Sorry I missed this comment. I usually use red dragons. Leather gloves are generally okay, except for those freak shots that manage to get in an strike the hand every once in a while.
No they are not. There are plenty of preparations here, but it's not really the best fight to watch for them. Sword and buckler can encourage quite a brawling style, and when you don't have extended guards positions and heavy cutting, you'll see less of the blade engagement preparations. You'll find extensive use of them throughout our videos though.
Well there really aren't many people studying and practicing it. This guy is one of the main researchers and practitioners of Iranian/Persian Martial arts, and used the shamshir a lot- ua-cam.com/video/XqMUHnyEl48/v-deo.html Ultimately the fighting style he shows appears to me much like renaissance era European sword and buckler, with sword and buckler separated, as well as some of the back edge work. Another interesting source would be Sikh Gatka, check out some of the displays in the latter part of this video. A lot of the Indian fighting practiced uses constant and fluid motion, and in that regard appears to have many similarities with the way many people believe the Polish used their sabres. Though there is a lot more fluid and dynamic footwork - ua-cam.com/video/GpXFf2hdfF8/v-deo.html
A lot of the protective gear from SPES historical fencing in Poland, though they have resellers around the world. synthetic swords from Blackfencer. Steel from Peter Regenyei, Danelli Armuouries and a few others. Basic gloves from Red Dragon (UK). Heavier gloves from a range of other suppiiers inc SPES.
Yep, a rarer family of bucklers typically called Talhoffer bucklers, due to them showing up in so many plates in the Talhoffer manual, an example below. Some are symmetrical, some longer on the underside, some have spikes, but all related - 2.bp.blogspot.com/-fg-iSEggm1c/VV-J22kJmBI/AAAAAAAAFg0/jjqQlyUTn1A/s1600/bogen_talhoffer_sandb_1.jpg
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Wow! I really liked the crisp, purposeful exchanges - inspiring!
Im just wandering wtf that longsword going on in the background is haha
When the green guy slams the guy in red around 1:18, then goes down. I couldn't help but to crack up
infinitesheldon Which manual is that one in? aggressively rub your swords together until one of you falls over.
Background fighters: level 1
Foreground fighters: Level 10
Why no attempts at upper leg?
Call me weird, but I like to play videos of people sparring in the background while I draw, something nice about it
Which guard is the man in the left using? Is it the sixth? And Thank you for the video!
I like Nick's buckler, maybe just because it's different.
nice work
Question what gloves do you use on the buckler hand? I can barely fit anything in there and I don't have huge hands...
I regularly fight with a buckler and tend to use a welding gauntlet.
Sorry I missed this comment. I usually use red dragons. Leather gloves are generally okay, except for those freak shots that manage to get in an strike the hand every once in a while.
Are these fencing rules? Why do these guys not attack in the preparation? Illegal?
No they are not. There are plenty of preparations here, but it's not really the best fight to watch for them. Sword and buckler can encourage quite a brawling style, and when you don't have extended guards positions and heavy cutting, you'll see less of the blade engagement preparations. You'll find extensive use of them throughout our videos though.
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nick , what does the middle eastern style look like when using scimitars ? I know this has nothing to do with the video , but I want to know
Well there really aren't many people studying and practicing it.
This guy is one of the main researchers and practitioners of Iranian/Persian Martial arts, and used the shamshir a lot- ua-cam.com/video/XqMUHnyEl48/v-deo.html
Ultimately the fighting style he shows appears to me much like renaissance era European sword and buckler, with sword and buckler separated, as well as some of the back edge work.
Another interesting source would be Sikh Gatka, check out some of the displays in the latter part of this video. A lot of the Indian fighting practiced uses constant and fluid motion, and in that regard appears to have many similarities with the way many people believe the Polish used their sabres. Though there is a lot more fluid and dynamic footwork - ua-cam.com/video/GpXFf2hdfF8/v-deo.html
where do you guys get your gear from?
A lot of the protective gear from SPES historical fencing in Poland, though they have resellers around the world. synthetic swords from Blackfencer. Steel from Peter Regenyei, Danelli Armuouries and a few others. Basic gloves from Red Dragon (UK). Heavier gloves from a range of other suppiiers inc SPES.
Nick, what would you say is a fair weight for a rotella or similar shield?
2.5-3.5kg is roughly the standard range. Mine is 3.2kg and I find it works really well.
Buckler on the left is a glorified shield boss with a grip 😂
It has a 12" diameter, about the most common sizes found in surviving museum examples.
@@AcademyofHistoricalFencing it's wild to me how effective it is given its size. At least, that's what my wife said to me.
Nick's Buckler is so weird, looks like a leaf.
Yep, a rarer family of bucklers typically called Talhoffer bucklers, due to them showing up in so many plates in the Talhoffer manual, an example below. Some are symmetrical, some longer on the underside, some have spikes, but all related - 2.bp.blogspot.com/-fg-iSEggm1c/VV-J22kJmBI/AAAAAAAAFg0/jjqQlyUTn1A/s1600/bogen_talhoffer_sandb_1.jpg
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