@@DissentingPotatoand it's a shorter, thus having less reach, one of the main deciding factors in a sword fight, and all that weight is in the blade with no pommel to balance it out. Yet despite all that it's still not a BAD sword, it's great at what it was designed to do.
People tend to massively overestimate the weight of these blades, going off of mall-bought wall hangers, poor quality replicas and B-roll movies, not realising that the average weight of a longsword (two-handed) is 1.1-1.8 kilograms or 2.5 to 4 pounds. Long blade, light weight. Even a Zweihänder greatsword, which was the most massive sword type, with a length of up to 1.8 meters or 6 feet, typically ranged from 2 to 3.2 kilograms or 4.5 to 7 pounds. I think one of the most accurate representations of a longsword in Hollywood movies was Anduril from Lord of the Rings. Such a beautiful weapon, and it looks like it was made based on the Oakeshott type XIIa
Never mind the fact that most people couldn't afford a sword or the time to train to be able to pull that off. And people WERE dedicated... to cultivating their land or earning a living.
@@bujtorm spot on. People rarely took longswords to battle, it was considered suicidal. If and when they did it wouldnt have been their primary weapon. In a battle crowd, there was barely any room to swing a cat, and longswords need constant momentum, so its unlikely in heavy battles they would be used. But for duels between nobility and assualts or ambushes, they were the weapons to use. Also, many frontliners would keep a longsword for taking out horses front legs on first contact, but imagine how brave you would have to be to do that.
@@Faviomec How do you think people came to own their land, and what do you think the lords did with the people that were tenants on their lands? training for many peasants was a mandatory practice. Service to the local lord was mandatory. People practiced, those that were good enough became knights. This is how basic feudalism worked in Europe and Scandanavia - the only difference is the titles in the scandanavian and viking heirarchies. Everyday people became wealthy from war, elevated in status and then were able to put more dedication to practice. You could and would often use spoils of war to enhance your armour. Next to farmng, war was the common practice. It just worked and was essential in that day and age. You my friend would have been a profiiecent longbowman by 14 in England.
Really it’s all in how the opponent swings into you and how they can pivot afterwards. There’s a counter to everything you just gotta figure it out lol note this is very watered down and not even the basics but yeah stance bro
@@alexhunt7810are you sYong the guy who scored a hit did everything wrong? I'm confused cause I never watched anything like this. And how can you win, but do it wrong? Generally curious. And yet, you coulda been talking about the other guy, idk. 😂
@@MsBrookeWilcox I'm saying that the opponent basically gave him a free shot at him. It was well done, but exploiting an easy hit isn't exactly peak technique HEMA isn't about winning, it's about getting better. It was a nicely executed technique but against no real opposition.
@@justincameron9123facts. It’s just to do with using the rotational momentum to ship the blade around by pivoting right at the handle instead of trynna strike like he did at the start which comes from his shoulders
Muscle memory, slow is smooth, smooth is fast. Practice repetition over and over and your body will get to the point of doing the motions without really thinking.
@@narusawa74 actually yes, because if you practice it enough over time. When certain things happen in a instant you are no longer thinking about it. You just do it. Like reloading a firearm, doing drills on taking apart a gun, etc the more you practice the more your body actually remembers the motion. It is recommended all over the world. Why do you think martial arts does it? Hema? And so many more training systems. It develops muscle memory. If you don’t realize that then clearly you’ve never trained in your life. Start slow then go faster over time to where again you don’t really have to think about doing it, your muscles and body will actually be so well tined to the movements it will be second nature to you.
It always amazes me how simple yet effect sword manuevers can be. None of these wildly swinging moves like in most movies. Just direct and to the point. Anything else wastes too much time, cause you could be dead in a second
I used to L.A.R.P(live action roleplay) and I taught by a sword instructor about how the momentum can keep the blade going if you move your body, not just the sword itself, remember with a sword like the great sword for example, benefit because of its length, plus I was also told that U have a long sword, it ain't no straight sword aha
In movies and stories you hear about a villager picking up the sword and defeating knights but watching people train makes me realize how short of a fight it would really be. Give me your likes you peasants…😎
Bro villagers weren't allowed to hunt for food and lived in a fuedal society. The knights were well fed, trained and armored. I don't think the movies could possibly write an interesting story while holding true to history.
@@thecia9498what i have heard from hema practitioners and historian's it's more about untrained people making overly aggressive strikes that mutually assure death, the reason for this as i have heard is that it's very rare for sword wounds to be immediately deadly sooo if you are fighting an opponent who doesn't care to preserve their life or doesn't have the proper training you have to be very skilled and careful to not die with them. Now all that (possible drivel) said this immediately goes out the window if one party is well armoured
@@krebgurfson5732many of the moves bruce lee has made himself, are used in the ufc. Most notably bones's oblique kick. He wasny veey heavy but had long limbs and incredibly speed, thats literally o'malley currently
I think the jargon term for what he just did is called a “repost” where a parry flows smoothly into an attack as if it were one motion. I could be wrong on that though.
Dude. I don’t think people understand just how cool this is. This is like boxing, but with a sword, the footwork, the hip rotation, the shoulder blade, everything. ✅good job man.
As a kid playing with sticks as swords acting like I was Aragorn from LoTR, I would always mimic what I seen and I would do that exact move but I'm my head I was blocking a second attack instead of hitting them lol
me and my brother just got two planks, cut them so they get smaller towards the top, put some duct tape so no splinters and just had fun. It ended up with one of them breaking after like 20 minutes though
If any of y'all want to try this then Google "HEMA club finder". It'll take you to a page with a map of various European style swordfighting clubs all over the world
oof even with the neck guard you almost went right under it and swept up making it actually slice him, close to lethal so by proxy very, very well done by you.
Odd thing to point out, but I am loving your pants in the actual spar. Are those part of the spar gear or are those like, your clothes you chose for the day? I'm really digging those pants.
@@Cobybaexactly where he’s going up before he does the zwerchhau, it’s appears he’s going into the von tag stance or maybe ochs for a downward strike or thrust but he quickly rotates his wrists for the zwerchhau
Sir i follow the same mentality practicing, but let me tell you something an old mentor taught me. PERFECT practice makes perfect. Practice just makes you good.
in middle school my band teacher used to say "mistakes become habit so no practice doesn't make perfect only perfect practice makes perfect that being said do not settle for mediocrity"
That's gotta be one of my favorite moves. It's one of the handful of tricks i know and the even more few i can pull off consistently. I used to do stunt light saber stuff with my friends and i always opted for my longer heavy saber for that reason. Really throws them for a loop when you have all that reach but can whip out a second strike lighting fast.
that was smooth good job
1000th like. Pog
@@GirlyMe-jm9mn this comment has more likes then my whole channel lol thank you guys lol
Facts !!! Silky smooth
He was expecting it
For whatever reason, I read this as ‘that was a smooth hand job’ and immediately started questioning reality.
"Two-handed Longswords are big, slow, and unwieldy."
Katana is roughly 10% heavier on average. Video games are lying to you.
@@DissentingPotatoand it's a shorter, thus having less reach, one of the main deciding factors in a sword fight, and all that weight is in the blade with no pommel to balance it out.
Yet despite all that it's still not a BAD sword, it's great at what it was designed to do.
Is that sword in the video is Zweihander ?
@@Ihate_making_usernames and armor and weapons are designed for those timer periods
@@koreancowboy42 I have no idea what you mean by this comment.
I studied medieval History at Uni, I specialised in warfare. This guy would be a Knight for sure. All it ever was was dedication and a massive sword.
People tend to massively overestimate the weight of these blades, going off of mall-bought wall hangers, poor quality replicas and B-roll movies, not realising that the average weight of a longsword (two-handed) is 1.1-1.8 kilograms or 2.5 to 4 pounds. Long blade, light weight. Even a Zweihänder greatsword, which was the most massive sword type, with a length of up to 1.8 meters or 6 feet, typically ranged from 2 to 3.2 kilograms or 4.5 to 7 pounds.
I think one of the most accurate representations of a longsword in Hollywood movies was Anduril from Lord of the Rings. Such a beautiful weapon, and it looks like it was made based on the Oakeshott type XIIa
Never mind the fact that most people couldn't afford a sword or the time to train to be able to pull that off.
And people WERE dedicated... to cultivating their land or earning a living.
I have a _big_ sword 😉
@@bujtorm spot on. People rarely took longswords to battle, it was considered suicidal. If and when they did it wouldnt have been their primary weapon. In a battle crowd, there was barely any room to swing a cat, and longswords need constant momentum, so its unlikely in heavy battles they would be used. But for duels between nobility and assualts or ambushes, they were the weapons to use. Also, many frontliners would keep a longsword for taking out horses front legs on first contact, but imagine how brave you would have to be to do that.
@@Faviomec How do you think people came to own their land, and what do you think the lords did with the people that were tenants on their lands? training for many peasants was a mandatory practice. Service to the local lord was mandatory. People practiced, those that were good enough became knights. This is how basic feudalism worked in Europe and Scandanavia - the only difference is the titles in the scandanavian and viking heirarchies. Everyday people became wealthy from war, elevated in status and then were able to put more dedication to practice. You could and would often use spoils of war to enhance your armour. Next to farmng, war was the common practice. It just worked and was essential in that day and age. You my friend would have been a profiiecent longbowman by 14 in England.
Man that counter attack comes out so fast I think the only option the opponent has is to darksouls roll out of the way. That or switch to magic.
Really it’s all in how the opponent swings into you and how they can pivot afterwards. There’s a counter to everything you just gotta figure it out lol note this is very watered down and not even the basics but yeah stance bro
Opponent left the bind and took the point off line without moving his feet. Pretty much every mistake in longsword fencing you can make.
@@alexhunt7810are you sYong the guy who scored a hit did everything wrong? I'm confused cause I never watched anything like this. And how can you win, but do it wrong? Generally curious.
And yet, you coulda been talking about the other guy, idk. 😂
@@MsBrookeWilcox I'm saying that the opponent basically gave him a free shot at him. It was well done, but exploiting an easy hit isn't exactly peak technique
HEMA isn't about winning, it's about getting better. It was a nicely executed technique but against no real opposition.
Or just step back.
"Using the opponents force against them truly is magnificent" -Aizen
How if he hitting the other direction he put more force to complete the move
User gun
that has nothing to do with the actual maneuver in the video and you're just regurgitating something you saw online to sound deep and clever
@@justincameron9123facts. It’s just to do with using the rotational momentum to ship the blade around by pivoting right at the handle instead of trynna strike like he did at the start which comes from his shoulders
@@justincameron9123 I FAARTED
“Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.” Thats that my old music teacher used to say.
"Practice does not make perfect; Practice makes permanent!" is what my professor used to say
@@savvivixen8490 Practice doesn't make perfect it makes improvements is what i heard
"Just dont suck whatever way is best" is what ive heard
BRO SAME
My old music teacher said “don’t practice until you get it right, practice until you can’t get it wrong” 🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️
Bro, the baggy pants fit looks so good with the armor.
Wonder what kind of pants they are ,
@@DonTeridonfencing pants, they’re poke resistant and loose enough so a blade can’t catch on it
@Miguel-mx9op these are actually T'gers but thank you
Muscle memory, slow is smooth, smooth is fast. Practice repetition over and over and your body will get to the point of doing the motions without really thinking.
The Flow......does your brain loves it as well at that particular instant it happens??
Reload drills has never been so easy.
I know it's not originally from there but... Is that a "Receiver" reference?😅
@@narusawa74 actually yes, because if you practice it enough over time. When certain things happen in a instant you are no longer thinking about it. You just do it. Like reloading a firearm, doing drills on taking apart a gun, etc the more you practice the more your body actually remembers the motion. It is recommended all over the world. Why do you think martial arts does it? Hema? And so many more training systems. It develops muscle memory. If you don’t realize that then clearly you’ve never trained in your life. Start slow then go faster over time to where again you don’t really have to think about doing it, your muscles and body will actually be so well tined to the movements it will be second nature to you.
Racing grindset hell yeh🗿
It always amazes me how simple yet effect sword manuevers can be. None of these wildly swinging moves like in most movies. Just direct and to the point. Anything else wastes too much time, cause you could be dead in a second
If you don't make first cut then your opponent shall.
These moves work only if your opponent is naked. Battles were fought in formation and in armour. Not with avenger's style 1v1s
@@Hangman11yeah and a formation never broke ever, in the history of warfare. Stfu
In armor this move would do nothing
@sethgoldberg3300 you just think that, or you were told that by whom? Because I hate to tell you you're wrong but you are wrong
The collab we never knew we needed
I love everything about this guy: his choice of weapons, his footwork, his stature, and the fact that he chooses bangers to go with his YT shorts
That's so cool you rotate your hip as if you were throwing an uppercut (yes, I know boxers and other forms of combat sports do this)
If you don't rotate your hips on a zwerch, you are doing it wrong
They say never give a sword to someone who can’t dance.
It probably gives that extra speed and torque.
Ken Tai Ichi Jo
The Body and the Weapon are One.
Same angle of attack, same motion, different scale, different distance
I used to L.A.R.P(live action roleplay) and I taught by a sword instructor about how the momentum can keep the blade going if you move your body, not just the sword itself, remember with a sword like the great sword for example, benefit because of its length, plus I was also told that U have a long sword, it ain't no straight sword aha
how cool is his sports fit, isn’t anyone talk about that ☝🏼
Was looking for this comment. That has got to be the coolest looking armor EVER.
there's a touch of Japanese feel to it..
@@sir_gani More like a dark colored Landsknecht uniform. Robinswords wears one sometimes in his videos.
It is a sport called Kendo and is a form of japanese Samurai martial arts thing now days.
@@mkSATAN This isn't Kendo, it's HEMA, they're literally using blunted longswords.
This deserves to be shared with the world.
that was disgustingly smooth
“Honey we need to pay rent!”
*LONGSWORD THOUGH!*
Underrated!!!XDXDXD
In movies and stories you hear about a villager picking up the sword and defeating knights but watching people train makes me realize how short of a fight it would really be.
Give me your likes you peasants…😎
In reality, the knights just got swarmed by villagers. Or the knights were simply terrible and untrained.
Bro villagers weren't allowed to hunt for food and lived in a fuedal society. The knights were well fed, trained and armored. I don't think the movies could possibly write an interesting story while holding true to history.
@@thecia9498what i have heard from hema practitioners and historian's it's more about untrained people making overly aggressive strikes that mutually assure death, the reason for this as i have heard is that it's very rare for sword wounds to be immediately deadly sooo if you are fighting an opponent who doesn't care to preserve their life or doesn't have the proper training you have to be very skilled and careful to not die with them.
Now all that (possible drivel) said this immediately goes out the window if one party is well armoured
Knights are usually overwhelmed by numbers. Especially the armored guys. They are elites and high cost. @@thecia9498
They can still use guerrilla strategy
That precision and finesse is truly impressive, well done!
"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times" - Bruce Lee
would love to see bruce lee in the mma, would last a good 8 seconds
you know nothing about bruce lee he was a street fighter, before he came to america at 18.@@krebgurfson5732
@@krebgurfson5732many of the moves bruce lee has made himself, are used in the ufc. Most notably bones's oblique kick. He wasny veey heavy but had long limbs and incredibly speed, thats literally o'malley currently
It's Not the man writing 1000 comments ... It's the man Posting the same comment 1000000000 Times
@@krebgurfson5732You talk a lot for someone who I'm nearly 100% sure has never been in a professional fight.
what a parry/counter smooth af
I think the jargon term for what he just did is called a “repost” where a parry flows smoothly into an attack as if it were one motion. I could be wrong on that though.
I love how the other guy reached for his neck after the fact like "I'd be so dead right now holy crap-"
The mom is so kind. I love her.
And without taking your eyes off your opponent. Masterful
This the type of sport where someone watching comments some magic the gathering type shit like "masterful"
lol just messing with you its a dope move
Isekai protagonist:
"We will be fiiine games taught me long swords are slow as shi~ GLUGuuurrggggghhhr "
*Bleeds out glugging on his blood*
Swords are not for beginners after all, and oftentimes it was for the last resort. I wonder why those protagonists choose swords most of the time...
@GlennPranata probably due to how literature has associated the sword with the 'heroic' figure or the main character
@@deltozilla987 Makes sense. Since most heroic figures used swords as the symbol.
@@GlennPranata if I was a protagonist, I 100% will chose long axe spear with a knife.
@@KawahaghiteiDyler
Give me a halberd and ill be set
I know he felt badazz, that was pretty sick and clean as hell
That parrying is near perfect. Its super simple as well to do.
The cinematography in this is top-notch.
Who else mistook that sword for a golf club?
Alright. Now I want a golf club that has a sword hilt on it.
@@austinosburn2081 Man got us feining for shit that doesn't exist 😂😂😂
What golf club has a crossguard on it?
I thought it was for a moment then I saw the stance and new half way through no one swings golf clubs like that😂
@@TayTechnology Fr fr 😂
This video made me feel all the emotions.
I ain’t gonna lie that was pretty badass
Dude. I don’t think people understand just how cool this is. This is like boxing, but with a sword, the footwork, the hip rotation, the shoulder blade, everything. ✅good job man.
Sword fighting predates boxing by thousands of years. So, it’s just sword fighting.
THESE are people who would survive a real isikai situation 😂
Now I am curious how a HEMA instructor fair in issekai world.
@@dandane5227 I'd like to see that novel/manga/anime!
What a beautiful dance with balance. I love swords so much, the control and feel of different swings
CLEAN AF!!! "two handers are slow..." pffffft lol
We becoming Griffith with this one 🗣🔥🔥
I was just about to say that. I see you're also a man of culture ✊🏽🤜🏽🤛🏽
I see this reference 🤌🏽 one of my favorite reads to this day.
GIFFFIIIIITH!
cant parry my 100kg 10ft long gatsu
@@dopermane That's clearly a euphemism.
Come on now brother, kids read these comments.
I'm not even into sword fighting, but that was impressive man!
Bro did it flawlessly. The foot pivot, the hips rotating, the albows swinging, everything
That technique was flawless, like a well-oiled machine. Keep it up!
This video is pure gold.
It feels so awesome to be able to use a technique you practised in an actual sparring situation
As a kid playing with sticks as swords acting like I was Aragorn from LoTR, I would always mimic what I seen and I would do that exact move but I'm my head I was blocking a second attack instead of hitting them lol
kid you never underestimated an opponent
"Zweihänder" is my favorite sword, but it's damn heavy. My respect to you for such skills)))))
this is just a normal feder, or german style longsword
"practice doesnt makes perfect, it makes progress, expands knowledge and experience."-said no one ever
Bro is preparing the next Cyber-samurai Shogun War 🗣🔥
Move was epic AF!
That would make a sick lightsaber move.
Those Meyer stances never cease to amaze me. That was so badass
Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast, fantastic Technique
Practice makes permanent. This feels like when the king is checkmated in four moves in chess. Dope short.
Sword fighting is a martial arts that was lost due to guns but it’s nice to see people trying to resurrect that ancient martial art
imagine taking your first swing and your throat is cut before you even start your second. the mindfuck on that gives me chills
That was nasty! You know your opponent had to think "what the hell just happened
I wanna do this so bad. Fencing and sword fighting seems like a blast..
me and my brother just got two planks, cut them so they get smaller towards the top, put some duct tape so no splinters and just had fun.
It ended up with one of them breaking after like 20 minutes though
@@supatater5830you need to be 13 to comment on youtube bud
@@iwanttwoscoops I’m 16, brother is 23 lmao
If any of y'all want to try this then Google "HEMA club finder". It'll take you to a page with a map of various European style swordfighting clubs all over the world
That's why I love longsword
Legend. Keep the skill alive! 💪
oof even with the neck guard you almost went right under it and swept up making it actually slice him, close to lethal so by proxy very, very well done by you.
Those are dulled but it would still hurt a lot not sure about slice tho
Holy shit that was BUTTER! 😤👌🏼
Mad love for Jo his vids are always good to watch
Yet another example of “slow makes smooth, smooth makes fast.”
Odd thing to point out, but I am loving your pants in the actual spar. Are those part of the spar gear or are those like, your clothes you chose for the day? I'm really digging those pants.
Yea i would like to know where he gets the training gear
That special move required at least 100 stamina. Sick.
You're a really strong person.
Every time i think about training with swords, i remember all the cool guns i got, and say fuck it.
Practice makes progress because nothings ever perfect but it’s was really smooth.
I'll have to practice that one
"I would have easily blocked that" - Quoted last words found on a tombstone
Practice doesn’t make perfect, no one is perfect besides God. Practice makes you better.
Helikopter helikopter~
*flies away*
Zwerchhopter actually. Google it
Clean bro!
This is my favorite counter technique, when done right it’s almost impossible to stop.
It's a nice move, and I understand that this is a demonstration, but the opponent pauses to accept the hit.
He actually doesn't. The pause is a high parry bc he thinks after the first strike the second will come from above.
@@Cobybaexactly
where he’s going up before he does the zwerchhau, it’s appears he’s going into the von tag stance or maybe ochs for a downward strike or thrust but he quickly rotates his wrists for the zwerchhau
@@supatater5830 knew someone else could explain it in technical terms haha. Thank you
Niiiice
You have some serious talent!
Looks way cooler than the parries in video games
Sir i follow the same mentality practicing, but let me tell you something an old mentor taught me. PERFECT practice makes perfect. Practice just makes you good.
The caution after destroying the flower is great
Longsword and Kenjutsu should be an Olympic sport
Normal people: “Practice makes perfect.”
Teachers: “Practice makes permanent.”
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what we call a juggernaut.
that sync with the first playback is so underrated
I audibly screamed at how smooth that was
I luuuvvv when it's a fight and not a running competition takes sum skill props to you
in middle school my band teacher used to say "mistakes become habit so no practice doesn't make perfect only perfect practice makes perfect that being said do not settle for mediocrity"
"fear not the man who has practiced 1000 moves 1 time, but the man who has practiced one move 1000 times"
These guys in the old days. Practiced their whole life. You see an old man who can sword fight. U better run
Practice does not make perfect. perfect practice makes perfect
That was beautiful man!!
Весшая степень пилотажа, вертолет!
Such a smooth fluid deadly motion
This is a parry move for the longsword in dark and darker. Man that game is great
we gotta start memorizing this dudes attack patterns for when he turns into an evil boss istg
I'm aware of the fight science
His footwork is impeccable, it's like he's dancing with that sword.
Bro your in every RUclips shorts
So a long sword neck opener shot. Man smiles, man is happy, man continues on train journey🔥🔥🔥
And this is why I practice alone. People question why I’m so good, it’s literally just movements, until put in action they mean nothing.
Perfect practice makes perfect. Once you realize the difference you'll be a master.
Being able to parry like that is fucking crazy reflexes
the definition of skill
That's gotta be one of my favorite moves. It's one of the handful of tricks i know and the even more few i can pull off consistently. I used to do stunt light saber stuff with my friends and i always opted for my longer heavy saber for that reason. Really throws them for a loop when you have all that reach but can whip out a second strike lighting fast.
"Practice makes permanent, so practice perfectly."
Greatswords are the Pinnacle of understanding leverage and how to best speed up your ability to attack or defend conventionally