What strikes me ( no pun intended ) is the triangle step is the exact same step used in Judo to enter into most throwing techniques. Just at a different angle . In fencing it's used to pass to the weak side and keep the opponent in front of you . And I'm Judo it's used as a penetration step in order to load the opponent for a throw while facing the same direction.
My interpretation of the Bochhauw is that you keep the arc of your cut to a minimum, so it's more like a punch to the chest rather than a cut. This would cause the rebound described. Think of it like cutting into Gerade Versatzung from Bogen with a strong step forward.
I'd love to see a video if you could shoot one. Obviously I find it problematic, and could never get an interpretation I was satisfied with, so I looked into the Lund.
@@partymoses I think the problem is the really weird way you're holding bogen. Can't hit their dussack into their face if it's nowhere near their face.
@@thomascarrillo8157 nah, sure you can. And keep in mind that we shot 30 or 40 of these before committing anything to this video, and the degree to which the point is forward or the blade held in the center or in more of a hengen position changes from take to take. iirc this was the end of roughly an hour or two of filming. Nothing stays perfect (we've also got a full video centered on fighting from and fighting the Bogen coming up) If there's a practical nugget in the 1570 description of the Bochhauw, it's just a percussive hit against their sword to provoke an opening. It really doesn't need to go beyond that, imo.
So that's what triangle step is. I was taught it was more like q passing step, whith the rear foot going more towards the side to rotate the body. Also with the bochhauw, it does say cut straight into their dussack, so you hit their chest and their dussack goes to their face. Maybe you cut with a deep lunge, against their dussack, so hard and deep that the hilt hits their chest, and your sword sends their blade into their face.
That's true. Still, it's an odd description that I think occludes the really simple nature of the cut: you're knocking on their sword. That's it. Meyer does this sometimes, in his description of cuts and handworks, giving a complicated series of compound actions when the actual important detail is somewhat hidden. Luckily, we can refer to the earlier treatises, too.
