what's interesting to me is that the claymore user seems to take full advantage of the length of the sword, using it almost like a lever to gain control of his opponents sword. The way he parries and ripostes is also interesting. If you handed me a claymore and gave me zero training I would probably be swinging it like a baseball bat, but there's a remarkable level of control. The stances are different too, with the claymore being held out almost like a spear, at least in my eyes. Very interesting to watch. Great video!
I've done some sparring and fighting and the claymore is one of my favorites to use, I've found that stance/positioning to be my preferred when fighting due to the versatility and length
Wait a moment. According to videogames, a claymore is around 6 feet long and you gotta balance it on your shoulder, hitting with downward strikes like a heavy sledgehammer! That can't be a _real_ claymore, don't tell me the videogames lied to me. :'(
+Torgo The glorified version of the claymore is depicted as a 6ft long extremely heavy great sword. Claymores are very large swords. But the longest they get is 5 feet. Also, they only weigh about 7 pounds at the most. Still, a 5ft long 7 pound sword is massive.
I thought the steel on steel noise was awesome. I found this very enjoyable to watch, it seemed that these people had some idea of what they're doing. Kudos
Agreed, it is not at all a bad fight. People like *****, Lono5885, ***** etc. disqualify themselves from any discussion about fighting and display their own weakness. If somebody is an experienced fighter, why the hell would he insult people that share knowledge and experience and try to look "strong" and "right"? This is exactly what fencing is *not* about: trying to impress people and basically being a jerk. The halfknowledge and often hate that such people are spreading throughout youtubes comment section on videos on sword fighting does not only slow down the advancement of hema but might actually be dangerous for inexperienced people without good, real teachers around them.
***** Well, the internet and especially comment sections doesn't help that problem... that's what I meant with my original post; people easily make disrespectful comments or just use language carelessly because there is no a priori motivation not to offend other people. It is also easy to miss details like irony etc. which again fastly leads to trolling. I think generally the comments in sword fighting videos are often more peaceful than in other videos, but there are some individuals (I won't say anymore names, that was a very bad idea from my side.) that seem to make a lot of comments just to make the impression that they can do it better. Of course, advices on sparrings etc. could be very helpful, but it is almost impossible to take into consideration an "advice" that contains comments like "the way they are doing this and that is absolutely ridiculous" even if it actually does contain useful information. Related to this problem of manner is in my opinion the spread of rumours. Part of the motivation for my original post was actually that I recently started to belief some story about the quality of katanas from youtube comments, because the people posting and repeating it seemed quite reasonable and quite confident in what they said. But it turned out to be absolute nonsense. Maybe it's irrelevant here but it might be a good example; they all said very consistently that katanas are actually made from very low-quality steel called "pig iron" which in japanese is "tamahagane". Now the true story is that katanas are made from different steels but they are mainly the best quality ones that they can produce. Tamahagane doesn't meen pig iron but something like "precious steel" (I'm not certain of that translation). And finaly pig iron is not a form of steel at all but an intermediate product in the process of producing steel and it is absolutely unusable for something like a sword. Anyway, I'm not an expert either in communication nor in sword fighting and what I ranted about could maybe even be said about my original post... I just hope we can develop a culture (in fencing, sword fighting, hema, and on youtube) in general to be a little bit less quick in making up our minds and in thinking that we have understood something. Maybe that is even a vital part of being a fencer.
That's true but I have to say I prefer individualistic exercise like sword fighting, archery, horse riding and swimming to the team sports that people enjoy these days.
Acdragonrider Videos And in the old days, sword practices weren't sports... You could've said all that without sounding so ignorant. X) It had nothing to do with "the old days"... lol
@@boinkingyamumsohardithurts12 Huh? A longsword is just between 1 and 1.5 kilos, almost as heavy as a katana. Even my 50-year-old grandpa would be able to swing that
wow... this almost looks like choreography and im not saying it is, im just saying that from the perspective of someone who knows almost nothing about fighting it looks like they control the weapons really well
Quite nice, but the thing is I like the way she parries but I don't like the way she strikes as it gives the impression that she doesn't want to hit him, where as I can definitely see he wants to hit her with his strikes.
I've had this playing in a background tab for the past few minutes. Couldn't figure out where it was coming from, but am pleasantly surprised at the content
Kind of. A claymore has a broader blade the a German longsword and a German longsword is a different shape from an Italian one and they all have variations so it's wrong to just have them all under the same umbrella but they're not that different to handle and you could use the same techniques so it comes down to preference on what one you like the feel of. Personally I like the added weight and stability that claymores give but I'm also Scottish so I mite just be subconsciously biased.
Justin Case Of course, I too prefer the Claymore to the other swords on the Continent because of the guard. The very angular guard of the Claymore gives you so many advantages. You can trap and control a foes blade so much easier with it.
Damn! I have no experience weapon sparring, but y'all look better than anyone else I've seen. You stay fully engaged, stay open to yielding, and keep your body's fighting structure well-intact. In most other videos I've seen of people weapon sparring, they're either keeping their distance and kind of dipping their toes in the water or they're charging in hastily. Many of them have good parries, but they usually don't borrow the energy from their opponent in those moments to put themselves back on offense. I feel like this taking of an opponent's pressure and using it to fluidly, yet (often) aggressively, strike back is quite possibly the number one "skill" in fighting generally. And y'all are doing that constantly here. Some swift warriors you are!
+Damian Kane He is using a highland claymore, Lowerlander claymores are larger but a highland claymore is basically a Scottish long sword with a different guard shape
+Kiln Firelink False, there's no such thing as a "lowlander claymore." You're probably thinking of a greatsword, also known as a zweihander or spadone, which I believe are just German and Spanish (or maybe Italian) respectively for "great sword" or "two handed sword."
Level 58 Death Knight Well regards of how you choose to name them there is a great difference between the West Highland style Claymore and Swords from other parts like the Wallace Sword and finds of that type from lower parts of Scotland.
Paul TheSkeptic The answer is "whatever you want". Some duelists used a defensive weapon like a buckler or _main-gauche_. Some duelists held lanterns to blind their opponent, or cloaks to entangle their opponent's weapon, or just held it behind them so it didn't get in the way. Shields were generally reserved for battlefield use.
For some reason I don't like seeing people wearing rubber-soled shoes when sparring. Historical martial arts as with any martial arts stresses the importance of footwork. Before the invention of rubber-soled shoes a person either had leather-soled shoes that would slide in mud or studded shoes that would slide on stone and maybe wooden floors. Footwork was important because if you didn't use your feet correctly you could slip, fall, and then it would be over. Now with rubber your feet has so much grip that while it still matters where you put your feet it doesn't matter how you put them down and takes part of the difficulty and therefore skill out of the fight. That's not to say that Douglas isn't incredibly skilled (he'd destroy me) or anyone who uses trainers (sneakers) isn't skilled, it's just a petty gripe.
+Lazy Spark If you want to create historical fights and make them realistic to the time, sure. But if that's the case they should be wearing full plated armour.
+DarklordDaUnicorn DaThird "But if that's the case they should be wearing full plated armour." Not entirely true. Most of those who were taught something like longsword fencing were people who were trained to fight against non armored opponents with the sword (The sword would have little to none effect against full steel plate). If they were to wear full plate they would've used other knightly weapons like the poleaxe or eagle's beak. Longsword fencing was mostly used in duels between two people, either because of a trial or because someone insulted someone and they wanted to fight each other, they did without armor (It would take too long to don the armor). When on the battlefield they would either use the hand cannons, hammers and pole weapons alike, though there would at some point a longsword that was unsheathed on the battlefield.
+Lazy Spark well also, historically you wouldn't fight on polished wood floors where it is easy to slip. I think the rubber on the shoes works because you'd have very bad traction on the wood floors.
+Trilluminati Israel you are right at everything except the part you said 'handcannon' that is actually wrong handcannons are so inaccurate and heavy I highly believe that medieval knights used them quite often if they ever did..
I agree, but in a different way possibly. also rubber soled shoes on a high grip surface like a gym floor is terrible on your joints with proper footwork. you can over torque your knees or twist an ankle easily. I learned so much going to a fully historically accurate set of clothes - from the feet up to the head (but including a helmet of course. ) my heels, ankles, arch and knees thanked me for it too.
I know I’m late, but probably lightsaber fighting would look a lot like modern sport fencing-both do the job by touching without getting touched oneself.
Depends on the Smith. A Claymore, by definition, is a blade (sword in entirety) that can be of any length between four and a half to six feet long, and weigh up to approximately six pounds. The real definition of a Claymore is "A large sword of Gaelic origin that features a forward swept guard".
I learned a lot from this video. I learned that Hawk the Slayer, Krull, and Excalibur form the basis of modern academic understanding of medieval combat. Everything im watching explains why people just decided to carry shields and maces, and smash the shit out of ponces dancing around with swords.
Chaos Omega Well... I saw it was a joke. My point is that the answer is clearly obvious but the joke only works if the answer wasnt obvious. I know by now it's a bit of a buzzkill but you posted this a month ago... you can handle it lol.
Chaos Omega Yeah but that's assuming you cant tell their gender, otherwise it's politically correct to refer to them as men considering that's what they are...
As expected, long sword one, though he shouldn't used stances where his sword is back from the center except.maybe above head against a larger range opponent. And with a claymore, going for the legs or inner thigh works well.
Hate to burst their bubbles but Claymores were not designed for hand to hand combat as they were too heavy and slow. Claymores were very heavy and dull on both edges. A claymore sword sole purpose was to be swung at passing horses to break their legs and send the knight flying. After that work was done with a short sword, flail, dagger, etc.
Wow watching those two go at it made me realize, in need to get my parry's to a place where I can react and parry as quickly as they can. Also they could not use really hard attacks because that would be murder/suicide, its just a bout people chill...
Seems like a huge reach advantage. Seems like if you half-sworded a two hander it would basically have a similar tactical advantage to a spear. I want to see someone spar with a danish two handed thrusting sword now.
The Dane Sword is a real thing. Seems like you've been spending too much time being a pretentious naysayer on youtube, methinks. They would duel and fight with them on horseback. It was a sword that could be used with spear and lance techniques. They have pictures with them being couched like lances. Also, what is a rapier then? Can't really slash with that. I guess that makes it a.... dun dun dun... thrusting sword. Try again next time.
Why does the one have leg protection and the other one not? What if he got hit in the leg? I never see them go for eachother's legs which I do see in other sparring... So is it a rule between you two or didn't you even think about it?
