I Tried 14th Century Sword Fighting
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- Опубликовано: 29 июл 2022
- I Tried the 14th Century Martial Art called Fiore! (A form of HEMA) Cutting edge stuff. Big thanks to Kurt from Triangle Sword Guild for the help! www.triangleswordguild.com
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Thank you Seth for this amazing opportunity. I truly appreciate it! You brought such incredible energy to the space. We were all very happy to have you, work with you, spar you, and share our art with you. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us again! We would love to have you and continue the journey of Fiore di Liberi in his flowers of battle.
Although the video was a little sword, I'd didn't fall sword with entertaining me.
@@Diogenes2077 no. Ksssst
I just recently moved out here after finding a job, found the triangle website while looking for a hobby and thought. “That, that is what I want to do.” And lo and behold RUclips throws me a RUclips video featuring them.
You gotta show him Abrazare and dagger next.
Finally HEMA getting some show time on this channel! Hope to see you explore this more! Its super fun and really interesting if you like history and language.
Only reason _I_ know about it is cause there are some HEMA guys that use our Kung fu gym on saturdays 💀
@Capten gonna hijak your comment real quick to share a video of what longsword looks like when two people are really experienced:
ruclips.net/video/D3A-Od7dfp0/видео.html
If anyone is interested in what they saw in this video, you should watch that link. It's truly sick.
Didnt he already do it before
I was nervous that Seth was going to get discouraged from the Armored Combat video.
For context:
Seth did a video where he tried out a sport where people in plate armor fight with weapons to take each-other down. Seth, not wanting to spend $3k on a custom suit of armor, was loaned a misfit and overweight suit (the helmet was almost 20 lbs.!). He was out of breath, collapsing, and the misfit armor meant that he was feeling the huge blows from the two-handed axes and such.
@@Thetravelingmonke He did like Buhurt not Hema
As my HEMA instructor always says: 'You'll probably not be in any swords fights in your daily lives, but it does help you to feel confident holding any object as a weapon'
Yeah I have heard a few things from HEMA. It takes away tons of fears and introduces the feeling of speed of combat if nothing else.
It was a pleasure sparring with you! Thanks for coming out! A wonderful guest through and through.
I knew that was you in the video, recognised that blue jacket
now i would love to sparr with you too!
I knew I recognized that parking lot
I recognized that DUMPY.
Ay it's superman
Man this channel is underrated. You try everything , giving everyone a look into a martial art they might not have even heard of
This channel is a gem
Several hundred k subs and 10k+ views in a matter of hours?
I think we have different understandings of what underrated means.
"Being able to listen to the inner voice under pressure and stress, as well as knowing how to use the body."
Perfect summation of a practical day-to-day gift practicing any weapons art brings.
Empty-hands combat sports/martial arts is great, but one learns new things about oneself when an actual object is being swung at one's head! 😆
Much love to HEMA from an FMA practitioner! You guys are ALWAYS fun to spar!
Plus historical fencing fulfills the most important aspect of martial arts for me: it’s fun! It’s cool knowing you could defend yourself or fight with a sword if you lived in the 1400s.
@@jaradtrout140 There is still legal ways to carry swords in the present, just get a parasol sword you will be limited to only thrusting though because the blades are so thin thats all they are optimized for. Just don't get in legal trouble & don't escalate fights to the point where you have to use it. I just told you how to carry a sword anywhere, it has to be concealed in an every day item.
I don’t know, I think I had plenty of time to contemplate life while being moved around like a puppet by the wrist.
The daily practical application is kind of lost I guess :D Maybe the grappling bits (basically Ringen but when unarmed - which is apparently very reminiscent of Jiu Jitsu) could be useful?
@@nuh_uh210 but weapons will give you more time...
That was an excellent representation of HEMA, thank you Sensei Seth. Triangle Guild is legit, they had a solid crew for you that day and showed some slick technical skills. There is a pretty big world of historical fencing out there, thanks for showing a SLICE of it. : O
You definitely have a relevant username.
@@cosc_HEMA It was the name of my fencing school, I taught primarily Ringeck focused longsword with a little Danzig and Codex Wallerstein but I had Meyer guys as well as some classical sabre instructors. Because of my KdF bade, I normally talk mad smack about Italian / Fiore longsword but when Im being honest, when its done well it is super slick fencing.
I wished we would have seen more of experienced vs. experienced. Just so people get a feel for the speed of it. The sessions with Seth were rather slow and stationary. I think what many MA practicioners could learn from HEMA is stepping. Longsword fencing is so dynamic.
HEMA is the ultimate self defense art. Walking around with a sword is completely normal and and nobody but the police can tell me otherwise.
Well in most states you can open carry a sword with no permit
I beg to differ. Anyone with a sword can tell you otherwise and even challenge you. But that makes for a fun day regardless
@@tjboylan20 Im in the wrong part of the world for sure then
@@revariox189 100%
It is in Texas also I own a parasol sword :)
Thank god fights never escalate that much & im not stupid to get them there anyway but I always carry my trusty "parasol" with me since its so socially accepted anyway.
Love the spotlight on Fiore! Most HEMA longswordsmen practice the German traditions. An important thing to note before people start complaining about how "swords can't cut through plate armor": this specific style of fighting was designed for use against unarmored opponents. During Fiore's time, the city of Florence was was an incredibly dangerous city with a murder rate higher than the most dangerous city in the US so you had to know how to defend yourself if caught in an attack. There were also judicial combat (duels) where fighters had little more than their jacket and leather gloves to protect them. We call this "blossfechten" in the German tradition.
His german sucks ass tho "federrschwerts"
US doesn't have the worst/most dangerous/highest crime/highest murder rate..that's Tijuana, Mexico. But the culture of today is very anti-American. All feelings, no knowledge.
@@cetus835 huh? U have the highest murder rate in a first world economically stable country, the number one cause of death to a child is by gun
@@cetus835 I was using that as a comparison. I never said the US has the most dangerous city in the world.
I blame people, not the swords.
Cool to see some HEMA on this channel. Been doing German Longsword for a little over a year now
been doing fiore for about 5 months now, but they also include some german style into it because of it's versatility. it's very fun. the only down of hema is that it's very expensive to get into. not to start, most clubs have a lot of equipment for new starters you can borrow, but if you want to move up and get to some actual sparring, you'll need to spend a lot on protections
@@badrequest5596 The minimum price of things is genuenly much higher than any other hobby, but as someone who does both kickboxing and HEMA, the gear for HEMA is only like 60-70 $ more expensive overall, even though I've gone very cheap on my K1 gear while my HEMA stuff is on the more expensive side (sparring glove mittens, SPES jacket, etc,...) like 350$ vs 280$, (OPRO mouth guard, some no name gloves &wraps, Venum Shin guards, ...)
I’m a rookie BJJ guy who’s done some Longsword with a HEMA club. It is a blast, but in my experience, you gotta find the right club for you. I don’t really fit in an SCA type environment, and I like realism and intensity in my training. I very much prefer an environment more like the club Seth visits here over many I’ve seen.
I really wish that we Germans would learn more about our own fightingculture, than playing soccer.
Greetings from Germany.
@@tusk70
*Football *
1. Kurt and TSG really know their stuff.
2. Awesome that the Fior di Battaglia is getting a showcase on Seth's channel. Is HEMA mainstream now?
3. Seth if that really was your first day sparring with a sword, don't feel bad. You were doing much much better than most complete beginners and holding your own well against the experienced students. Also, the humility you demonstrated at the end of the session is heartwarming.
4. Puns are mandatory in HEMA. I tell anybody who listens, join a HEMA club, make friends, stab each other, and work out all your thrust issues. 😉
I'm sure if he keeps at it he'll sword it out and do quite well
Seth watched some medieval mma thingy and put hema in the title after he was corrected he seeked out actual hema guys to do a video on proper hema.
You might enjoy british military sabre, which is basically the sword's final form after firearms became affordable. One reason the british military style is popular is how fast you can learn the basics, as it's a fairly streamlined system. You could reach out to Schola Gladiatoria in the UK, he's got almost 400k RUclips subscribers.
Love this episode!
At times, I feel Sensei Seth is somewhere watching or has watched old episodes of Human Weapon, Fight Quest, and Deadly Arts and said... yeah, I should totally do something like that.
Oh fight quest was awesome!
only one of these iv heard of is human weapon... ngl...
When I saw them practicing without hand protection I thought, "That's ballsy of them." I get whacked across the fingers on my off hand sometimes in fencing and it's really not nice to have a steel whip smashed against your knuckles.
In the beginning, my group didn't have much hand protection either, but after I became known as "The guy who smacks hands" we ended up getting ALOT more hand protection
Maybe you should train slowly and carefully if you are not wearing protective equipment.
HEMA, practiced with intent and intensity, is just awesome.
Look up Adorama Olomouc’s YT for some wonderfully realistic depictions of medieval European combat. It doesn’t amount to the standard crowbar bashing we usually see in film. These are sophisticated martial arts that developed organically over many decades.
European systems of melee and edged weapons combat are as sophisticated and refined as anything to come out of Asia, and we are fortunate to have people preserving them.
There is nothing new under the sun. The human body has a limited moveset. The same move in HEMA style grappling has a different name in BJJ, Sambo, etc. Martial arts seems to me to be all about developing and understanding the potential of that moveset.
I've never liked a video so fast in my life!!! HEMA (and Fiore) is finally getting some love! 💖 💖 💖PLEASE tell us what you think of abrazre (grappling with and without a dagger) and zogo stretto/close techniques for the longsword! ⚔⚔⚔ I'd love to hear your analysis of it given your experience!
We were doing fiore the whole time! Haha
@@SenseiSeth abrazare is Fiore! The German version of it is called ringen.
I’m president of my local Fiore club and it’s a great passion of mine. Great to see some of his work and not more German stuff!
I LOVE watching Sensei Seth doing things out of his comfort zone!
His humor and humility (even the terrible puns) shows his character and makes him fun to watch!
Sensei Seth and Icy Mike are easily my two favorite martial arts/self defense You Tubers!
I wonder if Seth is gonna get a... Hematoma in the video...
You could try to go to a Sumo Wrestling class! I think that would be a fun video!
You did really really well for a beginner. I think you only got hit so much because you were moving your feet before your sword, and not the other way around which is more common in armed fighting.
He did do the classic "only long guard" that most new fencers do. Luckily for him they weren't doing Lichtenauer because he would have gotten hit with that krumphau :D
@@Chroma710 I think the chance of him finding a good liechtenauer user outside of a high level tournament are not very high lol
@@Vox_Popul1 why not? Isn't Lichtenauer the most commonly taught system? It's the only one I know.
@@Vox_Popul1 It's s very common HEMA school here in Czechia. It's and understanding that we excercise Talhofer for reenactment (easier to read for audience) and Lichtenhauer for tournaments. 🙂
@@Chroma710 I thought that was Meyer
Tbh I’m not sure, but from what I know Liechtenauer isn’t exactly beginner material
Finally! I thought it would never happen, but I'm glad I was wrong. Thanks for sharing the word about HEMA on your channel Seth!
7:21 Avoids the thrust by just moving back enough, beats the offending blade aside and in the same motion the point finds the right carotid artery.
Yeah, kicking is pretty cool and all, but if we could carry swords around, we would 100%
Wait until you learn that a sword was one of the most popular weapons for self defense in 15 & 16 centuries.
They are quick, light and you can carry them without being too encumbered by bulk.
@@epiqur6574 They also eliminate a lot of physical advantages. A big strong man can still be killed with one simple thrust. That's why weapons have been and still are so important. Before that the big brutes got their way..........always. That's how the animals still live.
@@MrBottlecapBill swords and axes are cool but still the more physically able would generally come out. that's why crossbows and firearms became so prevalent, a starved, half dead conscript with minimal training could kill a well fed knight in the prime of his life who spent his whole life perfecting the art of the blade.
A sword is heavy and slow. A fighter with a knife could kill a swordsman since they'd be so much faster.
@@jacksonsmiler6327 a starved, half dead, conscript wouldn't be very likely to effectively fight, or even draw a warbow with a draw weight ± 90-100 lbs.
Moreover, don't forget that the warriors were wearing armor (and earlier large shields) aspecially to combat those sneaky archers
It's actually the other way around. If you're weaker, you probably should grab a spear or even a longsword. They are light and nimble. An archer NEEDS strength, and training time (less so with a crossbow, but still)
Thanks for the good content (especially for HEMA).Cheers!
FINALLY! I've been doing HEMA for 6 years and have been a fan of your channel for almost 2. Ever since you started trying other martial arts, I was hoping you'd swing a sword one of these days!
I just wish you had gotten to use the steel for sparring, those floppy rubber swords never work well.
Glad you had a good time, and good work by Triangle representing us!
something i found really neat about all the manuals for Longsword and other historical weapons is the amount of grappling that is covered and explored. You hardly ever see this in films or media even though it is a huge part of hisotirical armed combat.
You dipped your toes in the water. So much awesomeness in historical martial arts! Fun wrestling sports like Ringen or Irish collar and elbow might be a fun experience for you. I love how wonderfully open you approach all kinds of martial arts and combat sports.
I am very glad you took people's recommendations after the armored MMA video and tried out HEMA. I know it might not be your cup of tea as it is basically point fencing, but it's still an incredibly fun sport! Also I don't know what that man told you but the "style" you were taught wasn't exactly a "style called Fiore" and more like "The style Fiore taught". If you were to refer to it, it would usually be "Italian style" There is a lot of other semantics I could go into in the video, but the point is you tried it, you had a bit of fun, and you were kind enough to share your experience to us all! Great video!
Not only is Sseth very quicky becoming the best martial arts channel on RUclips, but he is also becoming one of the best martial artists on RUclips, skilled in both unarmed and armed styles.
you here? pass me some of that appel tobacco bro
He's covered all my favorites. HEMA, ACL, and Muay Thai.
ACL? like... the ligament?
@@crustybomb115 nah access control list for a computer
@@dragonmaster3030 oh... probably not a thing iv seen him do then
Yes! Been hoping for some HEMA videos eventually awesome stuff Seth! 😎 👍
This was, as always, a very fun and informative video❤️. You're honest without being cocky, you're up to learn anything and your humour and enthusiasm are a very good combo. Thank you. Keep on brightening my life!
Yes! I have been hoping to see you try HEMA blossfechten ever since I saw your video with the armored combat guys. I saw some good fencing in this video and you approached it with respect and enthusiasm, which was great to see. Much respect to you for getting out there and trying out so many different martial arts, it really helps bring everyone together rather than keeping us all apart in our own little bubbles
I'm really enjoying these HEMA vids you've been dropping. It's a nice refresh between my usual BJJ and MMA binges. Hopefully you'll drop some more in the future!
That must have been fun to do 😄.
Thank you for sharing ☺️.
Shut up
Really great answer by the instructor about the practical applicability.
Hey Seth, it’s so cool to see you cover my martial art! I hope you had a good time with HEMA, there’s just really one or two things I wanted to quickly clear up. Typically, we don’t call the martial art “fiore”, at least from what I’ve seen. It’s called Armizare, which I believe means “The art of Arms” in Italian. That tradition is a part of HEMA, which stands for historical European martial arts. Hema tends to emphasize medieval/renaissance fighting styles, such as fiores Armizare, but there’s dozens of masters and traditions/systems that people can learn nowadays
Welcome to HEMA Seth. Good job :) loved the last video as well 👏 I can tell you progressed throughout the day.
Im just glad someone in the martial arts community is actually interacting with hema rather than shitting on it.
"when was the last time you held a sword?" Every day to be honest. Also yep, swords are a whole different animal to unarmed techniques. Then you have a whole bunch of styles and types dependent on where in the world the sword originated. Great to see some swordsmanship on the channel and good job on taking a crack at it. Sabre next!
martial arts, horse riding, archery and the beautiful arts: a warrior must walk a life that includes all 4 of those so I'm really jealous of you sensei Seth!
FINALLY HEMA's being showed on this channel! I've been doing it for around 4 years but there simply aren't enough like you showcasing it and giving it some well deserved recognition and you did great, even if you were taught Italian longsword instead of the clearly superior german longsword ;)
I love how Sensei Seth has never fought with a sword in his life before but he engages so naturally every time they go into grappling range.
One thing I found particularly amusing about Fiore is that he explicitly wrote the Flower of Battle so that peasants and "unworthy" people wouldn’t learn his art.
And now, not only is secret fighting book is pretty easy to find, but people he would think as peasants are perpetuating his art, and without us, he would have been forgotten.
What a wonderful spotlight video on HEMA! :D This is the first video of yours I've seen (the YT algorithm doing its thing) and it makes me want to check out the rest of your channel. Although I prefer using one-handed swords myself, I love watching skilled longsworders! Such sexy movements! The camaraderie and positive vibes that shine thru in this video are what makes great HEMA groups so great. The fun of playing with swords with good people. You captured it wonderfully in this video.
Finally! HEMA's what got me interested in martial arts in the first place. And even tho,I've never actually tried it (one day I will!) due to lack of schools in proximity,I owe my current practice in boxing to it
Oh hell yes, Sensei Seth is training Fiore!
Finally! I've been waiting for this. So glad you tried out HEMA :D I think you did pretty well! I would've liked you to get into the details a little bit more, like you've done in other videos (cool parries, techniques, mindset) but it was a fun watch either way.
Yooo this is great! I'd love to see more weapon martial arts on this channel. HEMA has more styles and techniques than it has weapons, which is to say A LOT. It would also be cool to see you try some Kali, Silat, etc.
HEMA is cool! Great to see it here. There’s so much to explore under the umbrella of HEMA.
Great to see you exploring Hema. The montage of you getting killed reminded me of Dark Souls. Another interesting thing about the techniques being used is that it all changes if you are fighting someone in armor or harness and then grappling seems to be more key.
Just see the channel for the first time now - can't even tell how much interesting video this is - for my English is not so good.
I am hooked now - so great to watch, could watch it for 8 h straight 😘🤗👏👏👏
Came across from hard2hurt after it was reccomended by MY hema instructors. Always glad to see someone new take up the blade, especially so a new disciple of Fiore the Fruilian.
Of note with your question about modern practice... the entire system is built up from grappling. As you learn and study the various bits more you realize a dagger is a baton as is a sword, albeit with a meter or so of blade on the end. You can also learn how to judge distance in mixed weapon environments, and how to move an object thru an enclosed space without it hanging up.
... after putting some nicks in the wall and ceiling.
I've been waiting to see you try HEMA for so long! Thanks for being willing to try out and spotlight our niche martial arts :)
i love these cutting edge sword puns. Great video sword fighting looks so fun!
Nice!! Happy to see you try out HEMA.
That was cool and fun! You even did quite well in such a minimal exposure.
I love to see you more videos of this stuff
Wow, you are really getting out there and trying different things out! Love it!
So glad you had a great time with TSG! Wish I could have made it out that day to meet you, but thank you for taking the time to join us and for bringing more attention to the art and the club! Love the video
First buhurt and now HEMA! I really like how open you are to new things and go in without bias. Subscribed
This is Freaking Awesome. Looks So Fun, Plus the History of it which I love.
Excellent, Fiore is my chosen style too. I know time is limited but you'd probably appreciate the importance that Fiore places on wrestling and brings grappling into his use of all other weapons.
This is such an awesome series!
Really appreciate the little history lesson in the beginning. Having seen so many movies with sword fighting over the years, it's easy to look over the fact that A LOT of skill goes into it, and they actually had to train their asses off as it could mean the difference between life and death and on a larger scale victory or defeat for their people.
I'd like to see a movie that is the equivalent of Rocky or Master Killer (which I consider the Kung Fu equivalent of Rocky) but with 14th century warriors, in particular, the sword training.
Straight to the *point.*
*Cut* right to the chase.
Danced on a fine *edge.*
*Sword-of* had fun.
Like a *two-edged sword.*
*Duel-meanings.*
*I AM NOT LEFT HANDED.*
C’mon, you had TONS of material, there!
Cutting edge
I wanna see Shintaro Higashi do HEMA, see how that Judo background serves him if he can get to those sword clinch/grappling situations!
Not a HEMA practitioner myself, but based on what I've seen of Higashi's judo and what I've seen of medieval wrestling, I'd say he'd dominate once he got the hang of it.
Remember that in medieval times, pretty much every man knew at least the basics of wrestling just because of how crucial it is in melee combat. Being a talented wrestler was a *huge* asset back in those days.
As someone that's done both Judo and HEMA my bet is he'd do amazing, there's a lot of parallels between the two, standing grappling, throws, techniques that involve grabbing clothing are super common too because people back then were wearing lots of fabric....not really too much of a focus on ground fighting in HEMA though due to daggers... it's basically get them on the ground then pull your dagger and start ice picking. It was fun to see Sensei Seth pick up on just how much grappling and close in fighting there actually is in real sword combat. Great video.
Having done Judo for six years before getting into HEMA, there are a *lot* of similarities between the two. Both the Italian and German wrestling systems have a throw that's more or less identical to Osotogari and that's about 90% of the throws I've performed, seen performed, or had performed on me in sparring.
One difference is that when wrestling at the sword, you tend to favor much simpler techniques than when just wrestling, and also just pushing your opponent's sword arm out of the way and whacking them before they can come back to guard is often better than trying to throw them.
Love seeing Fiore on display. Wished we could have seen stretto and largo plays. My favorite part of fiore is being able to turn a sword fight to a dagger fight or a sword fight into a grappling but I also understand the limitations of this presentation. Great video regardless!
Seth, I've been watching your stuff for the past year or so. I love how you explore martial styles and keep everything humble and light-hearted. I mean, in the asian martial arts we wear 300 year old costumes and play with ancient weapons, so it's cool that you're exploring other parts of the world. (And regardless of what Icy Mike says, sidekicks do work. ;) )
"It is miserable out here"
How my group feels every day training HEMA in the Florida heat
Mate, I'm in England and have just been sparring (British Military Sabre) for 2 hours and I'm rung out like a wet rag. I can't imagine how you can deal with Florida heat.
Your footwork from other martial arts clearly helped with this. I'd like to try stick or sword fighting
Cool sparring for your first session,it can be difficult to get into with all the gear and a bunch of new moves and mechanics but if you had fun with it you'd probably progress fairly fast and enjoy it even more.
Glad you had fun overall though,that's the most important bit!
This was a real slice, lots of cutting commentary with some fine points. I really think you managed to stay close to the edge of the topic while really driving it to the hilt towards the end there.
Oh my god that neck cut is so cool...gonna use that as reference if I animate in any games with swords.
Great video! Glad to see you make contact with the HEMA community.
I've seen enough HEMA on your channel that I feel like I have to bring my synthetic swords if we ever do another meetup at RKM. I think you have more practice than me now lol
I've been hoping we'd see you do some fencing. Cool to see it. Hope we get representation in the next meet up of all the styles.
Your background in martial arts is giving you great understanding and execution of footwork, the only thing (i would guess) that is probably really new to you is the blade control in the bind, which is i guess something that can't really be well mastered in a single day, even the basics of it, as it requires quite a bit of experience and practiced feel. BTW, i had no idea this can be so tiring!
P.S. love your videos man, keep making 'em. Subbed!
This was cool to watch! You did better than I expected (no offense 😂) I love how your always trying new things! Thanks for the entertainment!
Sword and buckler, Messer, Rapier, small sword and saber are all super fun!
Funny the group I used to belong to practiced in the park too.
Smallsword and sabre training compliment each other.
Rapier is brutal on your body, I would say the hardest physically to do.
So good to see HEMA on this channel!
I would love to see you doing more HEMA stuff. It's a great time.
As Ice Mike said home defence weapons, must be one-handed! It's a lot of fun to fight with two-handed swords, whether it's European swords or samurai swords. But seriously, I would think about practicing with short one handed weapons with some degree of hand protection, such as a saber, a dusack, a marine kotlas (a weapon specially made for fighting in closed quarters), daggers. Moreover, a person who understands how to cut with a saber will understand how to cut with a machete. Yes weapons, which are used in historical fencing, are worse than firearms, but they are definitely better than hammers, machetes and other agricultural and construction tools. Or maybe you have only access to double barrel or antique firearms in this case cold steel can really help you as a back up weapon against home intruders.
Dude very nice! Especially for your first day! At 6:13 you pull off one of Fiore's favorite techniques: Ligadura Mezzana. They should of told you about Fiore's kicks :D Great job and seems like a cool club and atmosphere.
One thing I love about HEMA is the sense of community and sportsmanship. I met Kurt at a tournament in Atlanta as well as many other great people. We became pretty good friends and I always look forward to seeing him at future events
Now do Kempo!
congrats on your awesome channel, been a follower fo quite sometime now!
Still waiting for the bartitsu lessons and skit... hahaha
Greetings from Brazil
This looks like an absolute blast!
Thanks for the video. There is so much more to Fiore than just sword sparring. You should hang around a club for a bit. You may enjoy the other aspects of The Flower of Battle!
So glad to see you do HEMA! As far as whether it translates into reality, it totally does. You learn measure, or the actual threat range between you and your opponent with a blade, and how to use FOOTWORK to not get stabbed. It might not feel 1:1, but these skills translate DIRECTLY into not getting stabbed to death by a knife.
That was awesome 👏🏽!!!
That final slice is pretty slick. You know that dude gets everyone with it.
Eeey my boy Fioré! So glad you are trying out HEMA! 😀👍
This was a great video!
Love the content! keep it up!
My mate has been teaching this to me. I love it.
Parkour and now swords? I'm convinced you are training for the zombie apocalypse . . .
Love these my dude!
Oh man HEMA and ancient martial arts is such a rabbithole. You will probably want to keep learning and discovering different masters, treatises and techniques just as much as other martial arts.
Ooh know I know what I want to learn. I love medieval fighting the most!
You did pretty well! I'd like to see you try out spear fighting, especially spears vs other weapons.