Broadsword and targe - how Highlanders fought
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- A quick introduction to the use of this weapon combination, shot very quickly at Fight Camp 2018. Sorry about the background noise.
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This was shot at the end of the last day, and I was a bit hoarse from shouting, camping, and beer. When the aircraft overhead gets very loud, I have added subtitles.
The targes we are using are the correct diameter, but the real things were a fair bit heavier, and offered some protection against even musketballs.
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“We have 5 rules.” That doesn’t sound very Scottish. “Last rule, break the rules.” Aye, there it is 😎
But they are both English guys in the video?!?!
@@nathaniliescu4597 I believe James refers to the Highlanders, taking their name from the Scottish highlands.
Félix Mervamée I mean I live hear so yes
How terribly rude of them to put an airport nearby a place where Lindy talks
I say it even destroyed his voice, he should sue them for not using electric airplanes.
extremely upsetting, they could at least turn off the engines while he's recording
It was a pain in the arse, a tournament I was in kept stopping because nobody could hear the judges.
YA! how dare they!
Normally , i thought, they put airports where there is some fog
What you're supposed to do is run directly at your enemy yelling "THEY'RE GOING TA BURY WHAT'S LEFT OF YOU IN A SOUP CAN!" while swinging a claymore wildly.
Actually a live grenade, but other than that, spot on!
"I'VE HAD ME GOOD EYE ON YOU THE WHOLEEE TEEEIM!"
I've always preferred the eyelander. Also, I've bought two tickets to the gunshow. But I'm not givin em to ya, I'M GOIN WITH YOUR TICKET
your ass is ass and i'm the grassman, punk
There was no claymore D,:
@@armandpotgieter9911 You could use a modern claymore instead. In which case the the appropriate thing to say would be "AAARH.... THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TA GLUE YOU BACK TOGETHA... *IN HELL!* "
How a highlander actually fights...
"DON MCGLASS"
brrdemierrrb *grab*
kick into caber toss
This is highly inaccurate. At not point did either of you declare that there can be only one.
i knew he was inmortal
it misses Princess of the Universe in the backgound
where is the Masamune katana?
More like at no point did they declare truce and then proceed to stab the other one in the back as he walked away.
This channel is important to youtube but more specifically my free time as it takes up 90% of it
Resonant what else is there to do whilst awaiting Bannerlord?
what the heck resonant
ikr
:(((
Brooks, dammit, thanks for reminding me of why I'm forced to waste all my free time!
There once was a man with a targe,
He floated to war on a barge,
When the battle was won, the fighting all done,
He felt his "pride" swell quite large...
That's my contribution! I hope you all enjoy it. Thanks for the presentation, Lloyd!
There once was a woman named Marge
Who was very angry and large
Her husband did fear her, he didn't want near her
So he ran off to war with his targe.
Lindybeige is actually a 12 year old. He may look like a grown man but you can hear that his voice is breaking. Puberty has come.
When it's over his voice will be too deep to hear and he'll have a beard the size of phobos.
He loves medieval weapons, fighting for fun, tanks, he's making a suit of armor, and now his voice is cracking.
Lindy is a 12 year old boy confirmed!
12 years old? That explains a lot - soon he'll start thinking about girls, and modifying his bicycle to make it run faster and be a lot noisier.
Well, when it's time to change, it's time to change.
A twelve-year-old girl you mean, if you watch his blacksmithing video you will see that.
"Think how frightening it would be to have such a man charging at you, with his skirts flying in the air, flashing his great... big... bayonet at you!"
EccentricM they did wear something under that kilt righ?
*RIGHT?!*
Then that would simply be terrifying
German Pepe wait what...
I've never thought it fully through, but if they are really excited to be fighting "bayonet" might be the appropriate term...
Aye, & if it's a quarter pounder with cheese he's a McDonald . . .
Someone make a medieval scottish game with unintelligible dialogue and a lot of unnecessary fighting.
Can't forget the drinking.
Oh yeah my bad
Isn't that just night out in Glasgow?
bagpipe drinking songs about sheep and haggis?
Mount and Blade... oh, wait... scottish
Bladed combat is absolutely fascinating
This is a good video but it seems to contain factual and historical inaccuracies. I'm pretty sure that broadswords are in fact two handed, at least a foot wide, and are wielded by berserkers as they charge into battle wearing naught but the froth from their mouths.
meme you may be right
*units* of berserkers I believe you meant to say
This better be a joke lol
You forgot the fire arrows being fired (hehe) by horse archers.
either you're trolling, or you're thinking of claymores
The abundance of Draw Cuts in Scottish Broadsword fighting makes sense when you consider that armor was largely phased out by the time they were the norm. The most you could usually expect to encounter in the way of protection was thick Wool clothing and maybe a Wool cloak.
2:03
*Coming in for a landing:*
"Oh look down below, nerds!"
**meme of Homer Simpson shouting...**
*NEEERRRDDDDDD!!!* 🤣🤣🤣
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"Look, sir. Nerds."
@@graeme3023 that's still alive?
your boye oye - lol... it will never die it seems 🤣🤣🤣
The principle weapon of the Highlanders was the skirl of the pipes. The eerie sound scared their enemies.
And then the enemies learned that Highlanders listened to the pipes for *pleasure.* Clearly they must be insane and therefore very dangerous.
Didn't the brits ban the pipes as a weapon of war after taking over scotland?
@@darthplagueis13 And they banned Gaelic
@@darthplagueis13 After the battle of Culloden they British banned pipes, gaelic and tartan...basically an attempt to destroy our culture. But you know as the leftist's say, you cant be oppressed if you are white.
They also banned the broadsword for a time, although they clearly brought it back lated
The “Brits” is a very poor term for referring tae the Seis.
Dunnae let ‘em maek ye think tha THEY are the tru British.
In fact, the Scots ARE British. They probably have more British heritage than many of the English.
The British are the native people of Britain. Their clearest modern descendants are the Welsh, who speak a language close to what was spoken in what is today Scotland, before the Scotti brought Gaelic from Ireland.
Some British (Pictish) words can still be heard in the unique form of Irish which is Scots Gallic (another confusing term giving it does not refer to ‘Gaul’).
Now, as for the outlawing: the evidence suggests not that there was a cultural motive in the prohibitions brought about in the 1700s, but rather a military concern.
After the English brought Scotland into the empire, there were two Jacobite revolts in the 1710s and the 1740s.
Because of this, there were a couple of attempts to surpress the *Scottish Clan System* specifically to take down organisations of armed men.
For this reason, we see some laws cracking down on MILITARY aspects of Scotland.
The broadsword was just one of the weapons of the day, in the Disarmament Act, all weapons were banned, but it was apparently impossible to enforce and wasn’t respected locally. Unsurprising, because everyone carried in those days, for personal protection in a wild (arguably purer) world.
Highland Pipes were for a brief time considered a part of that military activity. I do have to point out, the bagpipes are not especially Scottish, you might think of them as a Persian instrument, played in Spain, Wales and, yes even England, before they even arrived in Scotland.
There were however some curious depictions of something called “The Triple Pipes” from about the 7th century onward on Pictish slabs.
They’re some type of reed pipe, but not actually bagpipes.
So, energy and anger would be best invested elsewhere than in “the pipes” of Scotland, being the bagpipes.
Finally; tartan was not banned, Highland Dress specifically was very briefly banned, as a part of the Jacobite clan system. This also only applied to men and boys (fighting people, threats, women were exempt).
After a little over a mere 20 years, Scottish lords got the act repealed.
There are certainly things we can do to make modern Scottish and Native British identity stronger, but sulking about historical myths isn’t going to do any good.
Learn the martial arts of your people, learn the names of the gods (the true, pagan ones), and find out how to honour your ancestors.
This will bring glory to you and yours.
I've held a classic, antique Scottish broadsword and was really surprised at how relatively light (in the positive sense) it was. One of the highlights of my antique weapon handling experiences.
Another bad joke; According to the game "Munchkin," the broad sword is a weapon that can only be used by women.
Rodney Kelly
Im ok with it as long as their breastplate is boob shaped
love "munchkin"
you brought the DM a pizza, gain 600exp
In the same way that a “chick flick” is a knife with a button-deployed blade wielded only by women who don’t want anything to do with me?
It's called the Bridesword as I recall.
Thats cause men already have a "Broadsword" attached to them, so it would be unbalanced if they got a second
1. We move our weapons together
2. Each limb guards itself
3. We don't wish to cross our weapons or our body over
4. We do not block our face with our targe
5. Break the rules
My ancestors used to transport Napoleonic butter substitute across the North of England in a canal vessel made of recycled Scottish shields. Their biggest vessel was a large marge targe barge.
I'll get my cloak...
And here I was thinking they charged in yelling "FREEDOM" in a beautifully choreographed stampede, whirling their swords like a helicopter rotor at the bad, bad Redcoats.
I think you might be confusing two movies. Which is the one where Mel Gibson plays a peaceful family man who's reluctant to get involved in a revolution against tyranny, until one of his loved ones is killed by an occupying soldier, after which he snaps and goes all Martin Riggs on their asses?
Basically, Scotland has been under British rule for centuries. Consistently having our culture diminished. Languages banned, music banned, clothing which signifies heritage banned. So there has been several 'Wars of Independence' over the years in which FREEDOM was an important part of lol
This video's very good for understanding the strapped round shields used in late medieval/renaissance warfare.
"What do you call a sizeable NCO's pushing you aside with his shield?"
(Lego-Lloyd walks in)
"Lindybeige!!!"
Your voice sounded a bit rough here, Lloyd.
Yes, lots of shouting, camping, and beer.
@@lindybeige
Was it good beer, at least?
Yes.
@@lindybeige
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@@lindybeige sounds more gruff and manly. You should camp, shout, and drink more often
Thank you, Lindybeige, for the subtitles at the tough-to-hear points, and excellent video!👍
Lindy, stop waving those swords around - you're going to have someone's eye out.
Well, that is sort of the point. Isn't it?
And come in for your tea
Viking broadsword.
dreihander
I think you mean viking saber
Sir Isaac Brock - its a joke
Maori Scimitar!
No shit
Wait... Where's the offensive stance and the soft feint into Caber Toss??
Hmm... this seems inaccurate. Definitely needs more DUNMAHGLASS!
I saw Braveheart so already know how Highlanders fought!
Oof
Ouff
Mooning the enemy, then getting shot to pieces by English archers?
Were there any Highlanders in that movie? All I saw were Irish soldiers dicking around on a bloody big lawn...
Yeah by being led into battle by a midget .
Lindy's trouser game is on point. After the beige shirt video we need a Lindy trouser video now.
He mentioned something about getting them from a military store but that they're getting harder to come by
I thought there would be a lot of lightning and bellowing things like "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!!!!" while a kickin' Queen soundtrack plays in the background, but perhaps that is just Hollywood. :P
That's easy enough to fix. Just play "Princes of the Universe" over this.
What in the hell are "The Darkest Powers"?! Never explained in the movie.
I KNOW! I KNOW EVERYTHING!
THANKS TO "THE GREAT COURSES PLUS"
With all the crappy remakes Hollywood has put out, how is there no Highlander reboot?
These days for that sort of thing you're best off heading to Leith Walk around 11pm, or Easter Road if there's a match on
I really like your shorter videos, quick and easy to watch when you don't have a spare hour for UA-cam
Seeing this, I can't help but remember your bit on Greek shields wherein you disparaged the concept of a shield being wielded by way of a forearm strap and handgrip as opposed to being held centrally, behind the boss, with no other attachment to the forearm. Not specifically as applied to GREEK shields, but for shields in general.
It's known that some highlanders would hold a dirk, or a small dagger in their off-hand, so the would need their hand free to hold a knife, in addition to sword and targe.
There was a class held by some of the people from Lloyd's Shasti Vidiya video as well, where they seemed to be playing a game of how many weapons they could hold at once. The most I saw someone manage was five, but he said he could do more.
He had a tulwar in one hand and a shield, knife, pick and punch dagger in the the other
I don't disagree with you. My point was that remember him saying that it was a mistake to believe that shields were wielded that way, as there would be a significant mechanical disadvantage. I am not saying that he was right, I am contrasting two opposing positions, both of which Lindybeige seems to have held.
He's probably change his mind. From experience using my club's targes, I don't remember it being an issue, partially because of the angles I held the targe it. Blows tended to land closer to my fist, so the shield won't be levered over and hit me anyway. But that was with a handle, which also meant the higher blows, closer to a right angle to my arm, would be held in place.
Also, I just don't attack the shield side, because a large shield is a pain to get around if attacking on that side.
Probably because these are home made practice targes
In the video, he explicitly says that he was confused by targes and by that way of wielding a shield. I think he just learned a thing
This sounds weird but an acquaintance of mine who is now dead would have loved your channel... Bruce Garrison , he was a documentary filmmaker... a larger-than-life character... and loved learning about different ancient weapons and forms of warfare... and the Picts.
Some years ago we went to University of Pennsylvania Museum where they were having talks and demonstrations on everything from Roman topiary to their various weapons and shields... he really loved that sort of thing.
I wish your Channel had been around when he was alive.. I know he would have really appreciated it ... that was the first thing coming to my mind looking at your content .
Where does Lindy find all these interesting people ?
FightCamp 2018 for this one
outside
@Bobby Johnson Esq. Loyd is a scholar and a gentleman. Do you think he knows the difference between a Mauser rifle and a Javelin? Know what is meant by Mamilon and Ravelin?
PUBS!
@@EvilSiper nope, never heard of it.
Thanks for this video, I was there with you for this class and it's really useful to help remember!
Luke Dixon
What was that like
It was cool, Lindy is a great guy plus the class was very practical
Looks like a great system. But how does it do against……"THE SPEAR!!!"
New contest! Get your spearman and highlanders to face off and make an awesome video Lindybeige!
Very well actually as it was extremely effective against the bayonet which is essentially a 5-6 foot spear. The targe pushes the bayonet to the side and the broadsword comes down onto the head/shoulders of the enemy (generally Redcoats) and then you progress onto the next line....in theory anyway. I'm sure it is somewhat more difficult in reality lol
Rule number (1) Protect yourself at all times. Rule (2) The pointed end goes inside your opponent. Rule (3) Repeat 2 if necessary.
Please can you make a video of the Pike vs Halberd? I think a lot of us could benefit from a good, detailed video about the similarities and differences in use and looks. It would be quite enjoyable to see such a video.
It was either lindy or scholagladitoria who did an exhaustive video and concluded a halberd was likely just a better pike.
Blitz 0012 I don’t understand why that needs a video, a like is just spear 2 longer edition a halberd is a combination of a spear and an oddly shaped axe that allows the weapon to be used for more than just stabbing at somebody straight on, you could spike them if it had a spike on the back, cut them with the blade or stab if desired. Weapons don’t really fill the same niche on warfare. Not really able to say one is better than the other since if you want to stab the pike is the obvious better choice as it has more range and a better head for stabbing while a halberd is better as a general weapons offering more options. It’s like comparing a falchion or Sabre to a war hammer or mace they just don’t fill the same need beyond killing some poor sod.
You're honestly one of the best UA-camrs, keep up the good work.
Targe and target: etymologically related?
>Targe (from Old Franconian *targa "shield", Proto-Germanic *targo "border") was a general word for shield in late Old English. Its diminutive, target, came to mean an object to be aimed at in the 18th century.
from wikipedia. so you were right, the target is named after the shield.
They are more than just related, they are the same. Thomas Page, who wrote 1746 - The use of the Broadsword (with a section on Broadsword and Targe which is nothing like what's in the video) calls it a Roman Target, and a number of other contemporary writers call in a target, as well as the earliest literary references to it.
Asking the lindybeige comment section is so much more fun than asking google
Targe-shield
Like slavic tarcza very similar prenounciation
Re jousting, what's the difference between a targe and enarme then?
This video is way better than I thought it was going to be. Serious moves right there!
Okay, here's a few problems with this system for those watching:
1 - It is not backed up by any real written documentation of Highland Sword and Targe. The only system written down was by Thomas Page, and is nothing like what is here. If you wish to see videos of this system, check out Jay Maas at the YT channel Broadsword Academy Manitoba. (an example is the stance is wrong, Page instructs a square on stance, not a 1 leg forward stance)
2 - While it is possible the lugs on a Broadsword are for levering targes, there are a few problems with this conjecture. Some Broadswords have very insignificant lugs, why would this be the case if the were important to targe fighting. You can lever a targe perfectly fine without lugs, you can do it with and arming sword of a basket hilt with no lugs. Levering a targe is INCREDIBLY difficult to pull off in full speed combat. Some of the most pronounced lugs I've seen on any antique Broadsword are on the 1828 Highland Officers Broadsword, over 80 years after Targes fell out of use. What were they for, I don't know but I reckon they were for style/added protection - a lot of antiques have these features beaten down so they clearly took quite a hammering.
3 - There are virtually no record of people fighing with the dirk and targe, in one hand, at the same time. You may have had it in you're hand for convenience in case you were disarmed, but almost certainly not for fighting with.
4 - The illustrations mentioned are the Penicuik Sketches, the are very questionable to use as fighting instructions, and I have never seen an antique targe with an offset grip.
5 - Rule number 1 is not backed up by historical documentation. The three sources (of which only one is a system of fighting (T. Page), the other two make off hand mentions of them) for broadsword and targe make no reference to moving the targe with broadsword and show illustration NOT moving the Tagre with the sword.
6 - Rule 2 is contradicted by the aforementioned T. Page who states - in no uncertain terms - "The guards made by the sword are often omitted... and the Blow is received upon the Target". You can block the outside with the sword, but it is not a hard and fast rule.
7 - Rule 3 is contradicted by the aforementioned point 6 - if you block your outside with the Targe, you cross your weapons, a way around this is to raise your sword into a hanging guard and throw above your own targe.
- Kindred
The workshop I did immediately after this one was on Page's system. It leaves us largely ignorant, so experimentation fills the gaps.
AHG! I’VE BEEN OUTLEVERED!
Lindy, what ever happened with Q217?
His son will continue it and his gran grand grandson will finish it
Рогожарски Пилот That's what I want to know too. The videos are pretty entertaining. Although, looking through the playlist it does seem like some of them got deleted, and I don't know why.
Will Roth no, all the videos are still there, but some of them just aren't in the playlist for no good reason.
I think this is my favourite Lindybeige video
Artillery ONLY!!!!!!!!
AxiomExotic oh no
#300k
The infection grows STRONKER
More like orengers launching cows at civs
Oh damn did i just find a 7month old art only comment? Wow better get is back to the museum
Just finished a highland fighting course with Jonathan last night. Over the weeks we covered old style broadsword, then moved on to sword and targe fighting. The last couple of weeks were complete madness and some of the best fun I've ever had. 2 v 2 fights, 6 v6 group fights, group fights with mixed weapons, it's not only informative but great exercise and terrific fun. I highly recommend anyone in Glasgow to nip by and give it a try!
I probly never gonna swing a sword (or anyother weapon)
But i do enjoy the martial art and historical videos of this channel
Thank god for this tutorial needed to improve my targe skills
What do you call a big boat that's good in close combat? A large barge with a targe.
Forgive me
You have been forgiven
But only slightly and just barely
This video is much better than the kind where Lloyd tells us the things he “discovered” about historical weapons when he played with foam versions of them in school.
man i like lindy's pants, wonder where he got them.
Probably made them himself, would be my guess. ;)
British army lightweights. Getting harder to find now.
Shouldn’t he be wearing a kilt in this video
I have a pair of those* from my teenage years.... absolutely no way I could fit into them now but it's interesting to see how insanely thin I once was.
*Army lightweights that is, not a kilt.
hey thank you lindy.
Yet to find a video from Lindybeige that isn't simply brilliant
Took this to the new game *Mordhau* and managed to kill lots of people!
all light armor, rapier (avoid stabspam because ppl learned how to chamber), buckler and dodge perk.
An other thing with the Targe is some had a 9" spike in the center. In my own research with my 15 c. Targe and the demonstrator at the Battle of Coloden there is a way to cut potentially three foes in three steps with the Dirk, Targe, and Broadsword. The order starts with the Targe in the right hand hit the line of battle. Sword come down on the second man in the line directly in front. Break rule 3 cross with the Dirk to the third man in the line to your left.
Is that a Viking broad sword?
C3 no, it’s not raiding or pillaging, so it is certainly not viking. It may vike in the future, though.
Yes
It has not yet Viked.
Is there a "disvike" button for comments like this? LOL
I learned to fight this way when I was a kid. Love this mate
All right we’re coming in for our landing, there is a bit of cross breezy, and o yes below us there are couple men LARPing... yes well then, right, back to the landing.
ha ha ha ! that's a good one :)
wow this is cool. So a dirk/targe combo with a sword used with these techniques would end a fight pretty quick.
DO ARTILLERY ONLY LINDY!!!
next thing you know, lloyd starts uploading hoi4 vids (he'd only play Britain, of course)
That joke at the end. I chortled. Another Excellent video, Sir.
I'd love it if you make a series of series when it would take few videos for you to talk about some interesting military campaign, war, battle or whatever you chose dedicating several episodes to each. It would be nice if you chose some lesser popular ones, like Russo-Japanese or Franco-Prussian war. Spanish Civil War perhaps? There's plenty to pick from. It doesn't have to be comprehensive but memorable. This way your videos could be even used in history classes to show the topic from the charismatic point of view.
Thank you for doing what you do for us! :)
If he does this you will be legend
If he does it he is one :)
Ideas are plenty nowadays - it just takes a real talent to forge them into a reality IMHO.
It's really nice to watch vids by people that know what they're talking about.
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Me:
UA-cam: definitive sword and shield tutorial
Thats quite a intricate way to fight especially with the knife on the left hand at the same time.
How is that armor going?
Spoke to my armourer today. At least another month.
@@lindybeige ill be looking forward to the video about it.
@@lindybeige one day I would also like to be able to say that I have to speak to my armourer :) this is so fancy
Decided on the helmet yet?
@@duchessskye4072 how about a houndskull.
Finished watchined another new Lindy video!.. Now to rewatch FIRE ARROWS
Not once did you enter offensive stance to taunt your opponent. Highly inaccurate.
Even if the rest of this video was garbage (which it wasn't), it deserves a thumbs up purely for the outro quip.
Scottish shield jokes are as obvious as the Targe Mahal. Not forgetting the other rule "Don't be distracted by a lovely turboprop aeroplane" (as I would be).
'Mahal' - for when you truly want 'to rub it in'. An ancient Scottish blend of eleven different herbs & spices - sprinkled liberally across a blood soaked targe, it restores useable friction & really irritates the enemy.
I heard a historian once describe a broadsword as a softball bat with a sharp edge. Not something you'd want to meet up with indeed.
This is completely inaccurate. The sword is six feet too short and he did not shout "Don má glats!" and then proceed to fomorian kick (feint), to Caber Toss, and finish with an unblockable top heavy. 0/5
Liked just for the combination of LindySpouge.
This is obviously not period correct Scottish combat. They need to be in lacoste tracksuits wielding broken buckfast bottles
Just in time for my next renaissance faire! Thanks lindy!
I was expecting a fight dammit you!
" A large sarge targe barge" !! Huzzah for you! I choked on my cup of tea!!
LINDY! You posted this during Gamescom Live! Gah, Now I dont know what I want to watch any more!
Now I want to see broadsword targe vs other fighting styles
Cool. Not enough stuff done on Scottish martial arts.
The movie "Highlander" is of course the best and most accurate source of information about this subject, as I'm sure most people know.
Damn, I have three PCs on in the room I'm sitting in. I paused the video three times trying to figure out which one of them was ramping up. Then that message about the airport came up... I'm just going to pretend this never happened.
Too late, you've already admitted it here on the comments.
Whatever happens on the Lindybeige UA-cam channel comments, stays on the Lindybeige UA-cam channel comments.
I know the feeling of "shit shit shit why!?, ..why you working so hard comp!? Staaaaahp, dont you die on me!!."..oh wait it was just a plane or turbo diesel.
#firstwouldproblems #plztradefriend
If one would take the blade from a basket-hilted broadsword, and put a simple cross-guard on it, it would be a knightly arming sword. As sword blades were often manufactured in bulk and then fitted with varying types of hilts locally, the distinction between "broad swords" and "arming swords" is largely a pedantic one. A given blade might, depending on what hilt was put on it, and where the hilt was installed, become a basket-hilted broadsword, arming sword, mortuary sword, firangi, or takoba.
Rule 5: Break the Rules
That’s the most Scottish thing ever
The last rule of any good fighting system, and the final rule in general.
In any and all combat scenarios, rule 5 is the most important. Break the rules, be suprising and unpredictable. That's how you win
Where do you do your shopping for cloths? I would very much like to start dressing in a similar style.
he buys normal white dress shirts and then adjusts them to his personal style. He made a video about it
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Marijuana Merlin
Well whatever you do please don't start wearing sneakers with a kilt ... recently when I was in the supermarket at night a man was dressed in the full Scottish kilt outfit... cap, old-time shirt , Kilt... everything looked great ..except the sneakers ruined the whole look.
I asked him if he was just coming back from an event and he looked at me very seriously and said no I dress like this all the time... I laughed because I thought he was joking ... but he was very serious and told me again that he loves The Kilt and the whole outfit and chooses to dress this way.
I really like it too... by the way this was in suburban Dallas , Texas ...
Thats TX for you. LMAO. State of LARPers.
Marijuana Merlin
I didn't know that I thought their main game playing is with guns.. all sorts of guns and the bigger the better is how they look at it here.
I'm originally from Philly and back in the day is where I saw more of what you're talking about.. at night around the University of Pennsylvania campus.
... Accidentally , as I cut in between some buildings and they looked pretty embarrassed when I interrupted some of them being knighted.. behind the bushes , no less .
This video was so good after watching it the first time I waltzed to my basement and fashioned a wooden Targe and dirk i'm very happy with the result thank you Lloyd I wouldn't have made this brilliant shield without you !
(now if only I had friends to fight with it :( )
I have nothing witty to say :(
YOUR HONESTY DOES YOU CREDIT!!! YOU SEEM NICE!!!
“To play a fool, take a certain kind of wit.” - Shakespeare
Neither have I, but I talk for ages anyway . . .
Ok, my best " shaolin monk accent: " Grasshopper,when words are no better than silence...a wise man says nothing". ....nooooo it just doesnt work well when typed! Lol, best regards
Love your stuff Lindy! Much respect from a fan in the US
Liked the video, but next could you do a video on a Viking broadsword, heard there pretty cool
I like the " Ah ha " delivered with the attack from Lindy. Lol
I have nothing to add to this, I'm just saying hi.
Greetings good sir !
2 Minute ads are a pain in the ass but Loyd is well worth the wait.
Why is Lindy fighting a disgustingly non-drunk Scotsman with a Viking broadsword?
You mean a Viking broad's sword
What a splendid sheild
Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser!
Unser guten Kaiser Franz.
Ja gutt..äh, sicherlich...äh..
Ja ja, eins zwei polizei.
I N D I V I S I B I L I T E R A C I N S E P A R A B I L I T E R
To me all the channels have the same trendy vibe and feel but your's has always delivered a breath of fresh air in that "I don't give a damn about the views" way! Thank you for it ser Lloyd and take better care of your voice please!
your voice is having a bad day.... great video though
LOVE THE SPIKE ON THE TARGE !
AN OFFENSIVE SHIELD IS A GREAT TOOL !