So you know what to do in these situations
What’s the best strategy against fencers who hold their sword with both hands…
Schmidt’s Gründtlich lehrende Fecht-Schule (lit: “thoroughly teaching fencing school”) from 1713 left nothing to chance. This hand-colored copper illustrated just what to do in case your opponent started to wield his sword like a baseball bat and parry this way.
His teachings remained valid enough for his publisher’s widow to issue a reprint over 30 years later.
Source: Schmidt, Johann Andreas, Gründlich lehrende Fecht-Schule, oder Leichte Anweisung, auf Stoß oder Hieb sicher zu fechten; Nebt einem curieusen Unterricht vom Voltigieren und Ringen, mit viel sauber dazu dienlichen Kupfern versehen. Nürnberg: Bei Endterischen Consorten und Engelbrechts Wittwe, 1749; first published in 1713.
