the left side of the body the short edge should be facing down with the thumb on the flat of the blade. Alber: "fool" 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. Although 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. Additional Guards: Liechtenauer is emphatic that the above four guards are sufficient, and all guards taught by other masters may be derived from them. Later masters introduce richer terminology for variant guards: Zornhut: "wrath guard" Wechsel: "change" Nebenhut: "near guard" or "side guard" Eisenport: "iron door", mentioned in 3227a as a non-Liechtenauerian ward, identical to the porta di ferro of the Italian school Schlüssel: "key" Einhorn: "unicorn", a variant of Ochs Schrankhut: "barrier guard" The following are transitional stances that are not properly called guards: Hengetort: "hanging point" Kron: "crown", the sword hilt is held out about head height with the point up. Kron is used at the bind and is usually a prelude to grappling. Langort: "long point", the sword point is extended straight out at the opponent. Many of the cuts pass through this transitional guard, and it is the natural ending of a thrust. Techniques Other terms in Liechtenauer's system (most of them referring to positions or actions applicable in mid-combat, when the blades are in contact) include: Duplieren: "doubling", the immediate redoubling of a displaced hew. Mutieren: "mutating", change of attack method, changing a displaced hew into a thrust, or a displaced thrust into a hew. Versetzen: "displacement" or "parrying" (upper/lower, left/right), to parry an attack with one's own weapon. Nachreisen: "after-traveling", the act of attacking an opponent after he has pulled back to attack, or an attack after the opponent has missed, or an attack following the opponent's action. Überlaufen: "over-running" or "overrunning", the act of countering a hew or thrust made from below with an attack from above; a slight step backward usually accompanies the attack, the higher blow out-ranging the lower one. Absetzen: "off-setting", deflecting a thrust or hew at the same time as stabbing. Durchwechseln: "changing-through", name for various techniques of