SECTION 2 : THE DAGGER
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magistro de toro la daga
(master of disarming - taking away the dagger)
Because sure victory I represent, so I carry the dagger, Handling it in combat with both hands.
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magistro de rompere e dislogare
(master of breaks and dislocations)
Since I overcome all those who fight against me,
For sure! I carry arms with broken hands.
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magistro de ligadure
(master of locks)
Blocking the arms of all combatants, So they won't extend
safely their right hand, Now I happily carry two keys in my hands.
| | magistro de mettere in terra
(master of throws - wrestling)
You ask why I gloriously crush
these people under my feet? Because I overcome all of them in combat:
The palm of victory expects to be in my right hand. |
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First Remedy Master of Dagger
I'm the first master of the dagger, full of deceit, And with my left
hand I'll grab the dagger from your hand: And truly many other tricks I
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1st counter master of the 1st remedy master
With my dagger I will turn around your arm And I'll pierce you in the chest, and it won't be taken from me.
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1st scholler of the 1st remedy master
Your right arm is locked under my left;
Much I can hurt you, and keep you locked.
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2nd counter master of the 1st remedy master
Because you have locked my arm this way,
With my under lever your lock will hurt you back.
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2nd scholler of the 1st remedy master
If I can twist this arm of yours
With a middle lever I'll make you stumble.
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3rd counter master of the 1st remedy master
The middle lever won't make me stumble,
For with this contrary I'd better get free.
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5th scholler of the 1st remedy master
I'm well ready to throw you to the ground:
If you don't have the contrary, I'll do it now.
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7th counter master of the 1st remedy master
I have prepared the contrary this way
And I'll pierce you to my satisfaction.
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6th scholler of the 1st remedy master
For greater strength, I'll go this way;
Inviting you to use all previous remedies.
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8th counter master of the 1st remedy master
With my counter move, you will fail:
With my dagger I'll pierce you and turn you around.
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7th scholler of the 1st remedy master
This master's grip won't fail me
And I'll break your arm above the shoulder.
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9th counter master of the 1st remedy master
You won't break my arm with your shoulder,
And with my contrary I'll throw you to the ground.
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8th scholler of the 1st remedy master
Your dagger will soon be snatched away
And after that I'll twist your elbow.
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10th counter master of the 1st remedy master
My dagger won't get snatched by your twist,
And I'll pierce you without fail.
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9th scholler of the 1st remedy master
I have no trouble in flooring you,
But you will have a hard time in getting up.
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11th counter master of the 1st remedy master
I do not want to fall to the ground for this,
For with my grip I'll take away all your strength.
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 | Second Remedy Master of Dagger
And I cover myself with crossed arms And I can use all the previous
techniques; And I won't miss any backhand hits, Because I can do them
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1st counter master of the 2nd remedy master
Not the forehand nor the backhand hits:
For, with my countermove,
your guard is all but lost.
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1st scholler of the 2nd remedy master
Snatch the dagger, dislocate and tie too
And throw you to the floor, all these I can do.
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2nd counter master of the 2nd remedy master
Of the past four things, only one you can't do:
Even with this contrary I'll throw you to the ground.
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4th scholler of the 1st remedy master
I do the contrary of the first king of dagger
And from above I'll pierce your arm.
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5th counter master of the 1st remedy master
I do the contrary of the first king of dagger
And with my cover I'll hurt you, and worse.
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6th counter master of the 1st remedy master
For the contrary which says to hurt and worse
I show you here what you can do to that.
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4th counter master of the 1st remedy master
This tie is no big deal for me
And with it I'll pierce your back.
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contrary to the contrary for the following play
The contrary to the contrary I do to the first master
Because the contrary to the contrary is a fine master.
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counter counter master or contra master
For the first thing I do the contrary to the contrary;
And I'll be the first one to grab the dagger.
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Third Remedy Master of Dagger
Here start the backhand techniques, strong techniques;
Because of these techniques, so many were killed:
And my students will start these techniques And will start backhand.
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For the technique of the master, the dagger is
conquered, And I will gravely pierce you.
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Here I will throw you to the ground;
This I'll do to you, and then, worse.
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1st scholler of the 3rd remedy master
You are grounded because of your poor knowledge:
And you can know more than that.
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2nd scholler of the 3rd remedy master
And with this I'll hurt your arm
The way you can feel me holding and doing it.
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I can easily dislocate your arm
And without effort grab your dagger.
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3rd scholler of the 3rd remedy master
This is a strong dislocation
And I can kill you with your own dagger.
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4th scholler of the 3rd remedy master
I grab your dagger, this I want to do,
And if I want to, I tie you with this key.
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I'll turn your dagger on top with my left arm,
And right away with the under key I'll block you.
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5th scholler of the 3rd remedy master
This is called the strong under key
And it's tie capable of killing:
Which tie, without any lying, If not well applied can be escaped.
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1st counter mster of the 3rd remedy master
I can do this to the contrary of the master's backhand,
And with this grip I'll make you kneel to the ground.
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Fourth Remedy Master of Dagger
And I can hurt you above and below:
If I twist your shoulders and don't let your arm go, This way the first student will hurt you.
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My master told the truth without failing:
I can take your dagger and you can't leave.
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1st scholler of the 4th remedy master
I'm quite ready to throw you to the ground
And if you don't break your head you'll have a deal.
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2nd scholler of the 4th remedy master
This is another tie to throw you to the ground
And the opponent is not quite sure against this hold.
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I see that you are ready to go right to the ground
Of this I'm quite sure, and you won't get up.
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3rd scholler of the 4th remedy master
Also in this way I'll put you on the ground,
And when on the ground, I'll do you worse.
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4th scholler of the 4th remedy master
I'll give your dagger one twist
And by that it will be taken from you.
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5th scholler of the 4th remedy master
If I twist your dagger by your elbow
You will feel that it will be grabbed away from you.
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1st counter master of the 4th remedy master
Of the master who grabs with both hands
I do this contrary in my defense.
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I did this move with my right hand
And I'll push your dagger in your thigh.
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 | Fifth Remedy Master of Dagger
I want each master to know That a grab on the collar is not very effective;
Because of the damage I will inflict to your elbow I will soon hear your arm crack.
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1st scholler of the 5th remedy master
After hitting your elbow I'd better leave it
And right away come after your dagger.
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2nd scholler of the 5th remedy master
I'll hurt you by your fist or by your elbow
I'll dislocate it and you'll leave me right away.
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4th scholler of the 5th remedy master
I want to try this way to throw you to the ground,
And if it doesn't work I'll try something else.
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3rd scholler of the 5th remedy master
Be sure that you'll fall to the ground
And I don't care of your dagger.
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5th scholler of the 5th remedy master
You'll feel that over my right shoulder
I won't fail to break your left arm.
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6th scholler of the 5th remedy master
By the way I grabbed you and hold you
You'll fall to the ground on your shoulders.
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7th scholler of the 5th remedy master
This move I do to take your dagger away
And with other moves a lot I'll impair you.
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8th scholler of the 5th remedy master
If I can twist this arm of yours,
I'll have you in the under key.
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9th scholler of the 5th remedy master
If you start pulling above or below,
With this crossing you'll lose your dagger.
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10th scholler of the 5th remedy master
By holding your arm with both my hands
I'll take away the dagger from your hand.
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11th scholler of the 5th remedy master
To the student who doesn't know his move
I'll show him how to grab his dagger.
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Sixth Remedy Master of Dagger
There is no man who fights better dagger to dagger:
With harness or without I will offend him greatly
And my delight is to fight him inside the circle,
I'll win each one of them with this close fight.
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4th scholler of the 6th remedy master
With the avoidance done by my master
By this hold and avoidance I'll make you sad.
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2nd scholler of the 6th remedy master
With the master cover, which is so perfect,
With half a turn your chest I wounded.
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3rd scholler of the 6th remedy master
With the master cover and with half a turn
I can still wound you, tie you and take away your dagger.
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The left hand I used to such a defense, That this contrary will right away make you offense.
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1st counter master of the 6th remedy master
With my left hand I'll make you turn
And with this contrary I can wound you well.
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Seventh Remedy Master of Dagger
Being armed, I want to use this cover
And right away I want to enter in the middle key,
And that is the end of the battle,
For against it there is no valid defense.
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1st counter of the 7th remedy master
I'm not going to enter in the middle tie,
And I'm going to wound you while you turn
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6th scholler of the 6th remedy master
Being you armed and I armed
You see that I have thrust the knife in your hand.
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For the twist I made you do,
Piercing you, I'll throw you to the ground.
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Ninth Remedy Master of Dagger
With weapons, this is a strongest crossing
For you can tie it above and below;
This goes to the tie above
And that goes to middle tie.
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With this hold that I have, I can do many techniques,
Grab away the dagger, break, wound and tie;
It's the fastest to grab the dagger from the hand
Without being deceived by the opponent.
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1st scholler of the 9th remedy master
If I twist the dagger by your elbow,
Your dagger will be mine, no doubt.
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5th scholler of the 9th remedy master
Without losing hold of you, I go underneath your arm:
And from behind your back I will burden you.
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4th scholler of the 9th remedy master
If I can give your arm half a turn
With the lower tie, your life I'll take.
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3rd scholler of the 9th remedy master
This way I can dislocate your arm,
And I could also tie you with the lower key.
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2nd scholler of the 9th remedy master
Of this master the first scholar
Can take away the dagger and do this fight.
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6th scholler of the 9th remedy master
Although this technique is not used too much,
It's well done by him who practiced it.
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