From a hard bind, turning the blade behind the opponent's to strike their head on the same side.
When the opponent pushes strongly in the bind and will not let your point through, you keep contact and turn your sword so that your blade passes behind theirs, cutting at the head from the same side. It is called doubling because your first cut is doubled into a second on the same side. Paired with in the gloss on the .
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Sources and interpretation
- Johannes Liechtenauer (Wiktenauer article, with the Zettel and its glosses) Article text CC BY-SA 4.0; hosted translations generally CC BY-NC-SA 4.0; the historical text is public domain Zornhau gloss on Duplieren and Mutieren.