Mair's Sickle, Plate Four

Time to dust this off, keep on going, and just add to the backlog of things to work through with Doroga and post followup entries on!

Since it's been a while, I'll mention that I'm using the translation here. Wiktenauer has a picture from a different manuscript of the plate here.

 

The action once again begins with the fighter on the left initiating. Fighter A is standing straight up, legs together, right hand holding the sickle above your head, and your left hand on your left hip. Fighter B awaits in a lower stance, with the right leg leading, the sickle on the inside of the right leg, and the left hand on the left hip.

First Variation

• Fighter A steps forward with their right foot, striking downward onto B's head. Done!

Second Variation

• Fighter A steps forward with their right foot, striking downward towards B's head.
• Fighter B parries upward and outward to the right. B then steps in with their left foot and strikes A's right leg.

Third Variation

• Fighter A steps forward with their right foot, striking downward towards B's head.
• Fighter B parries upward and outward to the right. B then steps in with their left foot and strikes at A's right leg.
• A grabs B's right elbow from the outside with their left hand and pulls it towards them, interrupting the strike. A then strikes B in the right shoulder.

That's it! Hopefully between Courts at Coronation on Saturday, Doroga and I will have a little time to work through the third and fourth plates, as well as touch up the first two as well. Thoughts will be posted about that, and once they settle, we can move on to the fifth plate, where it seems like the initial setup is a bit more complicated!