Your parrying is incredeble and there is good footwork for both participants. The coach is very good at blocking any incomming attacks after he throws a Zwerchhau. :) (Amazing to watch) ⚔⚔⚔⚔❤❤🗡🗡
@@loganfillipionasort1220 thank you very much! I need to work on better active parries and my counterattacks, but I do keep myself safe pretty well. My instructor is awesome.
@@meeplymoon8391 this is Historical European Martial arts! Specifically the German Kunst des Fechtens (Art of Combat) from the early Renaissance. We practice martial swordsmanship, and this video is us practicing longsword against each other (my instructor basically schooling me in every way). Thanks for checking out the video!
@@TBoneHEMA i can't tell which one is the instructor, i see stances and swings but what are indicators of experience? it's a little hard to see who is landing the hits as well.
@@meeplymoon8391 it's a little easier to see when the video is slowed down. My instructor is the one in the puffy pants (Pluderhosen). In this video I end up pushing into what's called a "high bind" a lot, where I move in to strike and he parries high, so our hands and swords end up above our heads. My go to in that situation is to try and push his elbow to the side with my left hand and expose his head, but he knows that, so he takes a quick back step and throws a short range cut into the side of my head instead. Indicators of experience are hard to see if you don't know what you're looking for. Generally it's quality footwork, quick decision making in the moment, and good form on cuts. There's lots of technical movement here, and hes got 7 more years of experience with this than I do, so my goal in these high intensity sparring matches is to try and stay calm, do what I know, and not get overwhelmed or tired myself out of quickly.
Been looking to get into this myself. But I have no club near me so I'll just have to buy a book and watch a lot of videos lol. I may have a close friend of mine that is interested as well. I'm a boxer and he is a former wrestler. So I'm really interested to see how our prior martial art experience translates over. Specifically for me the footwork I learned from boxing I think might do me well. Idk but I'm excited. After looking up what a Zwerchhau was I believe you are in the blue. Also I checked out other videos on your channel and the instructor is Kyle I believe. You got any tips on how we should start with no club or prior experience? My friend suggested foam swords for now off Amazon.
@@FunkayMonkay149 welcome to HEMA then! You are correct, I'm in Blue and my instructor is Kyle. I started about a year and a half ago, so I'm still pretty new to it myself. I don't know much about boxing, but any sport that uses high intensity footwork will help you out a lot in starting out. HEMA footwork is usually very specific and important, so make sure you practice that often. I would avoid any cheap foam swords on Amazon. They're usually too light to practice good technique, and also aren't always safe enough to practice on each other. If you're going to be using minimum gear (always wear a mask, some kind of padded gloves, and a cup) then I'd recommend the padded weapons from Go-Now. They try to be as close to the real thing as possible while being safe to hit each other with. We've used them a few times and we like them a lot. Purple Heart Armory is a great place to get gear in the US. And what kind of book you get depends on what style you'd like to practice. We practice the German traditions, so we study the Art of Combat (Kunst des Fechtens) 1570 edition. I don't know much about the Italian or other systems.
Im genuinely not intending to bash, but this is high intensity? I've been doing this for a few months now and this seems like what im used to doing every friday 😅. Probably is just me expecting even more than what i normally do because I enjoy high intensity sparring so much. I must say though that the quality of your sparring is amazing!
@@BI-ngle thank you! So normally when we spar, my instructor uses it as an opportunity to teach me certain things, so he tries to provide situations for me to try new things. We do a lot of technical sparring as well. This time I asked him to fence me like he's trying to win, so he pulled out all the stops. Hence "high intensity." I also wore myself out very quickly in this match and he recognized that, so I suspect he slowed down a bit about halfway through. I'm currently trying to improve against better fencers, so this intensity will probably become more normal from here on out, but it was the first time I asked him to not hold back. It taught me a lot about my weaknesses, for sure.
@@TBoneHEMA yeah, I highly prefer it over structured teaching. Plus it's way more fun of course. We often do 5 bouts and then chat about what went well, what we can learn etc. good coaches/partners will be able to point out and teach so many things with that, and in a way that makes it actually immediately useable in the next round of sparring. its GREAT!
Your parrying is incredeble and there is good footwork for both participants. The coach is very good at blocking any incomming attacks after he throws a Zwerchhau. :) (Amazing to watch) ⚔⚔⚔⚔❤❤🗡🗡
@@loganfillipionasort1220 thank you very much! I need to work on better active parries and my counterattacks, but I do keep myself safe pretty well.
My instructor is awesome.
@@TBoneHEMA Indeed your instructor is, and so are you! ❤❤⚔⚔
i have no idea what i'm watching but it seems fun
@@meeplymoon8391 this is Historical European Martial arts! Specifically the German Kunst des Fechtens (Art of Combat) from the early Renaissance.
We practice martial swordsmanship, and this video is us practicing longsword against each other (my instructor basically schooling me in every way).
Thanks for checking out the video!
@@TBoneHEMA i can't tell which one is the instructor, i see stances and swings but what are indicators of experience? it's a little hard to see who is landing the hits as well.
@@meeplymoon8391 it's a little easier to see when the video is slowed down. My instructor is the one in the puffy pants (Pluderhosen).
In this video I end up pushing into what's called a "high bind" a lot, where I move in to strike and he parries high, so our hands and swords end up above our heads. My go to in that situation is to try and push his elbow to the side with my left hand and expose his head, but he knows that, so he takes a quick back step and throws a short range cut into the side of my head instead.
Indicators of experience are hard to see if you don't know what you're looking for. Generally it's quality footwork, quick decision making in the moment, and good form on cuts.
There's lots of technical movement here, and hes got 7 more years of experience with this than I do, so my goal in these high intensity sparring matches is to try and stay calm, do what I know, and not get overwhelmed or tired myself out of quickly.
Been looking to get into this myself. But I have no club near me so I'll just have to buy a book and watch a lot of videos lol. I may have a close friend of mine that is interested as well. I'm a boxer and he is a former wrestler. So I'm really interested to see how our prior martial art experience translates over. Specifically for me the footwork I learned from boxing I think might do me well. Idk but I'm excited.
After looking up what a Zwerchhau was I believe you are in the blue. Also I checked out other videos on your channel and the instructor is Kyle I believe.
You got any tips on how we should start with no club or prior experience? My friend suggested foam swords for now off Amazon.
@@FunkayMonkay149 welcome to HEMA then! You are correct, I'm in Blue and my instructor is Kyle.
I started about a year and a half ago, so I'm still pretty new to it myself. I don't know much about boxing, but any sport that uses high intensity footwork will help you out a lot in starting out. HEMA footwork is usually very specific and important, so make sure you practice that often.
I would avoid any cheap foam swords on Amazon. They're usually too light to practice good technique, and also aren't always safe enough to practice on each other. If you're going to be using minimum gear (always wear a mask, some kind of padded gloves, and a cup) then I'd recommend the padded weapons from Go-Now. They try to be as close to the real thing as possible while being safe to hit each other with. We've used them a few times and we like them a lot.
Purple Heart Armory is a great place to get gear in the US. And what kind of book you get depends on what style you'd like to practice. We practice the German traditions, so we study the Art of Combat (Kunst des Fechtens) 1570 edition. I don't know much about the Italian or other systems.
Im genuinely not intending to bash, but this is high intensity? I've been doing this for a few months now and this seems like what im used to doing every friday 😅. Probably is just me expecting even more than what i normally do because I enjoy high intensity sparring so much. I must say though that the quality of your sparring is amazing!
@@BI-ngle thank you!
So normally when we spar, my instructor uses it as an opportunity to teach me certain things, so he tries to provide situations for me to try new things. We do a lot of technical sparring as well.
This time I asked him to fence me like he's trying to win, so he pulled out all the stops. Hence "high intensity." I also wore myself out very quickly in this match and he recognized that, so I suspect he slowed down a bit about halfway through. I'm currently trying to improve against better fencers, so this intensity will probably become more normal from here on out, but it was the first time I asked him to not hold back. It taught me a lot about my weaknesses, for sure.
@@TBoneHEMA yeah, I highly prefer it over structured teaching. Plus it's way more fun of course. We often do 5 bouts and then chat about what went well, what we can learn etc. good coaches/partners will be able to point out and teach so many things with that, and in a way that makes it actually immediately useable in the next round of sparring. its GREAT!
Have they marked a basketball court using square tiles?
@@iBlagg8 I wouldn't have really noticed if you hadn't said anything, but yeah! It's an elementary school so they must not care that much.