😊 I am the white armor man. Hi guys! In my opinion, there is no best weapon. But you know what? People who saw this comment and saw me. Yes you. you are the best thank you 😊
You sir are a true warrior! You're to hard on yourself! Facing 2 opponents (skilled ones at that) is no easy feat no matter what weapon you're using. You fought extremely well. And not just with one weapon but many. I would be more than happy to be half the martial artist that you are.
As known in ancient time the long range weapon wielder, also have short sword that easy to unsheated, this short sword often positition at waist side or back. When there is attack that need counter using this sword sword the ancient warrior will use it in flash of seconds.
To be clear, the Yanyuedao or dragon glaive, often named Guan Dao after Guan Yu, was never actually used by Guan Yu. It appeared during the Ming dynasty, when the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was written, and they gave this weapon to Guan Yu on the print illustrations of the books. Crescent shaped glaive are a late Song dynasty innovation mostly. This weapon is mostly associated with Guan Yu by tradition however.
@@jason200912 the great Ming military blog has an entry called "telling apart chinese polearms", check out the Han dynasty section, should be one of them
There are glaive-like weapons dating to the Han Dynasty and even the Zhou Dynasty. These versions of the glaive were one-sided blades attached to poles, but didn't resemble the later versions used by the Song Dynasty. The Han Dynasty version looks like an Egyptian Khopesh mounted to a pole and the Zhou and earlier era versions look like a hooked knife mounted to a pole.
It's true in a fight distance has its advantages. The bow & arrow or any type of spears or something like it is good to keep your enemy away. Addition to that having an acceptable range for defense.
The flail was very impressive, it seems like it's the sudden shock factor that really carries it since it's unfamiliar in its angles. I wonder if the ceiling for its effectiveness is lower though, if the opponent becomes more familiarized with it
The hook swords, twin hooks, fu tao, hu tou gou (tiger head hook). would love to see someone who technical and professional with them use them in combat
Flexible weapons like that are hard to free play with. Can't pull shots, if you go too hard you risk damaging your partner, if you go too soft they might not respect the weapon. Very high demands for accountability from everyone involved and even then shit will still happen.
In England the Glaive was a Brythonic Celtic weapon. Was apparently wielded by the Welsh until 15th century. There is a mention of a warrant from the first year of Richard III's reign, dated 1483: ‘It has been argued that the glaive had its origin in Wales, and that it remained a national weapon until the end of the XVth Century. Grose mentions a warrant (Harleian MS., No. 433) issued to Nicholas Spicer, dated the first year of Richard III's reign, 1483 for enrolling of smiths for "the making of two hundred Welsh glaives" - twenty shillings and sixpence being the charge for thirty glaives with their staves, made at Abergavenny and Llanllowel’
Just recently discovered this channel, and I really like it. Keep up the great work! As far as weapons to try in the future, how about the mace? It's one of my favorites.
And gear. A flail and a glaive were a lot more effective against heavy armored foes than a common spear. Good Armor can ignore most pokes from a spear, the glaive and flail brute force on the other hand, even if it donsent cut you, the impact alone can shatter bones.
The dragon glaive (guan yu's weapon) was a weakness that it requires wide swings to build power. This may create more opening for enemies to enter. The spear and the giant flail on the other hand? Well you basically point the weapon at the enemy all the time, so it's more difficult to get in. The dragon glaive is really not meant for fighting (unless you're supremely skilled), it's main use is to cause great damage.
How about a naginata? Similar to a dragon glaive but narrower. Thicker than a spear, narrower than something like a Guan Dao or Glaive. Be an interesting balance experiment
Looking for the king of melee weapons in the category of pole arms is a good place to start, but have you considered that one of the best weapons of there just might be a really big sword? The Greatsword was used in situations where it could fend off multiple attackers with wide swearing motions that creates an area of denial with its long blade. And it’s good against pole arms and charging Calvary as well.
What if, is you hold the spear like the dragon glaive? Or like Cu from the Fate serie? I see it very often, that the spear is holded in the middle, and not the end, in fiction. What is reducing the reach. But looks like to give more option for movement. Or using it like a staff. Even in some real life clips, like this, are they holded closer to the wielder. I only dont know, if that is only for show. Or usable.
Please collab with this Chinese Dao guy from this video: ruclips.net/video/HLUkSCG2bSs/видео.htmlsi=_oVTyGMElC4r8E1Q The way he uses it is not what I expected at all and he had a very effective technique against longer weapons. Would live to see how he spars.
Best all round is the sword, spear is best for ease of use, low skill level to use it lethally and has longest reach, word word for spear in Chinese is actually ‘Gun’ funnily, a gun certainly has longest reach for an infantry weapon
Those Kendoka need to learn some half swording if they want to fight polearms decently. It won't give them an advantage over polarms but it will be better than how they did
The English longbowman made everything irrelevant. The French knights were like celebrities of the day. Well trained and educated a part of the aristocracy just like everywhere in Europe. The English longbowman was a peasant. Basically. Low class. But they trained with the bow sooooo much and were lethal with it they wiped out thousands of French rockstar knights. This shock went through Europe and ushered in the demise of tbe knight. And rhe rise of the peasant soldier. The crossbow was almost as good as a longbow and required minimal training. Then of course the gun ended all of the men at arms and knights that remained. Technology was embraced and the gun became the norm. To give these peasants an air of status they dressed them in uniform and forced line warfare. The aristocrats became the officers and that is a brief history of warfare. The middle finger as a swear comes from this. A bounty for every English longbowmans middle finger was given. It has to be the middle finger since it was huge from the muscles and tendons that became a signature of the longbowmans prowess. When the English lined up to fight the French the English would raise rhe middle finger in defiance of rhe bounty and that they still had there’s.
It doesn't. A bow unit without proper set up is vulnerable. Infantry and Cavalry were still very relevant. Like weapons, all units have their role. Evaluating a heavy armored and shield infantry unit by it's ability to inflict damage is like evaluating a goalkeeper by how many goals it scored. It's not it's purpose. Like wise the comparison with weapons. Yeah, the spear is nimble and harder to block. But it is less effective against shields and armored foes than the glaive or the flail. And about the battle of Agincourt (that i presumed you were referencing) we must remember that the french were cocky and charge archers on fortified positions, with infantry protecting the archers front line, through a large mud field. And it had rained on the prior to the battle, making the french not deploy their crossbows. So context is important. It was not "just" because bow > all.
Todd Cutler and his friends did an entire series that debunks the oversimplification of the Battle of Agincourt in the popular media as solely being due to longbowmen superiority. Plenty of myths surrounding this battle.
😊 I am the white armor man. Hi guys! In my opinion, there is no best weapon. But you know what? People who saw this comment and saw me. Yes you. you are the best thank you 😊
What material is your white armer made of, I really want to make some myself it looks so cool!
@@user-on1ru5hn1u I will show you soon. first is gauntlet diy. you will know how to make it
Maybe try Miaodao/ 'Chinese Changdao'?
@@user-on1ru5hn1u Agreed! He's definitely very stylish! He's armor is soooo cool 🤘
You sir are a true warrior! You're to hard on yourself! Facing 2 opponents (skilled ones at that) is no easy feat no matter what weapon you're using. You fought extremely well. And not just with one weapon but many. I would be more than happy to be half the martial artist that you are.
Who'd have thought the winner is the most humble and simple of weapons: The thermonuclear bomb
As known in ancient time the long range weapon wielder, also have short sword that easy to unsheated, this short sword often positition at waist side or back. When there is attack that need counter using this sword sword the ancient warrior will use it in flash of seconds.
I’d love to see more chain weapons. Like the Meteor Hammer, the Rope Dart, the Kyoketsu Shoge, and the Manriki Gusari!
i would love to see some european counterparts to the more asian/chinese/korean/japanese weapons
I will show you😊
@@HRmocap sadly your channel don'T have any english subs or i would love to see more of your videos. cant understand korean at all
@@Angulus96 I WILL MAKE ENG SUB MORE. TODAY MY VIDEO HAVE ENG SUB!
Best weapon sparring channel in RUclips
To be clear, the Yanyuedao or dragon glaive, often named Guan Dao after Guan Yu, was never actually used by Guan Yu. It appeared during the Ming dynasty, when the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was written, and they gave this weapon to Guan Yu on the print illustrations of the books. Crescent shaped glaive are a late Song dynasty innovation mostly. This weapon is mostly associated with Guan Yu by tradition however.
What weapon did guanyu actually use? Maybe a standard dagger axe?
@@jason200912 the great Ming military blog has an entry called "telling apart chinese polearms", check out the Han dynasty section, should be one of them
It first appeared during the Northern and Southern dynasties but was rarely used, and only became more popular during the Song and Ming dynasties.
@@jason200912 History record states that Guan Yu thrust Yan Liang to 💀, the word 'thrust' means he was probably using a dagger-axe or sword/knife.
There are glaive-like weapons dating to the Han Dynasty and even the Zhou Dynasty. These versions of the glaive were one-sided blades attached to poles, but didn't resemble the later versions used by the Song Dynasty. The Han Dynasty version looks like an Egyptian Khopesh mounted to a pole and the Zhou and earlier era versions look like a hooked knife mounted to a pole.
It's true in a fight distance has its advantages. The bow & arrow or any type of spears or something like it is good to keep your enemy away. Addition to that having an acceptable range for defense.
The flail was very impressive, it seems like it's the sudden shock factor that really carries it since it's unfamiliar in its angles. I wonder if the ceiling for its effectiveness is lower though, if the opponent becomes more familiarized with it
The hook swords, twin hooks, fu tao, hu tou gou (tiger head hook). would love to see someone who technical and professional with them use them in combat
Use a shorter spear. A spear around your height will still give you tremendous reach advantage over other weapons.
Guan Yu spear is my favorite.
Kusarigama. I see demonstrations with it, but I never see freeplay.
Flexible weapons like that are hard to free play with. Can't pull shots, if you go too hard you risk damaging your partner, if you go too soft they might not respect the weapon. Very high demands for accountability from everyone involved and even then shit will still happen.
Stick is love, stick is life.
In England the Glaive was a Brythonic Celtic weapon. Was apparently wielded by the Welsh until 15th century. There is a mention of a warrant from the first year of Richard III's reign, dated 1483:
‘It has been argued that the glaive had its origin in Wales, and that it remained a national weapon until the end of the XVth Century. Grose mentions a warrant (Harleian MS., No. 433) issued to Nicholas Spicer, dated the first year of Richard III's reign, 1483 for enrolling of smiths for "the making of two hundred Welsh glaives" - twenty shillings and sixpence being the charge for thirty glaives with their staves, made at Abergavenny and Llanllowel’
Good video. The best weapon I think is a bow staff. It has reach and works close quarters, plus you can attach spear, or blade to it.
Just recently discovered this channel, and I really like it. Keep up the great work! As far as weapons to try in the future, how about the mace? It's one of my favorites.
Great video! I love this channel! 🔥⚔😎
I'm curious if they'd try the muskets next
The best would be a long pike for formation combat. And a full knuxkle guard rapier for personal defense dueling.
Less weapons than tactics and formations.
Each side with a spear and a sword. How do combined arms create openings for the weapons?
And gear. A flail and a glaive were a lot more effective against heavy armored foes than a common spear. Good Armor can ignore most pokes from a spear, the glaive and flail brute force on the other hand, even if it donsent cut you, the impact alone can shatter bones.
This session must have been fun 😂
it would be lovely to se some tiger head swords! being double blades and also having the chance to extend them when you link them together
I need a few of these weapons for my own practice, but my heart will always belong to the two sword technique I am working on with uchigatana.
The dragon glaive (guan yu's weapon) was a weakness that it requires wide swings to build power. This may create more opening for enemies to enter.
The spear and the giant flail on the other hand? Well you basically point the weapon at the enemy all the time, so it's more difficult to get in.
The dragon glaive is really not meant for fighting (unless you're supremely skilled), it's main use is to cause great damage.
How about a naginata? Similar to a dragon glaive but narrower. Thicker than a spear, narrower than something like a Guan Dao or Glaive. Be an interesting balance experiment
Looking for the king of melee weapons in the category of pole arms is a good place to start, but have you considered that one of the best weapons of there just might be a really big sword? The Greatsword was used in situations where it could fend off multiple attackers with wide swearing motions that creates an area of denial with its long blade. And it’s good against pole arms and charging Calvary as well.
you're the best! so cool!
I'd like to see the three section staff practiced
Spear, purely because of logistical reasons.
Was the first one trying one handing the katana vs a polearm? xD
What if, is you hold the spear like the dragon glaive?
Or like Cu from the Fate serie?
I see it very often, that the spear is holded in the middle, and not the end, in fiction. What is reducing the reach. But looks like to give more option for movement. Or using it like a staff.
Even in some real life clips, like this, are they holded closer to the wielder.
I only dont know, if that is only for show. Or usable.
i'd be interested in seeing the effectiveness of the kanabō in combat
The Dragon Glaive is King
Please try southeast Asian weapons such as: filpino kampilan, Moro big keris, Indo-malay keris, Thai double dha, Khmer phkak
The strongest weapon is the mind.
Please collab with this Chinese Dao guy from this video: ruclips.net/video/HLUkSCG2bSs/видео.htmlsi=_oVTyGMElC4r8E1Q
The way he uses it is not what I expected at all and he had a very effective technique against longer weapons. Would live to see how he spars.
Rope dart.
how about greatswords?
Lu Bu's Chinese Halberd
The answer is clearly gun!
Laughs in nuclear bomb
What is the king of weapons?
The answer is the weapon bearer🗿
What about a shield and sword?
Historically Guan Yus weapon was probably a spear of some sort😂
what about long axe？
Nice to see that the Japanese have the same endless nerd discussion as Europeans and Americans!
They’re Korean, dude.
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Hey hey guys, I sent an email to your weaponsmith about a katana. Haven't received a reply.
Best all round is the sword, spear is best for ease of use, low skill level to use it lethally and has longest reach, word word for spear in Chinese is actually ‘Gun’ funnily, a gun certainly has longest reach for an infantry weapon
The king of weapon is sai,tekpi.
😂i love guanyu dragon saga
Money and food is king of weapon😂
Bet it's a polearm
"Best long weapon"
Ahem: Gun.
Those Kendoka need to learn some half swording if they want to fight polearms decently. It won't give them an advantage over polarms but it will be better than how they did
My slong
The English longbowman made everything irrelevant. The French knights were like celebrities of the day. Well trained and educated a part of the aristocracy just like everywhere in Europe.
The English longbowman was a peasant. Basically. Low class. But they trained with the bow sooooo much and were lethal with it they wiped out thousands of French rockstar knights. This shock went through Europe and ushered in the demise of tbe knight. And rhe rise of the peasant soldier. The crossbow was almost as good as a longbow and required minimal training. Then of course the gun ended all of the men at arms and knights that remained. Technology was embraced and the gun became the norm. To give these peasants an air of status they dressed them in uniform and forced line warfare. The aristocrats became the officers and that is a brief history of warfare.
The middle finger as a swear comes from this. A bounty for every English longbowmans middle finger was given. It has to be the middle finger since it was huge from the muscles and tendons that became a signature of the longbowmans prowess. When the English lined up to fight the French the English would raise rhe middle finger in defiance of rhe bounty and that they still had there’s.
It doesn't. A bow unit without proper set up is vulnerable. Infantry and Cavalry were still very relevant. Like weapons, all units have their role. Evaluating a heavy armored and shield infantry unit by it's ability to inflict damage is like evaluating a goalkeeper by how many goals it scored. It's not it's purpose. Like wise the comparison with weapons. Yeah, the spear is nimble and harder to block. But it is less effective against shields and armored foes than the glaive or the flail.
And about the battle of Agincourt (that i presumed you were referencing) we must remember that the french were cocky and charge archers on fortified positions, with infantry protecting the archers front line, through a large mud field. And it had rained on the prior to the battle, making the french not deploy their crossbows. So context is important. It was not "just" because bow > all.
Todd Cutler and his friends did an entire series that debunks the oversimplification of the Battle of Agincourt in the popular media as solely being due to longbowmen superiority. Plenty of myths surrounding this battle.