Lesson Plan Friday 10/5: Schielhau plays
Rot drills (30 min)
Announcements (5 min)
RKDF practice tomorrow
Our build party is Sunday from noon-6
Jake Priddy is giving a guest lecture on the 27th
Fight night and Lambpoint are on the horizon
Our fundraiser opens next week
Warm-up (5 min)
Rot drills (30 min)
Distance drill
Seven-up
Parrying drill
In response to the oberhau Schielhau plays (30 min)
Lesson (30 min)
Schielhau to break Langort (pg. 122, gloss 51)
This is the text and the gloss of yet another play from the squint-cut: Squint to the point And take the neck without fear.
Gloss. Note, the squinter breaks the long-point with a deceit of the visage and execute it thusly: When he stands against you and holds the point against the face or against the chest from extended arms, so stand with the left foot forward and squint with the visage to his point, and act as if you wish to cut to his point, and cut strongly onto his sword with the short edge, and with that, shoot the point long to his neck with a step forwards of the right foot (as stands pictured hereafter next to this).
Schielhau to the blade/arms (pg. 123, gloss 53)
This is the text and the gloss of yet another play from the squint-cut: Squint to the top of the Head if you wish to ruin the hands.
Gloss: Note, when he wishes to cleave-in to you from above, so squint with the visage (as if you wish to strike the head), and cut with the short edge against his cut, and strike him upon his sword’s blade with the point to the hands (as stands pictured hereafter next to this)
Application
Set up sparring where A feed oberhaus and D defends with schielhau. After 10 minutes switch to D breaking A out of Langort, Ochs, or Pflug.
Conveyor belt (of doom) (20 min)
Sparring (20 min)
Encourage new members to fight with old members
Rot Conditioning (20 min)
Close practice (5 min)
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Glossary Of Drills
Distance drill
Fencer A and B start out of range
Fencer A changes the distance by moving forward or backward
Fencer D must keep the distance constant using whatever footwork they like
If they get too close, Fencer A may tag them at which point the drill resets
After 1 minute switch roles o Note: the goal is not to tag the other person, the goal is to maintain the distance between you. This drill is designed to train how to read the other person and improve quick footwork.
Parrying drill
Fencer A and D stand in zufechten
Fencer A performs four Oberhaus 2 left, and two right, Fencer D parries the first 2 with a simple parry and the last two with Ochs (absetzen), thrusting or striking after each parry
Without breaking rhythm fencer A performs four unterhaus, Fencer D parries the first 2 in Plfug, and the last 2 with an Unterzwerch, thrusting or striking after each parry
After the eight strikes, Fencer A tells one thing D did well and provides one concrete, actionable correction to improve, feedback should take less than 10 seconds
Repeat the drill three times with A attacking and D defending, incorporating the feedback
Fencer D now attacks A with four Oberhaus and four unterhaus, A responds accordingly, after the sequence D gives feedback and they repeat the drill with A incorporating the feedback o The goal of this drill is to perfect the ability to parry and repost using both the four hangers and the zwerchhau
Seven-up
Fencer A and D stand in vom tag
Fencer A moves through the eight guards with D performing the correct master cut for each
Fencer A then pauses in kron then assumes a guard of their choosing, as soon as D sees what guard it is they must perform the correct master cut as quickly as possible, preferably before A has settled in the guard
After four guards, pausing in kron between each one A tells D one thing they did well and one concrete, actionable suggestion.
Repeat the drill three more times focusing on implementing that feedback
Switch roles and repeat o The purpose of this drill is to familiarize the fencer with which master cut goes to which guard and train them to attack while the opponent is transitioning between guards
In response to the oberhau
Fencer A and D stand in Vom Tag
A performs two Oberhaus from the left and the right that D voids, using Nachreisen to strike A
A performs two Oberhaus that D parries and counters
A performs two Oberhaus that D parries with Ochs or a Zwerch (Absetzen), thrusting to the face
A performs two Oberhaus and D performs a schielhau, thrusting A in the face
A intentionally takes the center of the bind and D winds from the weak (Duplerin or schnapin or lifting off)
A intentionally lets D take the center of the bind and D winds from the strong (wind to ochs, muterin, thrust to the chest)
After 1 round A tells D one thing they did well and one concrete, actionable correction
Repeat the drill three more times focusing on implementing the correction • Switch roles and repeat
This is designed to efficiently and succinctly review and drill the “club recommendations” for how to deal with the oberhau
Rot conditioning
Conditioning is done at the end of every practice in rots with 2 20 second sets to complete as
many reps as possible. The highest number of reps are tallied at the end of each set and added up,
whichever rot has the most reps for that set or overall wins.
Arms
Push-ups
Knee (1 point per rep)
Regular (2 points per rep)
Clapping or other variation (3 points per rep
Legs
Squats
Standard squats (1 point per rep)
Squat jump (2 points per rep)
Jumping split squat (3 points per rep)
Core
Hollow holds
Both legs tucked (20 points)
One leg extended (30 points)
Both legs extended (40 points)
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