A ward or guard (translating
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany, the country of the Germans and German things
**Germania (Roman era)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...
''Hut'' "protection") is a defensive position in the
German school of swordsmanship
The German school of fencing (') is a system of combat taught in the Holy Roman Empire during the Late Medieval, German Renaissance, and early modern periods. It is described in the contemporary Fechtbücher ("fencing books") written at the ti ...
. In
Royal Armouries Ms. I.33 the concept is rendered as custodia "guard".
Swordsmanship
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