Ansetzen (Setting the point, lodging the point): The action of successfully placing the point of your sword on the target, but not yet penetrating it or causing injury to your opponent. A common tactical situation with many counter techniques.
Arbait (Work): Any action that attempts to harm or incapacitate the opponent.
Ausserhalb (Outside): Refers to an attack or action that comes to the right side of the sword (looking from the defender’s point of view) or towards the back side.
Bruch (Break, a counter): A counter of a given piece or technique.
Dringen an die Prust (Pressing on the breast): An action of setting the point (→Ansetzen) on the breast or under the armpit of your opponent and pushing him to leave the field of battle or injure him. A common tactical situation with many counter techniques.
Durch (Through): Describes the movement that starts on one side (e. g. inside), and ends on the other side (e. g. outside).
Halten (Holding): Techniques for immobilising or incapacitating your opponent while fighting on the ground. Also called →Unterhalten.
Innerhalb (Inside): Refers to an attack or action to the left of the sword (from the defender’s point of view), between the body and the sword.
Kurtzes schwert (Shortened sword): One of the terms used to describe fighting in armour when the sword is grabbed with the left hand in the middle of the blade.
Mordslag (Murder strike): Striking with the pommel—the left hand grabs the middle of the blade, and the right hand the point, effectively turning the sword into a small pollaxe.
Ringen (Wrestling): Unarmed combat. In armour, this generally means throwing, unbalancing or using leverage to immobilize your opponent or bring him to the ground.
Scher (Scissors): A counter against the attempt to resolve the impasse of both opponents grabbing each other’s swords by turning underneath the blades. Its name comes from the crossing of the two swords over the opponent’s body, which resembles the action of scissors.
Strass der Glider (Way of the joints): A set of pieces which rely on very strong leverage against a wrist or an elbow.
Stuckh (Piece): A set of movements and actions of both opponents, which has a distinct beginning and generally ends with the incapacitation of the opponent or retreat.
Unterhalten (Holding on the ground): See →Halten.
Versetzen (Parry): A defensive action of stopping an attack with the blade by interception or displacement.
Wag (Scales): Balanced wrestling position with bent knees to keep the centre of gravity low.
Wiederbruch (The counter’s counter): The counter to a counter of a given piece or technique.