Summary of Joachim Meyer's The Art of Sword Combat

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The well-born lord, Lord Otto Count von Solms, lord of Münzenberg and Sonnenwalde, was my gracious lord. He had a particular charm in the chivalric liberal art of combat, and he greatly loved and promoted it. #2 The Before and After are two stages of every attack combination. The Before is when you drive your opponent with your techniques so that he cannot achieve his intent, but confines himself to parrying y