Displacing a cut or thrust with a thrust of your own from Ochs or Pflug, so the parry and the counter are one motion.
Against a descending cut, step out and turn into so that your strong catches their blade while your point goes to their face. Against a low attack, do the same from . The aim is to hit them in the same tempo as they attack. If they feel the point and push, you are in a bind and can .
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 and gloss on Absetzen.