======== thumb|200px|Unarmoured longsword fencers (plate 25 of the 1467 manual of Hans Talhoffer) ' (blosz fechten) or "bare fighting" is the technique of fighting without significant protective armour such as plate or mail.
======== thumb|200px|Unarmoured longsword fencers (plate 25 of the 1467 manual of Hans Talhoffer) ' (blosz fechten) or "bare fighting" is the technique of fighting without significant protective armour such as plate or mail