Paulus Hector Mair - Peasant Stick #5

This is an interpretation of peasent stick play #5 from Paulus Hector Mair’s enormous compendium of martial arts teachings “Opus Amplissimum de Arte Athletica“ (MSS ). ⭣⭣⭣ More information available below ⭣⭣⭣ Source: Dresden I Transcription (1540s) by Pierre-Henry Bas Fencer: Fabian & Leonard [5] Another murder strike with the peasant staff Arrange yourself so in this piece when you go together, stand with your right foot forward and hold your staff up above your head with your left hand at your back end, your right in the middle. Then step in with your left foot, and strike him to his right forward-placed leg. If he strikes at you so to your right foot, and you stand with the same forward, and hold your staff up at your back end with crossed arms on your left side, then wind your staff forward on your right side [and] with that hang well towards the ear