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    with a wide diagonal sideways step. The Krumphau breaks the guard Ochs. Zwerchhau, or Twerhau: "thwart-hew" A high horizontal hew, with the short (backhand)...
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    that was soon also adopted by its lesser noblemen. The characteristic Zwerchhaus (Middle High German: twerh = quer i.e. across or lateral) with so-called...
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    five "master strikes" or "hidden strikes": 1. Zornhau, 2. Krumphau, 3. Zwerchhau, 4. Schielhau, 5. Scheitelhau the four guards (Huten or Leger), called...
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