Longsword used to be my favorite, and indeed the only thing im moderately familiar with. But I must say, the more i watch the sabre bouts that you post from fightcamp, the more military sabre is becoming my favorite. I really need to save my money and get one so i can start practicing
This channel is basically the reason I'm interested in sabers and basically most anything outside medieval long sword. I. Want. To. Learn. Awesome matches to watch. Some of the exchanges were really interesting, at least from the point of view of someone with no real experience outside the Internet. Thanks much!
Thoroughly entertaining watch! Matt, may I suggest a video of an analysis of your favorite exchanges and some self criticism? Why you did wrong and so on? I'd love to watch that and I also find it's very important for improving your own technique (in pretty much everything).
I always love seeing high quality recordings of tournaments! Would love to see you commentate over one of these and offer some of your insight into what's happening!
Kool's footwork was impressive. He kept a very deep stance and still managed to stay light and quick. A couple of his lunges were surprisingly long. Hella power in those legs.
big papi I got a lesson off that guy. He uses a polish system with a very blade heavy saber and the hand held way back from the hilt to allow for extremely powerful cuts. Almost no nimbleness to allow for thrusting however, and in order to execute his powerful cuts he needs to engage his entire arm rather than just his wrist. In a battlefield situation i certainly wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of a hit from him, but I can't see any advantage to powerful hits in sparring, beyond being able to collapse weakly formed guards.
big papi you're right, 'sparring' wasn't the correct word, but my point was that during some of those doubles, if they'd been using sharp swords his opponent would have suffered much more grievous wounds than he would have. But when all that matters is if you hit or not, then the power of the blow becomes irreverent. His technique at first seems unrefined and foolhardy in this setting, but during real combat would be hugely more effective.
Will nonya Most martial arists (hand-to-hand or weapons) will have large calves. You're calves have a higher concentration of fast-twitch muscles then your thighs, and are always engaged when you are standing on the balls of your feet. You'll not most weapon handles will also have thicker forearms compared to people who don't. Most of the velocity from a one-handed swing comes from the hand, which is moved by the forum muscles. You might be surprised by the amount of HEMA practitioners that have forearm muscle the size of their upper arms.
***** I'm by no means an expert. I do know that that polish sabre has a pretty much non-existent guard (at most a fingerguard really) which makes the defences a bit more exaggerated.
This was excellent to watch! although the fightcamp link didn't seem to work in the description? Thank you for the upload! I wish I had the money and transport to take part
From the outside looking in without having done HEMA. IMO Kool. Had excellent footwork he would attack and take just a half step back rather than a full one then counter/ attack again which I believe won him most of his matches. Matt I like your fighting style your guard was great it was both defensive and offensive at the same time always (giving point?) pointed towards your opponent. which is a good way to measure range and keep them AT the end of yours. I also like your faints that you really leaves your opponents open for leg and torso shots. Gilbert was a great counter striker/ imo excellent defensively. He also didn't have alot of waisted movement. overall really fun to watch.
Oh, my god. People who said historical fight is boring compared to Hollywood fight need to see Gilbert vs Rinka at 18:24 Thats some Ridley Scott's The Duellists right there.
Great video Matt and awesome fighting too; you're really good! The best was when you just stepped forward and thrust him through the neck at 33:17. Real duel and he's dead.
God damn these guys are fast. I don't know how to increase my speed in swordsmanship anymore then I already have. Any ideas? Because I know if I went up against either one of the guys in the first match I would be chopped to pieces.
Josh Campbell It is not about speed, it is about not moving around too much. You go for the target, in straight lines. I think you should stand in fron of the mirror with anything (even a bred knife would be good) and observe your movement. if you perceive your action before you act, then you have moved too much.
Jurek Miklaszewski Jurek, dużo dubli. Nadal mówisz że na ostre bronie też byś poszedł z taką techniką? No niby historyczna, ale co z tego, skoro zachowujesz się jak samobójca. Czy w walce nie chodzi o to by zabić a samemu przeżyć? W 18:13 koleś mógł cię epicko nadziać na pasatta-sotto, aż się o to sam prosiłeś.
Josh Campbell Practice, practice and practice. When I first got my Regenyei Feder I found it to be clumsy and slow. But having used it for almost two years now I have become stronger and a lot faster. I've trained with it 4-5 days a week performing solodrills (basic cuts from the different guards). Warm up cuts slow and very precise. Then increase the speed as you get warmed up. But always do it with full control. You'll get there!
Josh Campbell I once got perfect advice. Don't focus on speed but fluency of the movement (while keeping form), the speed is going to increase with that by itself.
Matt.. I want a long ass video... Of you critiquing these encounters... I'd love to watch that... Whole heartedly... I'd love to hear about what some did right and some did wrong and so on...
scholagladiatoria Will there be videos of any other categories(rapier,backsword,longsword,team fights if I'm not mistaken) of fightcamp tournaments? :)
I've noticed that some of the participants (including you) tend to brace their off-hand on their hip, while others hold it close in front of their body. Is there a particular trade-off between those stances, or is it just more of a matter of taste?
Matt, you get to hit each other with pieces of steel, you;ve got pretty ladies there, and there is much good sportsmanship in evidence. I think I see what you like about it! As we think the Brits would say, good show, jolly good show! Thank-you, Dante.
It seems fights are difficult to judge, even for people who are close to the action and know what to look for. I wonder if eventually HEMA might use a video ref; high-def, maybe overhead, and preferably in 3D.
15:30 Should been a double on both heads. Blue Took up his hand to block that blow. the jugdes did not notice. I wondered what happened at normal rate, but could only see it at slow motion. Sneaky.
Very nice by Gilbert. I would be scared fighting him, not knowing anything... i need to learn that. Well but i started sabre this year only so i guess i have a lot more to do before i am going to worry about that.
***** That is exactly what i have meant. Few years ago i spared with a guy in kenjutsu who came from some school of niten ichi ryu and he used the same means to do that. It's scary as hell.
WilliamKeloren Yes, Mark Gilbert is probably the highest scoring/winning historical fencer in the UK, along with Piermarco Terminiello. When I beat either, I am very happy.
So are there any rules governing your technique? Or do you primarily stay in an en garde position because it happens to be the most effective? (Coming from FIE background)
Coming from someone who wants to take up this activity - Is THE main difference between HEMA military sabre and Olympic sabre is the weight and construction of the weapon? Because it looks like, albeit from a novice eye, that points are being scored and awarded by the judges for touches as well similar to Olympic sabre. I thought in HEMA you would need to strike significantly harder as in to cause more damage instead of just "tagging". Thanks
We do need to strike properly (with the edge and with correct dynamics, unlike sport sabre where you can score with the flat or back even), but to cut with a 900g sabre with a point of balance in the proper place doesn't take an awful lot of force. You can open up a dead pig pretty much with a quick flick of the hand and wrist. If you open up someone's forearm, then they basically cannot fight anymore. If we ignore hits that would disable someone's arm, then we aren't doing a martial art.
Thanks for the swift response and providing clarity on the subject. As a follow-up question, how do you reckon a successful sport sabreur (Olympic medalist of some form) would adjust to Military sabre in terms of competition? Wouldn't having a lighter weapon, albeit with different swing weight due to balance points, benefit someone with solid fundamentals?
I know you weren't asking me, but I think that your weakness lies in that most olympic sport fencing focuses mainly on lunging and being on the offensive. With military sabre sparring you won't get points if you hit someone a nano-second before he hits you. It has to be a clean hit, if you know what I mean?
+17:00 I wonder if Polish sabre should even be in this competition. It's completely different weapon. Shorter and almost unable to trust. That's why he lost.
big papi Well, yes, I agree that variety of weapon and fencing styles is really entertaining. Specially szabla looks so different and almost exotic in comparison to british military sabe. But still... this is competition, not just entertaining show. About this "agressive" style. I think this may be conected to shape of szabla. It's more about draw cutting not snapping so it just looks more agressive. :)
29:17, so would you have won, Matt, if they had called that? I mean, you were both so sure that they would and even on slow down it looks like a clean hit.
***** It was a hand hit I think (hence we both stopped and looked at the judges), but none of the judges saw it. That just happens in competition and you have to accept it. I finished the three fights 2 points behind Ties and that hit would have been worth 3 points, BUT if I had gone into my final fight with more points then I would have fought differently and maybe wouldn't have collected as many points there as I did. I certainly feel that Ties beat me in this fight, so he deserved to win. Ties beat me, I beat Mark, so the final Gold, Silver, Bronze order was correct in my eyes.
From watching videos with Jerzy in them, it seems that he derives most of his martial arts style from his sabre system, which is Polish - The saber system tends to be very aggressive, and so Miklaszewski himself is aggressive. Not that I'm complaining. He never fails to entertain.
+heresjonny666 You cannot have an idea of how these duels would look. If it's historical, it means it works. A light tap of an afterblow is nothing if your attack can break your opponent's mask.
heresjonny666 They also got wounded and lived. Life is not videogames, people don't die from one wound or even one full slash and especially not a light tap. What actually killed people were infections due to poor treatment afterwards. In an organized mock-up duel, you can think "sure, I'll take a hit if I can afterblow instantly and get a double". In real life, when a huge sabre swing is going your way, you're not going to take it in. "If your life were at stake you would not just charge in so recklessly" - if I were an experienced fighter, rushing in "recklessly" could easily win me a fight, because intimidation is a thing. Again, if this technique is historically accurate, then you can't just say "oh, it doesn't work because this mock-up duel isn't going so well for it". If people used it, then it obviously worked.
It's hard to see in this video, but often there will be a "coach" or rather more likely a friend from the same club in their corner they can talk to during a 30 second break if it's provided. It really depends on a tournament, though.
There doesn't seem to be many stop thrusts in sabre, does anyone know the reason for that? Lots of times people seem to step back and there seems to be opportunuties to stop thrust to the face or body and the option doesnt seem to be popular.
Is there a term for when the two opponents gently cross the swords? Also what's the reasoning behind this? Is to try to provoke a reaction or get within range for a strike?
Often it's a matter of feeling for give. If you can get the end of their blade towards the hilt of yours, you have the pushing-power and can force an opening, but with both combatants aware of this, they'll often try to give the impression of opening up that opportunity for you, only to disengage, go around your blade, and take advantage of you pushing in that direction to attack you. So there's this mind-game going on of "if I can push at the right point, I can create an opening - if I push at the wrong point, my opponent can take advantage - if I feel him/her disengaging, I know he/she's going for that, so I have a potential to counter..." and so on through double, triple, quadruple bluffs.
What is the deal with that Group 3 Fight 1 fight? (at 16:41) Red seems to almost be angry swinging....? ...angry is probably too strong a word...but it is quite over zealous at times it seems lol
r. decline Just different technique, I like when people experiment a bit. I guess he was hoping to use power to win the line or crush through the defense or something (I'm not a sabre fencer).
r. decline no, it's a special style and sabre, dunno why he participated 'cause his sabre has almost no thrusting capacity.. and the guy admitted and showed more hits on him than all others together even though he wasn't obliged to...
I suppose the problem is that tournaments don't have a good way of judging the severity of injuries. I'm sure these more curved blades swung in a more forceful style would lead to deeper cuts.
Matt explained in a previous video how curved swords have less reach therefore the aggressive style is to get within the range of his opponents guard/ reach to get a hit. :)
i understand, but was indeed mentioning the first blood. I have been fencing, and there the discussion was: what if it was real...you would take less risk etc. so if you do historical, i assume you try to make it less a game than modern fencing. I understand however that the main aspect is the weight and the speed of the weapons.
Dominic Letourneau That's usually how it went. If you're both around the same skill level, you run the risk of both killing eachother which is what often times happened historically. There will be people who will say , "No, that's not historical because this is a sport and they aren't afraid of being hit", which there is truth to that as both people in a real fight would be more hesitant but if you read some of the accounts in Swordsmen of the British Empire...there were tons of doubles historically, especially among people who had no skill or were very close in skill. You only really have a strong chance of coming out of a real sword fight alive if you are much more skilled than your opponent and even then you still risk death. Like today with firearms, there are situations where both parties kill eachother, it's better not to get into the situation in the first place.
DushinSC It's a nice piece, but the problem is that it hits too hard, so we won't allow it again. One of the hits nearly destroyed Mark's fencing mask.
Longsword used to be my favorite, and indeed the only thing im moderately familiar with. But I must say, the more i watch the sabre bouts that you post from fightcamp, the more military sabre is becoming my favorite. I really need to save my money and get one so i can start practicing
Favorite exchanges at
15:30 cleanest cut
32:15 relentless assault
33:18 run through
Always lovely watching clean thrusts
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This channel is basically the reason I'm interested in sabers and basically most anything outside medieval long sword. I. Want. To. Learn.
Awesome matches to watch. Some of the exchanges were really interesting, at least from the point of view of someone with no real experience outside the Internet. Thanks much!
Thoroughly entertaining watch!
Matt, may I suggest a video of an analysis of your favorite exchanges and some self criticism? Why you did wrong and so on? I'd love to watch that and I also find it's very important for improving your own technique (in pretty much everything).
is seriously no one gonna mention shirtless Matt "sexy beast" Easton at 12:56?
Oh my!
I always love seeing high quality recordings of tournaments! Would love to see you commentate over one of these and offer some of your insight into what's happening!
A full analysis would be very cool- like which opponent was more agressive/defensive etc. and how you tried to counter that.
Kool's footwork was impressive. He kept a very deep stance and still managed to stay light and quick. A couple of his lunges were surprisingly long. Hella power in those legs.
Let's be real here, how awesome do have to be for your name to literally be "Kool"?
Ryan Cauffman Dutch. And sadly it means cabbage in Dutch.
The guy in orange was impressive :p
I also liked the guy with the slightly more curved sabre, he has some style and field presence.
big papi I got a lesson off that guy. He uses a polish system with a very blade heavy saber and the hand held way back from the hilt to allow for extremely powerful cuts. Almost no nimbleness to allow for thrusting however, and in order to execute his powerful cuts he needs to engage his entire arm rather than just his wrist. In a battlefield situation i certainly wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of a hit from him, but I can't see any advantage to powerful hits in sparring, beyond being able to collapse weakly formed guards.
big papi
you're right, 'sparring' wasn't the correct word, but my point was that during some of those doubles, if they'd been using sharp swords his opponent would have suffered much more grievous wounds than he would have. But when all that matters is if you hit or not, then the power of the blow becomes irreverent. His technique at first seems unrefined and foolhardy in this setting, but during real combat would be hugely more effective.
+quetch2 Yeah there's no point in getting in the first hit if the afterblow crushes your face.
he's not impressive, he's Kool...I'll lead myself out
4:45 dat sportsmanship :)
Rafaello Fareday What is he exactly saying there?
Wulfric55
I didn't get what he said either, I believe he just confirmed that he got hit by his opponent, when the judges weren't sure about that.
Macropus9 Judges say a body hit, he confirms a hit to the head instead... I think...
+Wulfric "That hit me in the head."
"Did it?"
"Definitely."
I have to say Easton, that was some smooth swordsmanship in that last duel. Particularly that thrust at the first engagement.
One guy is wearing a red belt but the other is wearing red pants, I'm so confused!
Is it just me, or does Martin Austwick have calves of unusual size?
Will nonya You need big calves to have the spring in your lunges and quick footwork. He's probably got supreme footwork.
Will nonya Most martial arists (hand-to-hand or weapons) will have large calves.
You're calves have a higher concentration of fast-twitch muscles then your thighs, and are always engaged when you are standing on the balls of your feet.
You'll not most weapon handles will also have thicker forearms compared to people who don't. Most of the velocity from a one-handed swing comes from the hand, which is moved by the forum muscles.
You might be surprised by the amount of HEMA practitioners that have forearm muscle the size of their upper arms.
Will nonya Yes, they are freakishly massive. I have tiny calves :-P
Jtracy1698leet1 I like that. Lets go with that! :D
Will nonya They're perfectly normal, everyone else just has silly spindly little legs.
that last fight was just awesome! I'd like to get into that sport as well, but there's nothing like that here in my town.
Wooowww. Look at those sparks at 17:16
16:40 Red seemed totally reckless and overly violent and it's good to see that it didn't help him in this fight.
RasdenFasden The style is polish sabre if i'm not mistaken. It's a bit different from normal sabre.
Markus Lorensen Probably good in real combat but for tournaments it looks overswinging, so too slow. The sabre is probably heavier than average.
*****
I'm by no means an expert. I do know that that polish sabre has a pretty much non-existent guard (at most a fingerguard really) which makes the defences a bit more exaggerated.
Ties Kool really does show up on all competitions it would seem. And he wins most of them too! :)
This was excellent to watch!
although the fightcamp link didn't seem to work in the description?
Thank you for the upload! I wish I had the money and transport to take part
From the outside looking in without having done HEMA.
IMO
Kool. Had excellent footwork he would attack and take just a half step back rather than a full one then counter/ attack again which I believe won him most of his matches.
Matt I like your fighting style your guard was great it was both defensive and offensive at the same time always (giving point?) pointed towards your opponent. which is a good way to measure range and keep them AT the end of yours. I also like your faints that you really leaves your opponents open for leg and torso shots.
Gilbert was a great counter striker/ imo excellent defensively. He also didn't have alot of waisted movement.
overall really fun to watch.
Only video on youtube where the change speed option is useful.
5:39-40, I loved those two consecutive parries. Quick and mindless! (y)
Oh, my god. People who said historical fight is boring compared to Hollywood fight need to see Gilbert vs Rinka at 18:24 Thats some Ridley Scott's The Duellists right there.
I do wish the door had been closed. There are moments where the blade is completely obscured by glare.
16:10 shin kicking contest
This was beautiful.
Il mio sport...sciabola!
Great video Matt and awesome fighting too; you're really good! The best was when you just stepped forward and thrust him through the neck at 33:17. Real duel and he's dead.
Group 3 Fight 2.
That's my style, but obviously with a different type of sword. Red side.
I admire it.
God damn these guys are fast. I don't know how to increase my speed in swordsmanship anymore then I already have. Any ideas? Because I know if I went up against either one of the guys in the first match I would be chopped to pieces.
Josh Campbell It is not about speed, it is about not moving around too much. You go for the target, in straight lines.
I think you should stand in fron of the mirror with anything (even a bred knife would be good) and observe your movement. if you perceive your action before you act, then you have moved too much.
Jurek Miklaszewski Jurek, dużo dubli. Nadal mówisz że na ostre bronie też byś poszedł z taką techniką? No niby historyczna, ale co z tego, skoro zachowujesz się jak samobójca. Czy w walce nie chodzi o to by zabić a samemu przeżyć? W 18:13 koleś mógł cię epicko nadziać na pasatta-sotto, aż się o to sam prosiłeś.
Josh Campbell Practice, practice and practice. When I first got my Regenyei Feder I found it to be clumsy and slow. But having used it for almost two years now I have become stronger and a lot faster. I've trained with it 4-5 days a week performing solodrills (basic cuts from the different guards). Warm up cuts slow and very precise. Then increase the speed as you get warmed up. But always do it with full control. You'll get there!
Josh Campbell fast is reduction of wasted motion.
Josh Campbell I once got perfect advice. Don't focus on speed but fluency of the movement (while keeping form), the speed is going to increase with that by itself.
Matt.. I want a long ass video... Of you critiquing these encounters...
I'd love to watch that... Whole heartedly...
I'd love to hear about what some did right and some did wrong and so on...
You wear one greave on the forward leg like a murmillo gladiator. I like it!
scholagladiatoria
Will there be videos of any other categories(rapier,backsword,longsword,team fights if I'm not mistaken) of fightcamp tournaments? :)
The kicking was hilarious!
I've noticed that some of the participants (including you) tend to brace their off-hand on their hip, while others hold it close in front of their body. Is there a particular trade-off between those stances, or is it just more of a matter of taste?
Wow,
Matt was owning this tourney
Matt, you get to hit each other with pieces of steel, you;ve got pretty ladies there, and there is much good sportsmanship in evidence. I think I see what you like about it! As we think the Brits would say, good show, jolly good show! Thank-you, Dante.
It seems fights are difficult to judge, even for people who are close to the action and know what to look for. I wonder if eventually HEMA might use a video ref; high-def, maybe overhead, and preferably in 3D.
15:30 Should been a double on both heads. Blue Took up his hand to block that blow. the jugdes did not notice. I wondered what happened at normal rate, but could only see it at slow motion. Sneaky.
I'd love to see Matt do a video on foot work in sword fighting.
As soon as i see the guy in 3: 15 i think " That guy is strong !" Then later I realise that thats Matt ! :D
Wish I could have made but there is always next year.
Very nice competition
Shocket at how little thrusts there are here am i missing something?
Very nice by Gilbert. I would be scared fighting him, not knowing anything... i need to learn that. Well but i started sabre this year only so i guess i have a lot more to do before i am going to worry about that.
***** That is exactly what i have meant. Few years ago i spared with a guy in kenjutsu who came from some school of niten ichi ryu and he used the same means to do that. It's scary as hell.
WilliamKeloren Yes, Mark Gilbert is probably the highest scoring/winning historical fencer in the UK, along with Piermarco Terminiello. When I beat either, I am very happy.
So are there any rules governing your technique? Or do you primarily stay in an en garde position because it happens to be the most effective? (Coming from FIE background)
i loved this.
More!!!!
Any other competition footage perhaps?
Coming from someone who wants to take up this activity - Is THE main difference between HEMA military sabre and Olympic sabre is the weight and construction of the weapon? Because it looks like, albeit from a novice eye, that points are being scored and awarded by the judges for touches as well similar to Olympic sabre. I thought in HEMA you would need to strike significantly harder as in to cause more damage instead of just "tagging". Thanks
We do need to strike properly (with the edge and with correct dynamics, unlike sport sabre where you can score with the flat or back even), but to cut with a 900g sabre with a point of balance in the proper place doesn't take an awful lot of force. You can open up a dead pig pretty much with a quick flick of the hand and wrist. If you open up someone's forearm, then they basically cannot fight anymore. If we ignore hits that would disable someone's arm, then we aren't doing a martial art.
Thanks for the swift response and providing clarity on the subject. As a follow-up question, how do you reckon a successful sport sabreur (Olympic medalist of some form) would adjust to Military sabre in terms of competition? Wouldn't having a lighter weapon, albeit with different swing weight due to balance points, benefit someone with solid fundamentals?
I know you weren't asking me, but I think that your weakness lies in that most olympic sport fencing focuses mainly on lunging and being on the offensive. With military sabre sparring you won't get points if you hit someone a nano-second before he hits you. It has to be a clean hit, if you know what I mean?
+17:00 I wonder if Polish sabre should even be in this competition. It's completely different weapon. Shorter and almost unable to trust. That's why he lost.
big papi Well, yes, I agree that variety of weapon and fencing styles is really entertaining. Specially szabla looks so different and almost exotic in comparison to british military sabe. But still... this is competition, not just entertaining show.
About this "agressive" style. I think this may be conected to shape of szabla. It's more about draw cutting not snapping so it just looks more agressive. :)
I congratulate amazing
Could someone explain the bracket system to me?
Group 2 Fight 2 Exchange 1, I see someone even hired a stripper for that bout.
Matt use British style, right ? What style does Johnson use ? I think I saw a stance like that somewhere before but I couldn't recall.
By his footwork I'd say polish
29:17, so would you have won, Matt, if they had called that? I mean, you were both so sure that they would and even on slow down it looks like a clean hit.
***** It was a hand hit I think (hence we both stopped and looked at the judges), but none of the judges saw it. That just happens in competition and you have to accept it. I finished the three fights 2 points behind Ties and that hit would have been worth 3 points, BUT if I had gone into my final fight with more points then I would have fought differently and maybe wouldn't have collected as many points there as I did. I certainly feel that Ties beat me in this fight, so he deserved to win. Ties beat me, I beat Mark, so the final Gold, Silver, Bronze order was correct in my eyes.
scholagladiatoria That's fair. I was just curious on how you felt about that exchange. Thanks for your reply. Congrats on the silver.
Is Mikalewski doing a particular style or is he just good at charging and landing the first blow ?
From watching videos with Jerzy in them, it seems that he derives most of his martial arts style from his sabre system, which is Polish - The saber system tends to be very aggressive, and so Miklaszewski himself is aggressive.
Not that I'm complaining. He never fails to entertain.
That miklaszewski fougt like a madman- to quite great effect. Still, WTF?
+heresjonny666 You cannot have an idea of how these duels would look. If it's historical, it means it works. A light tap of an afterblow is nothing if your attack can break your opponent's mask.
heresjonny666
They also got wounded and lived. Life is not videogames, people don't die from one wound or even one full slash and especially not a light tap. What actually killed people were infections due to poor treatment afterwards.
In an organized mock-up duel, you can think "sure, I'll take a hit if I can afterblow instantly and get a double". In real life, when a huge sabre swing is going your way, you're not going to take it in.
"If your life were at stake you would not just charge in so recklessly" - if I were an experienced fighter, rushing in "recklessly" could easily win me a fight, because intimidation is a thing.
Again, if this technique is historically accurate, then you can't just say "oh, it doesn't work because this mock-up duel isn't going so well for it". If people used it, then it obviously worked.
do you have coaches for this? like on either side like boxing?
It's hard to see in this video, but often there will be a "coach" or rather more likely a friend from the same club in their corner they can talk to during a 30 second break if it's provided. It really depends on a tournament, though.
There doesn't seem to be many stop thrusts in sabre, does anyone know the reason for that? Lots of times people seem to step back and there seems to be opportunuties to stop thrust to the face or body and the option doesnt seem to be popular.
What kind of kneeprotection is Kool using?
Is there a term for when the two opponents gently cross the swords? Also what's the reasoning behind this? Is to try to provoke a reaction or get within range for a strike?
+Derna1804 There are many possible reasons, including what you suggested - it is usually called 'engaging'.
scholagladiatoria
Thanks Matt. I'm not going to ask you to give away your strategies on the internet!
Often it's a matter of feeling for give. If you can get the end of their blade towards the hilt of yours, you have the pushing-power and can force an opening, but with both combatants aware of this, they'll often try to give the impression of opening up that opportunity for you, only to disengage, go around your blade, and take advantage of you pushing in that direction to attack you. So there's this mind-game going on of "if I can push at the right point, I can create an opening - if I push at the wrong point, my opponent can take advantage - if I feel him/her disengaging, I know he/she's going for that, so I have a potential to counter..." and so on through double, triple, quadruple bluffs.
What is the deal with that Group 3 Fight 1 fight? (at 16:41) Red seems to almost be angry swinging....? ...angry is probably too strong a word...but it is quite over zealous at times it seems lol
r. decline Yeah. Good thing he wasn't carrying a sharp saber, he could have lopped a limb. :|
r. decline Just different technique, I like when people experiment a bit. I guess he was hoping to use power to win the line or crush through the defense or something (I'm not a sabre fencer).
r. decline no, it's a special style and sabre, dunno why he participated 'cause his sabre has almost no thrusting capacity.. and the guy admitted and showed more hits on him than all others together even though he wasn't obliged to...
I suppose the problem is that tournaments don't have a good way of judging the severity of injuries. I'm sure these more curved blades swung in a more forceful style would lead to deeper cuts.
Matt explained in a previous video how curved swords have less reach therefore the aggressive style is to get within the range of his opponents guard/ reach to get a hit. :)
what kind of gloves would you recommend for non longsword steel sparring?
epic0wnag For one-handed swords the Red Dragon gloves from the HEMA Shop.
Get hem mat !!!
I say Matt won at 28:50.
Blade grabbing? Really?
i need this in my life im.from NE uk any body out there help me become part of this ??!!
Go to the UK HEMA page on Facebook.
Why do points at historical fencing ??, the original would have been until the first hit. The game is different if there is only one hit !
i understand, but was indeed mentioning the first blood. I have been fencing, and there the discussion was: what if it was real...you would take less risk etc. so if you do historical, i assume you try to make it less a game than modern fencing. I understand however that the main aspect is the weight and the speed of the weapons.
16:12 LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
What are the rules for bouting in military sabre?
PregnantWhale3000 Mat did a video a couple of weeks ago where he explained the rules they are using.
Thank you!
@16:10 haha brilliant
So lesson learned: two skilled swordsman will either kill or maim both each other in a real fight. Avoid the fight at all costs in the first place.
Dominic Letourneau That's usually how it went. If you're both around the same skill level, you run the risk of both killing eachother which is what often times happened historically. There will be people who will say , "No, that's not historical because this is a sport and they aren't afraid of being hit", which there is truth to that as both people in a real fight would be more hesitant but if you read some of the accounts in Swordsmen of the British Empire...there were tons of doubles historically, especially among people who had no skill or were very close in skill. You only really have a strong chance of coming out of a real sword fight alive if you are much more skilled than your opponent and even then you still risk death. Like today with firearms, there are situations where both parties kill eachother, it's better not to get into the situation in the first place.
do hits below the waist not count?
+Connor Cline They do.
+scholagladiatoria scholagladiatoria himself has replied to me. I can die happy.
Like the Polish curved saber.
DushinSC Aggressive too
DushinSC It's a nice piece, but the problem is that it hits too hard, so we won't allow it again. One of the hits nearly destroyed Mark's fencing mask.
scholagladiatoria Did 'it' hit to hard or did the guy hit too hard?
DushinSC A bit of both :-)
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