Rob Childs Rapier Vid 45 - Kings Cup Veteran Rapier & Dagger Gold Medal Match

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The title pretty much says it all. This is the gold medal match between myself and Kevin Murakoshi in the Veteran Rapier & Dagger tournament. It should be noted the gold medal match for THREE different tournaments at King's Cup came down to Kevin and I. Clearly, a true testament to Kevin's skill.

[@FabrisFanatic]

I really enjoyed the exchange at 3:11. Nice clean back and forth.

[@RobertChildsRapier]

He was using Bonetti's defense against me, despite there being no rocky terrain.

[@robertvondarth1730]

Beautiful parry repost conversations.
Reading your book and applying it to finger jabs.
(And I practice HEMA, in Seattle)

[@Georgi_Slavov]

The last🎯 was best!

[@DrLeroy76]

I bought Revelations following your interview with Matt Easton. Great book. Fantastic to see it all in action on this channel.

[@RobertChildsRapier]

Glad you are enjoying it. I am definitely a practitioner of what I preach.

[@DrLeroy76]

@@RobertChildsRapier Absolutely. I also appreciate your dedication to martial rigor. It's something disappointingly lacking in some other forms of sports fencing.

[@leonardsim5222]

I was reading about your low guard in the book - and can see it here!

[@RobertChildsRapier]

It works rather well, if I do say so myself.

[@BernasLL]

Very pleasant to watch, this match.

[@robertplacencia9141]

Awesome exchanges!

[@robertvondarth1730]

Hey Rob
Your core development really shows here, your body moves as a complete unit.
Your opponent here is very talented, and has some advantages.
Notice how when your opponent stops starts and changes direction, there’s a slight wobble in (her?) torso, like a slinky.
This distorts proprioception as the brain needs to do more work to make micro adjustments in time/space distance.
It’s blurry

[@RobertChildsRapier]

Core is a big part of physical fitness for fencing (as I suppose it is for pretty much all athletics). :)

[@Spungdeeper]

Beautiful