We’ve been training and teaching Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) since 1998 in our club in Vienna. Our training is focused on the so-called Liechtenauer tradition based on treatises of the late middle ages and early renaissance. We practice with various weapons like sword, dagger, polearms etc, as well as wrestling.
In order to help sword fighting beginners get started, we’ve launched a tutorial on fencing with the longsword. These videos are intended for absolute beginners as well as for people who are generally interested in historical combat, but aren’t able to attend a HEMA-class nearby.
Each february some of the best international HEMA-instructors meet at Dreynevent. We share some of their lessons as well as the tournament finals with you in our channel.
Another type of content you will find here is stage combat. This has nothing to do with HEMA. In stage combat our only goal is to entertain the audience.
In these days when people wielding knives attack young children, an innocent looking broom handle in the hands of a youth leader can be effective protection. Thanks for the tutorials
This is Pete R Stark… I just found this gem… It will take a week or two just to listen to all three parts a few times just to even get a basic listening in… But 35 minutes in… I am absolutely impressed and thankful for the details and explanations… Thank you!❤
The person with the talwar and dall do not much or anything with his shield and then wait to let the one with the saber make his demonstration. I would realy like to see a dual, between someone using one system and an other using the other. You will see that the Indian system works better . The supremacy of the British on the batelfield is due to discipline , fire power and maybe highet density of soldier using bayonet compared with the swordmen who need more space to use talwar but in one to one combat I am sure the one using the talwar and dall would have winn most of the time. But please let us se a dual between the two well versed in the system they use.
I'm writing a fantasy novel (just for fun) that involves a good bit of fighting. This channel has been so helpful! These sword fighting videos and the quarterstaff videos are so useful and detailed. Thanks for sharing!!
I assume the difficulty would be trying to get them into a spot where they wouldn't parry. Then again they can only be keeping their blade so rigid without any force going against it, like in a bind. And if they do parry, odds are that you will both be hard in the bind and that might allow for you to plan ahead more. I've only done enough Hema to know basic footwork, Vomtag, oberhau, and i recently learned Duplieren (which is insanely satisfying) so my experience is very limited. Nonetheless, it's amazing how much thought can go behind a single action in this martial art.
I don't know if you guys are still answering questions but here goes nothing! I live in a somewhat dangerous area where unarmed or knife muggings have been known to occur and am considering getting a quarterstaff for self-defence, as I do not have the funds or desire to acquire a fire arm and the carry of swords is illegal. Do you have any tips for quarterstaff vs. knife confrontations?
RUN or give them the money if possible! In a knive fight, it's a coin toss, regardless of your martial arts skills. Chances are you will get hurt, possibly life-threatening. If there is no chance to prevent a fight, it's probably a good idea to keep the attacker at distance until you can run. However a quarterstaff in a modern day environment is probably not that applicable for every-day-life. I would check out modern day self defense styles, that focus on situations like this.
@@Dreynschlag Hmm, quarterstaffs might be more accessible than you think! I know at least two friends who live in the same area that have started taking quarterstaffs with them when they travel about at night, apparently it’s been relatively convenient.
Here to get some reference to improve my footwork. The red socks fencer has some elegant footwork and the white shirt fencer has some explosive footwork.
Why is the hand located on the higher part of the staff holding it in a reverse grip? Wouldn't a regular grip be better for leverage and manoeuvrability?
Haha, awesome question, that's a first. ;) No, his style would not work, since holding the sword with your mouth is a great style in anime, however in RL unfortunately less than practical. There are a couple of styles out there, that work with two weapons. Mostly tools with diferent lengths - rapier and dagger, sword and buckler. Or in eastern martial arts wakizashi and katana. On top of my head I only know one style, that works with 3 weapons fluently - a roman retiarius, a gladiator type that works with net, trident and dagger. Out of own experience - you sometimes have all three weapons at hand.
