Across
- 1. to allow a sword to slide away off your sword without trying to impede / change it, so you are then free to attack or move.
- 4. drill a series of movements from guard to guard, to help you learn the guards.
- 6. the distance between you and your opponent
- 7. the pointy end
- 9. a groove running down the length of the blade
Down
- 2. the generic name for the entire part of the sword near your hands, the part that is not the blade.
- 3. the knobby end of the hilt
- 5. guard a guard where the sword is held vertically in front of your face.
- 8. a bladework maneuver intended to deflect or block an incoming attack.