Longsword and Broadsword Finals at the VHG 2018
Вставка
- Опубліковано 17 чер 2024
- A great display of skill and sportsmanship in the HEMA tournament at the Victoria Highland Games May 2018. Congratulations to the winners!
/ victoriahighlandgames
/ bloodandironvictoria
www.bloodandiron.ca/
Where to get practice swords and protective gear:
www.woodenswords.com/?Click=1799
My matches in the same tournament: • My Matches at the VHG ...
To support the channel:
/ skallagrim
For one-time donations: www.paypal.me/SkallagrimYT
If you prefer Bitcoin: coingate.com/pay/skallagrim
Get in contact or see a list of my video uploads:
/ skallagrimyt
/ _skallagrim_
My favorite online store for buying swords (worldwide shipping):
ww4.aitsafe.com/go.htm?go=kult...
Where to get HEMA gear and practice swords:
www.woodenswords.com/?Click=1799
Channel-related shirts and other merch:
teespring.com/stores/skallagrim
skallagrim.spreadshirt.com/
Things I recommend on Amazon:
www.amazon.com/shop/skallagri...
Best-selling knives on Gearbest:
www.gearbest.com/promotion-be...
15% off on GearBest Outdoors & Sports products with coupon code "out15off": www.gearbest.com/lifestyle-c_... - Спорт
I just love the sounds of the swords connecting in midair.
The clashing of blades! Love it!
it is such a sharp sound that pleases my ear holes...
It does sound rather nice lol
I definitely agree. Now imagine the sound of two pommels colliding in midair!
The Earth would implode
Such good sports, constantly calling hits on themselves and voiding their own hits!
imagine if 2 million dollars is on the line. trust me, the honor would be but a whisper of the past.
That womans are Just op dude, im stating learning abaut HEMA by my self watching Stances, movés. And NOW watching it i feel like a noob xD ha ha i hope get a decente lvl i ha bue some good swords for practice, also got some Wood, practice whit my GF that she like it too. Well but is Hard whit out a máster watching videos following fior book xD, thanks for reading this bullshit coment, i only hope to be that good. PD also i wanted to participe on battle of nations. Hello from argentina
makes me think it would be better to judge a video tape after the match, it's really hard to see live.
Yep that's why I dislike Mainstream sports, most of the time it's more about winning than anything else.
It depends on the scoring system, is judged only the hit, not all the dinamic, in kendo the refrees are the only who ghive or not points, what fighters (or "seconds") have to say are irrelevant, that's because the scoring system are much more complex so just feeling of hit or not are not enough
Over that are a demonstration of good spirit, instead of the poor show we see in olympic fencing
Damn the way they change stances and adjust to the opponent's movement is incredible. I probably missed 90% of those strikes without the slowmo.
The women of HEMA are quite ferocious aren't they, great video.
They mostly have lighter words. Even that they are weaker than man i think that really fast movement and accurate movement comes from that. maaaaybe. Random shittalker signs out. ^^
Are you British? Genuine question
Phylotoffer maybe slightly lighter, but still within what you'd see historically. Weight isn't really a huge constraint for a longsword since you have so much leverage. It would be a bigger issue for broadsword or especially rapier, where weight can really start to cause issues due to being one handed.
A lot of tournaments don't even segregate men and women. The women are at a bit of a disadvantage, due to being weaker, but strength rarely is the most important factor in a swordfight, so some women often get fairly far.
Same swords as everyone else uses.
"They mostly have lighter words." Nope, male and female fighters use the same kind of swords.
I will try to use these techniques the next time my mom come at me with a stick.
But what if she uses a slipper?
Oh no, you better keep your pommel ready for throwing!
@SharkTank Jesus Christ, chill
@@JustGrowingUp84 T'was always the slipper.......and thoroughly deserved it!!
The Amount of speed Lee moves at is incredible. During the broadsword segment I was blown away with his agility. Bravo!
Yeah, I was particularily impressed at that perfect duck-and-counter to the leg at 7:07. Lightning fucking reflexes, or maybe he just read the move well.
Where are the bagpipes?
Skallagrim got annoyed by them and did a driveby pommel throwing from the back of his destrier.
Fat Tiger lmao
More like glad there are no bagpipes.
Ending them rightly
Where they belong
It's interesting how distinctive Shawn's longsword style was compared to what I've seen from the other fighters in the tournament
Lee is an absolute UNIT. Gratz.
in awe at the size of this lad
You edit all these scenes together minus the strikes that counted points, and you get a pretty good movie fight action scene: 1:02, 1:09, 1:30, 1:50, 2:25, 4:18, 4:37, 5:09, 5:56, 10:36, 11:02, 11:16, 11:30, 11:45, 12:12, 13:29.
I'm about to try this
Never in my life I've seen such disrespect to women,
they're fighting in final, showing good sportsmanship...
AND NO BAGPIPES FOR THEM!!!!!!!
the bagpipe players are annihilated by Skall's pommel throw
I am ever grateful they are gone, to be honest. They only belong in Scotland. Please keep them there, scotts! They're okay in moderation, though...
If anything, that's respectful >_>
if i were there i would have done something about it.
Personally it helps me focus one what's actually happening a lot more. I prefer it without the bagpipes lol
Lee Smith OP plz nerf
😂 Seriously though
That is essentially what I took away from this video, hah. The women were very skilled and aggressive though, I liked that. All around good fights.
That was a great match, and a little more aggressive than the long sword sparring videos that's for sure!
Dwarves going for the legs. Nothing new haha
Cadeyrn Dragheim MY KNEE!
7:07 Legendary deflect!
I went "wow" loudly - really awesome move!
Yeah, that move was brilliant in addition to being pretty spectacular looking. Hollywood should use moves like that instead of random spinning coregraphies.
@GT-Alex ageed.
What legendary is there to this. The guy didn't actually block the attack and followed up with a hittrade (head for thighs). The block itself wasn't proper and it's easier to do than you think. Look, HEMA guys are certainly amazing but giving them credit where it's not due isn't too good
Our understanding of what thighs are, must be diffrent then. And he didn't get hit, the blade just bounced of his head *with the flat* , meaning the ''block'' was proper enough.
I like Lee Smith technique duck and cover :D The leg hit after duck deflect at 7:09 was awesome. He's like Gimli with a grace of Aragorn.
Wow that Lee Smith guy really does counter-attacks so smoothly. My appreciations!
The level of sportsmanship in this gives me the warm fuzzies.
I believe they are only good sports because there are no real stakes on the line, had this been for millions of dollars they'd probably take whatever points they could get
Congrats on making finals in longsword and getting the bronze in broadsword to Erik.
How many judges do they have to spot hits? Most of the time Skal's slow-mo replay is required for me to see what the hit was. So a big hand to them for doing their job.
Usually at least two. There are 3 judges plus a director watching, and they're all highly skilled fighters, which makes it a lot easier for them to see what's going on.
Don't forget that the judges are actually there, witnessing the fluid motion of real life. They aren't restrained by UA-cam's 30/60 fps and camera angle, which does make a little bit of a difference.
The two women's longsword finalists are insanely good. Wow.
The women are not only ferocious, but very honourable and have great sportsmanship As well! They’re also very supportive of each other, till the instant that one of them said ‘nice’ to the other
Much respect for wahmen
Why do I keep seeing people spelling women as "wahman"? I don't get the joke and whatever it is, I don't find it funny.
Damn those exchanges are so fast
Wow what amazing fairplay! I congratulate all of them for that. This very much strengthened my decision to get into HEMA as soon as possible.
I know I'm late to the party, but how can hollywood not see the visual appeal of actual historical swordsmanship. This is magnificent.
That broadsword fencing is so much fun to watch.
Amazing skill shown by everyone! One of the most exciting videos I've watched in a long time!
I tried sabre for the first time this week which is technically very similar to what they were doing with the broadswords. Its no joke, my arm felt like it was falling off within two minutes.
Incredible display of strength and skill all over these videos, thanks Skall!
I've never seen this level of sportsmanship it's pretty amazing
Erik did fantastic! Congrats!
Thanks!
Gotta love the honor of all participants! I wish other tournaments would adept that...
I'm late but seeing his joy when the results were announced made me want to try this even more.
You rock Skall literally what I asked for yesterday! 😃
Great stuff as always Skall!
A very good video, its surprising how fast an attack can be to get past a defenders guard. Well done to all participants and especially the team for setting it all up.
That first matchup was really energetic, awesome watch.
Very honorable contenders, worth applauding
well said, great sportsmanship
Is it me or women's exchanges were more spectacular (compared to previous videos)? I've no idea if it was better from the technique standpoint, but it looked awesome.
The women's gold match was, to be honest, my favourite one out of the entire tournament when I was there. Lianna and Jane absolutely killed it, and the energy was amazing.
Thanks guys! It was a fun match. :)
More defensive fighting styles which leads to a longer exchange.
They're fast as hell and the technique felt very refined yes
I think it's so bizarre and amazing how I can recognize so many people in an event I've never heard of. I love the tight nit HEMA community.
I love theese videos with a fiery passion
Never thought I'd be the one for what I think is fencing of some sort, but this was really fun and entertaining to watch.
I really love these videos. More!
These are so much fun to watch! :D
With that level of rules and organisation it should be at the olympics.
Unfortunately the scoring is too subjective to make it as an Olympic sport (for now). Strict, objective scoring (likely electronic) would be required... gather top practitioners around the world with fame, money, and their country's pride on the line and I doubt you'd see such honorable actions.
Artistic skating ? Think that's way more subjective, yet it is still in olympics.
We have only to look at modern Olympic fencing to see how the sport would invariably turn out if it were added to the olympics unfortunately. With such high stakes on the line, no one would ever call out hits against themselves, or their own bad hits, in the name of honor when a lot of money, and as Shiroto said, their nations pride is on the line.
No matter how you look at it, the sport would just devolve into current olympic fencing, and then what would the purpose be of it even being in the olympics? its technically already there
Darkrender Actually thanks to electronic scoring, Olympic fencing is a highly accurate game of tag, down to the millisecond ;-)
Im not saying its not highly accurate, im saying HEMA would just devolve into exactly what modern olympic fencing is if it were added to the olympics. And then you'd just have two of the exact same sport.
Looks like a lot of fun. I want to try this now
The first match was so awesome! I'd love to see a rapier match between them!
Thx for no bagpipes man missed your commentary on it like hearing your thoughts ect on it
Those are great matches and pretty good sportmanship too
This is awesome. Wish I could like more than once
That hug at the start XD
Adorable.
Well done Erik.
Thanks!
Impressive, as always
Great matches!
I LOVE the sportsmanship!
I know I keep saying this....but I love these videos.
Love these.
Nice vid skall.
Skalligrim! You were in a deus vult meme!
Gabriel Carl link?
I love watching these
Lee really loves those leg snipes
Yes he does!
It's a joy to see him land them over and over throughout the years of videos!
Man longsword fencing is so fucking satisfying to watch
5:05 That was my favourite exchange, just so clean and pleasing to watch
God damn that first fight was tense!
wow this is an amazing match.
Much more entertaining than the game of electronic tag that Olympic fencing is.
Lee and his tradmark leg shots. The bane of tall fighters everywhere!
Congratulations to everyone!
Awesome athletes
Wow this looked beautyful
More broadsword!! So entertaining
Excellent form.
Dang--those exchanges were FAST!
I have loved all of these event's
These ladies are badass ass good sportsmanship and awesome technique
Looks like good fun wish I could join in.
No bagpipes for the finals? Someone messed up the scheduling.
This was great, and no bagpipes!
broadsword exchanges just like sabers always look so charming even when they are bad.
beautiful!
That first match was super dopee
Lee Smith - i think such name in itself gives +10 to melee fighting.
Not to mention his amazing speed, which can be underestimated cause of his ,,fluffier" posture
I love this stuff
OMG.... this is awesome
They all just look like they’re having so much fun, I wish I was there haha
Good stuff.
I absolutely love those codpieces.
This is Really Cool!!!!
This is badaaaarse! They strikes are fierce as fuuuuuuck!
As a blacksmith who dabbles in bladesmithing. That dagger was gorgeous.
This stuff is really cool.
Yesss!
That was fun.
And no bagpipes!
First fight was brutal!
Honesty is allways great, the Judge can't allways see everything... even with two extras helping.
KCD tournaments flashbacks rushing in my head
Pretty damn cool
sick
Crazy speed
This is very interesting to watch. Could you possibly keep the score on screen through the match?
Lee is an amazing swordsman. I wish I lived in Canada so I could train under him.
Damn! That skill!