The best weapon promo of our historical fencing school :3 Actual combat is often much less clear and perfectly controlled, but this is exactly how it feels like.
In latest sparring session we managed to get some fun techniques displayed :) I purposfully ommit all thrusts (langenort einshiessen) as these while well-trained are rather basic. Also you can notice that all my cheap handshots, or unter zeck if you will, are made from bind, which makes them much more succesfull. Opponents are used to me seeking the blade, and once I manage to enter sprechfenster binden they have to worry about that and are too close to parry unterhewen on time. Of course I wish to do something better from here, but this will need a lot of work. Check out the video and timesnaps I give here and in the pinned comment :)
0:32 Danzig Mittelhaw play (when he brings parry up, strike the torso and with it jump back)
1:21 haw winden zum ochs
2:43 zwerhaw simple KDF play (haw den haw)
3:11 haw winden zum ochs
3:28 krumphaw
3:33 right pflug parry
3:42 a REALLY martial geisel
4:01 unter zeck parry-riposte
4:06 counter to krump straight from Lew
4:15 oben abnehmen
Opposite situation than in my previous post. This time I didn't have room between me and my opponent that would give me time to linger with my disengage counterattack. I had to execute it without hesitation. Even though I new afterblow would come, it was the safest decision at that point. Fortunately, when executed in tempo and with good structure, thrust can stop a cut even without cover (with training weapons, of course in sharp weapons it would be even more succesfull due to withdraval reflex, which I had not-so-pleasure experiencing myself).
This is less popular video, but it has really clean and quite complex action - an unforseen countertime parry. How is that? Let me break it down. I stand in langenort, and I see that opponent intents a beat. I disengage under the beat and start counterattack (opponent's beat could be start of compound attack, so my disengage-thrust is counterattack in the lense of modern fencing theory). I could have landed the thrust, but I've lost a tempo. Fortunately, I start thrusting with the arms first (not commiting the body early) which gives me time to spot opponent's countertime counterattack: a horizontal cut. I stop my counterattack making my own countertime - a parry-riposte. Medieval names for techniques used in this clip would be: langenort, streichen, durchwechseln, versetzen, mittelhaw.
Hema tournament wrestling: blue fencer at first intents to throw enemy forward, as in Leckuchner's throw from page 86v, but when enemy resists, blue throws him backwards, as in Leckuchner's throw from page 144r. Notice how blue fencer repositions his leg before finish to trip the enemy over it; exactly as taught by XVth century fencing master. Bear in mind, that before that tasty wrestling action could happen, good enough fencing needed to be played through: blue intended simple attack, then was counterattacked and had to perform countertime parry; then enemy run in (einlaufen) - and it's this mistake that made it possible for blue to use wrestling.
It's not often that you see wrestling in historical fencing tournament; and not just that, but a wrestling counter-throw! You can see as yellow fencer goes for Fiore ,,tor di spada", but blue fencer not only maintains balance, but uses enemy power to throw him down as in Leckuchner's technique from page 144r (right foot behind enemy's left, press outwards). And that's begginers tournament! What a time to be alive!
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Great performance from our team in Tyrnhaw!
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The best weapon promo of our historical fencing school :3 Actual combat is often much less clear and perfectly controlled, but this is exactly how it feels like.
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In latest sparring session we managed to get some fun techniques displayed :) I purposfully ommit all thrusts (langenort einshiessen) as these while well-trained are rather basic. Also you can notice that all my cheap handshots, or unter zeck if you will, are made from bind, which makes them much more succesfull. Opponents are used to me seeking the blade, and once I manage to enter sprechfenster binden they have to worry about that and are too close to parry unterhewen on time. Of course I wish to do something better from here, but this will need a lot of work. Check out the video and timesnaps I give here and in the pinned comment :)
0:32 Danzig Mittelhaw play (when he brings parry up, strike the torso and with it jump back)
1:21 haw winden zum ochs
2:43 zwerhaw simple KDF play (haw den haw)
3:11 haw winden zum ochs
3:28 krumphaw
3:33 right pflug parry
3:42 a REALLY martial geisel
4:01 unter zeck parry-riposte
4:06 counter to krump straight from Lew
4:15 oben abnehmen
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Opposite situation than in my previous post. This time I didn't have room between me and my opponent that would give me time to linger with my disengage counterattack. I had to execute it without hesitation. Even though I new afterblow would come, it was the safest decision at that point. Fortunately, when executed in tempo and with good structure, thrust can stop a cut even without cover (with training weapons, of course in sharp weapons it would be even more succesfull due to withdraval reflex, which I had not-so-pleasure experiencing myself).
youtube.com/shorts/nINfTZjnN2...
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This is less popular video, but it has really clean and quite complex action - an unforseen countertime parry. How is that? Let me break it down. I stand in langenort, and I see that opponent intents a beat. I disengage under the beat and start counterattack (opponent's beat could be start of compound attack, so my disengage-thrust is counterattack in the lense of modern fencing theory). I could have landed the thrust, but I've lost a tempo. Fortunately, I start thrusting with the arms first (not commiting the body early) which gives me time to spot opponent's countertime counterattack: a horizontal cut. I stop my counterattack making my own countertime - a parry-riposte. Medieval names for techniques used in this clip would be: langenort, streichen, durchwechseln, versetzen, mittelhaw.
youtube.com/shorts/TC2dnVNQtO...
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Hema tournament wrestling: blue fencer at first intents to throw enemy forward, as in Leckuchner's throw from page 86v, but when enemy resists, blue throws him backwards, as in Leckuchner's throw from page 144r. Notice how blue fencer repositions his leg before finish to trip the enemy over it; exactly as taught by XVth century fencing master. Bear in mind, that before that tasty wrestling action could happen, good enough fencing needed to be played through: blue intended simple attack, then was counterattacked and had to perform countertime parry; then enemy run in (einlaufen) - and it's this mistake that made it possible for blue to use wrestling.
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It's not often that you see wrestling in historical fencing tournament; and not just that, but a wrestling counter-throw! You can see as yellow fencer goes for Fiore ,,tor di spada", but blue fencer not only maintains balance, but uses enemy power to throw him down as in Leckuchner's technique from page 144r (right foot behind enemy's left, press outwards). And that's begginers tournament! What a time to be alive!
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