See http://www.midrealm.org/kith/kith/Targeting1.wmv at 11:10-11:16 and try to figure out what the guy swinging the sword is doing with his heater shield.
I know he isn't holding one, but that doesn't matter. He's a knight and he's doing the proper shield work for that move anyway. I've yet to see a knight, in any variation of the combat arts, that did otherwise.
I have never seen those moves before and I must have rewound those 5 seconds a dozen times figuring out the shield work. I still don't have the hip motion down.