The spadone - was it a longsword or greatsword or... what?
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I was given a spadone/montante and a feder version of it to try out, and got a bit carried away. It is a sword of some sort.
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The simultaneous commenting on both sparring and cheerleading is the most lindybeige thing I have encountered so far.
That's what medieval combat needed...cheerleaders!
I'm waiting for him to get hired to do commentary on those medieval combats with blunt weapons that's what we need
Throw some Lindyhop in the mix and it's perfect!
thrusting and thrusting and thrusting and thrusting
I need a smoke
and a nap
@@charlespfaff6585 there was a video about viking age war witches a while back. I forgot the name of the video but basically they stood on a platform by the battlefield and flashed the warriors while cursing their enemies
When he said "that is why I wear a dagger. It means I don't have to learn wrestling as well." I thought he got a point.
Well, of course, he has a point - wouldn't be much of a dagger, otherwise.
@@vendomnu on the contrary, we clearly see when he holds it up that it has a rounded tip, presumably to avoid actually killing his sparing partner (an act which I'm led to believe is considered rather bad form)
@@amiscellaneoushuman3516 I have heard that, indeed, it is generally frowned upon. Hard to find a sparring partner after the 3rd
Wrestling is fun
Indeed, in some countries people carry firearms for essentially the same reason.
I can't help but feel like we in the modern day care so much more about specific sword naming than they did in the times when they actually used them
Agreed it was probably a lot like how we talk about cars today rarely calling them by their names sometimes by their brand and most often by their style
@@stoirmslw7195 I was just going to mention something like that. I wonder if, in a few hundred years, after cars become a thing of the past and replaced by some other form of personal transportation, will car enthusiasts of tomorrow have all sorts of silly post-fabricated terms and categories for vehicles that we don't even think to use today.
@@king0vitrial probably but I don’t see cars or rather wheeled ground vehicles (or an equivalent)* going away any time soon and by that I mean within the next few hundred millennia
The people that actually used swords only encountered those types that were used in their time and the region they lived in. The wouldn't need a lot of terminology to differentiate between the kinds of swords they encountered, because they wouldn't encounter that many kinds. Sword enthusiasts encounter swords from many periods and from all over the world and some fictional realms, too. So in order to differentiate, a larger vocabulary is needed.
@@king0vitrial I feel like we're already there, the Germans are calling big powerful sedans, "grand coupes" (isn't a hallmark of a coupe being a 2 door?) and in America any fwd sedan with a semi acceptable amount of power is called a "sport sedan" (mostly circa 95-2010) as if we do anything sporty with a pontiac grand prix as we poddle on to work.
The idea that the Spadone is a skirmish-oriented long sword makes sense for the time and place it was invented, ~16th century Italy where there weren’t many large state funded armies but groups of mercenaries where battles could be about 20 a side over bridges and narrow alleyways.
Brilliant video, loved the addition of cheerleaders
Yeah. By that time armies were moving towards pikes and powder. The sword was a side arm not an important part of infantry.
@@bemersonbakebarmen in pike and shot units there would be an occasional swordsman to protect the pikeman and musketeers
That's when this weapon, and the iconic zweihander were in their element
@@bemersonbakebarmen In terms of pike and shot, some pictures featured that spada a due mani was used commonly (I’m not going to say occasionally) in the center or as side guard of the formation. Pikemen with pikes wasted, given up or controlled and arquebusiers with guns fired usually had no shield and were not fully armored. Halberdiers in formation were not so great in some angle or direction(left side, for example) when attacked, which made spadone a devastating weaopon in such circumstances. Never the less I totally agree it must also be a great guerrilla or civilian dueling weapon. Italian spadone are usually stiffer than their Iberian counter part (montante 1.6~1.7 meters) . Both being good dueling weapon, a spadone, however, is more accurate when performing small cut and thrust than a common montante. When a rapier is often considered slightly better than a longsword(or at least can stand against it), a spadone may be a lot more disgusting opponent for a dueling rapier, war rapier or a side sword. More or less, it still has some capability of defeating enemy in superior numbers.
I choose to believe Lloyd had a scroll of summon cheerleaders in his car.
This is now cannon.
Where can I get one of those scrolls?
*The Beige Scrolls*
@@CreatorCade Beat me to it. Lol. Something tells me that would be one of the more popular scrolls.
*steed
Imagine cheerleaders being present during actual medieval duals
At the tournies there were often ladies in attendance watching and even judging the fighters. I'm sure it had a similar effect.
not uncommon to have a group of witnesses and curious people watching a dual, if no witness are present, the duels outcome are deemed void.
I'd say give A Knight's Tale a try. It's daft, but jolly good fun, and shows tournaments as they'd have been perceived by the people at the time, i.e. massive sports / concert events with superstars and groupies.
@@inquisitorwalmarius6650 I'd have thought that the first guy to die loses.
@@rogerborg Duels to the death were fairly rare, even more so as an intentional affair. Concession or first wound were the usual ways to resolve a duel. Furthermore, the apparent winner might have gotten wounded him/herself (There were women dueling as well) too, which gives rise to a bunch of issues. First of all, if both are wounded but survive, you need witnesses to prove which hit happened first. The duel would have been agreed to solve a matter of high significance to the individuals, so a sizable amount of property or money, a contested marriage or the honor and reputation of the participants would have hinged on the matter and in all such cases, the resolution would have material significance to their relatives and friends even if one or both of the participants died as a result of the duel.
There's also the possibility that without witnesses, one participant might concede after a wound or even before the duel begun, but surprise other person after the fact and kill them essentially by treachery and outside the rules of a duel. There'd be nobody to prove that it wasn't just a naturally deadly duel if there were no witnesses. Not only would this put into question the validity of the issue of the duel at hand, it could very well spell out a feud between the families of the duelists.
I must question the historical accuracy of cheerleaders on the battlefield. They were never featured on any tapestries, so I'm compelled to wonder if they were in fact utilized in ancient battles.
Often, wounded knee for example is mostly women and children. But mostly they don't count, last week I found figures in the style 1352 soldiers and probably hundreds of civilians
Oh yeah. those short pompoms are lethal!
The many Germanic armies that fought Rome were often accompanied by their families, women and children. Their women would bare their breasts if it looked like the men were losing, to remind the men what the other side would do to their women if they didn't win.
Typically they were not at the front line
Reminds me a little of that one battle in the civil war. The name evades me at the moment, but I remember people came to watch and see it happen. Probably came to cheer on their side too I'd guess.
I've watched so much 'Hollywood fighting' and seen so many big, wide, thick swords wielded by so many characters not wearing armour (or clothes) and helmets... that, seeing this sparring match with real weapons feels novel and refreshing and so interesting to watch.
♥
I love how they got so much more aggressive after the gals came in
Pussy power does wondrous stuff.
The maidens more like.
@@anaussie213 oh I doubt it
It could have ended badly. Testosterone + Swords flying around is not a good combo.
The women were too close to the action at one point.
well you have to show you are the alpha male so you can get a date with Lindybeige instead
"Jake tests Zack's reactions."
*" ɴ ᴏ ᴛ ʜ ɪ ɴ ɢ "*
👁👄👁
I happened to read that at the exact same time that Lindy said it
Well, he did then to go on to compare it to cricket, which is very apt if you know your Python.
Why react when it's out of measure right? 😂 Well you could use it to close the gap I guess.
Feels like it could be a meme format
When I saw the cheerleaders in the background, I was wondering if Lloyd was going to acknowledge them. He... Sure did.
32:17 I really see his mastery in this by the way he swings his left arm while wobbling the sword in his right, you can tell that there's an excellent awareness about the balance of not only the weapon he's wielding, but his own arm, too. By swinging that counterbalance, he's able to keep his torso from swinging all about the place. Truly a master at HEMA, I'd say.
I was unaware that I was doing it. Instinct kicked in. Yes, it does seem to counter the forces on my torso quite well.
aha, but you see, whereas a Longsword is long, this is very long, so the technical and historically accurate term is the _Verylongsword_
Longersword is the term they use in the manuals I’ve read
Dreihänder HAS to be the correct term
Actually the only correct term is pretty decently long sword
Ratheralotasword
There are myths out there of the fabled *_longestsword_*
"Wouldst thou fight for thy ladies favour?"
"Bugger off! I'm trying not to die!"
I mean being chivalrous is all well and good when your not going to die for it..lol🤣
I got a big belly laugh from this hahaha
I like that one of the alternative names for a two handed sword you listed is spadoncino.
It comes from "spada" (sword) + suffix "one" (big) + suffix "ino" (small). Thus meaning smaller big sword. I love the qualitative suffix system 😭
3:46 remember, switching to your secondary is always faster than reloading.
Absolutely love that you're having sword fights in a field with people casually walking by in the background. Feels almost normal
And to add to the naturalistic nature if it..
It looked like the dog was thing if have a shit..
Very naturally for dogs..
Lol
Yes indeed officer. The blade is less than 4 inches long.
These are not the swords you are searching for.
Look, they're not wearing masks over there.
@@alangknowles lel
@@alangknowles oy guv! You got a loicense fo' that there longsword?
Lindybeige: "aha that's where you're wrong coppa!"
Well i don't know about the licence for the swords fights. What i am worried is how did he got the licence for the cheerleaders?
"Hello? Police? I would like to report two men sword-fighting in the park!"
"Did you say sword-fighting?"
"Yes, they are fighting with what looks like very large swords."
"Ah, probably a new Lindybeige video. Pay it no mind."
"We have important mask policing to do, mind you!"
"Yes, yes, swordfighting, sure... Do they have a loicense?"
Ronin Dave! YOU!!
“A very large sword? Would you say a longsword or a great sword?”
@@amomentintimeofthebruhvari5313 beginning of a Monty Python Skit there.
It would have been interesting to see Olga have a go with the Spadone. Maybe a follow up video?
Lindy making the "doioioioioioinng" noise is the best thing I've seen this month.
Must be an interesting park to passers by: a pair of friends/lovers chatting on a bench, people walking their dogs, cheerleaders doing their stretching exercises……and two guys fighting with medieval weaponry whilst dressed like Sith Lords…
*Argh JayEm*
Sadly, the sword fight did not draw a crowd. How's a body to make an honest living, if people wont bet on a freaking swordfight?
@@peterwall8191 i guess they just see someone beat the holy crap of each other with swords there 3-4 times a week
Especially if it's a park where HEMA practitioners or LARPers are common, people tend to ignore the nerds with swords and carry on with their days, at least in my experience.
Common folks tend to give a sword fight a wondering glance and then go on on their affairs. Never form a crowd. That's how I experienced it.
@@michaelcrockis7679 why would they? its not too kind and might distact fighters
lindy: *slaps the sword* this bad girl can keep so many opponents at bay
Came here looking for this.
Nice
These HEMA clips are absolutely amazing mate, the practitioners are really good as well. The WHIRLING LONGSWORD demo by Zach was absolutely great man.
So good to see your amazing new house has room to swing a sword too as well!
Thank you sir, you are a true keeper of many British and European traditions and I am so grateful.
You can hear Lloyds grin when he says "So spears are better!"
_Me, reading my spadone instruction manual_ "Hold pointy end... away from face." "Do not use spadone within one hour of eating."
Shake well before use.
“Outside use only.”
If battles persist for longer than four hours, consult a tactician.
"batteries not included"
Do not use in water.
being Italian is so funny how we actually called a big sword like Spadone
Not even something more classy like "Grande Spada" litterly "Spadone" lmao.
I mean, if a longsword is a long sword, it makes sense. If Spadone just means "big sword" and it's a big sword . . . seems fine to me.
@LindsRealm Ahh that makes some sense. Thank you for explaining.
In finnish, a greatsword is often translated as "kahdenkädenmiekka"
@LindsRealm the swordiest sword!
In Spanish is literally "Espadón"
I've studied and practiced this type of sword(Montante, Spadone, Espadone) for about a year now, Alfieri and Godhino specifically, and you did a great job at showing this amazing weapon!
Lindy you friggin astonish me everytime.
And I love it!
What a fantastical little recording/review.
Loved the way the opponents recorded their thoughts.
I love listening to historical/modern accounts of historical fighting styles.
I am loving this WAY more then the Olympic Games
The commentary is also top notch!
Lets face it , 2020(1) olympics went down the shitter. No awesome defilee, no spectators, a third of the sportsmen got banned because of the corona, >40"C heat...... 'namdemic and all
@@cactusmann5542 No cheerleaders.
thats because the olumpic games is all fanfair and its a pretentious show about money and politics, this is just good old fashioned fun.
Yea, i'll just tune in for Lasha Talakhadze to see, if he reaches 500kg mark, and that'll be my whole Olympics experience.
And ... cheerleaders! 😂
The cheerleaders were a stroke of genius
"Stroke"
“stroke”
"stroke"
"stroke" ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
"Stroke"
The Montante and Spadone have to be my favorite swords. Almost the power of the Zweihander greatsword. Yet almost the speed of a longsword, and almost the design elegance of a rapier.
And when someone has trained with it, the flowing cuts look so awesome.
Spadone is still small enough to be welded one handed. Zweihander usually needs two hands and is more akin to spear than sword. Spadone is ferocious but can be easily dodged like all swords. Zweihander is almost undodgable but it's very hard to get consecutive cuts over and over again compared to spadone. IMHO
I LOVE the style of this commentary! I need more of this!
This video makes me wonder how interesting a world would be had we never discovered gunpowder but still had cameras and the internet.
Imagine fighting world war two, with all the motorized vehicles they had in that era, but with guns, cannons, etc replaced with swords balistas and the like. Imagine an m4 Sherman armed with a balista, and escorted by infantry armed with longswords maces etc.
@@BigWheel. I question whether you'd have seen such things at all, given the changes you're suggesting. But I'm still working through the implications so forgive me if I'm missing something obvious.
Actually now that I think a bit... yes I suppose it would make sense to have mounted artillery, as well as infantry, even if you didn't have gunpowder. I have to keep going back to "what's the point of all this, again?" because the fundamental assumptions I fall back on fall apart if there's no gunpowder. For example, no amount of sword bashing against a tank would ever damage it. So tanks have no need to fear infantry at all, or even other tanks. There would be no anti-tank rifles or gun emplacements, and tanks couldn't destroy other tanks. At worst you'd get a 300kg stone launched at you, which might crunch the hull but honestly, you could make a tank hull to withstand such a thing. The suspension and carriage would collapse for sure but the crew could survive.
So if tanks are unstoppable, why even put artillery on them? Why not just make them speedy and relatively light and use them to drive over the infantry, squishing them? Well, because that requires catching the infantry, and there can be an awful lot of infantry for every wheeled vehicle and it becomes impractical to squish things one at a time. But artillery can do a very good job of attacking many soft targets at once.
And you would still want infantry, because the point of a military is to take and hold ground, and at the end of the day infantry is really your best option for that.
As an aside, this is one of the reasons I'm proud to have served as an Infantryman. I don't want to make this too long but I didn't want to be infantry at first. It wasn't until after the brainwashing (and learning! there was some of that as well!) that I realized how fundamental a man with a rifle (or sword) really is to every military endeavor.
@@BigWheel. Flamethrowers and flame tanks like the Churchill Crocodile would dominate. Since there are mechanized vehicles, petrochemicals are available.
I would imagine that street brawls would be a lot more dangerous. Without guns, more people would fancy themselves a swordsman and expect to fair okay vs another duelist. With guns, people respect the potency of the weapon enough that just the threat of it is typically enough to prevent bloodshed. With blades, people will imagine themselves more capable than they really are, and try dumb shit and get brutally injured in the process.
Policing would also be extremely difficult, perhaps even impossible unless the number of police were drastically increased. A safe state would be very hard to maintain without sufficient threat, and more importantly speed and efficiency. Any hostage situation would be pretty much impossible to handle, and cops would have an extremely difficult time apprehending criminals with minimum force, as instead of shooting them in the leg they might have to cut their legs off to immobilize a runner. Being a cop would be even more difficult in that world, and being a soldier would be absolute hell.
"Oh no!"
"Dropped the pom-poms!!" wasn't expected!
I started reading comments after the addition of cheerleaders to see what the comments were saying, found this comment about 5 seconds before the moment happened
so pretty much I read the comment and then I hear him repeat it after me
Bad to drop your pom-poms, the spearman could easily have gone in for the kill.
Excellent video. Love when you post these in depth analysis
I love the sound effects, gives a lively feel to it and you can actually see that he's enjoying himself whilst talking about it
The cheer team really cheered them up; at least for a while.
Of course they did, they're young blokes being cheered by pretty ladies, it's the perfect motivation, Loyd and his good understanding of male behavior, just hilarious
They gave me the cringe tbh, but I guess that's me.
@@aboomination897 oh for sure cringe it's a part of it, it's teenagers we're taking about
Their practice has paid off.
@@manueltoloza6007 adults? xd
I feel like a real gentleman watching some swordfighting instead of anime analysis videos.
dude you can do both. Look up Shadiversity sometime
Por que no los dos?
you've graduated from weeb to medieval weapons geek
This is sword art offline
this video was legendary, it was like a mix of all my favourite content from your channel
I'm sure I speak for many when I say that we all love your videos and would like to see more story videos. In particular your video on sir sidney Smith was very entertaining. Your such a great story teller and always are able to make even the most mundane of topics interesting such as your guide to medival transport.
Lindy was born in the wrong era, he looks so comfortable holding two giant swords
As a british, running away from danger is in his blood so no really
@@ommsterlitz1805 so is then getting yourself sorted out and ready before returning and putting an end to said danger. Certainly beats dieing pointlessly in the process of failing to put an end to it.
@@laurencefraser No since the British always used mercenaries to fight for them as they knew they couldn't fight on land. They were always beaten on land by the French in 1vs1 and even lost multiples times to zulus with gatling guns and cannons lmfao.
@@ommsterlitz1805 you have mistaken Brits for the French lol
Ikr or perhaps he is just 600 years old and has unlocked the key to eternal life
Those folks that walked through his shot with their dog were definitely not expecting to find a wild Lindy in the Park!
Best sword video I've seen. Those sweeping great sword demonstrations were really eye opening on how they'd be used and the kind of fighting they'd be used for. Really seems like the type of weapon you use to subdue peasant uprisings.
Ahhh Lindybeigh. The relaxing accent, the casual sarcasm, the fountain of knowledge, and of course the beige.
Never stop uploading and never let the French forget where they stand lol
Downwind, hopefully!
@@ArdentArchivist Dang that's good, I'm stealing that!
Lloyd keeps eight cheerleaders in the cupboard under the stairs for emergency crises in morale.
Seems like it ...😉
Let's be honest..🤔
We all wish we could manifest a bunch of cheerleaders on command.
Lol🤣
I think he has been cooking up something like this ever since the 'why we go fight' video
19:14 "I can put three hands on the grip"
Good heavens, it's a Dreihänder!
furthermore, when i made my larp zweihänder i INSISTED on making it taller than myself. it's fun!
My LARP staff is maximum length according to the rules, which is just my full armspan. Sadly, due to my proportionally shorter arms, it's not even as tall as I am. It's quite fun to use the weapons of the taller folks for a little while, though, even if they can be wind bats.
Conversely, I made my LARP polearm at minimum length, and could carry it concealed under my cloak.
@@rojopantalones9791 sounds like a silly ruleset ngl.
my larp sword, which i named "Shieldbreaker", is EXTREMELY heavy, and at max length for a one handed sword
@@vodam6970 In the LARP I played, extremely heavy would have it fail the safety check-in.
Different LARP's different rules, yeah?
Thanks for a very interesting video! I always seem to learn something new on a cool subject from you. I must admit, coming a few years late, that the day I finally finished your repertoire of older videos was much like the day I finished the last O'Brian book.
Oh my God, why is this video so good. Like I think this is one of his best videos so far! Good work!
The stuff on the workings of the sword after the discussion on how the sword works in the first place was so good. Especially the stuff with the reverberation and the center of balance. Like I never thought about it but it really does make sense and I seem b b like it fits with the videos you've seen from skallagrim but it's just never mentioned in such a direct way. I don't know but it's really cool.
I like how the fighters immideately went way more brutal when the chicks appeared.
*Manchurian Canidate Activated* As a former college male cheerleader, chill and focus.
Yep ..
Everyone wants to show off in front of the girls..
Lol.😏😉🤣
I’m sure many battles had an increased pitch due to women being nearby
Yeah they went into real fight mode then lol
Male psychology lol
Feels like the longer the weapon, the more thrust attacks play a better role. Spear bias😆
As someone who has done sparring using BIG 2 handed swords and is great with the spear, I can confirm, it's just a spear with hand protection
@@elmaxidelsur a pike is just a long handled rapier.
@@kenbrown2808 jajaja aaaaa parcial credit, lol
Your mom said the same thing last night.
R1 R1 R1
Man i love this so much, trying out these things in a "realistic" setting is great. I just wish there would be a hema Club close by so i could dive into it myself. Thanks for the great Video!
I had just watched the "HEMA vs Kung Fu" video, thinking it was a shame that the training of the cheerleaders in the background was not used to motivate the competitors, when suddenly, noticing that I had not watched this entire video, I came across this energetic and invigorating choreography for our duelists! Thank you mesdemoiselles for this refreshing participation ;) A question came to me at that moment ... Wouldn't the pompoms vigorously shaken by these young Ladies be a resurgence of those ribbons that the Ladies in the Middle Ages hung on the arms of their champions? Thank you for this very interesting quality video once again.
The fact that the closed captions call the spadone "donut" tickled me more than it should...
lmao, how insulting!
the closed captioning thinks outrageous things are being said from time to time
Shad, somewhere in Australia, throwing his arms up: “He said Greatsword! Is he even allowed to say that word?! How dare he use that so inaccurately!”
:-D
Well, that's because Shad is generally wrong about everything.
Y'all sound bitter
I think Shad’s terminology for a sword inbetween a Long sword and a Great sword as a “war sword” is okay. Maxamilian I used a large long sword that he referred to as his war sword.
@@retohaner5328 Such as? Sure, he gets stuff wrong, but whenever he is proven wrong, he accepts it and clarifies his new information in future videos. But that's not something you can call "generally", which implies he's wrong most of the time. There are things he says that I and others might "disagree" with, but that's usually something objective, interpretive or unprovable. In which case, it's not a matter of right or wrong. There is a reason he is treat like a peer amongst the medieval arms, armour and history communities.
But by all means, provide multiple examples of him being indisputably wrong about something that he still asserts as fact to backup your implication of his being wrong so often.
Always great work. I learnt much today. Noted are your long rarely edited monologues. Well done 😊🙏
As always, a very well informed video; I would love to see more about antik weapons and how they would have been used!
Lloyd’s imitation of reverberation is incredible
So professional he even has the cameraman being filmed for behind the scenes extras, wow!
It's infinite recursion, theres camera men in a line all the way out the door.
In retrospect, it was kind of a waste, all the other camera men's footage never ended up being necessary.
“Mario, how do we call this strange light claymore?”
*”BIG ASS SWORD.”*
Lloyd is literally the only youtuber who’s ads are the best part of the video
28:37 Oh my gosh, growing up we would find the "sweet spot" of a metal baseball bat by holding it with two fingers and tapping the grip end on the ground. The sweet spot would be the place you held it that made it vibrate the most. This is the exact same thing essentially, we were finding the stationary point, as holding it at any other point would dampen the vibrations. Super cool!
For us, non-imperials:
Spatha 83.82 cm
Arnander 111.76 cm
Longsword 119.38 cm
Spadone 152.4 cm
A civilized comment among all the barbarism.
I don't know why you're making a metric joke. He didn't even give imperial measures. There were no objective measures whatsoever past "up to my armpit." I'd appreciate even imperial measures because then some conversions could be made. I have no idea where you're getting your measures from other than averages elsewhere on the internet. His examples were body part length on his own frame for which I don't know his height.
@@MidlifeCrisisJoe I'm making metric jokes because Lloyd makes them. He did gave imperial masures at the very end of video, I just converted them. He's 6'3" (190.5cm) according to some guy on the interweb, but I also recall Lloyd saying his height to be somewhere around that number - so he's high. And using someone elses body for comparison isn't always good, because not all weapons he shows are made for him, so you can't be sure that ratio is good. I hope my English sounds good.
@@wendel5868 Ah, a fellow intellectual, I see.
@@LuxisAlukard I must've missed the part where he listed the measures. Probably to go down in the comments to complain about why he didn't list the measures. He didn't list them when he actually laid them out on the ground, which seems like it would have been the scene where it made the most sense to do so.
Your English is great! Don't worry. The only mistake I noticed is that when you refer to someone's height, you wouldn't call them "high" but "tall." Saying someone is "high" means something else entirely.
But thank you kindly.
Every single time I think it will be a topic I won't be that interested in, but I click the video anyway and every single time I watch to the end completely invested
We need more of your videos lindy!
Dang, Lindy, you dropped that sword almost as well as a professional french swordsman.
I know this is just playing into the popular internet joke, but my friend, it really only applies if the professional french soldier is holding a modern rifle. If you ever find yourself face to face against a professional french swordsman, well, you should start praying to whatever deity you believe in.
@@lawlerzwtf not if he drops it first
@@lawlerzwtf Yes yes, I was waiting for someone to point that out. I traded accuracy for easily understandable comedy.
He dropped it as he drops his scam projects.
@@lawlerzwtf That's always the gamble, isn't it? In the modern day, if someone draws a sword on you, there are two possibilities: They are a dweeb that watches too many movies, wielding a piece of garbage, or they know EXACTLY how to use it, and it's possibly an actual blade that will eviscerate you like it's the Crusades.
the effective range of these is actually much broader than a person would think. they give you the opportunity to play range games with shorter weapons, but if you are up against polearms, the best play is to get inside their swing and beat them with geometry.
You mean poke them with a protractor?
@@alisaurus4224 I
mean swing the sword behind the spearshaft instead of hitting at it.
@@alisaurus4224 Or whack them with a T square. I have one sword length.
Agreed, if you're up against a spear/pole weapon, don't let them fight at their range or you're toast.
@@ostlandr bad thing is when you get a guy who's really good with a pole weapon, they can surprise you.
I never knew about the harmonic node on swords. That’s crazy. Makes sense though, any springy thing has natural harmonics and that’s where it’s the most tense and strong. Epic
i really enjoy your videos, thank you for putting in all the effort.
I'm in love with the German swordlady.
Noon
But she's not impressed with your spatha...
Lady...has sword...
Yes, she has to do a lot of footwork to keep up that greatsword, but the 2d6 is really worth it.
A man if culture
I prefer the greataxe. 1d12 and 3x base crit multiplier.
Great video! Thanks for sharing your passion.
Fun video. That field looks great
I would assume it serves a dual function as a longsword, but also as a defense against light cavalry.
Probably more so just a longer long sword.
Cavalry my furry tookus. More better against punkazzes, miscreants, and other assorted booger-lickin'-morons.
@@bharnden7759 Take ye hands of any degenerate with one wee swipe
@@bharnden7759 churls too.
@@michelguevara151 methinks that be like another type of knave, well deserving of a splitting headache. Caused by splitting the head.
Please forgive my bombastic reply, but I've yet to have my morning coffee this side of the pond. Two peoples separated by a common language, as Sir Winston once opined.
Edit: the python whispers "Chulrish Knight"
The real question, what did they say to get a hand full of cheerleaders to agree, unless they just happend to be in the area practicing
Hello, would you like to be in a youtube video for a channel with over a million subscribers?
@Lee
Another comment stated that Lindy had one of the Beige Scrolls at hand, which apparently have a Summon Cheerleaders effect.
It has since been declared official lore.
You can see them in the beginning training to the left of them, Lindy pans away from them
This was a great video lindy
Loved the sounds! 👏👏
A two handed sword should be called a zweihänder purely because , let's be real here , it sounds fucking cool
These zswei swords were only for duels and show off, basically a dead man weapon.
This comment gets a 1¥
@@ommsterlitz1805 either your definition of the sword you're reffering to is VERY narrow, or you have no idea what you're talking about. Big two handed swords were implemented with the german landsknechts and also the swiss. They were usefull in creating and exploiting gaps in the enemies pike formation.
Let’s just combine light and zweihänder
Maybe a Leichtzweihänder
@@ommsterlitz1805 they do decently against sabers in duels but for sure a spear or any sort of long weapon kills a sword unless you do a lot of work to work around ti
"Ooh, clashy clash and stabby stab" 😂 Sir, you are an magnificent narrator 👏
People in ages past were a lot less obsessed by terminology than we are.
23:38 * Mentions Crowd Control *
Every gamer watching this: "You had my curiosity, but now you have my attention."
Time in Jill Bearup for the play by play.
Love the fact that people are just walking by like two guys sword fighting is normal. Wait this IS Britain...
In Berlin (germany) hema fencers also practice in the cities parks.
Yeah you’re way more likely to see a park shooting here in the states
@@giovannivasquez9806 😂
@@derstoffausdemderjoghurtis4346 our immigrant chaps prefer machetes in city parks. Medieval swordplay is more a suburban pastime.
British people have walked by two guys sword fighting for over 1,000 years.
10:10 hahaha the cheer squad really motivated them
Bois are bois
You could say they cheered them.
Excited for a potential video on the Greatsword!
Fantastic video. Interesting, funny, engaging and very informative! I love it, thank you Lindybeige!
I would watch anything that Lloyd narrates. Pure gold.
I would never have watched that bull championship, if not for his narration.
@@omikron6218 That was awesome, I still can't believe I watched the whole thing.
@@IamOutOfNames Me to.
Rather a random question, what is the definition of "wounded" in historical accounts? "Oooh, ouch that smarts", or "Heavens, my arms off"?
Considering the state of medicine at the time, I'd say the former, followed by the latter...
As far as I know, a wound is everything that does not stop bleeding by itself (exept those that stopped after bleeding out of course). So no minor surface scratches and such, only real cuts through the skin.
Depending on the rules (first blood in this case), the wound gets invested if it is substantial enough to count (if not severe enough by simple watching of the secundants) or literally the first blood drawn by the weapon. But the rules changed over time very often back and forth and often where individual set rules.
‘Tis but a scratch
@@Seelenschmiede Was there a point where the duelists would agree beforehand what the rules would be, rather than abiding by rules imposed externally?
@@Oberon4278 depending on reagion and timeframe: one or the other. Was it an official duell or an unofficial? Was duelling forbidden? Was it seen as a honorable thing? Was it public? Was it secret? Etc. etc.
There is no general fact about duelling other than most times it was a stupid thing.
I've been watching your videos. You taught me more history than all my teachers combined
I had no idea Wondrium was The Great Courses Plus. That's neat.
Swords are very neat. I love the sword videos. Thanks.
Aaah, cheerleaders! You cannot have a medieval battle without them. I was hoping for recreation of maiden giving her handkerchief to her champion.
A Knight's Tale (2001), on a budged.
Sooo, its between a longsword and greatsword in use/technique/practicality then. I suggest "right bastard sword" as a term, as it likely hits like one.
A rightbastword? Personally I think combining the first half of greatsword and latter half of longsword would be preferable.
@@pcarrierorange so greatsword then? Or do you mean grengssword?
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This is a fantastic and most interesting video. Such are all your videos, sir. I have been a fan and subscriber for many years and I believe you are top tier RUclips content, and I return to you often because I believe you deliver an honesty on historical subjects the history channel cannot. That said, I love the Mandeville march. I listen to it when I’m drunk and victorious. I just spent a whole pound to listen to it on bandcamp, or what-have-you, and for some reason beyond my understanding I still cannot. Please, if you are capable of doing so, make this fantastic music available on RUclips once again. I’m a combat veteran and now a 34 year old pizza delivery driver and need all the victories I can get... if that makes any difference at all...
Thanks for your great content!
I still patiently await "In search of Hannibal"
Never going to happen man, unfortunately
I'm not waiting any longer. I'm just here to be a pain in his arse, by spreading the truth about his despicable personality.
He posted on Facebook that he'd make a Q&A on it shortly
@@majorhumbert676 despicable personality? For taking his time? For being busy?
Yes! I was worried about lloyd not publishing in so long
Once a month at the moment sadly.
@@footrot17 very true but it's all quality..
But I'd prefer it more often too...😪
He hasn't published his comic book yet, and it's been over 5 years and $155k of other people's money.
@@majorhumbert676 exactly how long did he state it would take?
After returning and watching more and to the very end, I learned a lot more about swords.
"It's one-two-three-four! hands long"
Ah yes, The Vierhander
I was an active participant in the Society for Creative Anachronism for nearly twenty years; fought in at least thirty large events and countless small melees and fighter practices.
Never once, in all that time, did a band of cheerleaders appear. What is your secret?
😁
I like Shad's proposed categorisation. Bastard Sword (Small Longsword), Longsword, War Sword (Large Longsword), Greatsword.
And I like how he proposes the cut off point for when a Longsword becomes a Greatsword should be:
1. when you can no longer comfortably draw it from a scabbard on your hip.
2. If you hold it out and let it rotate around (if it hits the floors its a Greatsword if it doesn't its a Large Longsword, AKA War Sword).
3. When you can no longer comfortably reach past the tip with your other hand to grapple/grab.
Also with a Greatsword you *have* to alter the types of swings you perform to avoid the ground and control the weight, often utilising more polearm techniques.
I loved everything about this video.
Top quality content! Huge shoutout to the girls for getting involved too!
Great Courses Plus is dead,
Long Live Wondrium!