A cut delivered with crossed hands, travelling diagonally downward and across, typically at the opponent's hands or onto their blade.
The Krumphau is the that "breaks" . It is thrown with the hands crossing, stepping well out to the side, so that the blade comes down and across onto the opponent's hands or flat of their blade rather than straight at the head.
Against an it can take the cut off to the side and strike the hands at the same time. Against a thrust from Ochs it falls on the blade and beats it down. The glosses warn that a Krump that is thrown short (not reaching the opponent) leaves you open to a .
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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 Zettel, verses on the Krumphau.