, we’ll go over how what is now known as the Meyer Square can be used for solo training in such a way that you still train towards its original goals; we’ll go over the pattern itself, what tactical skills it aims to train, and how you can adapt it into a ton of variations for solo training sessions. Special mention needs to go to Ilkka Hartikainen who provided the #HistoricalEuropeanMartialArts​ community with the high quality digital version of Meyer’s Square used in this video, already some years ago. Initially this was going to be a series for my . club MARS ( ) but seeing as we’ve once again gone into a partial lockdown, there mig