I'd love to hear more about proper body mechanics. You guys have a way of explaining and showing things that makes them instantly clear to me. Thanks a bunch for your videos!
I didn't even know what a "pell" was or how to drill with one. I thought for training, I'd make something like a Wing Chug dummy/Jong for practicing with. After watching this video, I have a pretty good idea how to make a pell to practice with, and they look rather affordable to build. More affordable than building a Jong ;)
+Darth Resonus I built mine from old construction wood I had around. Check my channel for a video on pell work. Link how I built mine is in the description. Also do not miss out the various ARMA articles on that topic :) Edith says: Oh yeah, a pell should be cheap if you're going with force on it (viable for training _too_). Mine is almost completly gnawed by now and has to be replaced again.
Is there any rule of shifting stance, from southpaw to orthodox or vice versa, when practicing the four cuts (RdownL, RupL, LdownR, LupR)? Or just simply doing it at will? Your response is much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I notice there seems a pattern(?) in Sean's demonstration: R lead leg when cutting RdownL and RupL; L lead leg when cutting LdownR and LupR. The lead leg coincides with the side on which the cut starts. That is pretty natural with the downward cuts. What actually puzzles me is the upward cut. Would the following be OK: R lead leg with LupR cut and L lead leg with RupL cut?
You should make sure that when you are cutting you don't get your body and your feat moving against each other. To illustrate what I mean by this, check out our video on Ascending Cuts: ruclips.net/video/1TnZbTpJs0g/видео.html and Descending Cuts: ruclips.net/video/H8WuCoGbMq0/видео.html
I noticed you guys don't often use use feders in your videos, instead you use longswords. Are they sharps or blunt and if blunt do you use them to fence or just drill work? I've become slowly disenchanted with feders these past couple years, myself. The current trend of HEMA practitioners to go for longer, thicker and heavier feders (feder means "feather", right?) seems to me a detriment to training. A longsword isn't supposed to feel like a baseball bat, after all. I mean, is there a feder out there that really feels like an actual longsword?
Thanks for the question, I think this one will deserve a video of it’s own in the future. To try and keep it brief: 1) At Blood and Iron training is done with synthetic wasters, steel feders, and sharp sword. Doing solo cutting patterns with sharps is the best, but is more logistically difficult in terms of safety. Most of the time doing so with a properly weighted waster is good enough. 2) The historical federshcwert is a specialized training sword designed for unarmored sparring. The modern 'feder' is inspired by the federschwert but is significantly thicker. The modern 'feder' is designed for high intensity sparring in modern sparring gear, and to be as close to a real sword as safety allows. So they are actually two different things intended for use in two different ways. 3) We are seing thicker feders because manufacturers are getting better at designing blades, and they are figuring out balances and mass distributions which are stiffer and more durrable, yet are delivering impacts that are manageable even at very high intensities. 4) You must be handling some fairly poor feders. The point of a feder is to be safer than an blunted longsword.
I'd love to hear more about proper body mechanics. You guys have a way of explaining and showing things that makes them instantly clear to me. Thanks a bunch for your videos!
I like to do these drills when its slow at work, it puts a smile on my face to practice fencing in the fencing section.
Thanks. Love seeing your Hammer. I wear mine every day.
This is spectacular
What's the music ? Very helpful by the video by the way
never mind I got it
Very good skill, where did you buy these blunt swords?
Liked for just suggesting pell work as well.
I didn't even know what a "pell" was or how to drill with one.
I thought for training, I'd make something like a Wing Chug dummy/Jong for practicing with.
After watching this video, I have a pretty good idea how to make a pell to practice with, and they look rather affordable to build. More affordable than building a Jong ;)
+Darth Resonus I built mine from old construction wood I had around. Check my channel for a video on pell work. Link how I built mine is in the description. Also do not miss out the various ARMA articles on that topic :)
Edith says: Oh yeah, a pell should be cheap if you're going with force on it (viable for training _too_). Mine is almost completly gnawed by now and has to be replaced again.
@Bernd Kosmahl Thanks. I'll Subscribe to your Channel and check the vids.
Would your trainings also work for non Hema sports? Thinking like foam sword fighting.
I have a question. Do you emphasize wrist movement when cutting? Is it in early swing or in late swing (before hitting the target)?
Is there any rule of shifting stance, from southpaw to orthodox or vice versa, when practicing the four cuts (RdownL, RupL, LdownR, LupR)? Or just simply doing it at will?
Your response is much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I notice there seems a pattern(?) in Sean's demonstration: R lead leg when cutting RdownL and RupL; L lead leg when cutting LdownR and LupR. The lead leg coincides with the side on which the cut starts. That is pretty natural with the downward cuts. What actually puzzles me is the upward cut. Would the following be OK: R lead leg with LupR cut and L lead leg with RupL cut?
You should make sure that when you are cutting you don't get your body and your feat moving against each other. To illustrate what I mean by this, check out our video on Ascending Cuts: ruclips.net/video/1TnZbTpJs0g/видео.html and Descending Cuts: ruclips.net/video/H8WuCoGbMq0/видео.html
How did you make your pell? I'm making one at home, and would like an example
I noticed you guys don't often use use feders in your videos, instead you use longswords. Are they sharps or blunt and if blunt do you use them to fence or just drill work? I've become slowly disenchanted with feders these past couple years, myself. The current trend of HEMA practitioners to go for longer, thicker and heavier feders (feder means "feather", right?) seems to me a detriment to training. A longsword isn't supposed to feel like a baseball bat, after all. I mean, is there a feder out there that really feels like an actual longsword?
Thanks for the question, I think this one will deserve a video of it’s own in the future. To try and keep it brief:
1) At Blood and Iron training is done with synthetic wasters, steel feders, and sharp sword. Doing solo cutting patterns with sharps is the best, but is more logistically difficult in terms of safety. Most of the time doing so with a properly weighted waster is good enough.
2) The historical federshcwert is a specialized training sword designed for unarmored sparring. The modern 'feder' is inspired by the federschwert but is significantly thicker. The modern 'feder' is designed for high intensity sparring in modern sparring gear, and to be as close to a real sword as safety allows. So they are actually two different things intended for use in two different ways.
3) We are seing thicker feders because manufacturers are getting better at designing blades, and they are figuring out balances and mass distributions which are stiffer and more durrable, yet are delivering impacts that are manageable even at very high intensities.
4) You must be handling some fairly poor feders. The point of a feder is to be safer than an blunted longsword.
now make a video about twirling drill XD LoL awesome video. gonna try practice it :D