Secrets of the Satanic Executioners

Medieval Maleficia: methods of Death & Demonology

By Ambrose Bertram Hunter

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Disclaimer
Warning, death or serious injury can result from attempting or training in the methods described in this book. Federal, state or local law may prohibit the use or possession of any or all of the tools or weapons described or illustrated in this book. This book is presented only as a means of preserving a unique piece of medieval European heritage; neither the author nor the publisher assumes any responsibility for the use or misuse of information contained in this book. Nemo mortalium omnibus boris sapit No man is wise at all times; the wisest may make mistakes.

About the author

Ambrose Bertram Hunter, serves as Steward over a joined lineage of European and Appalachian mysticism, is a scholar of the dark arts, a researcher of the occult, and technical advisor for both film and stage productions.

The ten point Hex sign, or working with the Pentagram of Protection
The term Hex is derived from the German root word Hexe meaning a Witch, while Hex is commonly used to describe a charm or magic spell performed by a Witch. Hex signs are generally considered as talismans that impart magical protection to the owner, this superstition has some basis in fact. Much like heraldry or gang symbols, Hex signs can be used to display ones connection to a community, family, or social group. This lore of magical protection is also tied to that of the Pentagram as a protective symbol, especially of one within a circle.

Above is the ten point Hex sign; contrary to popular superstition this pentagram is powerless in and of itself. It is actually a training aid; the legend of its power stems from application of those principles, embodied in and taught through it.
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These principles are as follows.

The protection radius, this is the distance from where the student stands, to the maximum range, that with only a slight shifting of the body, they can swiftly hit at a foe. Anything touching or crossing into this Circumference demarcation, becomes open to attack, the student must know their effective range of reach, as soon as the foe is brought within reach of this personal space they must pounce with determination, like a steel trap snapping shut.

To make classification of lines of attack simple, the image of Seven rays or lines that emanate from a foe are used, these seven are, a starting Centerline,
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and then to each left and right side a Close, Medium, and a Wide line is placed. These lines represent possible directions a foe may exert a hazardous force along, and also along which a counter attack may be directed. If an attack was thrown along the middle line, the student at the center could parry this hazard off to a sideline, or with footwork, abandon the middle line by stepping and slip over onto a new line, thus modifying the foes facing relative to this new position of the student.

Facings of the foe are as such that if a foe wishes to face you in combat, they are limited to five fundamental facings. These being 1. Straight on 2. Leading with the right 3. Leading with the left 4. Sideways with right arm toward you 5. Sideways with left arm toward you

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On the diagram, these facings are distributed evenly around the circle, each emanating its lines. The basic technique is to stand at the circle center with your feet shoulder width apart, legs slightly bent, turn so as to face the foe straight on, prepared to pounce either directly forward, or slipping diagonally off to a side ray. In attacking, it is important to learn to avoid any tendency of unnecessarily blocking or over parrying the adversary's threats/weapon. Such overexertion is wasted effort, a limb that is close but unaligned, fills up that space, creating a temporary exploitable shield for you to stand behind. Your strikes should glide like a pool cue, the foes leading appendage acts as the guide, and the targeted vital area is the cue ball. Or if you want a more medieval example, the mechanics are similar to a jousting lance, that while its tip is being kept aligned so as to impact the foe, the shaft is also angled to intercept/impact and deflect the foes lance off to the side as they pass each other.
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When clashing with a foe, only use enough disrupting movement of your own attack against the foes threat/weapon to maintain an opening through which your own attack can strike home, while the foes weapon remains unaligned to the ray over which you chose to position your body. If the foe is using slashing arcs or hooking attacks, drive in abruptly, striking while jamming the threat/weapon, taking advantage of the time and gap left open by the arcs curved trajectory.

Where the lines cross intersecting each other, they create reference landmark points, by means of these points a student can swiftly learn the concepts behind proper movement dynamics, they need only step from the center with their foot to one of the intersections and observe the effect this has on their position in relation to the foes envisioned threat/weapon. For example, to do a ramming lunge directly forward into the foe, the student could step with the right foot, placing it upon the centerlines forward intersection, and allowing the rear left foot to pivot and slide as needed to maintain a solid stance, or the student could slip forward and off to the right, any of the steps shown above would be suitable, depending on how far the situation required they move, again the left foot would follow as needed to maintain a solid stance.
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It is important to remember that these line intersections are only guides that help convey a concept, once that concept is grasped, worrying over flawlessly stepping to an exact point would in fact be missing the whole point of what the circle was intended to teach, that is, a spontaneous and advantageous adaptation to any situation, governed by a solid grasp of how to best exploit the available angles. In Spain during the late 16th century, such angling concepts were adopted and refined specifically for rapier dueling, creating a fencing form that came to be known as La Destreza or the Spanish Circle.

Figure 16, here an example exchange using bare-knuckle boxing, as the foe readies a left jab, the Executioner slips forward to the right side medium ray and interrupts the foes left jab with their own, that rides over top of the foes arm to impact the foes temple at an angle. If this blow was struck with the knuckles it could rupture the arteries there, resulting in the potential death of the foe, or if struck with an open palm, the whiplash could stun or knockout the foe.

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