The concepts of Vor, Nach, and Indes are integral to the art of fencing according to Liechtenauer. The words and concepts can be interpreted in many different ways, and I have gone through many iterations over the last several years of practice and study.

In these articles, I will offer my current thinking about the concepts of Vor, Nach, and Indes.

It is quite a long article, but it is broken down into relatively bite-size sections by appropriate headings.

Part 1: definitions (posted today!)

Part 2: tactics (coming next week)

Part 3: working in the bind (coming the week after)

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