Thanks :) Regarding the arm, it depends. In my club and for the way we fence, I do not need added forearm protection. I still get the occasional bruise like that though. If I were to use it outside my club, with people I do not know or in a high adrenaline setting like a tournament for example, I most probably recommend some form of extra forearm protection just to be sure.
Only if you go so low you actually step on your hem :) Jokes aside, I don't think so. While I usually have a rather high stance (bad habit) I go pretty low at times when fencing Lecküchner. I cannot say I ever noticed any restriction from the jacket being longer cut. The part below the belt is cut flared and opens up easily, while the weight of it keeps it in place. I could not find good footage of it on the fly, but you can kind of see the flare and how it opens for somewhat wider steps in our exchanges here: here: ruclips.net/video/weL2XvEX0qI/видео.html -Peter
You could, but I am not sure I would recommend it. It depends on the context a bit. I certainly have used it in intense but friendly sparring with no added protection below the waist because I knew the people I fenced with and that the knee was not something that would be targeted. In a situation that is less controlled, more competitive maybe, or against people you do not know, I would say: "Only if you have hardshell knee protection attached some other way, like to the protectors for the lower leg" Simply because things only really need to go wrong once with joints. - Peter
Good review! Would you recommend adding extra forearm protection as well, or has it been adequate for you?
Thanks :)
Regarding the arm, it depends. In my club and for the way we fence, I do not need added forearm protection. I still get the occasional bruise like that though. If I were to use it outside my club, with people I do not know or in a high adrenaline setting like a tournament for example, I most probably recommend some form of extra forearm protection just to be sure.
Interesting Jacket. It there a movement penalty if you move in a lower stance, like italian rapier or Meyer?
Only if you go so low you actually step on your hem :)
Jokes aside, I don't think so. While I usually have a rather high stance (bad habit) I go pretty low at times when fencing Lecküchner. I cannot say I ever noticed any restriction from the jacket being longer cut. The part below the belt is cut flared and opens up easily, while the weight of it keeps it in place. I could not find good footage of it on the fly, but you can kind of see the flare and how it opens for somewhat wider steps in our exchanges here: here: ruclips.net/video/weL2XvEX0qI/видео.html
-Peter
Is it good also for longsword.
Yes. So far it held up great for whatever I fenced while wearing it, be it dagger, longsword, sabre or spear.
- Peter
Can you use this without hema trousers?
You could, but I am not sure I would recommend it.
It depends on the context a bit. I certainly have used it in intense but friendly sparring with no added protection below the waist because I knew the people I fenced with and that the knee was not something that would be targeted.
In a situation that is less controlled, more competitive maybe, or against people you do not know, I would say: "Only if you have hardshell knee protection attached some other way, like to the protectors for the lower leg"
Simply because things only really need to go wrong once with joints.
- Peter