Martial Mistakes: Floating Foot and Improper Leaning
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2024
- In this series I discuss some common beginner errors and challenges in the practice of historical swordsmanship. Based on medieval / renaissance European fighting manuals, although there may be variation depending on the particular tradition, weapon, and interpretation by the individual martial arts school.
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"Floating foot" sounds like some kind of mystical kung fu technique.
You're thinking of the technique "Floating Feather" where the monk jumps into the air and delivers 3 kicks with only his right leg and then lands gently on the ball of his left foot. I can pull off two kicks myself.
@@epiccthulu Actually, I was just making a joke and had no idea there was a real kung fu technique by that name. (And yet the fact that there _is_ doesn't surprise me at all.)
The mystical stuff is pretty much exclusively WuXia related, nothing to do with actual wushu (even the show-only stuff)
I love how Skall's been using swords and recording himself for so long that he can use footage of himself for examples of both propper and improper form. Shows how learning is a process.
Yes, it's been quite a journey. :)
Love the series Skall! Here practising with my grandma's broom against a poor tree while grandpa sits here with me in the garden, thank you my friend :)
Series*
It has no singular form
Sorry, I just... Sorry
@@nasserfirelordarts6574 thank you man! I'm a non-english fellow, so I'm prone to mistakes, I really appreciate your help hahah, not only I'm learning sword fighting, but also how to proper use English
@@mattiabentivogli8144
> not only I'm learning sword fighting, but also how to proper use English
And don't forget that you can also learn from Skall how to end your opponent rightly. ;-)
@@drops2cents260 you just had to force that in there didn't you
Mark "edges" along the "blade" and hit with them only.
the thumbnail states that i must be a gopnik squat to do good in sword
Well, duh! How do you think the Russians drove away the Mongolians?
it just need to be cheeki breeki
@@mikeoxlong1395 With their winter? o.O
@@Leftyotism Partly, it's the sexy brisk dance moves that did most of the work.
There is a movie reviewer that just nailed that type. ruclips.net/video/cAgkHtbBd9s/видео.html
Wouldnt take too much for skalla to look like Thor the god of hobos xD
Yup, he has a body of a norse god as well ;)
@@vedymin1
You mean like Gambrinus, I suppose? ;-)
Just a sandwich away
All he has to do is CULTIVATE MASS
It’s very interesting to see the differences between this and hand-to-hand fighting stances.
Not much difference usually. Since armed fighting is just a weapon weilded as an extension of your body. Which is easiest built and adapted from known unarmed stances.
It’s interesting that the width of the stance is more like a a BJJ/wrestling stance but the angle is more like that of boxing. In. Oxing you can have your front leg exposed because the opponent can’t attack it but obviously that doesn’t apply to sword fighting...
Already got a pretty good reply by Myrkky but I'll second that generally in striking martial arts, your stance is narrower. My guess is that for a sword, you have a lot more force levering on your body when you throw an attack, so you need a wider stance. In karate, boxing, TKD or even Muay Thai, you generally have a more narrow stance which lets you move a lot faster (more of your body is near the center of gravity, making movement less tiring and rapid movement more explosive) and makes kicks harder to see. In grappling such as BJJ or wrestling, you want a wider stance so you can better deal with takedowns. I actually imagine that a narrow stance might be desirable in armed martial arts in order to prepare more explosive movement or to use head/body movement to avoid strikes, at the cost of less balance when attacking without combined with a step.
I'm a professor in an oriental martial art, and i can only agree with you. Especially when you say "you can never work too much on your stand and footwork".
I guess human are the same everywhere, so the basics are the same no matter what style you practice.
This is the first video of urs that popped up in my feed for a while. I looked after the fact and saw I missed a lot. I even have the bell notification
Awesome series Skall, those were huge points of improvement in my home practising.... Pls keep it up, and good luck with all the new stuff!
Very Informative Skall, Great video!
Ah, yes! Love the technique videos! Glad to see a couple back on the youtube
I love these types of videos. Keep it up skall, been watching you for years
Great new series! It's always relevant to refresh what to look out for otherwise you get lazy and form suffers. Keep them coming!
Well I have to admit, I like this format a lot. Nice work Skall. Keep up the good work man ^^
I would very much a video dedicated solely to footwork and proper steps in HEMA, but that may be just me
deadheadgamer I second the notion.
deadheadgamer I third the notion
I actually do instructional HEMA videos for one of the Patreon rewards, and footwork was covered in the third lesson.
Oh I thought it said Marital Mistakes.... not the same thing at all....
Marital arts are awesome.
You are not the first to be concerned about his marriage.
@@jonsnor4313 Oh?
Jon Snor, nonsense. We like Cara, but she's not a lifeless prop to be necessarily displayed in every video. I'm sure she has her own busy schedule.
Well, there are some crossovers.
Yay fluffy skall! Amazing vid as allways mate!
Really enjoyable and entertaining, I like your breakdowns of technique in HEMA
I really like that most of these videos on the bad are of you it shows you've taken in to account that you've done them in the past and are moving forward In Learning these things should not be done. Noticing your own shortcomings and correcting them all ways
Very interesting. I would really appreciate more pointer videos like this
Big boy skal has returned
Incredible what you manage to do with that tiny background... exited for this channel future!
*This what those 100 Squats*
from the Saitama workout has prepared me for
Weeb (not really the show is very fun and good)
Talk to me when you can do 100 pistol squats, each leg.
Jorion Edwards I don’t think Skallagrim could he mentioned hurting his knee when he got hit by that car.
This gave me some stuff to think about and work on in my own fighting, thanks!
Skal's videos are always *enterthelpful*
Helpfull and beneficial it was, indeed!
Holy crap I thought this channel had died, this is honestly the first video of your's that popped up in my feed in months and I am subscribed AND used that little bell thingy.
Do you make sure to go to the Subscriptions tab instead of the Recommended? I find everything I'm subscribed to there.
You can also find every video I upload linked on my Facebook page: facebook.com/SkallagrimYT/
@@Skallagrim Yes I always keep an eye on both my Reccomendations and Subscriptiontabs. Maybe it doesn't show up because I am subscribed to too many chanels?
Anyway, I'll make sure to follow you on facebook, I hope that will keep me updated about your uploads better than YT does.
Skipith not leg day, brother.
Interesting. I'd like to see more if these!
On topic of reach:
A rule of thumb (as my experience goes) for correcting ones posture/point of balance would be: ”Tummy/pelvis & chest forward always.” (Daily life as well)
Which sets the PoB/core in centre, removing the appeal of leaning forward to compensate for a pouting rear, encouraging better habits.
Nice hip hinge action. I've seen it in other videos and treatises and thought it was interesting. Body mechanics is an interesting topic, especially how it relates to martial arts and how it's changed over time.
I'll always find your videos informative
This really helped me for axe fighting. Thank you!
Out of interest what kind of axe fighting do you do? Like historic or modern and is it with a shield?
I love that shirt print. I have the same print on one of my Magic the Gathering deck boxes
Interesting video, keep it up !
Cool montage of 50 shades of skulls haircut. The witch doctor look looks cool. And the video is good and informative fun as ever.Ducking and getting on the knees is a sword fighting technique, who knew.
Very inspiring 😊
Please make more videos like this.
I'm not that far into the video yet, but I want to point out one martial mistake that I have trouble with the most. The Dangling Arm. When wielding a one-handed weapon, I might forget what to do with my free hand provided I am not also carrying a shield.
On the hip or tucked behind the back for extra out of the waynes.
Thank you skallagrim for sharing your martial prowess with the plebs.
did 2011 Skall came back for this video ?
I’m learning!
I am never going to be able to play dark souls again with all of this proper stance and foot work knowledge. Skall you've ruined me! T_T
Play nioh then
I take it to mean that the character is just a massive fucking noob when it comes to weapons and shit, he's just really strong and quick. It helps a lot.
@James Buck pretty standard fanatasy sword play. Over exaggerated swings and massive weapons.
Raul Rojas what makes you think I haven't? There are more Katanas! Which make it worse!
Terreos you’re in that beginning phase of HEMA where everything that doesn’t fit the standards of reality really annoys you because of all of this new and cool knowledge. Don’t worry, it goes away and eventually you don’t care about it anymore.
it's kinda funny that i got a little flashback about doing similar stance naturally when i was playing with my brother with some clubs in the yard, anyway, very helpful video skall.
Love your T-shirt.
Your awesome. Thank you.
More martial mistakes please
Awesome vid :D
That was very informative, i didnt know i didnt know that
Hi Skall. Good stuff but check out some highland broadsword and sabre slipping the leg techniques. We are mostly rear weighted with the front right leg lighter than the rear for a quick removal of the target. Check out the shift and counter technique, it's a single time counter to the head if your opponent attacks your lead leg. Also the rear leg is used as a coiled spring ready to launch a thrust or powerful cut.
I film myself doing solo practice quite a bit... I am always getting on myself about the back foot coming up and keeping my shoulders back and my stance wide.
oh no, the violence! camera stands are people too!
#CameraLivesMatter
So being a gopnik slav ups your footwork? Does it also help in ending rightly? You would think that having a "floating foot and leaning forward" would help maximize power of a pommel throw.
You can pounce like a hidden cobra from the slav squat position :)
This applies to Olympic Fencing as well. I've seen people get parry riposte off the strip because they over extended and leaned into their attack.
Next video should discuss what weapons would be useful for killing a titan from AOT in a pre-WW 1 and 2 setting.
Now I’m talking like in a realistic pre WW setting. It can be anywhere from the medieval to colonial times
Howitzers
You should look at han wu jian or just jian for short I dont know too much about it and would love if you made a video on the sword
Scolagladiatoria did one on the Jian if you’re interested
@@bosknight7837 I heard but I wanna see skalls take on it what's good and what's bad bc I it's not a very known sword or atleast I think it isnt and want to know if it's worth buying/making
Big fan
Can we get a video commentary on the recent "MMA fighter destroys/owns wing chun devotee "? It'd be really interesting if it's an indepth analysis and haven't seen anyone do it yet.
I was wondering why I didn't see the notification for this video, then I noticed youtube had unsubbed me again.
Hello Skal! I just wanted to tell you that you’re doing great. Best luck in anything you do! If you ever have the chance, you should do an antique gun review. They’re great. Thanks for being a great youtuber!
This reminds me a lot of the movement in Exanima
I was wondering if there were some transferable techniques between martial arts and sword fighting. Pretty cool.
If you’re delivering a strike with a weapon or your hand good stance and balance are going to stay the same. The same would even go for a throw
Pistol squats are good for strength and stability :)
Fuck pistol squats....hate then so much
@@Y4ngCP Then most likely you are not doing them correctly.
@@vedymin1 i do... but i hate it sameways
4:50 just saving this for myself.
I see the solution to the leaning problem right there in the background, to the left. It's called a 'shield'. You use it to cover your body.
Just kidding, don't behead me please.
another point is about exposure
me: unsheathes sword
not inappropriate exposure
me: sheepishly sheathes sword.
My first thought was that weight distribution would make a fun game mechanic. My second thought was how exceptionally tedious it would be to have to take individual steps and announce your weight shifts in d&d lol
I see we are returning to old skal... its ok, I like the look.
I want to make video’s just like yours skall
Yes everyone, squatting is a powerful movement technique for combat. It is also used against 2 handed grabs since it will make you harder to move around and easier for you to stay on your feet.
Now I know that any of my anime-like fighting techniques are rubbish.
Thanks Skall!
Well... guts have some proper form :v
You asked about how it is in unarmed fighting techniques. I can tell something about Karate (a bit out of shotokan and shitu riu). Most of the stances there put the weight on either the front or back leg in shitu riu even lifting the heel of the front leg in one stance but you still dont lean forward or something. The attacs mostly don't depend on the full body movement you described (except if you move while attacking then you use the movment for more force) the hits mostly depend on rotation and speed. As an exsample for a standart hit you start with your fist at your upper waist the fist is turned that way that your knukels face to the ground and your thumb is on the upper side, then when you hit you rotate your arm for 180° degrees (the later the better) and build your force up through the rotation, the rest of your body doesn't move while hitting because to much movement would reduce the speed to much and you won't be able to hit and block in quick succession. (Blocking works in a rather simmilar way, also trough rotation of the arm).
The hand-to-hand stances that you said are typically for training purposes, you move into one of them when you mention a low stance. Swordsage might be able to confirm this and this is based off my own practice in Goju Ryu, but you see that the low stance might be considered or looked at as a transition stance. You're using the lower stance to open up new targets or maybe even as a safer lunge. There is a bit of crossover knowledge from many styles, and context matters.
The movie "The Duelists" is remarkably good at illustrating this sort of thing.
Year?
@@scarloss474 1977. Harvey Keitel.
It's similar to Martial arts cool thanks for the lesson bro. And always remember to stay on the high ground and off sand. # Katanas are better. Now all jokes aside honestly is why I love your work historical is much diffrent then Hollywood and plp buy a sword watch a movie expect to survive with those moves.😒
I think it would be cool to see toughness testing of helmets that common soldiers and men at arms would wear; kettle helms, bascinets, skull caps, against what ever weapons you'd like. Just curious to see what abuse these common helmets are capable of with standing.
Streching for flexibility, squats for strength. 👍 Nice one Skall! Thank you.
commenting for that viewer engagement
Nobody:
*What's that huge thing in his left thigh?*
The pack for his lapelle mic.
In Avatar the Legend of Aang there is a scene where Zuko use a Dual sword. He use them as if they were one sword. Ep 7 Temp 2
Judoka here. The 50/50 is also important in bare handed fighting to not get thrown or be able to dodge punches. Also we have the "three contacts"-rule. As long as you have three contacts to the ground, you stand safe and stable. (one foot has two contacts, one at the heel and the other one at the toes)
Oh - thanks, very interesting.
(I don't practice martial arts myself.)
Presumably it also applies to Aikido and other grappling arts?
@@jasondoe2596 yes, of course. However we stand much more compact to expose ourselves as little as possible. The stand skallagrim shows here is not hat good for bare hand fighting, you could get a kick in the nuts immediately - however some traditional arts use stances like this
@@jasondoe2596 It applies when it applies... judo has rules that make it advisable to be in a very solid stance. Some other grappling styles play fast & loose with that idea, because they don't have the same rules. It's all context.
For example, if you are really trying to avoid getting thrown, don't do half your opponent's work by picking up your own feet a lot. Judo & Aikido people mostly kinda glide around the floor; but they also don't kick you in the groin then jump in the air & grab your head & slam your face into the ground.
There are lots of funny stories that go both ways about stuff like that. Rumor was that Bruce Lee learned to respect grounded stancework because he badmouthed judo until someone demonstrated it for him, live on a movie set.
Great points, thank you both :)
Yo you should do a video of you cutting a tatami mat twice before it hits the ground
Skall, I'm thinking about to start to take HEMA lessons, but i have a little
bit of phobie to be injured on the head. It could be relativly small
injury, it still freaks me out. And as i saw before, when you guys fight
with long swords, there are some hits on the head with strength. So i'm
consindering to learn to fight with rapier, altho it seems to be much
more enjoyable with long swords ( but rapiers are good too). So what's
your thoughts on this issue?
I like your shirt and technique
sir can you view borneo land Dayak weapon = Mandau and Tangkitn. they use for head hunter
05:06 : Nice Gopnik Squat there
he is not even squatting
Is the same stance used for longsword and rapiers or are there some mayor differences between the most optimal stance for each?
after seeing couple of mistakes, i'm glad i learned martial arts from anime and games
It’s fine to have a foot on the tips in my experience if you got control and allows bouncy footwork. You don’t always need traditional footwork although I prefer it however I met good fencers who do other wise. Each example here are noob mistakes of no control quite often due to posture or heel too high should feel springy etc...
Holy shit skall! I got three ads on this!
RUclips randomly goes insane with midroll ads. I've had the same thing happen on other videos, like 6 ads in 9 minutes. The content maker (i.e. Skall) has no control over it. Sometimes the program just loses its place and gets the hiccups. Maybe we just really really need a solar-powered flashlight and an internet commerce course?
Sometimes that full Joe Bonamassa song comes on (Redemption!) and it's so good I actually forget what I was watching in the first place :)
Hey i'm a little late to the video but: i tore a couple muscles in one of my knees in an accident and can't put too much weight on it for too long. what would you suggest instead? cause even trying to distribute my weight evenly i always find myself favoring my uninjured leg
If it's just muscle injury, then wait for healing, do appropriate rehab, and then go back to training proper form. If it's cartilage, tendon, or something more permanent, then it's a little harder to advise.
You should try German Academic Fencing...
Hmm good to know.
I feel like it would be fun sparring with you. I've never sparred and I do not really have any weapon training, but yeah. ha ha ha
Getting dominated aside, looks fun and you seem to know what you are doing so you wouldn't hurt just because.
Het skalgrim sorry if i pronounce your name wrong but what website did you get yiyr cross bows i was watching a ild video
How would a medieval longsword do against a modern riot shield? A knight vs someone in modern riot gear (no gun, maybe a modern sword?)
also applies to open hand martial arts
Skall, can you try to invent a weapon you can attach to your hair xD would be pretty awesome
Morning star
Headbanging will get way more violent.
The hair is already awesome enough without anything attached!
Chinese throwing nedles?
Weight or small spike/scythe thing probably.
But there are stances (Such as Ichimonji No Kamae) in Ninjutsu (Yes I went to an actual school for it) where most of your weight (center of balance) is either on your front leg (Attacking position) or back leg (defensive). The feet form an L shape and your body is sideways so you show as little of your body as possible.
Indeed advancing, backing or changing directions require your plane of body to point towards the enemy but having your weight on the front/back leg, means you can pivot around it without your hips moving in the Y axis (up/down).
In fact, one of the earlier practices are to walk with the stance back and forth without your hipline going up or down, it needs to travel in a straight line.
Just watched a video from last year about where to find quality swords. I've been looking at weapons from sabersmith.com/ for awhile and was wondering if you have any experience/input with regard to them.