A sweeping action that gathers the opponent's sword that is in front of you and pushes it to the side and down. Which renders it less dangerous. It's core idea is probably to retake the bind if you have lost it with a sweeping motion, in order to gain back control over the situation. But because such action involves pushing the opponent's blade down, which is usefull even if you have never los the bind, the such action started to be used also in other situations; typically to negate thrusts. Yet it still retains its ability to solve emergency situation.
Rebind is an important part of I.33 system, and is used in many cases:
- as a part of other techniques (like mutatio gladii)
- as a defence against the opponent's thrust
- as an emergency move to regain control over the situation in contact distance
A risky move
Rebind pushes the opponent's sword down and to the side, so it employs a force that is NOT directed towards the opponent. This makes me vulnerable against the opponent yielding by the means of durchtretten, and immediatelly attacking back when I push through. That's why I.33 often recommends to do a rebind when the opponent thrusts or wants to thrust. It the opponent thrusts, he wants to reach me, and he will not want to yield. In any way, I should be prepared to return the sword back at any moment, in order to defend the potencial durchtretten.
If the opponent does NOT thrust, it is not easy to conduct a rebind on the right side, because the opponent can (and often does) support his sword with the shield.