Disengage, Counterdisengage, Redisengage

The three fundamental disengages are:

• the disengage, where you go from one side of your opponent's sword to the other. Cavazione in Italian.

• the counterdisengage, where as your opponent disengages, you also disengage, ending up where you started. Contracavazione.

• and the redisengage, where as your opponent counterdisengages, you disengage again. Ricavazione.

Related Resources

Books: The Duellist's Companion.

Workbooks: The Complete Rapier Workbook

Online courses: The Complete Rapier Course.

The Disengage, Counterdisengage, Redisengage drill

Guy (on left) constrains (stringers) Janne's sword:

Janne disengages to strike;

On Janne's disengage, Guy counterdisengages to strike;

On Guy's counterdisengage, Janne redisengages to strike.