Long guard

Long guard
Posta Longa in Italian, a limited defensive thrusting position with the blade horizontal and arms extended straight forward more, ideal for warding and making stabbing attacks or stop-thrusts, German schools called it Langortt or Langer Ort, meaning "long point"

Medieval glossary. 2014.

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