longsword techniques.
Two masters demonstrate longsword guards in sketches derived from Joachim Meyer's Gründtliche Beschreibung der freyen ritterlichen unnd adelichen Kunst des Fechtens in allerley gebreuchlichen Wehren mit vil schönen und nützlichen Figuren gezieret und fürgestellet (A Thorough Description of the Free Knightly and Noble Art of Fencing, in All the Typical Guards, Adorned and Arranged with Many Beautiful and Useful Figures), printed circa 1570. These images are out of copyright and have been edited from the original to show the primary guards under discussion for the illustration.