Wait a moment. According to videogames, a claymore is around 6 feet long and you gotta balance it on your shoulder, hitting with downward strikes like a heavy sledgehammer! That can't be a _real_ claymore, don't tell me the videogames lied to me. :'(
+Torgo The glorified version of the claymore is depicted as a 6ft long extremely heavy great sword. Claymores are very large swords. But the longest they get is 5 feet. Also, they only weigh about 7 pounds at the most. Still, a 5ft long 7 pound sword is massive.
what's interesting to me is that the claymore user seems to take full advantage of the length of the sword, using it almost like a lever to gain control of his opponents sword. The way he parries and ripostes is also interesting. If you handed me a claymore and gave me zero training I would probably be swinging it like a baseball bat, but there's a remarkable level of control. The stances are different too, with the claymore being held out almost like a spear, at least in my eyes. Very interesting to watch. Great video!
I've done some sparring and fighting and the claymore is one of my favorites to use, I've found that stance/positioning to be my preferred when fighting due to the versatility and length
I thought the steel on steel noise was awesome. I found this very enjoyable to watch, it seemed that these people had some idea of what they're doing. Kudos
That's true but I have to say I prefer individualistic exercise like sword fighting, archery, horse riding and swimming to the team sports that people enjoy these days.
Acdragonrider Videos And in the old days, sword practices weren't sports... You could've said all that without sounding so ignorant. X) It had nothing to do with "the old days"... lol
Agreed, it is not at all a bad fight. People like *****, Lono5885, ***** etc. disqualify themselves from any discussion about fighting and display their own weakness. If somebody is an experienced fighter, why the hell would he insult people that share knowledge and experience and try to look "strong" and "right"? This is exactly what fencing is *not* about: trying to impress people and basically being a jerk. The halfknowledge and often hate that such people are spreading throughout youtubes comment section on videos on sword fighting does not only slow down the advancement of hema but might actually be dangerous for inexperienced people without good, real teachers around them.
***** Well, the internet and especially comment sections doesn't help that problem... that's what I meant with my original post; people easily make disrespectful comments or just use language carelessly because there is no a priori motivation not to offend other people. It is also easy to miss details like irony etc. which again fastly leads to trolling. I think generally the comments in sword fighting videos are often more peaceful than in other videos, but there are some individuals (I won't say anymore names, that was a very bad idea from my side.) that seem to make a lot of comments just to make the impression that they can do it better. Of course, advices on sparrings etc. could be very helpful, but it is almost impossible to take into consideration an "advice" that contains comments like "the way they are doing this and that is absolutely ridiculous" even if it actually does contain useful information. Related to this problem of manner is in my opinion the spread of rumours. Part of the motivation for my original post was actually that I recently started to belief some story about the quality of katanas from youtube comments, because the people posting and repeating it seemed quite reasonable and quite confident in what they said. But it turned out to be absolute nonsense. Maybe it's irrelevant here but it might be a good example; they all said very consistently that katanas are actually made from very low-quality steel called "pig iron" which in japanese is "tamahagane". Now the true story is that katanas are made from different steels but they are mainly the best quality ones that they can produce. Tamahagane doesn't meen pig iron but something like "precious steel" (I'm not certain of that translation). And finaly pig iron is not a form of steel at all but an intermediate product in the process of producing steel and it is absolutely unusable for something like a sword. Anyway, I'm not an expert either in communication nor in sword fighting and what I ranted about could maybe even be said about my original post... I just hope we can develop a culture (in fencing, sword fighting, hema, and on youtube) in general to be a little bit less quick in making up our minds and in thinking that we have understood something. Maybe that is even a vital part of being a fencer.
@@boinkingyamumsohardithurts12 Huh? A longsword is just between 1 and 1.5 kilos, almost as heavy as a katana. Even my 50-year-old grandpa would be able to swing that
wow... this almost looks like choreography and im not saying it is, im just saying that from the perspective of someone who knows almost nothing about fighting it looks like they control the weapons really well
Quite nice, but the thing is I like the way she parries but I don't like the way she strikes as it gives the impression that she doesn't want to hit him, where as I can definitely see he wants to hit her with his strikes.
I've had this playing in a background tab for the past few minutes. Couldn't figure out where it was coming from, but am pleasantly surprised at the content
Kind of. A claymore has a broader blade the a German longsword and a German longsword is a different shape from an Italian one and they all have variations so it's wrong to just have them all under the same umbrella but they're not that different to handle and you could use the same techniques so it comes down to preference on what one you like the feel of. Personally I like the added weight and stability that claymores give but I'm also Scottish so I mite just be subconsciously biased.
Justin Case Of course, I too prefer the Claymore to the other swords on the Continent because of the guard. The very angular guard of the Claymore gives you so many advantages. You can trap and control a foes blade so much easier with it.
+Damian Kane He is using a highland claymore, Lowerlander claymores are larger but a highland claymore is basically a Scottish long sword with a different guard shape
+Kiln Firelink False, there's no such thing as a "lowlander claymore." You're probably thinking of a greatsword, also known as a zweihander or spadone, which I believe are just German and Spanish (or maybe Italian) respectively for "great sword" or "two handed sword."
Level 58 Death Knight Well regards of how you choose to name them there is a great difference between the West Highland style Claymore and Swords from other parts like the Wallace Sword and finds of that type from lower parts of Scotland.
Paul TheSkeptic The answer is "whatever you want". Some duelists used a defensive weapon like a buckler or _main-gauche_. Some duelists held lanterns to blind their opponent, or cloaks to entangle their opponent's weapon, or just held it behind them so it didn't get in the way. Shields were generally reserved for battlefield use.
Damn! I have no experience weapon sparring, but y'all look better than anyone else I've seen. You stay fully engaged, stay open to yielding, and keep your body's fighting structure well-intact. In most other videos I've seen of people weapon sparring, they're either keeping their distance and kind of dipping their toes in the water or they're charging in hastily. Many of them have good parries, but they usually don't borrow the energy from their opponent in those moments to put themselves back on offense. I feel like this taking of an opponent's pressure and using it to fluidly, yet (often) aggressively, strike back is quite possibly the number one "skill" in fighting generally. And y'all are doing that constantly here. Some swift warriors you are!
I learned a lot from this video. I learned that Hawk the Slayer, Krull, and Excalibur form the basis of modern academic understanding of medieval combat. Everything im watching explains why people just decided to carry shields and maces, and smash the shit out of ponces dancing around with swords.
Depends on the Smith. A Claymore, by definition, is a blade (sword in entirety) that can be of any length between four and a half to six feet long, and weigh up to approximately six pounds. The real definition of a Claymore is "A large sword of Gaelic origin that features a forward swept guard".
Chaos Omega Well... I saw it was a joke. My point is that the answer is clearly obvious but the joke only works if the answer wasnt obvious. I know by now it's a bit of a buzzkill but you posted this a month ago... you can handle it lol.
Chaos Omega Yeah but that's assuming you cant tell their gender, otherwise it's politically correct to refer to them as men considering that's what they are...
For some reason I don't like seeing people wearing rubber-soled shoes when sparring. Historical martial arts as with any martial arts stresses the importance of footwork. Before the invention of rubber-soled shoes a person either had leather-soled shoes that would slide in mud or studded shoes that would slide on stone and maybe wooden floors. Footwork was important because if you didn't use your feet correctly you could slip, fall, and then it would be over. Now with rubber your feet has so much grip that while it still matters where you put your feet it doesn't matter how you put them down and takes part of the difficulty and therefore skill out of the fight. That's not to say that Douglas isn't incredibly skilled (he'd destroy me) or anyone who uses trainers (sneakers) isn't skilled, it's just a petty gripe.
+Lazy Spark If you want to create historical fights and make them realistic to the time, sure. But if that's the case they should be wearing full plated armour.
+DarklordDaUnicorn DaThird "But if that's the case they should be wearing full plated armour." Not entirely true. Most of those who were taught something like longsword fencing were people who were trained to fight against non armored opponents with the sword (The sword would have little to none effect against full steel plate). If they were to wear full plate they would've used other knightly weapons like the poleaxe or eagle's beak. Longsword fencing was mostly used in duels between two people, either because of a trial or because someone insulted someone and they wanted to fight each other, they did without armor (It would take too long to don the armor). When on the battlefield they would either use the hand cannons, hammers and pole weapons alike, though there would at some point a longsword that was unsheathed on the battlefield.
+Lazy Spark well also, historically you wouldn't fight on polished wood floors where it is easy to slip. I think the rubber on the shoes works because you'd have very bad traction on the wood floors.
+Trilluminati Israel you are right at everything except the part you said 'handcannon' that is actually wrong handcannons are so inaccurate and heavy I highly believe that medieval knights used them quite often if they ever did..
I agree, but in a different way possibly. also rubber soled shoes on a high grip surface like a gym floor is terrible on your joints with proper footwork. you can over torque your knees or twist an ankle easily. I learned so much going to a fully historically accurate set of clothes - from the feet up to the head (but including a helmet of course. ) my heels, ankles, arch and knees thanked me for it too.
Why does the one have leg protection and the other one not? What if he got hit in the leg? I never see them go for eachother's legs which I do see in other sparring... So is it a rule between you two or didn't you even think about it?
As expected, long sword one, though he shouldn't used stances where his sword is back from the center except.maybe above head against a larger range opponent. And with a claymore, going for the legs or inner thigh works well.
are leg shots illegal? no protection on the one guys leg. if they are legal with most of their stances they left their legs wide open. just an observation.
Ricardo Mendez These men are practicing HEMA, so leg shots would be perfectly legal. However, the goal here is to enhance ones swordplay, not murder the opponent. It is worthwhile in noting these are the very same techniques they might have used during the Crusades in battle.
Wow watching those two go at it made me realize, in need to get my parry's to a place where I can react and parry as quickly as they can. Also they could not use really hard attacks because that would be murder/suicide, its just a bout people chill...
“You’re not going to get away with this” “Agh” “Thats, that’s the best you got?” “Augh” “You start running so I can stab you in the back” “No more I yield I yield!” Anyone? Eh? Anyone else?
My claymore is super heavy, and I am only 5ft 6 in I cant see myself holding out for long using it for even 3 minutes It is like 5 ft long My longswords are much lighter , I dont know how they could hold up for that long
Hate to burst their bubbles but Claymores were not designed for hand to hand combat as they were too heavy and slow. Claymores were very heavy and dull on both edges. A claymore sword sole purpose was to be swung at passing horses to break their legs and send the knight flying. After that work was done with a short sword, flail, dagger, etc.
Wait a moment. According to videogames, a claymore is around 6 feet long and you gotta balance it on your shoulder, hitting with downward strikes like a heavy sledgehammer! That can't be a _real_ claymore, don't tell me the videogames lied to me. :'(
+Torgo Claymores can vary in size, from a simple Scottish take on the longsword, to a greatsword.
+Torgo
The glorified version of the claymore is depicted as a 6ft long extremely heavy great sword.
Claymores are very large swords. But the longest they get is 5 feet.
Also, they only weigh about 7 pounds at the most.
Still, a 5ft long 7 pound sword is massive.
+Jeffrey MacMullin Some German greatswords got to 6 feet and 7 pounds.
Torgo videogames lied to you
@LordWhis the longest clay more in history is 2.22 m and the shortest is 1.40 m
try rolling and then, backstab
Try jumping
Reversalification Praise the Sun \o/
Need head...
Try a slash spin sword over back then slash?
Tight spot!
what's interesting to me is that the claymore user seems to take full advantage of the length of the sword, using it almost like a lever to gain control of his opponents sword. The way he parries and ripostes is also interesting. If you handed me a claymore and gave me zero training I would probably be swinging it like a baseball bat, but there's a remarkable level of control. The stances are different too, with the claymore being held out almost like a spear, at least in my eyes. Very interesting to watch. Great video!
I've done some sparring and fighting and the claymore is one of my favorites to use, I've found that stance/positioning to be my preferred when fighting due to the versatility and length
Longsword guy was real quick and claymore quite wise, fun to watch
3:30 right there is awesome.
Sam MacDowell Freaking beautiful.
Much better than anything hollywood came up with.
That shit looked like it came straight from for honor
PE has changed...
It got back to being hard and actually interesting.
I know nothing about swords or sword play, but this was simply fun to watch. It makes me want to learn.
bestguitar11 yeah man go ahead its worth the effort you put in :)
Hey five years later, did you ever get around to learning?
I thought the steel on steel noise was awesome. I found this very enjoyable to watch, it seemed that these people had some idea of what they're doing.
Kudos
Why can't we do this instead of the sports that we have today... Live like the people in the days of old.
"Live like the people in the days of old."
With a statement like that, someone has to assume you're cherry-picking.
What does that even mean?
Acdragonrider Videos I'm saying the days of old were absolute shit, compared to now, and that you're cherry-picking the very few good things.
That's true but I have to say I prefer individualistic exercise like sword fighting, archery, horse riding and swimming to the team sports that people enjoy these days.
Acdragonrider Videos And in the old days, sword practices weren't sports...
You could've said all that without sounding so ignorant. X) It had nothing to do with "the old days"... lol
Don't understand all the negativity, looked like a fun fight to me
I'm with you. It actually looked better than some of the fights I've seen where they're just swinging around like children. Can't help the haters.
I agree, this looked better than most fights I have seen.
Agreed, it is not at all a bad fight.
People like *****, Lono5885, ***** etc. disqualify themselves from any discussion about fighting and display their own weakness.
If somebody is an experienced fighter, why the hell would he insult people that share knowledge and experience and try to look "strong" and "right"?
This is exactly what fencing is *not* about: trying to impress people and basically being a jerk.
The halfknowledge and often hate that such people are spreading throughout youtubes comment section on videos on sword fighting does not only slow down the advancement of hema but might actually be dangerous for inexperienced people without good, real teachers around them.
*****
Yeah, sorry for the generalization in my post. I might have interpreted wrongly your comment to be condescending.
*****
Well, the internet and especially comment sections doesn't help that problem... that's what I meant with my original post; people easily make disrespectful comments or just use language carelessly because there is no a priori motivation not to offend other people. It is also easy to miss details like irony etc. which again fastly leads to trolling.
I think generally the comments in sword fighting videos are often more peaceful than in other videos, but there are some individuals (I won't say anymore names, that was a very bad idea from my side.) that seem to make a lot of comments just to make the impression that they can do it better.
Of course, advices on sparrings etc. could be very helpful, but it is almost impossible to take into consideration an "advice" that contains comments like "the way they are doing this and that is absolutely ridiculous" even if it actually does contain useful information.
Related to this problem of manner is in my opinion the spread of rumours. Part of the motivation for my original post was actually that I recently started to belief some story about the quality of katanas from youtube comments, because the people posting and repeating it seemed quite reasonable and quite confident in what they said. But it turned out to be absolute nonsense.
Maybe it's irrelevant here but it might be a good example; they all said very consistently that katanas are actually made from very low-quality steel called "pig iron" which in japanese is "tamahagane". Now the true story is that katanas are made from different steels but they are mainly the best quality ones that they can produce. Tamahagane doesn't meen pig iron but something like "precious steel" (I'm not certain of that translation). And finaly pig iron is not a form of steel at all but an intermediate product in the process of producing steel and it is absolutely unusable for something like a sword.
Anyway, I'm not an expert either in communication nor in sword fighting and what I ranted about could maybe even be said about my original post... I just hope we can develop a culture (in fencing, sword fighting, hema, and on youtube) in general to be a little bit less quick in making up our minds and in thinking that we have understood something. Maybe that is even a vital part of being a fencer.
3:31 to 3:37 was the best part
That beautiful sliding parry at 1:01 👌
"European swords were heavy and blunt"
/video plays
Hahahahahhahah your a comedian
Mr. Role the Bones :)
Who said that?
@@TheDarkestPaladin People who only get their knowledge from hollywood movies about knights and stuff
They were heavy fighters were just strong af
@@boinkingyamumsohardithurts12
Huh? A longsword is just between 1 and 1.5 kilos, almost as heavy as a katana. Even my 50-year-old grandpa would be able to swing that
wow... this almost looks like choreography
and im not saying it is, im just saying that from the perspective of someone who knows almost nothing about fighting it looks like they control the weapons really well
Quite nice, but the thing is I like the way she parries but I don't like the way she strikes as it gives the impression that she doesn't want to hit him, where as I can definitely see he wants to hit her with his strikes.
She?
..... They're both guys
Don't think I've ever heard of a girl called Douglas :')
+Metatron Not an expert but me and my friends target each others weapons while practicing our parries. Could do they are too
Metatron THANK GOD SOMEONE IN THESE COMMENTS ACTUALLY DOES KNOW WHAT THEY ARE SAYING! YES!
This was sweet, the range the claymore offers is just enough to keep the opponent on the defensive.
Best sword fighting I have seen in RUclips. Amazing blade control and footwork.
I've had this playing in a background tab for the past few minutes. Couldn't figure out where it was coming from, but am pleasantly surprised at the content
I'm impressed at how quickly he was able to maneuver that beast.
3:28 Was just like a beautiful exchange there
Oh! Listen to the singing steel!
Chris Wedemann Specially at 0:39, so sharp it sounds when slicing the air! xD
uh that is so epic =O
I want to see fights like this in a movie instead of those wannabe hollywood fights.
Man, both of you guys are pretty skilled!
Everyone does realize the Claymore is just a Scottish Longsword right? It only has a difference in guard....
Isn't it a scottish greatsword?
Depends on the length of the blade. It can be either. But you use the same techniques.
oh ok thanks
Kind of.
A claymore has a broader blade the a German longsword and a German longsword is a different shape from an Italian one and they all have variations so it's wrong to just have them all under the same umbrella but they're not that different to handle and you could use the same techniques so it comes down to preference on what one you like the feel of.
Personally I like the added weight and stability that claymores give but I'm also Scottish so I mite just be subconsciously biased.
Justin Case Of course, I too prefer the Claymore to the other swords on the Continent because of the guard. The very angular guard of the Claymore gives you so many advantages. You can trap and control a foes blade so much easier with it.
I thought Claymores were bigger... o.o
+Damian Kane He is using a highland claymore, Lowerlander claymores are larger but a highland claymore is basically a Scottish long sword with a different guard shape
Ah thank you :)
Damian Kane No problem~
+Kiln Firelink False, there's no such thing as a "lowlander claymore." You're probably thinking of a greatsword, also known as a zweihander or spadone, which I believe are just German and Spanish (or maybe Italian) respectively for "great sword" or "two handed sword."
Level 58 Death Knight Well regards of how you choose to name them there is a great difference between the West Highland style Claymore and Swords from other parts like the Wallace Sword and finds of that type from lower parts of Scotland.
"claymore vs longsword"
Fantastic. Next you can show us "arming sword vs broadsword".
+Jonathan Hughes I would assume one would use a shield with a one handed sword. That would be a weird duel.
Paul TheSkeptic Not necessarily; Medieval fencing treatises do illustrate techniques for one-handed weapons without shields (especially messers).
+Jonathan Hughes Then what do you do with your other hand? Maybe a second short sword or like a basilard or something?
Paul TheSkeptic
The answer is "whatever you want". Some duelists used a defensive weapon like a buckler or _main-gauche_. Some duelists held lanterns to blind their opponent, or cloaks to entangle their opponent's weapon, or just held it behind them so it didn't get in the way. Shields were generally reserved for battlefield use.
Jonathan Hughes Okay.
Damn! I have no experience weapon sparring, but y'all look better than anyone else I've seen. You stay fully engaged, stay open to yielding, and keep your body's fighting structure well-intact. In most other videos I've seen of people weapon sparring, they're either keeping their distance and kind of dipping their toes in the water or they're charging in hastily. Many of them have good parries, but they usually don't borrow the energy from their opponent in those moments to put themselves back on offense. I feel like this taking of an opponent's pressure and using it to fluidly, yet (often) aggressively, strike back is quite possibly the number one "skill" in fighting generally. And y'all are doing that constantly here. Some swift warriors you are!
You can break blades with a claymore's hilt.
+Lab Rat That's incorrect and also, you said hilt? How would you break it with the hilt?
unless its heat treat was shit, you can't break a blade with a hilt
Zebefreo :D but you can! For you see, the hilt is actually a pair of bolt cutters!
2:45 I haven't seen the one at 3 minutes but this is amazing, why is no one talking about it???
This is some realle, really good fighting! I truly envy both of you. *subscribed*
Ahhh yes the ancient art of clanking swords together
ImoenOfTelenguard:actually I enjoy fencing with claymores.
I feel like this is a sport with so much potential for trolling.
the gym makes these swords sound like lightsabers
Was hoping to see a 150 lbs 6 foot long claymore
The guy in Vibrams knows what's up.
I learned a lot from this video. I learned that Hawk the Slayer, Krull, and Excalibur form the basis of modern academic understanding of medieval combat. Everything im watching explains why people just decided to carry shields and maces, and smash the shit out of ponces dancing around with swords.
Ooooh! The music makes me SOOOOO tense!!
Indeed
that "claymore" has the claymore style crossguard, but it looks like a regular longsword in terms of weight and length. Good sparring though.
Claymores _are_ longswords. Some are longer than others, but they're essentially the same weapon except for details like the crossguard style.
also this is contact steel fencing. Some alouences must be made for safety. An 8-12lb sword coming down on a blunt edge can still kill a guy.
+fringis1 There are no swords I know of that got even close to 12 pounds. Most greatswords were no more than 7.
fair, I was judging that back on a weighted sword that I use just for strength training
The Oscar caliber synth-string score has me wondering when the decapitation is.
So, "Longsword vs longsword with a slightly different shaped hilt"? Seems a bit pointless.
Agreed
different weapons have different guard styles and balances.
Well this was quite a big longsword, but isnt claymore supposed to be bigger?
Depends on the Smith. A Claymore, by definition, is a blade (sword in entirety) that can be of any length between four and a half to six feet long, and weigh up to approximately six pounds. The real definition of a Claymore is "A large sword of Gaelic origin that features a forward swept guard".
Pissed off the HEMA community... God help you
They really do be yeeting to the side like dat.
You know, two handed swords are a lot more violent.
Heavy strikes everywhere.
Ima take it the older guy is his master?
Wow that so good! Fancy moves, loved the music, and does the motorcycle armor work??
The guy on the right; did he borrow his gf's shoes?
XD
now this is what im talking about!
I thought the Claymore was supposed to be larger and longer than the Longsword. But in this video they're pretty much the same size.
I allways love to see two skilled swordsmen in a duell cheers mates :) nice one
You fight with the strength of many men good sir knight
I'd rather watch this kind of fight choreography in movies rather than those flashy style hollywood made us think
I'd fight with these swords just for the sound
Awesome!
Aaaaahhh. The sound of metal scrapping on each other! X(
Some excellent swordsmen here... err... swordspeople? Swordpersons. Excellent FIGHTERS. There.
+Chaos Omega Uhh... no. Swordsmen. Clearly men.
It was a joke. :P
Chaos Omega Well... I saw it was a joke. My point is that the answer is clearly obvious but the joke only works if the answer wasnt obvious. I know by now it's a bit of a buzzkill but you posted this a month ago... you can handle it lol.
The joke wasn't about whether or not I could tell their gender. It's about political correctness.
Chaos Omega Yeah but that's assuming you cant tell their gender, otherwise it's politically correct to refer to them as men considering that's what they are...
Drummond of Drangleic? Defender of Cardinal Tower?
*swords clashing*
oh the suspense is killing me!
Amazing bout! Great swordsman both of them!
Justo lo que necesitaba para sacarme de dudas...
For some reason I don't like seeing people wearing rubber-soled shoes when sparring. Historical martial arts as with any martial arts stresses the importance of footwork. Before the invention of rubber-soled shoes a person either had leather-soled shoes that would slide in mud or studded shoes that would slide on stone and maybe wooden floors. Footwork was important because if you didn't use your feet correctly you could slip, fall, and then it would be over. Now with rubber your feet has so much grip that while it still matters where you put your feet it doesn't matter how you put them down and takes part of the difficulty and therefore skill out of the fight.
That's not to say that Douglas isn't incredibly skilled (he'd destroy me) or anyone who uses trainers (sneakers) isn't skilled, it's just a petty gripe.
+Lazy Spark If you want to create historical fights and make them realistic to the time, sure.
But if that's the case they should be wearing full plated armour.
+DarklordDaUnicorn DaThird "But if that's the case they should be wearing full plated armour." Not entirely true. Most of those who were taught something like longsword fencing were people who were trained to fight against non armored opponents with the sword (The sword would have little to none effect against full steel plate). If they were to wear full plate they would've used other knightly weapons like the poleaxe or eagle's beak.
Longsword fencing was mostly used in duels between two people, either because of a trial or because someone insulted someone and they wanted to fight each other, they did without armor (It would take too long to don the armor). When on the battlefield they would either use the hand cannons, hammers and pole weapons alike, though there would at some point a longsword that was unsheathed on the battlefield.
+Lazy Spark well also, historically you wouldn't fight on polished wood floors where it is easy to slip. I think the rubber on the shoes works because you'd have very bad traction on the wood floors.
+Trilluminati Israel you are right at everything except the part you said 'handcannon' that is actually wrong handcannons are so inaccurate and heavy I highly believe that medieval knights used them quite often if they ever did..
I agree, but in a different way possibly.
also rubber soled shoes on a high grip surface like a gym floor is terrible on your joints with proper footwork. you can over torque your knees or twist an ankle easily.
I learned so much going to a fully historically accurate set of clothes - from the feet up to the head (but including a helmet of course. )
my heels, ankles, arch and knees thanked me for it too.
Great match ! fun to watch in slo mo
In longpoint and roof, is the claymore's guard supposed to be parallel to the ground as it appears in this video?
Gotta say that the footwork and parrying is really what made this video. Awesome work guys!
My ears hurt but I watched till the end
Why does the one have leg protection and the other one not? What if he got hit in the leg? I never see them go for eachother's legs which I do see in other sparring... So is it a rule between you two or didn't you even think about it?
What type of armor/padding are they both wearin
Dude... That was pretty awesome
Someone add Lightsabers
I thought the Claymore was bigger, you know, like in between the longsword and the greatsword.
Wow. Where would I be able to buy swords like those?
Blank blank kult of Athena
Thanks for the video!!!! GOD bless and keep you and JESUS loves you!!!!
*Dunmaglass*
Oh, I practice the two handed sword also. Sadly, I haven't found a sparring partner yet.
Is the armor the longsword fighter wearing purpose built or just motorcycle armor?
It's not purpose built , bmx or snowboard I think
I want to see claymore vs rapier. Just the contrast would be interesting
Casuals can't even 2 hand parry
very nice fight!
As expected, long sword one, though he shouldn't used stances where his sword is back from the center except.maybe above head against a larger range opponent. And with a claymore, going for the legs or inner thigh works well.
1:53 nice one
are leg shots illegal? no protection on the one guys leg. if they are legal with most of their stances they left their legs wide open. just an observation.
Ricardo Mendez These men are practicing HEMA, so leg shots would be perfectly legal. However, the goal here is to enhance ones swordplay, not murder the opponent. It is worthwhile in noting these are the very same techniques they might have used during the Crusades in battle.
Ricardo Mendez The legs are wide open so a stance is well grounded. I usually switch to make guards or simply step back to avoid having my leg hit
Pretty fight I would like to know those swords
So... I'm a little confused. What's the difference between a longsword and a claymore?
What’s the difference, they look just about identical
Isn’t a claymore longer than a longsword?
Some parts of this almost look scripted, but it's so cool.
Which one is longsword xD
One without the guard pointed straight up and the decorative holes on the end of the guard.
argh the sound of the sword crashing :S
Wow watching those two go at it made me realize, in need to get my parry's to a place where I can react and parry as quickly as they can. Also they could not use really hard attacks because that would be murder/suicide, its just a bout people chill...
Do you need both hands on swords for this ?
for honor in a nutshell
Using a claymore like a longsword...
I live the chainmail and bordshorts look
Did anyone else in their heads imagine the pirates of the Caribbean theme XD
an actual swordfight, not just people in padding beat each other for double kill
“You’re not going to get away with this”
“Agh”
“Thats, that’s the best you got?”
“Augh”
“You start running so I can stab you in the back”
“No more I yield I yield!”
Anyone? Eh? Anyone else?
My claymore is super heavy, and I am only 5ft 6 in I cant see myself holding out for long using it for even 3 minutes
It is like 5 ft long
My longswords are much lighter , I dont know how they could hold up for that long
What's the overall length of that claymore?
Is this exhausting?
Very exhausting.
Hate to burst their bubbles but Claymores were not designed for hand to hand combat as they were too heavy and slow. Claymores were very heavy and dull on both edges. A claymore sword sole purpose was to be swung at passing horses to break their legs and send the knight flying. After that work was done with a short sword, flail, dagger, etc.
You are thinking of a great sword.
good metal noise