(KGT 59):  There is an extensive vocabulary for the moves associated with bat'leth use. To thrust or lunge toward one's opponent, for example, is jop. To deflect a thrust--that is, to parry--is way'. To thrust either end of the bat'leth (as opposed to the long part of the blade) upward is chaQ. To change the approximate orientation of the weapon from horizontal to vertical is ngol; the reverse is lev. To slide the blade of one's bat'leth along the blade of the opponent's weapon is DIj. To twirl or rotate the bat'leth is jIrmoH and to toss it from one hand to the other (the same word is used whether left to right or right to left) is baQ.

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yan             wield, use or manipulate a sword (v)