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Glützhauw - Clashing Cut
Secondary Cut: A short-edge cut in which the hands point upward and the sword crosses in front of the body at an angle to the line of encounter.
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Higgins Armory Sword Guild

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Terminology.

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Göteborgs Historiska Fäktskola (Gothenburg's Historical Fencing School)

Gothenburg's Historical Fencing School's Beginner's Guide 32 MB (Swedish Only)

Terms used in the German Longsword Tradition

Ars Gladii Glossary Higgins Armoury Sword Guild - A Concise Dictionary of Terms Used in the German Longsword Tradition Glossary of German terms in Historical Martial Arts. MyArmoury.com / Bill Grandy - Call to Arms: The German Longsword Schielhau.de - Glossary Fechtkunst Glossary by Jeffrey Forgeng

Pronunciation of terms used in the German Longsword Tradition

Audiodictionary - Academy of Arms

Joachim Meyer

Meyer Frei Fechter Guild - Has lots of good articles

MS I:33

ARMA - A comparative Pictorial study of the Wards and Techniques of the late 13th century Sword&Buckler MS I:33, or Tower Fechtbuch

Renaissance Fencing Terminology

ARMA - Renaissance Fencing Terminology