How to spin / twirl / flourish a sword
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- So I know how to preform a few sword flourishes and thought I might share them with you.
Spinning or twirling a sword is actually much easier than you might think, why not give it a try.
"I built this castle for my kids. Moving on..."
Best. Dad. Ever.
Sadly he forgot the machiculations
DaMichi did you just say...
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Me: * looks around at the fine molecular dust that used to be the windows and drywall of my house, lying in a rumbling heap in a smoldering crater, and realizes that he just set the world record for most glass broken by voice.*
@@Sturmtruppe1997 no, look at the right tower of the castle, clearly it has machiculations!
@@Andres-vg1wy nope
700th like bitches!!!!
I attempted your instructions provided in this video, and it almost caused the apocalypse. At first, I tryed the 'flourish' with a stick for 5 minutes, and it wasn't going too well. I figured that it must be the stick's fault, and decided to use my ancient katana forged from meteorite and folded 12 million times. As you can probably assume, this solved the issue immediately... Until my sword went past 80 MPH. At that point, the vibrations of my ancient magical katana (did I mention it was magical?) reached the frequency required to summon the ancient demons that such swords were often used to slay in ancient anime, I mean Japan. I tried to call my Ninja warrior dad who trained me from birth, but he was out shopping at the grocery store. My only choice was to fend off the demons myself. Using my extensive training gained from thousands of hours of rewatching Starwars: Return of the Jedi, I was able to destroy the demons with ease. After a short prayer to thank Yoda, I sheathed my magical katana and returned to my house to get a piece of pie and a glass of lemonade. After eating the pie (of course I used my ancient forged damascus Nippon steel spoon, why even ask?) I had to come here and write this comment, warning other ancient magical katana users to be cautions when using the flourish method described in the video above. By the way, if you were wondering where I got such a katana, I bought it from ebay.
Thanks for the warning! I'll try to stay at at least 70mph just in case
that is the best comment I have ever read
What kind of pie???
Right, this actually made me laugh. RUclips comments aren't allowed to do that. Dammit.
you managed to make a funny comment, gg well played my friend
I call this the general grievous technique.
His hands can spin 360 degrees and is just a part of his robotic body and not skill, However it has the same intimination.
Except of course this move was used by anakin and obi wan
Pål Juliebø Osnes r/whoooosh ?
@@tuxninja7 yes, whoooosh
Grievous's one is far more scary ngl. He's using sword that can cut practically anything , four of them , and spinning them always on the same location , slowly approaching you.
Neighbours:
-What is that strange noise?-Don't worry, our neighbour is making videos again.
+Nikolaus Kotzinetsi I was actually wondering if any of my neighbors head me, especially when I was on the castle making girl noises. Would have been a strange sight indeed ^_^
@@shadiversityWhat do they think of your castle? ;)
disclaimer. you need wrists made of rubber to pull this off.
ha ha ha, lol, yes there's definitely an element of flexibility needed but continued practice will develop it.
More like Disclaimer, you need a sword made of plastics to pull this off.
+Big Mofo no I've done itbwith a blunt longsword in my right hand only though
yes lol
The Fat Punisher no u dont
20% of star wars fights
20%?
+TheEreder so a simple 50%?
101%
Yeah, becase that would actually be useful in a lightsaber fight because you don't need to focus on edge alignment and you can badically cut trough other swords, hence, useful.
Doing this would be a good alternative for normal, not fully rotational wristed people to do to a Grievous style lightsaber buzzsaw move
Your kids must both be fascinated and magnificently, greatly, obscenely embarrassed by you. Great job.
All the signs of a good parent.
Ah, they were young enough then to block it out!
He needs to wait until the teen years, bonus points if their friends are there.😁
Severely underrated comment. Hope you're still alive
Here is the fact bro they are proud not embarrassed
YES!!!
Was anyone else waiting for him to lift off the ground and fly during the twin flourish?
M_Teague I won't be surprised
M_Teague
Not with that extra weight he is carrying
@@thedragonreborn9856 big oof
Lol
helikopterhelikopter
Forget about doctors and lawyers, young people should aspire to be middle aged Australians who twirl swords.
Thats actually all i want in life
Beeing Australian would be enough for me mate
Great Video shad and dynamic flourishing. The Viking sagas speak of warriors doing this to intimidate enemies. or show skill. Miyamoto Musashi said not to ever flourish the blade in the book of five rings yet was said to have done it before a duel and the opponent saw his skill and fled :D
+ThegnThrand do as I say, not as I do, eh?
+ThegnThrand Thank you my friend, I'm honored you think so ^_^ That's very interesting what Miyamoto said, I wonder what his reasons were?
I am Shad
Not sure he said do not do yet historically he was said to have done it himself :D
+I am Shad Probably didn't want you getting lost in your own spectacle.
It's like the famous scene in Indiana Jones
Look easy, but seems like it is more like a sword throwing technique when I do it.
You're supposed to throw the pommel, not the sword. :p
Barghest Blue or both
End the enemy rightly. Why does this badass thing is known as useless in battle, but manuscripts said unscrewing the pommel and throwing the enemy with that thing is said to be, well, “ending” the enemy rightly?!
you keep it by the pummel, mern
The most deadly flourishing technique, they will never expect the sword to start flying at them
I personally think that when someone flourished before a fight, that served as a stretch for him. Seriously, though, it is a great way to warm up all your muscles and focus at this sword fighting.
@@thesaltybeard1793 havent you ever hit someone with a hard piece of practice doing thid goint fast? If that isnt useful in combat I dont know what is.
@@TheFriendless1 predictable and easy to block and counterattack, that's what it is.
Do as many fancy flourishes as you want, but that won't stop a sword from stabbing you.
@@jairomenares2089 true but you can use it to intimidate your enemy and gain an edge, if a peasant like me saw someone doing this coming toward me that would definitely throw me off guard
I work in a live stunt performance team and learning this from you has really added a wonderful extra flare to our fights, so thank you very much and I absolutely love your videos!
“A man’s home is his castle”
... did you take that too literally?
Hahaha..that was avery good one.
The real question is... Can it be taken too literally?
After your incredibly in-depth series on the katana's forging/smithing, I really didn't expect this kind of hands-on content from you. Mad probz for the interesting variety.
+ThisRandomCerealGuy It's my pleasure sir!
9:29 You embarrass your children often, I assume.
Is there really any other reason to have kids? ;)
was looking to see if anyone else watched past the end lol
I was a flourisher once, then I took an arming sword to the knee...
Same, but I used to be an adventurer, then I took an arrow to the knee
Same, but I couldn’t think of a joke.
Fifty Shades of Sans. then you took a bad pun to the knee
😭 that’ll do it
Did you know taking an arrow to the knee means marriage
Twirling your swords like band batons is good for keeping nimble and training yourself to keep control of them at all times. Twirling as a combat technique was suitably lampooned in 'Mask of Zorro' when Zorro casually disarmed his protege.
Yup that disarm always hits me hard. But it was lampooned way before in Raiders of the Lost Ark
We need a tour of that fort.
Like one room and roof
Or... a 2fort *TF2 music plays*
I always love your intros. You have a fantastic sense of humor.
Ye and Hi
@@randomknight6056 hi
The sword version of headbanging at a concert
I just got into your content the other week, and I love it. Just started trying to twirl blades myself, so I looked up how to do it. Nobody could explain it efficiently enough for a beginner. Then it hits me. Shadiversity probably has a damn good video about how to flourish. And would you look at that, I was right. I've picked up and learned more from you in the first 5 minutes than I did from 3-4 other videos on the topic.
My problem was that I was getting naturally caught up on my armpit, which the other videos weren't incorporating, or explaining how to avoid. Your method takes that into account, and explains what you need to do in order to avoid it. You're the man.
Alright Shad, somehow I went from your Nerdrotic stream to here. I'm a practitioner of my own blend of HEMA and Kenjutsu. I train in limited capacity/space. After attempting flourishes "for realsies" I have discovered muscle groups I haven't been using much, and I must thank you for doing that. I need to know where I am weak and this set of techniques, while not immediately practical, are still practical long-term.
Dude, I want to be your kid now. That fort looks awesome.
+ARR0WMANC3R Thanks mate, my kids certainly love it ^_^
+I am Shad That fort was the main reason I clicked on this video, of course, I always enjoy your videos so I probably would have watched it anyway, but even so the point stands: That fort = Win.
If only he knew of the castle he has now
so i take it your a level 42 rouge?.. all seriousness though, this is an amazing video x3 props to you bro.
+the rusting star I think I would be closer to a bard ^_^
I am Shad
xD i prefer pyromancer myself.
+the rusting star Mage 4 life :D
Elder Rusty Nah he obviously leveled *D E X T E R I T Y*
Rouge? From all that activity, he might have turned a little red... but nowhere near rouge. 😓
Just so you know, an easier way to pull off the basic forward spin is to relax your fingers and hold the grip by simply pinching between your thumb and index finger. That way the spin would flow more smoothly and put less strain on the wrist than it would when keeping the fingers clenched around the grip.
Check out ShinobiCat's forward spin video where she shows how to do it.
Shad i would really like you yo show us more of the fort you built in the background, because it looks really cool, please. :) and thank you if you do.
Same here :)
...only for my children[1], of course.
[1] including inner child
I wan't to know if it has machiculations?
I normally hate long intro especially when it takes 5 minutes before we get to the point, but I love your sense of humour and it was a pleasure to listen to
Whoa whoa hold on- shad's gots kids?!
Well then, didn't see that coming.
Fantastic castle, I'm super jealous.
he's a really old nerd, bound to happen sometime.
This.... This is the reason why I so bad want a light saber + lightstaff xD
That kind of twirling and fancy movements are awesome with lights
Cheers man! I love flourishing my swords but I've never been able to do this style of flourish 😂 I mainly do the one where you change from right to left when it spins behind your back
Thank you for being the only person on RUclips to explain how to do the Anakin twirl. I didn't know you were supposed to change positions in your palm.
You can't be saved from the wrath of the jump cut.
HAMA of course... Histerical Anime Martial Arts!
It's not HAMA, it's HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts)...
@@jacobbordenkircher3006 woosh/
@@jacobbordenkircher3006 r/woooosh
I'll have to re-watch this one in the spring when I can get outside and practice it. thanks for going through it slowly, so I can see what you are doing.
Aww man! I want a tour of that awesome fort!
A great video with helpful and awesome tips and advice. Thank you Shad.
I've seen a sword spin trained for use in combat. it was apparently used to fake or to change the timing of the attack.
+Tyler Lalonde That's usually just one "spin" you strike but before your sword hits your opponents block you let your sword "fall" to the side and using it's momentum to strike to the other side. I think the German treatises describe it as ablaufen but I could be wrong.
Gloin79 yup but I was talking about a difference use.
ah i see :p
+Tyler Lalonde There's also the schnoppen in the German HEMA tradition(s)/manuscripts. its not a spin where as it's more of a flick, then the spin can be used to wrap the pommel around the opponent's arms. (also, pardon any spelling errors i may have made here)
Great very instructional!
I can't help but wonder if there is some kind of exotic technique that could make a flourish effective in battle.
I was asking myself "how did Shad got into such a horrible shape"? Then I heard "kids" ... okay, welcome to the club.
not gunna lie. this was badass. those dont look useless at all, will definitely scare off someone with no weapon or a short weapon, and could be use to deflect attacks, althought they could probably swing hard and knock it out of your hand easy
Shad 5 Years later:
I improved the castle for my kids, back to flourishes...
We love you for not takeing yourself to serious. 👍
Bravo, Shad. Must give us an encore sometime soon.
Ok, time to learn the ancient and honorable art of sword fighting:
"How to twirl dual wielding swords".
I was really wanting to learn how to flourish. Then RUclips had this in my recommended. YAY
Floulrish is useless in battle? Zweihander, nothing more to say.
Mr. AbsentElk WTF? You know you can flourish with two hands, right? In fact, Zweihanders were used spinning 'round the body of the user (using their hands, Sherlock, I can see you coming with more nonesense). By the way, NO sword ever weighed 20 Kg, one of the biggest functional Zweihanders (2'06 meters) only weighed 6'12 Kg.
I'm late to the party but here's a video.
ruclips.net/video/OtT3sjO0ocU/видео.html
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@zack zweihanders were not even half of that.
@zack You're thinking of the Murakumo, not Zweihander
Nice job. I prefer not to toss the sword to switch grip though, instead I use a little dexterity and roll it in my hand with the movement, no more stress trying to catch it and or break the rhythm. Plus, with 2 swords, you can still switch to reverse grip with one or both (hard mode) and do a slightly modified movement, even add back spins for even more awesomeness. For fun I also practice flourishes w/ staves and Doublebladed Lightsaber, by doing your typical side to side spin and adding occasional spinning behind the back passes. Lightsaber technique videos have been the most helpful for me in learning these tricks.
1000's kids would've loved this video
very nice video, thx too much for demonstration in steps, It´s very educating. Kind regards from Czech Republic
I'd love to see you do a video explaining the historicity of flourishes. I'm curious if they were ever mentioned in any historical texts or taught at least to "show-off" swordsmanship, or are they purely a modern creation for the sake of cinema to look cool.
Historicity isn't a real word and sword flourishes were not and are not taught in sword fighting because its fucking useless. It opens you up for attack and shows that you're an amateur who watches too many movies.
You know...That you still have this video up, mad respect.
Can we just get a GIF of Shad flourishing a sword for infinity?
how cool is that castle / fort, would have loved one of those when i was a kid! Have to say it looks like a good fitness regime too!
Who knew a random man on RUclips had Winterfell in his backyard
One reason for learning these flourishes is that they're very handy for destroying ceiling lamps
OMG It's star wars kid! hahahaha I did enjoy this, I'm getting a lightsaber soon so doing a few spins would be awesome!
So I've had a go, following this video.
Biggest issue? Mine are all medieval-style Damascus Steel longswords, broadswords or greatswords. They are heavy as hell.
I do have a much smaller/lighter rapier-style sword which I can practice with until both my co-ordination and - frankly - wrist strength improves enough for the bigger stuff.
I also have a Scimitar-style sword, but figured the curved blade would punish any misjudgment of co-ordination by removing one or more of my limbs.
In any case: Thank you for the video. I shall practice in earnest. :)
thats the chubby boy with glases you dont mess with!!..nice one dude! or actually nice two!
The start of this video is like those food recipes where you just want to learn how to cook your dinner but they go through their entire life story at the start
"While you were partying I studied the blade"
Trying to do it for a little bit your instructions were much clearer
I'm using to PVC pipes I found just to practice before I get real swords
I wack myself enough I just
Don't want to chop my neck open
Great video Shad!
P.S.:That is a well done and built wooden castle and.....Are my eyes deceiving me or are those proper MACHICOLATIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONSSSSSS!!
Actually there are no machicolations, only crenelations.
I would make a ‘protecting virginity’ joke but we all know for a fact that Shad is the alpha boss family man. You give us hope. For real.
"Then a thought popped in my head kids , the same thought that will pop in your head when you see your favourite youtuber holding their child."
**sword flourishes**
"That guy is a DAD."
What do you mean?
@@eyjay1508 It's a "how I met your mother" reference , a very good comedy TV series if you didn't know.
"Look at me from the side do I look different to you??"🤣🤣🤣 I've never been able to relate more to such a gesture💯😂
I was practicing flipping it and it fell, but this was small gravel rocks so it didn’t actually fall immediately, and when I went to pick it up it stabbed my armpit so bad. The worst pain alive. Worth it though. Never underestimate a dull wood sword.
- the guy who wrote book of five rings
i've never seen something so nerdy and bad ass at the same time
3:21 There was a butterfly on his head and he chopped it off without looking. SKILL
Don't know how I ended up watching the older videos of your channel, Shad.
But this is enough proof that you're undistupedly hold the title "King of the Nerds".
Love you, mate! ^_^
0:45 Holy shit! You were Sir Arthur Dayne-ing before it was even a thing!
Really good content in this vid.
One rationale for this practice I heard from "Cossacks". They say that training both hands and of fluid switching of the sword between them was helpful when facing the enemy on the left side of your horse. He thinks he's safe and out of range, but an eye-blink later he's not. Also, it's a training too which develops your writs and basic control of the weapon. Useful for beginners.
BTW - "Storming the castle" at the end cracked me up. I just imagined how kids would react to this, and I did exactly the same. :-)
+bakters I play a game with my kids where they charge out of the castle and attack me with their toy swords and when I start to fight back they retreat to the safety of the castle and taunt me from the walls ^_^
ME WANNA HAVE A SEPERATE VIDEO ON THAT FORT.. pleeease :)
I wish I had seen this video when it came out. Around a year after you uploaded this, I made a video saying precisely that swinging around a weapon lets you get familiar with it, get a feel for it, eh. And only now I got to see this video. Good video!
hey its that guy from toy story
You may not be the most coordinated Knight, but you make the best damsel. XD
I don't see a disclaimer "Do not use a sharp sword" hello lawsuit.
... Don't use -Ancient Katanas, rusty greatswords, laser swords, butcher knives- a sharp sword!
I love the playground in the background.
do it with a real fighting sword
On Fire!
José Sandoval he should be on fire or the sword should be on fire?
Why not both?
Came here for animation reference.
Thank you so much it looks awesome 😀
Nothing personnel kid
My friend just bought me a lightsaber so I want to look cool. Thanks Shad 👍
So I guess this question doesn't really apply too much to this video, but i'm fairly curious and would like to know your input (it might relate to this video, but i don't know). If someone is short, lets say below 5 ft 3 in, would it be better if they used a longer sword or shorter sword? I could see how using a short sword would be better because it's lighter and would suite their size better, but then they would doubly stunted in the reach aspect. Then if they used a long sword, they could get more of a reach to compensate for the tiny arms, but it would be heavier, possibly more clumsy, and/or harder to hold. Like in all honesty, an a typical long sword comes up to my shoulders. It's more of a staff than a sword at that point, but if i use a short sword, there is no way i can reach my opponent (which is usually my 6 ft+ friend with tree limbs for arms). As I am knew to the world of swords, I would really appreciate someone's opinion. Please and thank you.
+LovelyChaosIsABeauty IMO lift weights and such until you can handle longer weapons to equalize as much as possible and work on getting up your speed to close distances and get inside or stay on the side. MMA rule one for little guys is never stay directly in front of the bigger guy. It's difficult though, because you'd have to side step while they only have to pivot, but generally if he's got a significant reach advantage you want to avoid and get a strike in, be it with a weapon or whatever, you're going to have to be quick on your feet. A boxer's training regimen may be helpful, jump rope and such, to improve your agility. Remember the sword is just an extension of you so improving you is going to be more effective than improving the sword.
Man this is like in the books on attackingchess where they yell: " - PREPARE TO SACRIFICE!" He he he. Awesome stuff.
Hahaha This was great, Shad. I love all the outtakes too. That makes it SO much better. :)
Hi Shad!
8:50 LOL XD Very funny ending!
Very educational vid indeed! :) I didn't know you used to practice martial arts, but it can be told for the way you perform those flourishes! Excellent moves! What did you use to practice?
I'm a current martial arts practicer, so I understand the concepts you told about mastering moves without guessing what or where are your limbs doing, as showing complex or elaborated moves to the opponent can work as an intimidator.
Thanks for sharing! I kinda learn from this, 'cause weapons is still a weak matter for me...
Have a good one!
Cool video! What kind/brand of (practice) sword are you using?
Came to learn flourishes for literally every reason you said before i came here to watch lol 😂
That mental warfare can go along way in a fight. So every advantage counts
any chance you can do a new version of this tutorial? with mutiple Camera angles and some slowmo?
It seems like your hand is always obscured when you do the shoulder part.
Other method: be a cyborg with four arms and asthma, who can automatically spin their wrists, then start a collection of lightsabers and wait for General Kenobi to fall down from the sky and say "Hello there."
Shad, I'm trying to do flourishing with a foam replica of a Viking sword.
Now, as you surely know, Viking Swords (beside the weight of a real one, which is in my other home) have that weird pommel that keeps hitting my wrist everytime I try to do the simple spinning.
Since I noticed in another video that, for spinning a sword, is necessary to loosen the grip and make the sword pivot in the ring formed by the index and thumb, I was wondering if the Viking/Norman sword has some structural limitations to being... "flourished with?" due to its unusual grip/pommel shape.
dude, major props! that is impressive! When I first started doing this in 7th grade I was using an actual real, heavy viking sword... still have the scar on my calf today1
I have to get up for work in 6hours but this is vital information.
As a kid I would learn to sword fight by watching and re watching martial art movies and youtube. (Mostly Japanese) when I was like 4 I started learning sword by taking a stick and learning how it would react with the contortion of my limbs. What movements worked and didn't work, later came movies which helped hone this ideology. But my point is I learned how to do most of the hema and kendo basics from an anatomical and visual aspect at a very very young age. So I spent the time also learning flourishes. I'm. Not extremely proficient in flourishes as that flourished however ( pun) my swordsman skills declined. As I had nobody around to inherently teach the master cuts or the dynamic strategies. This is. Why I'm now delving into hema.
I'm currently trying to learn how to do a flourish, and i'm attempting to mimic shads movements exactly, i'm using a fieldstick that's around the length of an arming sword, I have no problem whirling the sword, but I find it physically impossible to get the sword past my elbow. I'm 6 feet tall, could my height be limiting factor? Or am I somehow doing it wrong?
Where do you get your practice sword? because i want to get one in Australia
My youtube feed is weird but I am so glad I came upon this older gem... "I'm so out of shape" I laughed, but partly at my self too.
Very helpful thank you for keeping this posted up this long.
When I get trapped in a game, Kirito won't have anything on my sword skills
Thanks man I'm gonna clear every level now
I would say a flourish holds one advantage in terms of battle. Confusion and deception for those who have no idea it's useless, and at times, hides the length of your blade by a good half an inch if the blade is long enough. So, if your blade is where a person can see the length, you flourish and bring it into a pointed direction to hide the length. (Middle pointed down guard)
Shad? May we see the castle from the inside? I'd really like to get a closer look of it. It seems really neat.