Any action that moves an attack off its line; the sources prefer displacements that threaten at the same time.
A simple parry, blade against blade with no threat of your own, is the weakest form of Versetzen: it stops this attack and invites the next. The tradition's preference is a displacement that is also an attack, such as a or . This technique entry exists so that scenarios can show the plain parry and what tends to follow it.