Fool's guard

Fool's guard

Fool's guard (in German Alber) is the name of a ward in the German school of historical fencing. In the Fool's Guard, the point of the sword is lowered to the ground, appearing to "foolishly" expose the upper parts of the body and inviting an attack. Althougth the Fool's Guard exposes the upper openings it does provide excellent protection to the lower openings. From the Fool's Guard an attack or displacement can be made with the false edge of the sword or the hilt of the sword can be quickly raised into a hanging parry. Alber is almost identical on both as stance and purpose to "gedan-no-kamae" in kendo.


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