Feder & Pell

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Pell Zettel Part 2: Duplieren & Mutieren

Zettel Pell TrainingWilliam Buschur

Liechtenauer transitions from a winden set-play - Be [he] Stronger against, Wind, Stab. If he sees, then take it down. - to a more general teaching on the role of the bind in the Art and how to conceptualize the fight. The Zornhau section finishes with the Duplieren and Mutieren techniques for fighting from a hard and soft bind, respectively. 

Pell Zettel Part 1: Zornhau Ort

Zettel Pell TrainingWilliam BuschurComment

Training without a partner is typically very limiting - many techniques are hard to simulate when practiced on your own. A single pell is a good solution for some techniques, but Liechtenauer's Art relies heavily on winding in the bind to attack the opponent behind the sword. Using two pells, one behind the other, is a great approximation of such a scenario - by treating the closer pell as a pseudo-bind, you can practice Liechtenauer's Zettel on your own.