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Borislav Krustev
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B vs B - A Longsword Sparring Highlight
Some longsword highlights from a 90-second spar with Borislav Nikolov today.
Swords used: Sigi Concept Standard.
Swords used: Sigi Concept Standard.
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A path to the hit - HEMA Sparring Highlights - Various weapons
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Some highlighted exchanges from this Saturday at the Fechtschule Sofia training session - with very short notes on the key component of success in each exchange. Swords used: Sigi Junior Arming sword, Sigi King Shorty, Sigi Concept Standard & Shorty, Sigi Light, Pike Armory Sidesword, Regenyei Armory Sidesword, Malleus Martialis Pro Buckler.
Longsword Calibration Sparring - Bobo VS Angel
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All exchanges from two messy spars this morning between me and Angel (@AngelChernaevHistoricalFencing). This is not about who wins or loses, or who does good or bad technique. This is about checking progress, experimenting, and calibrating angles, timing and tactics. Swords: Sigi King Shorty & Sigi Concept Shorty
S&B Highlights - High Intensity HEMA Sparring
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Some #sword and #buckler highlights from the 1st of July.
Sigi Light vs Concept Shorty - a sparring comparison
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Can you use lighter feders against regular ones or shorties? Yes, even if there is a significant weight difference. Check out some clips from our sparring session - thanks to Radostin Nanov, instructor of Freifechter Sofia ( freifechter.sofia), who was kind enough to let us play with his Light. Music: Jazzadicts by Cosimo Fogg
A Sword&Buckler Sparring, analysed
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A short spar from last night, with basic descriptions of actions with the terminology of the Liechtenauer tradition. Swords used: Sigi Queen & Sigi Junior Bucklers used: Sigi & Malleus Martialis
Sword Problems, Buckler Solutions - ep. 1
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A new s&b series - hopefully weekly. This is a condensed version of our sword & buckler focused weekly training. We usually spend around 30 minutes on some drills (typically competitive, often gamefied) and then we follow up with sparring with conditions and limitations and/or just regular freeplay. Let's hope this is useful for you. All participants are intermediate, advanced students or HEMA ...
HEMA in Bucharest: Longsword Sparring with Commentary
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Hi, guys! I visited some friends in Bucharest, Romania last weekend. I taught some workshops and had the chance to spar a ton of local HEMA fencers. Enjoy (a rather long) compilation from those spars. Thanks for my hosts from 7 Sword Bucharesti, and the folks from Iron WIll HEMA Academy and KdF Kronstadt.
A Christmas Longsword Drill
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Happy holidays from me and Zara :). Sword: Sigi King Shorty
Sword & Buckler Stab Quickie
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Some s&b highlights with Borislav Nikolov from our regular Fechtschule Sofia sparring sessions.
Technically Diverse Sparring, or just Sparring - Longsword
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Some fun exchanges from this Saturday sparring without Angel Chernaev @AngelChernaevHistoricalFencing. Is it really technically diverse? No, if you look carefully. It does have varied endings and some interesting applications.
Tourney Prep Sparring in the Park - HEMA Longsword
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34 minutes of sparring between Angel Chernaev (@AngelChernaevHistoricalFencing) and me in our own South Park. Some warm-up and 7 and 15-minute spars, to emulate the maximum time of our upcoming tourney. All exchanges are included, even the ones where we look lame. We self-judged and kept score after the warm-up. Figure out the final results on your own - all blows are one point, blow-afterblow ...
A Not So Chill Weekday Sparring - HEMA Longsword
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Some energetic (more or less) sparring exchanges from a training spar (4-5 of them) during the week with Angel Chernaev (www.youtube.com/@UChmQ-YH6btyePXn8aD_XlDQ). Swords used: Sigi Concept, Standart Size Music: RIsk, StudioKolomna
Chill Longsword Sparring in The Park
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Chill Longsword Sparring in The Park
Longsword Match Analysis - Bobo VS Angel - Swordplay 2022
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Longsword Match Analysis - Bobo VS Angel - Swordplay 2022
Long Longswords - Saturday Full Sparring
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Long Longswords - Saturday Full Sparring
Sword & Buckler vs Rapier - HEMA sparring and perseverance
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Sword & Buckler vs Rapier - HEMA sparring and perseverance
Sparring with SIGI Rapiers - First impressions
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Sparring with SIGI Rapiers - First impressions
Just Some Cool Longsword Highlights - Saturday Sparring 2/23
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Just Some Cool Longsword Highlights - Saturday Sparring 2/23
Solo Longsword in One hand - the Albion Talhoffer
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Solo Longsword in One hand - the Albion Talhoffer
Full HEMA Match Demo - with JUDGING - Sofia CrossSwords 2022
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Full HEMA Match Demo - with JUDGING - Sofia CrossSwords 2022
Judging VALIDITY & QUALITY - Sofia CrossSwords 2022
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Judging VALIDITY & QUALITY - Sofia CrossSwords 2022
A HEMA Ruleset, explained - Sofia CrossSwords 2022
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A HEMA Ruleset, explained - Sofia CrossSwords 2022
Sofia CrossSwords - a new HEMA tournament
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Sofia CrossSwords - a new HEMA tournament
Sword & Buckler in tournament - vs Angel Chernaev, naturally...
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Sword & Buckler in tournament - vs Angel Chernaev, naturally...
My (first) longsword fight with Martin Fabian
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My (first) longsword fight with Martin Fabian
What is a HEMA Expert... and why it doesn't mean shit
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What is a HEMA Expert... and why it doesn't mean shit
HEMA tournaments in HOT weather - how to survive
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HEMA tournaments in HOT weather - how to survive
Proves tho, that sometimes in a sword fight the unexpected is something to factor in but cant be relied upon to happen frequently enough, cld have definitely won that bout if ud have both continued
I realize I'm commenting on a five year old video. But it looks to me like the dual wielder doesn't really know what he's doing. He fights like he memorized half a dozen different combos and is focusing on reproducing what he learned rather than applying it. Almost all of his attacks are either deliberately against the shield, or against open air. Most of his attacks, his opponent could stand there and do nothing, and they still wouldn't land.
Well, I am definitely better now, 5 years later, but I don't see this as so bad. Yes, I definitely throw some cuts and attacks just as combos - this is to get used to the two swords and establish a rhythm. Am I trying from time to time just to see if a combo works? Sure. But I am also trying, especially in the second half, to attack for real, to enter in and control the opponent with at least one weapon, to cover myself in different ways when my attack fails and I have to retreat. And I'd say there are some great exchanges like that there. I am also limited to a degree, cause all of my opponents don't wear leg protection, and a very high percentage target for all two weapon combos is not an option. And finally, these aren't highlights. What was cut was mostly the pauses between exchanges, plus a couple of badly filmed exchanges,
I was considering getting this sword… how do you like it now that you’ve had it for some time?
The Reg XIV? Don't get it. It's just not flexy enough for sparring and it hits too hard for full contact. I've successfully sold it. If you want a good XIV, buy a Malleus Martialis Luitger
damn that was a captivating watch. at first. i thought "look how tense and jumpy they are." But as the fight progressed and energy settled, instead of becoming clumsy and gambly, both became more rational and technical. no clue who is the white, but a couple stellar sequences from them, hats off!
Blue fencer is Martin Fabian, I am yellow fencer (going by the bands). Thank you!
Great plays.
True, i have used everything from a kindjal short sword to a messer for I.33. Many such things do not matter as much as people think.
Man. Your skills are awesome
In a tournament setting, snagging the mask's overlay the way you did at 0:07 would be scored as a (head) hit, or it would be seen as a miss? I guess you counted it here.
If you slow it down further (its 60 fps, you can do halfspeed) you will see the blade actually connects with the mesh about 10 cm from the top and slides upwards. Sharp tips don't slide. But yes, this would be counted in pretty much every HEMA tournament regardless of that little detail.
@@borislavkrustev8906 Ok, now I barely see it. Reminds me of the advice Robert Childs was giving in a video: use rubber tips on rapiers not because of safety concerns, but because they stick and bend the blade, so as a result it's easier for judges in tournaments to see what happened compared to a glancing blow.
@@FiliiMartis With longswords using rubber tips could be dangerous - you are holding the sword in 2 hands and there are situations where it might not flex and lead to serious injury. Otherwise his advice absolutely tracks for rapier.
@@borislavkrustev8906 Yes, I'm understanding that this might be an issue, especially with how energy is transferred to the head, even when it flexes (i.e. contusions). And I for one, tend to forget how much difference there is in the power of a fast moving (because of 2h control) steel feder with a 101cm blade (so weight is there as well) compared to a typical side-sword cut from the wrist (for example). Like me, there are probably others that have the same problem. Actually, a cartoon chart showing the power of moves from different weapons in units of crushed cans of Coke (something relatable to our brains) would help people visualise more the difference. A request for someone doing a sport science degree (maybe with a focus in HEMA).
yall need to stop zwerching flat - like 99% of those were flat
I throw 9 Zwerchs, 4 of them are flat, one on purpose, as I was likely to hit the back of the head. Maybe learn how percentages look? :) But yes, I have a tendency to flatten it more than I would like even when I am aiming to keep the edge alignment.
great class and drills, I hope you will do more of these because it's really interesting !
You have some very good buckler control guys.
Thanks. I wish I could tell you one secret drill for this, but here really isn't one. It's just a matter of training hard, doing a lot of varied drills and trying a big variety of attacks. When your partner is capable of throwing cuts and thrusts from any angle, you develop a buckler dexterity above and beyond what most s&b practitioners have.
@@borislavkrustev8906 SP:BS 2 never coming out I see
That day was a total mess. Some interesting exchanges yet.
The counter-zwerch at 3min18 was beautiful
Yep :)
That’s some heavy Zwerch action!
Thank you this video was very refreshing. You see, when HEMA rose to prominence we in the SCA who do (or did) heavy combat (among others with buckler and sword) got a lot of flak for how we did leg hits, used a more free Buckler not magnetized to the sword hand and also very much basing defense with a Buckler on the cone you show here. We were discredited for doing what you describe, in part because of competition for members but also of who should or could be a credible source for Sword combat training. Surely not us rattan weilding degenerates and has-beens... I'm not saying the SCA is or was perfect but surely a joint interest and development had been possible back then. As it was we did voice much the same things about legs and the I33 being interpreted in a very literal and narrow minded way. It's interesting how HEMA 20-30 years later is coming ever closer to what we were doing back then, what we'd been doing for some 40 years already at the time.
It's because of sparring. If you actively spar, and you don't hold onto misconceptions, sooner or later you find what works much better than HEMA pseudo-authorities.
Would you use it in a tournament ?
We are organising an Open Light tournament this autumn at Sofia CrossSwords 2024 - with swords provided.
@@borislavkrustev8906 if swords are provided is protection aswell?
@@wormdao No - if you don't have your own, you are most likely not ready for a tournament.
Those sword feel as light as the wind no ? What are they ?
Why this has to be taught nowadays is beyond me,its well done sir
The graveyards of medieval battlefields are full of skeletons with evidence of lower leg strikes(and lnside sword arm with a finishing strike to head)
You might find this video an interesting comparison: Chinese Fast Sword Draw Tutorial (出手法)- ruclips.net/video/6AVk8PQjh2o/видео.html
1:40 A clear and intentional hit with the flat to the hand in order to win cheap points.
If he can hit with the flat, he can hit with the edge. Also, such a hit to a bare arm would easily allow a second hit with the edge.
@@borislavkrustev8906 If someone can hit with an edge then they should, I don't understand this attitude of, if he can hit with a flat then he can hit with an edge. You are just justifying bad fencing. The tournaments, especially longsword are touring into a flat slapping and hand sniping fest. It's as martial as Olympic fencing is.
@@borislavkrustev8906 Also, a hit with a flat in order to distract an opponent and then finish with a edge on hit is just fine, it's a valid tactical approach. But that's not what they are doing, they finishing with a flat hit because they don't know any better, they are fencing at a speed at which they have no controll and/or precision.
@@miroslavm2503 Safety. You simply haven't experienced a full intent cut to the forearm. Even with good protection. Handsniping is one of the most martial action in fencing - you attack the closest target in the safest way possible. Ask the Bolognese. Flat hits don't count in 2/3 of Olympic fencing weapons, so you might rethink that :)
@@borislavkrustev8906 We cannot fence with full force since there is no possibility to do that safely and more importantly there is no point to it. Working at 70% is all that you need to do, to know, all you need to know, and plus a actual weapon will cut effectively at far less speeds but you must align the edge properly, and there lies the problem. This fantasy of expiriencing an actual fight never goes away for some, me as well, but the desire to abandon martial sense does for others for some reason. Last time I was in a military drill/exercise they didn't divide us into two groups and gave us live ammo, so the ones that make it are good to go. There is only so much we can do to prepare for an actual fight with weapons. We cannot fence at full speed in a friendly manner and not make the whole thing a travesty. I recently had a similar discussion and I was told that: if I am not hitting with a flat I am not fencing fast enough. Next time I drive I will remind my self that if didn't crash I wasn't driving fast enough.
3:17
Very nice! So the light feder moves faster, while the heavier feder is better in the bind. That's to be expected, and I guess they also hit less hard. But in the end, do you like it? Was the sparring just as fun as with, what are seen now as, regular feders? Do you feel like something is missing compared to a longsword bout using the full length and weight ones? I mean, if you shrink the scale of a rapier, you just get a smallsword, and that's a different weapon after all.
Every person who has tried Lights - by now I've seen over two dozen - has loved it as a training tool. Most of them have done Light vs Light. And even the biggest sceptics have admitted they were surprised after 2-3 minutes with it. Is is the one and only sword you need for HEMA longsword? No. Is it a great additional tool? Absolutely.
@@borislavkrustev8906I have had the same experience. I was quite sceptical and was actually surprised how little has changed. It hits less hard and we had longer exchanges because recovery was much quicker.
Thanks for the insight in your guys' training.
Great video. Part of the problem is that many HEMA practitioners take the view that what is unique about any given manual must define it. There is some usefulness to this approach because, without it, the community is in danger of reducing everything to generalisations; therefore, if I.33 encourages binding, doesn't show leg attacks and makes a comment early on that discourages them, accept that this may have been a feature of that particular system. But this shouldn't blind us to the fact that each Medieval manual is a snapshot in place and time, and no more a guide of how a combat system worked in practice than a modern karate manual.
awesome match boris wonderfull moves
What's the context for the banner in the background? I don't mean the betting website adverts (if something like chess is comfortable getting money off the weak, who am I to tell other sports not to do it), I mean the Olympic flag. Seeing that flag and HEMA is kinda jarring when every other story about the two is of Olympic fencers escaping to HEMA. P.S. I kinda miss the HEMA Digest. It was a good idea, and I wish it caught on.
It's a sports fencing, or as we in HEMA tend to call it, Modern Olympic fencing gym. Our hosts are great, they offer is an awesome rent, and we have an awesome relationship. The flooring is perfect for fencing, modern or historical, I can leave some club weapons safely since there is security, so I frankly give zero fucks what they put on the wall. Aside from that, I have enormous respect for Olympic fencers, their pedagogical development and the athletes they produce. They play a different game, but we actually have more in common than not. The sad reality is, most sports in Bulgaria have to rely on financing from betting companies to exist. The state funding is minuscule.... I miss the Digest too, but another sad reality is that I have a full-time job as a political journalist and there is only 24 hours in a day.
@@borislavkrustev8906 Got it! You are sharing a space. Nothing wrong with it. For a moment I thought you had your own space, and I was surprised to spot the flag (I was thinking you were trying to attract support for HEMA to become an Olympic associate sport, or raise HEAM's appeal to a broader audience, or something along those lines that go against the general HEMA and Olympic fencing optics). And as snarky as my comment about betting may be (and yea, it's not my favourite thing to see), the truth is that it's hard for me to judge underfunded sports that try to survive (not all are tennis, football and the like). Btw, for all the debates in the community (e.g. weight of a feder), if tomorrow we would have a guy invest 100 millions or so into a professional HEMA tournament circuit, he would get to dictate the rules on the spot. It's not even a question that money got to dictate the rules and directions that mainstream sports have adopted. Fans only get to dictate the rules if their sport is at the level of a hobby. What? Political journalist? But you'll be out of a job with the lack of wars, crisis and political scandals... oh, wait. 😏 👍
Watching your explosive engagement is awesome for a tentative newcomer like myself! Really closing that distance quickly.
Im 4 months into waiting for mine to come in and I come back to your video every week or so haha
It's worth the wait, man. Still my favourite longsword. And it's holding great through constant abuse.
Nice! Is that the sigi junior and sigi king?
Sigi junior and sigi Queen
Beautiful. Where is part 2 of your swprd and buckler series!!!
Coming soon!
Thanks Boss! Any of the exchanges carry the six plays, with timestamp so I can rewatch them in earnest?
The first exchange is the last two actions of the 5th play. And O:33 starts with the first action of the 1st play - It just continues differently.
Some very nice exchanges. I like that the arming sword allows for techniques from both sidesword and messer sources
We are getting new messers soon, so we will play with that as well. :) Talhoffer seems to see messer and arming sword as interchangeable, so...
@@borislavkrustev8906 well true, a messer can be used like an arming sword... an arming sword can be used like a sidesword...a sidesword can be used like a rapier... All can be used like a stick 😜
Very good stuff ! It's not sure yet but Andrzej and I might come to Sofia CrossSwords in november :) would be cool to get to fence you
Great to hear! I am sure we can arrange a spar even if the tourney draw doesn't meet us. :)
@@borislavkrustev8906 definitely ! We'll know next month for sure if we can come
Darn it! You are so slow I can see everything...
Yeah, we suck. Been working on getting faster, but the camera is stuck at 120 fps...
Where is episode 2??????
I love your content
Fantastic boris
Nice one!
Never heard the one about the legs. Sources show a lot of attack a to legs, really
Very enjoyable to watch! Better filming than many sponsored tourneys!
Hey, don't shit on tourneys. When you are running a tourney, the primary goal is to make the fencers happy - they are paying for it. Sponsors help mostly with prizes, the heft of the bill is footed by the fencers. And when you care about the fencers, you have so many other tasks that filming takes a back stage. Also, if you need to have 4-5 rings on video (as some tournets do), you can't afford a 1000 USD camera for each. You use decent webcams or phones, and you live stream it, which always lower quality. While here I am in a chill training hall, there aren't 100 people running around, I was still worried at times for my Nikon Z30 on the side :)
Excellent points and thank you! @@borislavkrustev8906
This was impressive. I was curious if it was possible to fight with a longsword one handed like a lot of fantasy games and series shows. Thanks for showing it is indeed possible.
It is a bastard sword. To be used at full potential with 2 hands, but still able to perform ok in one hand, specially with a shield.
Give me a historical source for that definition and I will agree with it :D
Elitism is Skallagrim ☝️ He says kicks are useless 🤷 Just shows his jealousy snd lack of skill
leg hits. I have scored many a point on leg and foot fencing epee. Being left handed, the leading leg and foot of one's opponent is closer to my tip, and a right-hander is often not aware of this. I could only get away with such a touche once per bout though, as I found to my cost!
Imagine what it would be if you had a second weapon AND the option to cut, not just thrust.
@@borislavkrustev8906 I do in Mugai Nito Ryu!
I am looking at the dog more than I am looking at you :D
Hence the slow-mo doggo B-roll at the end :)
Merry Christmas (ps: what a noble beast)
Nice. The one fighter with the blue and white patch on their right shoulder didn't really ever utilize the buckler as intended though and had their buckler arm collapsed in towards their body, rendering it pretty useless. Actually, almost everybody didn't have the buckler properly extended most of the time. Have ya'll studied from the I.33 at all?
I've studied I.33 in detail, but it is not our main source at all, for a variety of reasons. You don't need to have the buckler fully extended all the time, and that in fact I is an inferior approach. I.33 is a confused and confusing source, and definitely one of the most useless when it comes to actually understanding s&b.
Looks good. Nice practice on defending afterblows even after hits. A good habit to keep up the guard.