You're so awesome, thanks for keeping my interest in swordplay for all these years. This info is also fantastic for writing accurate sword fights, showing how fast a fight can end, and would be great references for drawing fights too :0
Hey guys, great video. Watching your sparing footage though I can't help but notice that a lot of times after you enter a grappling action you end end up standing, I think, a little too tall. Don't get me wrong, I think all of the stuff happening at the arms is solid and I'm definitely stealing those games but for my money when you have made up your mind to commit to a grappling action you need to lower your level by about 6 inches or if you are taller, to the level of the opponent's waist to just below that height. The reason being if you encounter someone who is also proficient at wrestling and is prepared to fight you on those terms standing that tall is going to make it very easy to get thrown. Sinking your weight lower in your stance (ideally having your hip height be lower than your opponents) is going to be an almost all purpose defense to counter-wrestling given the relatively short duration of most longsword exchanges. Granted there are some exceptions like if you are chasing someone who is retreating but generally I would say it's true that you can and should lower your stance more than I am seeing when committing to a grapple. Oh, and just so you I'm not talking out my ass I wrestled competitively for the better part of a decade, still coach the sport at the school level, still grapple when I'm not HEMAing, have instructed RIngen at my club and I'm also rated in the top 200 for longsword.
Hey there, thanks for watching. A couple of things: 1. This mini series is focused specifically on wrestling at the sword, throws will be talked about a little bit, but they're very much not the focus. 2. In counter wrestling at the sword, it's often a race to the top as the hands being higher leads to more options for the person with the hands above. 3. Games are designed to make the action that is being focused on the most likely to occur in the enviroment of the game's rules, not to simulate the whole variety of things that can happen in free sparring or competition. Throws aren't part of the games we played, Simple as. Again, thanks for watching.
1. For transparency I was sent a pair to review which I have finally gotten enough fencing time in to put in my clear perspective on. 2. They were sent with an overlay which is a great idea but needs to be bulked down in a couple of places to make them really good, the base glove is solid, the add on has to be slimmed for them to be feasible 3. I always have fenced with a 5 finger glove in the off hand, these are very good for that, and for fencing with 1 handed sword, they're my main recommendation for sidesword
Thanks for the shout and for watching! ive just recently moved internationally so my set up is no where near as eatablished as it was in the states. I did my best to get it tuned up but not well enough it seems, this will be corrected in upcoming videos.
questo facio perchè tu che vorai insegnare sappi che l’arte de la meza spada si è il meglio del gioco & quelli che insegnano o che se tengano boni giocatori & non sanno l’arte sopraditta non sono fondati 🤌
wake up babe new hipster longsword video just dropped
return of the king
looking forward to more videos in this series!
You're so awesome, thanks for keeping my interest in swordplay for all these years. This info is also fantastic for writing accurate sword fights, showing how fast a fight can end, and would be great references for drawing fights too :0
Hey guys, great video. Watching your sparing footage though I can't help but notice that a lot of times after you enter a grappling action you end end up standing, I think, a little too tall. Don't get me wrong, I think all of the stuff happening at the arms is solid and I'm definitely stealing those games but for my money when you have made up your mind to commit to a grappling action you need to lower your level by about 6 inches or if you are taller, to the level of the opponent's waist to just below that height. The reason being if you encounter someone who is also proficient at wrestling and is prepared to fight you on those terms standing that tall is going to make it very easy to get thrown. Sinking your weight lower in your stance (ideally having your hip height be lower than your opponents) is going to be an almost all purpose defense to counter-wrestling given the relatively short duration of most longsword exchanges. Granted there are some exceptions like if you are chasing someone who is retreating but generally I would say it's true that you can and should lower your stance more than I am seeing when committing to a grapple.
Oh, and just so you I'm not talking out my ass I wrestled competitively for the better part of a decade, still coach the sport at the school level, still grapple when I'm not HEMAing, have instructed RIngen at my club and I'm also rated in the top 200 for longsword.
Hey there, thanks for watching. A couple of things:
1. This mini series is focused specifically on wrestling at the sword, throws will be talked about a little bit, but they're very much not the focus.
2. In counter wrestling at the sword, it's often a race to the top as the hands being higher leads to more options for the person with the hands above.
3. Games are designed to make the action that is being focused on the most likely to occur in the enviroment of the game's rules, not to simulate the whole variety of things that can happen in free sparring or competition. Throws aren't part of the games we played, Simple as.
Again, thanks for watching.
Noice vid, as always :). Thoughts on ya right hand five fingered glove for longsword? superior fencing right?
1. For transparency I was sent a pair to review which I have finally gotten enough fencing time in to put in my clear perspective on.
2. They were sent with an overlay which is a great idea but needs to be bulked down in a couple of places to make them really good, the base glove is solid, the add on has to be slimmed for them to be feasible
3. I always have fenced with a 5 finger glove in the off hand, these are very good for that, and for fencing with 1 handed sword, they're my main recommendation for sidesword
@@Sinestrahema ok cool might have to check em out , cheers
What's a Remise? I miss a second, third etc time?
@@jasonbaldwin273 A remise is when your first attack fails, and you immediately attack again. It's also called a renewal by a fair amount of folks
Great video but the narration is very difficult to hear over the music lyrics at points
Thanks for the shout and for watching! ive just recently moved internationally so my set up is no where near as eatablished as it was in the states. I did my best to get it tuned up but not well enough it seems, this will be corrected in upcoming videos.
@@Sinestrahema I will absolutely be using some of these games. They're really good
questo facio perchè tu che vorai insegnare sappi che l’arte de la meza spada si è il meglio del gioco & quelli che insegnano o che se tengano boni giocatori & non sanno l’arte sopraditta non sono fondati
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