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I find these videos incredibly insightful thank you for all you do! Also, I got to meet you last week and I have to say fencing you was one of the highlights of my day.
The exchange around minute 8, looks like your opponent doesn't even try to align his edge, he just slaps you on the head with a crossguard parallel to the ground during the whole "cut".
yeah practically folds the blade over, near 90 degrees. I mean.. sure.. thats a head splitting slap for sure, but not a cut. might as well have slapped with a spatula. His footwork is insane though. And most of the rest of the exchanges are very well edge aligned. Hopefully he sees this, realizes his "special move" needs work, and fixes it. If this is a one time issue, ok. But if he's relying on this flat strike to win tournaments, it needs to be addressed.
Great video, match breakdowns are some of my favorite videos that you put out. It's really revealing with the use of a high speed camera just how much fast cuts can flop and bend sometimes , and I'm definitely into seeing that first fight as well if you want to make that video.
love the slo-mo -- watching those swords bend is wild! great analysis too do you do any solo footwork drills? i'd be interested in instructional content of that kind
Great video, I feel like I learned something from watching the conscious change of style between exchanges from both fencers. Absolutely painful to watch because of the flashing, I hate florescent lights!
Very cool breakdown and excellent slow-mo! What's the rule-set for this tournament? Fights seem much longer than what I'm used to. And follow up question, how are the hits judged? In my tournaments there are multiple judges (usually one overall and one or two dedicated to a single fencer) and they can ask fencers directly if unsure (you can only tell about hits you received) or, if there's a video, they can also watch it to have a better idea.
Rules were 2 points for head and chest, 1 point for arms and legs. Elim matches were first to 10 points. All doubles fully scored. The matched was judged by 1 director and 1 side judge. Self calling was not allowed, only denying your own points
Do tournaments you usually participate in eploy high-speed cameras to help judges? In Czech Republic where I am from, HEMA trounaments usually take form of pools->eliminaton and we use highspeed cameras (mostly just 120FPS phone cameras) to aid referees in elimination. It slows down the tournament somewhat, but improves judging quick messy situations drastically.
So far no one in the US really uses it. A few tournaments tried implementing it but it ended up slowing things down too much and making too little impact.
I've practiced Kendo for nearly 20 years. Is there an equivalent to Tsubazeriai in HEMA? That is crossguard to crossguard at close range, ready to make a disruptive shove or attack moving backwards? As opposed to tiptoeing in and out of each other distance? I realise using a pseudo single edged bamboo sticks creates a different dynamic compared to 'live' double edged blades, but the principles are pretty similar?
Yes that exists, it happens multiple times in the fight. We both went deep and ended up clashing hands at which point we try to shove and grapple each other into a winning position. Sometimes this involves actual wrestling and throws, but it's rare since the weapon is so difficult to completely contain with just your hands
Cool fight! Is there a reason you guys are super on-line the whole time? I would expect more traversal and angled steps to play with distance instead of just in out, but it almost looks like the arena is not set up to allow that? Is there something in the ruleset that prevents lateral movement?
@@HEMA_Fight_Breakdowns Funny, without those strikes, I wouldn't realise that he did kendo, sure there are some things he does that look like they may be kendo inspired, but I think those are just good general fencing practices, an olympic fencer might look at them and see olympic fencing in them. Those hand strikes though, just scream hiki kote. Anyways, thanks for this video, as someone that does kendo and dabbles in HEMA, this is gonna be real useful to me.
the guy on the left was definitely a high level sport fencer, his footwork is just on that level. this just maes me think that hema fencers should probably spend time competing epee or foil just to get their footwork on that next level, as well as training the hema weapon of choice like long sword. but i dont really know what I'm talking about, when it comes to hema
This has nothing to do with historical martial arts. It might be good footwork for a non leathal sport, but noone was jumping around in a context of a real fight. It's the neverending discussion: some will say, you could never know. But all fightbooks show a different way to move, thats for sure!
7:22 His famous "ballistic cut" here was not a cut, he smacked the top of your head with the flat, you can even see how much it bends and flops around... that was total crap. It's nice you being humble and all, but from what I'm seeing, your form including footwork looks way better and he's mainly landing garbage HEMA point-fighting touches. If this is what a "champion" looks like these days... very sad for the sport.
@HEMA_Fight_Breakdowns yes, running them more than competing in these days. But Derek should still have a lot from last year and this year is going to be full for both of us
