The Bind, Friend and Foe - The Tactical Swordsman #5
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"The tactile stimulus"*... Ahahha, too much tactical stuff in this tactical video!
It's important to note that that 20 percent doesn't happen in a vacuum. Let's start with human reaction time (to a visual stimulus) being at about 150-200 miliseconds, and fendente with a step at about 200-250. That alone means that should someone be in measure to do a step and a fendente at their top speed directly to your skull, it will be extremely difficult if not impossible to react to it. Remember, it takes you 150 ms to start your reaction, and you also need to move your sword as well. This is why we see cuts out of measure into the crossing of swords, and trying to win the center line.
If that fendente start from a bind where you only have to lean, it will be faster at about 150-200 ms and almost definitely hit you before you can react by visual stimulus - you will be, at best, 50 ms into your reaction when it lands, at worst you will start reacting after the sword is firmly lodged in your brain. That means that should someone be in measure for that fast fendente, you have to either speed up your reaction time, or make it impossible for your opponent to land that strike. A bind achieves one of these, and should you win it, it achieves both - it's not a tool to gain an advantage, it's a necessity if you want to even have a fight that gets decided by something other than luck, and the fact that tactile input is quicker than visual is critical to why that happens.
We just tend to oversimplify it to "use binds because tactile feedback is faster".
The feints complicate this even more, because a feint is, by definition, doing something that breaks the rules to win the metagame - do an improper attack to make the followup faster was the version we saw here. That initial thrust that sent the wrong tactile information was, if taken only as itself, a really bad one that didn't do anything. In the bigger picture, however, it laid a clever trap, and that's why fencing is hard.
Of course, bind isn't the only method to achieve this safety, I.33 uses it's obsessio to close that fastest line of attack and make sure your opponent must do some longer action you can react to - and teh promptly ends up in a bind anyway, but the point is it doesn't seek it out quite the same way Fiore or Lichtenauer do. You can use footwork to stay just at the edge of measure to do a fencing version of hit and run attacks. You can use shields to close the lines of attack.
"fendente with a step at about 200-250ms"
This seems extremly unlikely, where the hell did you got that number from, data ive seen shows 400ms for arm extention with a sword (captured with shot timers), with a step it takes even longer...
A small tip would be if you want to feel the pressure in the bind, stand in distance that the opponent have to take a step to reach you. Even if you're just a bit closer, just act first since any reactions that you have after feeling the opponent's sword would be too late, action always beat reaction.
A great summary and observations for the use of the bind.
My new favorite HEMA channel. What a lucky surprise.
Nice clips from your tournaments and good explanations :)
Thanks ;-)
Great video!
Very interesting video. I’ve never considered visual versus tactile reaction times. Your explanation and examples are very clear. I will surely re-watch, and link this video for future reference.
Let your beard grow, you look excellent with it
Very nicely put!
Thanks ;-)
Awesome, kinda like convergent evolution.. the more you delve into it the more you realize that it got similarities with sportsfencing. Either that or these principles been present in sportsfencing because deep inside sportsfencing preserved essence of wma in it.
Idk if this is in your range of interest, but have you ever looked into bayonet fencing?
Yes but briefly, more for curiosity rather than actual work. Maybe in the future I will ^^
Cool video :)
Brilliant technique. I'm unfortunately the one with strong tendencies to fall for the "first stimulus" decoy...
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