A Sword Disarm from Codex Wallerstein

“Item. A good sword disarm. When someone binds you up against their sword, wind up with your short edge and Indes, enter them firmly and grasp into their bind between their hands with your left hand and go across their blade with your pommel and shove toward their mouth (as is pictured here), then you take their sword.“ - Codex Wallerstein, 15th Century Translation by Christian Trosclair A similar disarm from Fiore “This is a high sword disarm. With my left hand I pin his hands, while at the same time I press forwards against his blade with the grip of my sword so that he loses his grip on his sword. Then I will deal him several good strikes. The student who comes after me will show how this play finishes with the opponent’s sword lying on the ground.“ - Fiore de’i Liberi, 14th Century Translation by Colin Hatcher #sword #hema #fencing #martialarts #shorts