The strikes remind me of kendo a lot. Even though bio-mechanics between kendo and, say, Italian longsword are largely the same. It's just the little details. Am I correct though?
@anton.chigrinetc.96 You're actually correct. The padawan is using the basics of Kendo while the master is using HEMA there are small differences yes but in the end there are both martial arts 🥋 from opposite backgrounds
@@BossPhrog That's the trick: I didn't. Your technique looked a lot like kendo to me (from the videos of sparring that I have watched myself, so it's not an expert opinion by any means). Now that I rewatch it, however, I notice your use of the "Bi-Corno" posta. Also keep one thing in mind: I practice Fiore dei Liberi's "Fior di Battaglia" in a particular club in a particular place in the world. Our interpretation may drastically differ from others. And I personally have not read other Italian longsword masters, such as, say, Morozzo. So I am not as adept at recognizing styles, in fact.
@@anton.chigrinetc.96the reason it doesn’t look the same is simply because the weapon is different. The lightsabers we use are more similar to shinai which is used in kendo than it is to a longsword. Longswords in general, because of the quillon/crossguard let’s you catch the opponent’s blade and moreover do bind work. With lightsabers on the other hand, I had to adapt the style to work going against more kendo style opponents who usually after a strike, retract their blades instead of going to the bind like in HEMA. I also practice master Fiore de Liberi’s “Fior di Battaglia” and when we initially started the academy, I found that it doesn’t work completely against kendoka. Some techniques do work like primarily being in Porta di Ferro to invite attacks and parry riposte after.
