When you mentioned that was the last place Meyer taught and lived, it always strikes me how amazing it is that 450+ years later we're still learning from his sources, I wonder how he'd feel knowing that even when swords have long since fallen out of use, we still learn it. Another great video!
Do you think that’s it’s due to modern people not having to participate in a legitimate duel or sword battle to evolve and create new techniques and forms in order to live/survive? I’ve always thought that it was because of the invention of less riskier weapons(guns), the advancement of war strategies, and laws that killed swordsmanship; or at least held its evolution or is it because it’s perfected by this point?.
I still regularly come back to, reference & share these videos with my friends and partners. Whether we are trying to find organic & authentic ways of written character portrayal, posing & stance references for animation & artwork, or just looking to watch someone sweat, these Learn the Art of Combat videos of yours have become nearly indispensable for me. Thanks Björn!
Having been a German Longsword student for nearly two years, I'm always surprised at how many new things you can learn from looking back at the basic mechanics of the guards and their various uses. You're a great teacher, Bjorn, you make everything intuitive to understand about Meyer's art!
It's like when you read a good book for the second, or third time and always find something new and interesting Very awesome and inspiring video. Im sure Meyer is proud
Thank you for the series! Sadly, there are not HEMA clubs close to me due to where I live, so much I have to do is solo and following the manuscripts is sometimes tough but seeing them in live action help.
Beautiful demonstration 🙂 You can really see the parallels with some of the Italian longsword treaties, although there seems to be a lot more retracted and high guards
Thank you, Mr. Ruther. I will be sending this to my friend who is just getting into longsword. It's clear you have a great level of blade control and it makes everything look smooth and beautiful.
Another phenomenal video Björn. Thanks so much. Such a great resource that is much appreciated. My only thought is, while it was great having the English name shown in left corner for each discussed guard, it would also have been good seeing the German one included and present there the whole time too. Keep up the awesome work!
Your videos are getting better and better. Amazingly educational how you bring those techniques to life. Auch sehr schön, mit dem Schweriner Schloss im Hintergrund. ^^
My fencing school primarily teaches Lichtenauer and it seems that Meyer is pretty much the same thing just with names for the transitionary guards that Lichtenauer doesn't name but still has. Only the "key" guard seems unique
I loved your videos on halberd fencing and I would like to ask if you could ever consider doing one centering on the Danish Battle Axe ? I feel as they have a similar mindset/technique when fighting I'd just love to see someone more skilled than me give some demonstrations !!
2:09 I'm just a beginner at this, but it sounds to me like Meyer took the same approach Fiore dei Liberi did. I wonder if he was actually inspired by Fiore's approach.
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@@CristiNeagu Mostly inspired from Liechtenauer but of course also from master like Viggiani etc. So we can say that Meyer is most likely influenced by Bolognese fencing :)
Awesome video! I'm curious about the manuscripts you mentioned that call Eisenport and Schranckhut the same thing? Meyer in 1570 says that they are different and describes them as Eisenport being with the point up and Schrankhut being with the point down (into the ground).
I like the fact that you lean your body forward more on your front knee in most guards... I stand like that while sparring with the longsword as well but also while sparring with the sidesword, imo this gives you much more explosive cuts while utilising the passing step however I have seen instructors on youtube advising that we stand with both our knees bent in a 50% - 50% ratio... but I find that a lot more inefficient than what I described and the way you stand yourself 🙂 Do you agree ? What are your thoughts on this matter ?
How do you interpret the earlier kdf approach of there being only four guards, but then continuing to mention other guards? I have understood it as a combination of saying that first, these are the four most useful positions. Then saying that every other guard is a variation of the Vier Leger.
Hast du Erfahrungen/Techniken zu Schwert und Reiterschild? Dazu gibt es so gut wie keine Aufzeichnungen. Ich habe versuch etwas aus Schwert und Buckler abzuleiten, jedoch funktioniert das nur bedingt.
for plow/phlug I noticed you have your arms out quite a bit, almost to your knees. I Naturally do that sometimes (or maybe something different that I don't realize), but I often get hand sniped from that position. What is told to me, and what looks like is occurring in depictions, is that the hands are kept tightly to the hips. What is your opinion on that? Is one method more proper in your opinion? Also, is Vom Tag not so popular in HEMA because of helmets? I have trouble even with ox when in full gear
@@biggerG785 sure thing...another simple, personal measurment is to take the lenght between the ground to the point right under your sternum between both rib bows....in my case 140 (im 195cm).
damnit if only my social anxiety wasn't in the way of sticking to hema :( I love sword fighting but i just can't learn it. I think i need to find some old master up in the mountains or something
Im living 3rd world country (Please forgive my bad English) which allows to carry none sharp long sword. it is very difficult to get one of those practice sword. But only Replicas. There is Japanese Kendo but I wanna learn Long sword but no school for long sword. I decided not to feel embarrassed practicing alone at park. Because I think even though I don't have teacher, still better than doing nothing. Anyway I let gravity control my long sword. Blade and handle is 135cm over 2kg its not heavy for me but when I attach sword on my belt, I'm 175cm tall, but it scratch my sheath of my sword by ground. I don't know how to wear the sword properly. In my State law, if wearing ancient martial art uniform Im allowed to open carry sword. Recently I got license for katana so Im also allowed to carry sharp long sword as well. But I carry un-edge sword for safety. To summarise my inquiries , I wanna know how to wear it on my belt properly, and is it good idea not to stop while swinging and combo move to strike attack move after swing round circle to provide confusion to enemy? Japanese sword is light to compared with long sword so they stop while swing but long sword using same method stopping swings by gravity might cause wrist injuries like, tunnel syndrome ? So I let gravity to control my sword and not stopping it while on air and I use combo move after circle strike I immediately do stab move with changing my arms and legs after I let gravity swings my sword. Jeez I can't write in English it's very difficult to describe what I wanna say. I hope someone understand this. Thank you in advance.
Oooh i see...still can't really tell the different tho but it's nice to get an explaination since i don't have any experience in hema but curious about it
Where did you find this interpretation of the Brechfenster? =)
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Between my ears... :D ...but to be honest, when you read the part in JM Book about that guard its really obvious that its just the upper guard in the bind and under the sword of your opponent...so its something in front but also over your head. In addition the thumbgrip makes really sense because here you have the most options to react appropiate :)
When you mentioned that was the last place Meyer taught and lived, it always strikes me how amazing it is that 450+ years later we're still learning from his sources, I wonder how he'd feel knowing that even when swords have long since fallen out of use, we still learn it. Another great video!
The longsword was outdated when Meyer was alive!
@@moogrooper28 Even more remarkable that we still learn it!
Poor meyer though, he didn’t live a good life
Do you think that’s it’s due to modern people not having to participate in a legitimate duel or sword battle to evolve and create new techniques and forms in order to live/survive? I’ve always thought that it was because of the invention of less riskier weapons(guns), the advancement of war strategies, and laws that killed swordsmanship; or at least held its evolution or is it because it’s perfected by this point?.
Not just great learning material but awesome references for artists too.
Hah! Real.
using this video to figure out a longsword stance for my iteration of Sleeping Beauty
I still regularly come back to, reference & share these videos with my friends and partners. Whether we are trying to find organic & authentic ways of written character portrayal, posing & stance references for animation & artwork, or just looking to watch someone sweat, these Learn the Art of Combat videos of yours have become nearly indispensable for me. Thanks Björn!
Oh.thats lovely to hear...thx mate :)
Having been a German Longsword student for nearly two years, I'm always surprised at how many new things you can learn from looking back at the basic mechanics of the guards and their various uses. You're a great teacher, Bjorn, you make everything intuitive to understand about Meyer's art!
thx mate... keep going!
I know this comment is a bit old.... but can you recommend any good shool in germany?
It's like when you read a good book for the second, or third time and always find something new and interesting Very awesome and inspiring video. Im sure Meyer is proud
Thank you for the series! Sadly, there are not HEMA clubs close to me due to where I live, so much I have to do is solo and following the manuscripts is sometimes tough but seeing them in live action help.
I like your drills. They're very elegant and smooth.
Weschsel and Olber have become my two favorite guards over the last couple years.
Beautiful demonstration 🙂
You can really see the parallels with some of the Italian longsword treaties, although there seems to be a lot more retracted and high guards
Well, that was one hell of an informative video. Big thumbs up! I also like your theory of what Meyer meant by "breaking guard".
I like your choice of music. It makes it easier to focus on the demonstration.
Those are the smoothest transitions I've ever seen
Hack! Yeah! :D this why I coming back to this channel again and again
I like the nice demonstration in the beginning. Your movement with the longsword excellent.
Thank you, Mr. Ruther. I will be sending this to my friend who is just getting into longsword. It's clear you have a great level of blade control and it makes everything look smooth and beautiful.
Another phenomenal video Björn. Thanks so much. Such a great resource that is much appreciated.
My only thought is, while it was great having the English name shown in left corner for each discussed guard, it would also have been good seeing the German one included and present there the whole time too.
Keep up the awesome work!
Your videos are getting better and better. Amazingly educational how you bring those techniques to life.
Auch sehr schön, mit dem Schweriner Schloss im Hintergrund. ^^
Very interesting to watch. Krump to the blade looks very natural from the guard.
Flawless presentation, and your English is perfect!
My fencing school primarily teaches Lichtenauer and it seems that Meyer is pretty much the same thing just with names for the transitionary guards that Lichtenauer doesn't name but still has.
Only the "key" guard seems unique
Thanks!
Thx :D
Ive just started classes, starting with saber and we are moving to longsword basics next class. Very much looking forward to it
Very good background this time. And great explenations
So any block where you hold it high is good to counter. Gravity helping and all that. Nice. Cheers for thye vid.
I loved your videos on halberd fencing and I would like to ask if you could ever consider doing one centering on the Danish Battle Axe ? I feel as they have a similar mindset/technique when fighting I'd just love to see someone more skilled than me give some demonstrations !!
Merci pour cette démonstration. C'est toujours très bien exécuté.
had to rewatch - too entertaining and inspiring!
@@daire.e thx mate... :)
very informative, thanks a lot for sharing with us
Such great content man
Great backdrop, nothing beats living near a castle.
Thankyou, this is excellent!
Had to watch it twice because that background stole my gaze.
keep up the great work
thanks you very much, useful and informative as usual)
excelente clase de guardias con espada larga.
2:09 I'm just a beginner at this, but it sounds to me like Meyer took the same approach Fiore dei Liberi did. I wonder if he was actually inspired by Fiore's approach.
@@CristiNeagu Mostly inspired from Liechtenauer but of course also from master like Viggiani etc. So we can say that Meyer is most likely influenced by Bolognese fencing :)
Thank you very much!
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Awesome video! I'm curious about the manuscripts you mentioned that call Eisenport and Schranckhut the same thing? Meyer in 1570 says that they are different and describes them as Eisenport being with the point up and Schrankhut being with the point down (into the ground).
Thank you so much for this. I used this as a reference for the attack moves in my game art course course.
I like the fact that you lean your body forward more on your front knee in most guards... I stand like that while sparring with the longsword as well but also while sparring with the sidesword, imo this gives you much more explosive cuts while utilising the passing step however I have seen instructors on youtube advising that we stand with both our knees bent in a 50% - 50% ratio... but I find that a lot more inefficient than what I described and the way you stand yourself 🙂 Do you agree ? What are your thoughts on this matter ?
Do you have a video detailing principal strikes?
We’ll done!
good video
What pants are those?
Plunderhosen, his is made somewhere in germany but you can get fencing ready "meyer puffy pants" from SPES
How do you interpret the earlier kdf approach of there being only four guards, but then continuing to mention other guards?
I have understood it as a combination of saying that first, these are the four most useful positions. Then saying that every other guard is a variation of the Vier Leger.
@Björn Rüther - what is this music in your intro? Its awesome and would gladly listen for full version.
Is there a list of all strikes that can be done from each guard?
If you would be holding a sharp longsword in hand how would you place it on your elbow or arm in the key possition ? Maybe with the flat ?
Always supremely jealous of your pants. Where do you get those things?
Hast du Erfahrungen/Techniken zu Schwert und Reiterschild?
Dazu gibt es so gut wie keine Aufzeichnungen.
Ich habe versuch etwas aus Schwert und Buckler abzuleiten, jedoch funktioniert das nur bedingt.
I clicked the video, i saw his name and i knew i had find the right video.
Bro moves like water, this is smooth
What are the "rose techniques" you mention Meyer recommends you take up from the middle guard?
Have a look at my videos about middleguard. You will find them in the playlist called "Fencing from the guards withe the longsword".
"I like to hit zee peeple."
-Bjorn, probably
for plow/phlug I noticed you have your arms out quite a bit, almost to your knees. I Naturally do that sometimes (or maybe something different that I don't realize), but I often get hand sniped from that position. What is told to me, and what looks like is occurring in depictions, is that the hands are kept tightly to the hips. What is your opinion on that? Is one method more proper in your opinion? Also, is Vom Tag not so popular in HEMA because of helmets? I have trouble even with ox when in full gear
손을 맞는다는 것은 칼이 오는 동안 막지 못했 다는 겁니다. 일단 쟁기 자세에서 칼을 45이상 세운후 손을 몸에 붙이십시오. 칼이 날라오면 스템과 멈통의 회전으로 내칼이 상대방의 칼을 가로 막게 하고 옆 걸음으로 상대에게 다가가 칼 끝으로 공격해야 합니다.
What size should a long sword have?. Is it right a length of a long sword is 1,5 x our full arm size/length, or its just bigger that us can handle.
@@biggerG785 a regular Longsword is between 120 and 135 in total...150+ are rather Montante, Spadone or Battleswords.
Thank you for answering
@@biggerG785 sure thing...another simple, personal measurment is to take the lenght between the ground to the point right under your sternum between both rib bows....in my case 140 (im 195cm).
@@biggerG785 130 is "HEMA" Standard :)
Oke thanks a lot, i got the reference now.
Reminds of of Conan the barbarian 👏
If you are left - handed, do you reverse everything, or learn right - handed?
@@ksat7218 No, you stay left-handed :) Everything is just the other way around than!
Thanks! Your channel is great.
@@ksat7218 thx mate...
Hello Bjorn, what is the jacket you use in tournaments with the puffy arms? is it Superior Fencing's Landskschnet?
Like my puffy also from highhillpants :)
Lieber Björn, wo schaffst du dir solche Hosen an?
Hier :) highhillpants.wixsite.com/index/catalog-en
Just figured this takes place in SCHWERIN.
Schwerin?
Yep :)
damnit if only my social anxiety wasn't in the way of sticking to hema :( I love sword fighting but i just can't learn it.
I think i need to find some old master up in the mountains or something
Please I need a pair of badass pants like those on god that's drip
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Im living 3rd world country (Please forgive my bad English) which allows to carry none sharp long sword. it is very difficult to get one of those practice sword. But only Replicas. There is Japanese Kendo but I wanna learn Long sword but no school for long sword. I decided not to feel embarrassed practicing alone at park. Because I think even though I don't have teacher, still better than doing nothing. Anyway I let gravity control my long sword. Blade and handle is 135cm over 2kg its not heavy for me but when I attach sword on my belt, I'm 175cm tall, but it scratch my sheath of my sword by ground. I don't know how to wear the sword properly. In my State law, if wearing ancient martial art uniform Im allowed to open carry sword. Recently I got license for katana so Im also allowed to carry sharp long sword as well. But I carry un-edge sword for safety. To summarise my inquiries , I wanna know how to wear it on my belt properly, and is it good idea not to stop while swinging and combo move to strike attack move after swing round circle to provide confusion to enemy? Japanese sword is light to compared with long sword so they stop while swing but long sword using same method stopping swings by gravity might cause wrist injuries like, tunnel syndrome ? So I let gravity to control my sword and not stopping it while on air and I use combo move after circle strike I immediately do stab move with changing my arms and legs after I let gravity swings my sword. Jeez I can't write in English it's very difficult to describe what I wanna say. I hope someone understand this. Thank you in advance.
Schwerin ist eine schöne Stadt
I was trying to remember your channel name because youtube unsubbed me once again
you found me :)
nothing much to say i just wanted to push the comments into triple digits
Any body else here using literay a broom stick 😂?
I use pvc pipe
I don't really get the side guard it looks similar with the change tho
@@naufallin907 the sword is oriented different...change is with short/false edge fwd and sideguard the other way around :)
Oooh i see...still can't really tell the different tho but it's nice to get an explaination since i don't have any experience in hema but curious about it
Where did you find this interpretation of the Brechfenster? =)
Between my ears... :D ...but to be honest, when you read the part in JM Book about that guard its really obvious that its just the upper guard in the bind and under the sword of your opponent...so its something in front but also over your head. In addition the thumbgrip makes really sense because here you have the most options to react appropiate :)