I.33 Sword and Buckler: Nucken

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Here I present my interpretation on Nucken in the sword & buckler manuscript I.33 (also known as the Walpurgis or Tower manuscript). To cut a long story short I think that it's a beat, much like in modern olympic fencing. I've found this the easiest and most reliable interpretation of the technique that fits the text and images.

This video is part of my reply to Roland Warzecha / Dimicator at the Belgian Buckler Symposium.

HEMA (historical european martial arts) or historical fencing has the aim to reconstruct forgotten fighting techniques, learn how they (mostly knights) really fought back then in medieval and renaissance times. Feel free to discuss it with me in the comments section :)

[SchildwachePotsdam]

Another video for the Belgian Buckler Symposium! I hope you enjoy it :) This is part of my answer to Roland Warzecha's (known also as Dimicator) current take on the Nucken in I.33

[MartinGreywolf]

Okay, so, my criticism of this interpretation is going to be extremely pedantic. I think the movements here are pretty much spot on, but the terminology is slightly off, because the relevant sentence in the source has two parts, first tells you that the priest switches the bind from him being below to above (and calls it mutatio gladii), the second part says that he then strikes the opponent's head from below, calling it nucken.

These two parts are separated by the word demum, which means "at last" or "finally", and that makes me think we're dealing with two techniques strung together here. The beat itself is a variation of the mutatio gladii (which was mentioned on the previous pages), and nucken refers exclusively to the cut launched at the head. Not only is this cut pretty unusual in I.33 - you are leaving a bind to cut instead of stab, of all things - you can also use it with setups that don't involve beats, e.g. when you win a left overbind and your opponent is weak in it.

[Druid_Ignacy]

Hmm, this is extremely simple way to look at it, which is good, I need to see it again in the book :3

[secutorprimus]

I love that small red buckler, where'd you get it?

[TryChillBalloo]

Hi,
kann ich nach den lockdown ein anfänger training fürs langschwert mitmachen?
Und ist die rearguard v2 zu empfehlen?

Lg