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Here I am showing my interpretation of Marozzo's play of the partisan alone part five. I am working from a translation by Jon Pellett and interpreted by me. The text I am working from is as follows:

From dominant leading en guardia you shall be the aggressor as I find the action most beautiful on the attack. Make a thrust to your opponent’s outside, above the haft, but you are expecting a parry. When your opponent attempts to parry your haft, knocking it to your inside, I want you to pull your thrust, by extending the non-dominant hand back and sliding the haft through your dominant hand. While pulling the thrust, I want you to slash at your opponent’s leading arm with a descending cut, and in that tempo, I want you to draw the dominant leg back to the non-dominant leg. Be wary of an opposing thrust to your dominant flank, when the thrust comes, I want you to parry it to your outside with your haft, with the head of the partisan down. Once parried, you will make a rising cut to your opponent’s lead hand and step back with the non-dominant leg, then make two or three crossover retreats so you return with the non-dominant leg forward in en guardia. While making the retreats, switch hands so the non-dominant hand leads.

The original can be found here: https://wiktenauer.com/wiki/Achille_Marozzo

Here I am showing my interpretation of Marozzo's play of the partisan alone part 6. I am working from a translation by Jon Pellett and interpreted by me. The text I am working from is as follows:

Being in en guardia as described at the end of Part Five, you will make a feint thrust to your opponent’s face. Your opponent will attempt to parry the thrust to your outside, but before the parry arrives, I want you to pull your thrust back and thrust again at the opponent’s throat or leading upper arm. As your leading flank is now exposed, your opponent will attempt to riposte there, so bring the point of your partisan down, making a circle parry with the haft to your inside and make a thrust or cut at a viable target. Be sure whenever you move the partisan about in your hands, you are mindful of where your edges are so you can make appropriate cuts and thrusts. When holding the partisan as I have said, I always want you to make parrys this way, as they are beautiful and effective.

The original can be found here: https://wiktenauer.com/wiki/Achille_Marozzo

Here I am showing my interpretation of Marozzo's partisan alone part four. I am working from Jon Pellett's translation and interpretation by me. The text I am working from can be found as follows:

Continuing from the ending position of part three, be patient as you are inviting to your non-dominant flank. Any cut or thrust to the low or high lines will be parried to the outside by making a circle parry by bringing the dominant hand to the belt and raising the non-dominant hand, bringing it to your outside, and knocking the offending partisan to your outside. You will then take an advance as previously described toward your enemy and give him a thrust to the face. When your opponent parries your thrust, bring your partisan low and give a cut to your opponent’s lead leg, and quickly pull your dominant leg back to the non-dominant to protect yourself from a riposte, still with the head of the partisan low. Then step back with the non-dominant leg and switch hand positions so the dominant is now near the head of the partisan, and you are in en guardia again.

The original can be found here: https://wiktenauer.com/wiki/Achille_Marozzo

Here I am showing my interpretation of Marozzo's play of the partisan part 3. I am working from the translation by Jon Pellett and interpreted by me. The text I am working from is as follows:

From en guardia I want you to raise your dominant hand to shoulder height, with the head of the partisan pointing toward the ground, and extend the non-dominant arm to facilitate this movement. You should be exposing your upper lines of attack, inviting to the upper chest and head to thrusts and cuts. When the opponent strikes with the edge or point, you will parry with the haft of the partisan toward your inside by bringing the dominant hand down to your belt line and raising the non-dominant hand to just below shoulder height and across your body. You will then give him a thrust to an exposed line, stepping with the non-dominant leg in the same tempo, and sliding the haft of the partisan through your non-dominant hand. Then retreat two or three steps with crossover retreats, ending with the dominant leg leading, with your arms extended, with the head of the partisan pointing toward the ground.

The original can be found here: https://wiktenauer.com/wiki/Marozzo

This is my interpretation of the javelin play for di Grassi, interpreted through my partisan. I am using Norman White's translation and my interpretation of the text as shown below:

Of the Beat and Thrust of the Partisan

The en guardia for the partisan is the same as that for the halberd, that is to say, with the hands in the middle of the shaft. As for which side leads, it should always be counter to your opponent, if your opponent approaches with the left foot forward, you should approach with the right forward. The head of the partisan should be low and pointed toward the opponent. Because the edge of the partisan is weak, I recommend only using thrusts. To prevent entangling or binding of the partisans, the attacker should always open with a beat and then force a thrust in the manner below.
If you come upon your opponent, and his partisan is on your inside, you must beat it near the head toward your inside and without moving your feet, thrust to your opponent’s face. If the opposing partisan is on your outside, you must beat the opposing partisan near the head toward your outside, and take an advance quickly and thrust your opponent in the face. In either case, retreat away from your opponent and return to the low guard.

Of the Defense of Thrusts of the Partisan.
When the opponent comes to beat your partisan aside, either toward your inside or your outside, in the moment he deviates his point to make the beat, you will thrust to his arm, and retreat away, returning to the low guard.

The original translation can be found here: https://wiktenauer.com/wiki/Giacomo_di_Grassi#Polearms

Here is my interpretation of Marozzo's plays one and two of the Partisan alone. If you have any suggestions or think my interpretation is incorrect, please let me know below!

Here is the interpretation I have used:

First Part

Assume an en guardia position with the dominant foot behind the non dominant, with the non dominant foot pointing toward your enemy. Your dominant hand should be palm toward you with the fingers down, and your non dominant hand should be palm out, with the fingers down. Your dominant hand should be near the butt of the partisan just past your hip, with your non-dominant hand toward the head, past your hips on the opposite side. Bend the non-dominant arm to raise the point so the guard you assume shall have the point of the partisan is at about chest height. From here, I want you to rotate the non-dominant hand away from your body so that the point comes off line and low, and creates an invitation to your leg and chest. From here make small advances, bringing the dominant foot forward a small amount and advancing a small step forward with the non dominant. Do not make large advances, you should be patient and wait for the enemy to react to you.

Second Part

Having arrived in range of your opponent, I want you to open yourself up more by rotating your dominant hand so the palm is facing the ground, and the non-dominant hand stays in it’s position as before. You will also extend the dominant hand out a bit away from the body in such a way that the point comes further off line and the head now points slightly at the ground. Continue being patient and drive toward the enemy with small advances as described before. When the opponent thrusts at your non-dominant leg, I want you to parry with the haft toward your inside, step forward with the non-dominant leg and give him a thrust to the face. Drive the point forward with the dominant hand and never let go with the non-dominant, then return to en guardia.

This translation is from Wiktenauer (https://wiktenauer.com/wiki/Achille_Marozzo). Translated by John Pellett, interpreted into modern fencing language by me.

In this video, I show my interpretation of Manciolino's play of the partisan alone. I am working from the transcription by Steven Reich and interpretation by me. The text I worked from is as follows:

Grip the partisan so your non-dominant hand is close to the head of the partisan, and your dominant is nearer the butt. Assume a guard where your dominant hand is high near your shoulder, and your non-dominant hand is down by your hip, the head of the partisan should be low, toward the ground and the haft should transverse across your body. If your opponent mirrors your guard, either of you may attack first. If your opponent thrusts at your leg, parry to your outside and give him a cut or thrust to the leg. If your opponent thrusts to your face, you will parry with your haft by lowering your dominant hand to your hip and knocking the opposing thrust to your inside, and returning a thrust to your opponent’s flank.

The original text can be found here: https://wiktenauer.com/wiki/Antonio_Manciolino

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