Imagine how cool it would be if, instead of lightsaber locks, we had stuff like this where the two fighters would try and wrest their blades on top of the other
This happens briefly in TFA between Kylo and Rey, they even make a point of showing how lightsaber blades (unlike steel ones) stick together rather than slide, and how to use that to one's advantage
If they want to have the dramatic talking to each other scene, just have them grab the other opponent’s arm with their off hand so they can’t maneuver their blade and vice versa.
Then maybe have the one opponent execute a bind like David showed, but stop short of actually killing the other opponent? Then they could have an epic moment with one opponent at sword point?
Have them grapple, because you're almost trying to occupy the same space, especially if they're grappling with daggers. There's touch & can be close contact.
@@Themaxwithnonamei think unarmed clinching could also be effective if two pepole have tension between each other that feels uncomfortably close , And if they end up grappling on the ground and racing for a knife then it's just rough sex basically , like you can totally describe two caracters slithering on the ground one on top of each other , the one in dominant position staring down at the one below with fire in their eyes , and then both see the dagger ... But it devolves into two pepole grappling for dear life
I like how you use a female fencer (or at least a smaller and slender person. Hard to tell with that gear on) to demonstrate how leverage can overcome greater force. Not to say that a stronger swordsman doesn't have an advantage but luck and technique application can turn the tide in the disadvantaged one's favor.
@SellswordArts Oh, I see. My mistake (TBH, I can see why many works of fiction dislike face-obscuring masks as, unless if they stand out, it's hard to tell who's who). Still, it would be really cool for you to do a video or two about men vs women in swordsmanship. What advantages and disadvantages either has, what tactics, the average results of matches, etc.
I love how in kendo, which is what I started with, the longsword bind is almost the starting position for kendo duels, and the kendo bind, known as “tsuba zeriai”, is so close that the tsuba, or guard, of both combatants are actually touching, and from here we shove and wrestle against each other and look for the best time to make a “hiki waza”, a quick backward hop, accompanied by a push to shove the opponent’s hand (and sword) out of the way, and making an attack during the backward hop. It’s certainly a lot harder to score a point with a hiki waza but it’s still an option. A major difference I’ve noticed between kendo/kenjutsu and HEMA is the distancing. In HEMA, combatants go from completely out of each other’s reach to just within each other’s reach, while kendo goes from just barely outside of each other’s reach to full-on bodily contact. Both has their charms and I remember the first time I sparred with a HEMA practitioner, I didn’t expect him to keep moving away (because of the different starting distance) and he did NOT expect me to launch myself like a 270lb cannonball at him when I made my attack. I forgot who hit what but the most obvious thing in the aftermath was him flying back like he’s been hit by a wreaking ball. Fun times.
A really fun thing to do when your opponent has over bind is pinch their blade. It really throws off noobs because they have no idea what just happened to them
I dont fence HEMA, but i do fence Olympic style. I think that last point about feeling the oressure of the sword is absolutely right, and super useful for counter attacking
I do both (foil mostly, some epee), and same concept in karate, it's something you can see in alot of Kata. I totally recommend trying HEMA if you have club near enough, it's a good cross over, I can attest it is also fun to bludgeon people like a barbarian after running them through like a gentle(wo)man.
The thing about olympic fencing is that the epee and foil represent the smallsword. The smallsword is unlike the rapier or the longsword that work alot from feeling the binding pressure, it's too light and easy to control so it focus more on disengage, beats and in and out footwork to attack and defend
This could be a really good way of storytelling where if theyre in a bind, whoever gets the advantage in it is metaphorically getting the advantage in the argument, basically a visual indication on who is winning here mentally and physically. Imagine a swordfight with two dudes, theyre having a disagreement with their values and morals so when they get to the bind and start saying their lines, whoever has the higher moral ground is winning the bind. Dude 1: "I TRUSTED YOU!" *bind starts Dude 2: "THOSE COOKIES WERE! ON! SALE!" *Dude 2 wins bind
“It’s much cooler than that.” Indeed it is. I don’t understand why they don’t utilize binding more in movies. It would make the fight scenes so much more interesting to watch.
I have this knight-ish character who is an expert with the longsword, and every fight I imagine him having with my other characters has always looked so dumb and spinny in my head, but this video was quite enlightening. Thank you.
This more realistic bind could work in movies. I imagine the two opponents fighting fiercely and both getting opportunities to deal a deadly blow but stopping inches from impact and delivering a line. They both want to win, but still want to get sth off their chest before one of them dies.
I was once in a bind for a good 40 seconds during a reenacment in Norway. We were on a hill and neither of us had the option to pull back. My opponent was a much better swordsman rhan me in general, but I am good in the bind so I managed to hold my own until he got impatient. I stepped in and put my small viking crossguard on his blade and pivotet my own blade to his thigh. My side won the bout and would have lost if I fell. Still proud of that small victory in match 7 out of 15 on a Saturday morning.
In movies, stuff takes forever to make it look cool. But apprently, in shakespear plays, they had very good fencing because everyone in the crowd knew a lot about sword fighting
I have a technique you could try, I've successfully used it against a friend I spar with, he just won a Mauy Thai competition and he's taught me lots of Asian styles of sword fighting, and if taught him European styles and how to use staffs and daggers. I saw all that to show that he is not a bad fighter, so the technique is somewhat decent. The technique: The basic idea of it is to picture a square around you, whenever a blade is nearing a side of that square, you put your sword in line with that side. If noticed that when you use reverse grip, you still try to maximize your reach and block and parry as far away from your body as you can (which makes perfect since and is the smartest thing to do). But instead of keeping the point of your blade facing your opponent, keep it in line with your body, and point the tip at the ground. So if you're stabbed at you push you blade across your chest binding the opponents blade, then moving forward until your opponent is in reach. If they strike downwards at your head, put the blade parallel with the ground and support with your other hand, as the blades clash use the cross guard to knock aside the opponents blade. You have to be quite quick, and it denies most of your reach, but it's actually decent at defending.
I can think of two places in fiction where this is done pretty well. One, which is farther from reality, would be Ghost Of Tsushima where in a duel, your swords would clash and both Jin and the opponent would push against each other trying to get an advantage. Two would be Kingdom Come Deliverance, where it is closer to sword clash from an actual fencing style where you can get the upper hand from a bind as described in this short. While neither of them lasts as short as an actual bind seems to last, they both look pretty sick, and it shows that you can still have realism in fiction without compromising too much of flashy cinematic appeal.
In reality, do not feel the pressure when you're in measure, just act. Who ever move first basically will get the kill. If you want to feel, stand a bit out side of measure and feel the opponent through your weak before shooting the point or displacing his blade with a hanging guard
This is definitely not the place to say this but I just imagined an isekai where a HEMA fighter got taken to your traditional shounen anime plot. Do you think that would look cool
I'm not an expert by any means, but assuming the staff is longer than the sword, that's the issue. Even an expert swordsman is going to struggle against an amateur fighter if the amateur has a spear or something similar (staff) as the longer weapon can still attack while being too far away to risk counterattack. Staffs im not so sure about, but facing a spear with a sword, you want to try and get in as close as you can to minimize the spear's advantages. Once past the point of thr spear. you can half sword or grapple more effectively than the spear user, and hopefully win, although your odds are not going to be great. Good luck.
Take the parry! Get to grips with when they are in measure of hitting you, not the other way around (because they should never have to let you get that close). When you know that distance well, hang around there and wait for them to strike. Step back with a good forwards parry and congrats! Now youre in the bind and should have a pretty easy time closing in to your ideal distance!
@@zachdufek8073 The main weakness of a staff is that it's bladeless. You can grab it without cutting yourself, he can't grab your swordblade. Assumimg your rules allow disarms and grabs. Get a bind, grab the haft.
@@oscardaley7557 thank you! That’s a really good idea, I already know exactly where she’s going to hit just cause I’m used to her distance but I’ve never thought to step in and parry
this likely makes me sound very ignorant but when you see sword fights in movies there's a lot of attacks and blocks and it takes a while but when i see fencing it's all over very quickly is there a reason for this it is it just more hollywood making things flashy
They do the same thing with stage combat on this channel. Most real fights didn't last very long, but a longer one where you see the skill and personalities of both fighters is way more dramatic. So any kind of dramatized combat likes to draw it out.
So i bought one of those bicycle maintenance stands and not only do they work well for what hes useing it for I found it works great for sharpening your battle ready equipment as well
Just an idea I had: I've been watching you for a while now, and you really know your stuff. I think it would be super interesting to see a realistic version of the tunnel fight between Technoblade and Quackity from Dream SMP: Execution, and I know you've done recreation of duels before like the Mercutio vs. Tibalt one. This fight consists of an unarmored, extremely strong and agile fighter with a large pickaxe versus a fully armored target with a large, heavy axe. Also this would likely draw a lot of new subscribers that are fans of the series. Just sayin'.
It's amazing too see you. When I do I imagine a whole army of men that are at least as good as you. Sadly knowing this I know the horror of a army of you would do to my village. Great video
I've been learning how to wind and counter when I'm weak in a bind. I just have to keep practicing my defense from Zornhau strikes to get into a bind, I keep getting bonked on the head because I keep defending early.
I wonder if I would be good at fencing. I fricking suck at team sports, I can't pay attention to a large number of people, but I'm really good at focusing on one single thing, time just kinda slows down for me I guess. Besides that, I'm kinda skinny, can move fast, and have a high pain tolerance(which is probably a must...)
Training equipment did exist, but they didn’t have the same quality so with training back then they couldn’t go at the same intensity as a real fight like we can
Interesting. This is not a skill I was able to understand in kendo, similar to 'seme' but now that you break it down it makes a lot of sense. Kendo more strike heavy of a sport though
In traditional french fencing, we have non-resisting actions where we give way to a bind in order to break that leverage and make a counterattack. Are there any similar non-resisting actions in longsword fencing?
Yes! There are a number of techniques that you can use to break out of the bind, or to retake the bind. We'll be looking them in the next parts in my bind series
What is it called when you have locked blades and instead of making a cut from your stronger position, you instead maneuver and lever your opponent’s sword out of their hands?
Even if it was, which it usually isn't, there wouldn't be a point. Its purpose is to provide some way to deal with light armor- its not a better way of fighting with a sword unless you need to get through armor. In HEMA, you'd be arrested if you got through the armor intentionally, so I'm going to recommend you do not try that.
Against human beings? Hell no, that would actually kill them, or at best give them a concussion. Against targets and dummies? Sure, knock yourself out.
Well you do have to block and attack from a limited number of directions in actual sword play But that’s about it, the number is far greater in actual swordplay, as the only limit is the human body
it's not, for the most part. some characters like warden, warlord and orochi have attacks or stances which are based on real techniques (warden is probably the most grounded), but most of it is so exaggerated it's unrecognizable edit: I should add, this is not a bash on the game. I've played for four years, and been practicing hema for longer. it's perfectly ok to indulge in crazy fantasy cool factor as long as you can recognize it for that
The way you generate power is different due to having to use a lever(a sword), plus there is no bobbing and weaving in a sword fight, only making distance and closing distance as fast as humanly possible. So you need to be ready to spring as far as you can in any direction to avoid getting hit if you can’t parry/block in the moment
Imagine how cool it would be if, instead of lightsaber locks, we had stuff like this where the two fighters would try and wrest their blades on top of the other
This happens briefly in TFA between Kylo and Rey, they even make a point of showing how lightsaber blades (unlike steel ones) stick together rather than slide, and how to use that to one's advantage
In Ludosport (a lightsaber combat version of HEMA) there is something like this, it's called blade dominance and it's mostly featured in form 2.
Ep. III Anakin vs Obi-Wan.
If they want to have the dramatic talking to each other scene, just have them grab the other opponent’s arm with their off hand so they can’t maneuver their blade and vice versa.
Nah, still looks cool and not everyone is a swordfighting nerd lol
Swordsman 1: Oh no!! We’ve locked our blades together!!
Swordsman 2: Looks like we’re in a…”bind.”
😂😂😂😂
you laugh but this happens...
Things have names for reasons, yes.
Weehehehehheeh
So dad jokes
Gets stabbed
Nothing cooler than a character revealing his background story and training arc.
So basically you don’t wanna be on the outside of a bind
what if i need to have an intimate moment with my rival in my enemies to lovers arc though
Then maybe have the one opponent execute a bind like David showed, but stop short of actually killing the other opponent? Then they could have an epic moment with one opponent at sword point?
Have them grapple, because you're almost trying to occupy the same space, especially if they're grappling with daggers. There's touch & can be close contact.
Rub the long sausage-like part of both your swords together passionately, and then have your lovers arc
Fight fight fight, no progress is made, then they step away just out of reach and that's when they can talk.
@@Themaxwithnonamei think unarmed clinching could also be effective if two pepole have tension between each other that feels uncomfortably close ,
And if they end up grappling on the ground and racing for a knife then it's just rough sex basically , like you can totally describe two caracters slithering on the ground one on top of each other , the one in dominant position staring down at the one below with fire in their eyes , and then both see the dagger ...
But it devolves into two pepole grappling for dear life
Swords are fun🗡️
The last example was so smooth. Awesome!
I like how you use a female fencer (or at least a smaller and slender person. Hard to tell with that gear on) to demonstrate how leverage can overcome greater force. Not to say that a stronger swordsman doesn't have an advantage but luck and technique application can turn the tide in the disadvantaged one's favor.
I'm pretty sure that's not a female, I think it's him......
It is me, but it's fine. They are right that a smaller person can still use mechanics to gain advantage 😁
@SellswordArts Oh, I see. My mistake (TBH, I can see why many works of fiction dislike face-obscuring masks as, unless if they stand out, it's hard to tell who's who).
Still, it would be really cool for you to do a video or two about men vs women in swordsmanship. What advantages and disadvantages either has, what tactics, the average results of matches, etc.
*wheeze*
I love how in kendo, which is what I started with, the longsword bind is almost the starting position for kendo duels, and the kendo bind, known as “tsuba zeriai”, is so close that the tsuba, or guard, of both combatants are actually touching, and from here we shove and wrestle against each other and look for the best time to make a “hiki waza”, a quick backward hop, accompanied by a push to shove the opponent’s hand (and sword) out of the way, and making an attack during the backward hop. It’s certainly a lot harder to score a point with a hiki waza but it’s still an option.
A major difference I’ve noticed between kendo/kenjutsu and HEMA is the distancing. In HEMA, combatants go from completely out of each other’s reach to just within each other’s reach, while kendo goes from just barely outside of each other’s reach to full-on bodily contact. Both has their charms and I remember the first time I sparred with a HEMA practitioner, I didn’t expect him to keep moving away (because of the different starting distance) and he did NOT expect me to launch myself like a 270lb cannonball at him when I made my attack. I forgot who hit what but the most obvious thing in the aftermath was him flying back like he’s been hit by a wreaking ball. Fun times.
A really fun thing to do when your opponent has over bind is pinch their blade. It really throws off noobs because they have no idea what just happened to them
Cand you do a video on right handed vs left handed swordfighting.
Agreed
Bro just described an anime power system
I dont fence HEMA, but i do fence Olympic style. I think that last point about feeling the oressure of the sword is absolutely right, and super useful for counter attacking
I do both (foil mostly, some epee), and same concept in karate, it's something you can see in alot of Kata. I totally recommend trying HEMA if you have club near enough, it's a good cross over, I can attest it is also fun to bludgeon people like a barbarian after running them through like a gentle(wo)man.
The thing about olympic fencing is that the epee and foil represent the smallsword. The smallsword is unlike the rapier or the longsword that work alot from feeling the binding pressure, it's too light and easy to control so it focus more on disengage, beats and in and out footwork to attack and defend
This could be a really good way of storytelling where if theyre in a bind, whoever gets the advantage in it is metaphorically getting the advantage in the argument, basically a visual indication on who is winning here mentally and physically.
Imagine a swordfight with two dudes, theyre having a disagreement with their values and morals so when they get to the bind and start saying their lines, whoever has the higher moral ground is winning the bind.
Dude 1: "I TRUSTED YOU!"
*bind starts
Dude 2: "THOSE COOKIES WERE! ON! SALE!"
*Dude 2 wins bind
“It’s much cooler than that.” Indeed it is. I don’t understand why they don’t utilize binding more in movies. It would make the fight scenes so much more interesting to watch.
“It’s much cooler than that” says it all about Hollywood
I have this knight-ish character who is an expert with the longsword, and every fight I imagine him having with my other characters has always looked so dumb and spinny in my head, but this video was quite enlightening. Thank you.
I love the blood splatter effect to show who won the clash
Movies would be very cool as well when it's mixed with the cool wrestle stuff after the bind like joint locks or throws
The true power of this move is that whenever you do miss a cut. You can play it off like you meant to do it
I love it the way he explains that dialogues are a foolish waste of time and can lead to the person getting the DMC Stab Treatment...
This more realistic bind could work in movies.
I imagine the two opponents fighting fiercely and both getting opportunities to deal a deadly blow but stopping inches from impact and delivering a line. They both want to win, but still want to get sth off their chest before one of them dies.
Anyone remember those sections in the wii version of star wars tfu where you had to rotate the wiimote a certain direction during Lightsaber binds?
In Hollywood movies or animes they be giving lectures to each other or have flashbacks 😂
I was once in a bind for a good 40 seconds during a reenacment in Norway. We were on a hill and neither of us had the option to pull back. My opponent was a much better swordsman rhan me in general, but I am good in the bind so I managed to hold my own until he got impatient. I stepped in and put my small viking crossguard on his blade and pivotet my own blade to his thigh. My side won the bout and would have lost if I fell. Still proud of that small victory in match 7 out of 15 on a Saturday morning.
In movies, stuff takes forever to make it look cool. But apprently, in shakespear plays, they had very good fencing because everyone in the crowd knew a lot about sword fighting
Let’s go short king!
What do you think about armored combat and why do you prefer HEMA?
He did a video on it not to long ago i believe
@@christianrivers1702link?
I have a technique you could try, I've successfully used it against a friend I spar with, he just won a Mauy Thai competition and he's taught me lots of Asian styles of sword fighting, and if taught him European styles and how to use staffs and daggers. I saw all that to show that he is not a bad fighter, so the technique is somewhat decent.
The technique:
The basic idea of it is to picture a square around you, whenever a blade is nearing a side of that square, you put your sword in line with that side.
If noticed that when you use reverse grip, you still try to maximize your reach and block and parry as far away from your body as you can (which makes perfect since and is the smartest thing to do).
But instead of keeping the point of your blade facing your opponent, keep it in line with your body, and point the tip at the ground. So if you're stabbed at you push you blade across your chest binding the opponents blade, then moving forward until your opponent is in reach.
If they strike downwards at your head, put the blade parallel with the ground and support with your other hand, as the blades clash use the cross guard to knock aside the opponents blade.
You have to be quite quick, and it denies most of your reach, but it's actually decent at defending.
What is that nice lil tripod fella holding the sword
I really like the after effects on the fencing footage. Otherwise I wouldn’t be able to tell what’s going on
I can think of two places in fiction where this is done pretty well. One, which is farther from reality, would be Ghost Of Tsushima where in a duel, your swords would clash and both Jin and the opponent would push against each other trying to get an advantage. Two would be Kingdom Come Deliverance, where it is closer to sword clash from an actual fencing style where you can get the upper hand from a bind as described in this short. While neither of them lasts as short as an actual bind seems to last, they both look pretty sick, and it shows that you can still have realism in fiction without compromising too much of flashy cinematic appeal.
In reality, do not feel the pressure when you're in measure, just act. Who ever move first basically will get the kill. If you want to feel, stand a bit out side of measure and feel the opponent through your weak before shooting the point or displacing his blade with a hanging guard
This is definitely not the place to say this but I just imagined an isekai where a HEMA fighter got taken to your traditional shounen anime plot. Do you think that would look cool
Thats a good idea in my opinion
@@xlautaroxmld9661 not really original tho
@@sickisick8103 obviously not it's an isekai
Have you ever made a video about versing the bow staff with a sword? I’m having a really hard time sparing with someone I know
I'm not an expert by any means, but assuming the staff is longer than the sword, that's the issue. Even an expert swordsman is going to struggle against an amateur fighter if the amateur has a spear or something similar (staff) as the longer weapon can still attack while being too far away to risk counterattack. Staffs im not so sure about, but facing a spear with a sword, you want to try and get in as close as you can to minimize the spear's advantages. Once past the point of thr spear. you can half sword or grapple more effectively than the spear user, and hopefully win, although your odds are not going to be great. Good luck.
@@zachdufek8073 thank you I’ll tell you if your tips help!
Take the parry! Get to grips with when they are in measure of hitting you, not the other way around (because they should never have to let you get that close). When you know that distance well, hang around there and wait for them to strike. Step back with a good forwards parry and congrats! Now youre in the bind and should have a pretty easy time closing in to your ideal distance!
@@zachdufek8073 The main weakness of a staff is that it's bladeless. You can grab it without cutting yourself, he can't grab your swordblade. Assumimg your rules allow disarms and grabs. Get a bind, grab the haft.
@@oscardaley7557 thank you! That’s a really good idea, I already know exactly where she’s going to hit just cause I’m used to her distance but I’ve never thought to step in and parry
this likely makes me sound very ignorant but when you see sword fights in movies there's a lot of attacks and blocks and it takes a while but when i see fencing it's all over very quickly is there a reason for this it is it just more hollywood making things flashy
They do the same thing with stage combat on this channel. Most real fights didn't last very long, but a longer one where you see the skill and personalities of both fighters is way more dramatic. So any kind of dramatized combat likes to draw it out.
Crazy how my data makes RUclips work better than the wifi I have
girlie slayed tho
don't forget to restomp that groin
So i bought one of those bicycle maintenance stands and not only do they work well for what hes useing it for
I found it works great for sharpening your battle ready equipment as well
Just an idea I had: I've been watching you for a while now, and you really know your stuff. I think it would be super interesting to see a realistic version of the tunnel fight between Technoblade and Quackity from Dream SMP: Execution, and I know you've done recreation of duels before like the Mercutio vs. Tibalt one.
This fight consists of an unarmored, extremely strong and agile fighter with a large pickaxe versus a fully armored target with a large, heavy axe.
Also this would likely draw a lot of new subscribers that are fans of the series. Just sayin'.
It's amazing too see you. When I do I imagine a whole army of men that are at least as good as you. Sadly knowing this I know the horror of a army of you would do to my village. Great video
Thx for the info (that outfit is fly)
I've been learning how to wind and counter when I'm weak in a bind. I just have to keep practicing my defense from Zornhau strikes to get into a bind, I keep getting bonked on the head because I keep defending early.
Can we get a hair tutorial on how you bind your hair?
That is a badass braid.
I'm gonna try that in kendo, just need to add the stepping.
Show me someone fighting with a claymore, please.
Day One.
I have to say this quick! The only good way to do reverse grip is-
I wonder if I would be good at fencing. I fricking suck at team sports, I can't pay attention to a large number of people, but I'm really good at focusing on one single thing, time just kinda slows down for me I guess. Besides that, I'm kinda skinny, can move fast, and have a high pain tolerance(which is probably a must...)
Makes you think that actual people that used longsword were terrible at it since you can only ever lose once.
well, you can't really improve your swordsmanship if you're dead.
@@PeptoAbismol Exactly, hence my hypothesis that most swordsman were terrible at it.
Training equipment did exist, but they didn’t have the same quality so with training back then they couldn’t go at the same intensity as a real fight like we can
Cool
Interesting. This is not a skill I was able to understand in kendo, similar to 'seme' but now that you break it down it makes a lot of sense. Kendo more strike heavy of a sport though
Fighting this man would be boring
my eyes are so bad, even with the blood effect I'm not catching where exactly the cuts are.
They were all thrusts this time really
What do you think about spears
In traditional french fencing, we have non-resisting actions where we give way to a bind in order to break that leverage and make a counterattack. Are there any similar non-resisting actions in longsword fencing?
Yes! There are a number of techniques that you can use to break out of the bind, or to retake the bind. We'll be looking them in the next parts in my bind series
please show a gladius
What happens when there's a bite in the bind? When the swords can't move?
The swords can always move, you might just have to disengage and keep going
haha literally just did this at practice tnite.
Day 1 of asking @SellswordArts to do a review of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Could you do a video about lefties?
What is it called when you have locked blades and instead of making a cut from your stronger position, you instead maneuver and lever your opponent’s sword out of their hands?
It's called a disarm
@@jasonalen7459 thank you. It’s a technique I would really like to learn
@@eternalcrownstudios7961good luck
Have you ever tried doing combat with someone that has a different type of sword?
Star Wars: 🦗
What do you think about sekiro
Is it legal in HEMA to use the Mordhau Grip?
Even if it was, which it usually isn't, there wouldn't be a point. Its purpose is to provide some way to deal with light armor- its not a better way of fighting with a sword unless you need to get through armor.
In HEMA, you'd be arrested if you got through the armor intentionally, so I'm going to recommend you do not try that.
Against human beings? Hell no, that would actually kill them, or at best give them a concussion.
Against targets and dummies? Sure, knock yourself out.
using a murder technique in combat sports would usually be ill advised.
Dumb question but, to what extent is For Honor swordplay realistic?
Well you do have to block and attack from a limited number of directions in actual sword play
But that’s about it, the number is far greater in actual swordplay, as the only limit is the human body
it's not, for the most part. some characters like warden, warlord and orochi have attacks or stances which are based on real techniques (warden is probably the most grounded), but most of it is so exaggerated it's unrecognizable
edit: I should add, this is not a bash on the game. I've played for four years, and been practicing hema for longer. it's perfectly ok to indulge in crazy fantasy cool factor as long as you can recognize it for that
Why the footwork of fencing it's different from boxing 🤔
The way you generate power is different due to having to use a lever(a sword), plus there is no bobbing and weaving in a sword fight, only making distance and closing distance as fast as humanly possible. So you need to be ready to spring as far as you can in any direction to avoid getting hit if you can’t parry/block in the moment
I think Ur are an inch taller than me 5’ 7”
I want to see a colab with penguinz0! That would be so awesome!
Why in the world would those two collab? 😂
That is so random
"I Became the Greatest Fencer Alive"
this is the greatest sword fight of All Time
Do you have actual lessons -like teach a class Irl?
Am not your dad bro
Yep movie sword fights are not realistic at all.
For movie formats, adapting the bind will probably fall flat. In comic or anime adaptations, the bind would fit brilliantly.