Learn Sword Fighting 6: Continuing The Attack - The Abnehmen 

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Both are highly dependend on the type of bind you find yourself in. Abnehmen only works if your opponent uses a lot of force with his deflecting or Versetzen. The whole point of this technique is to use the energy of your oponent to let your blade slide upwards very quick to release the bind. If there is not enough force used by your opponent you wont be quick enough and he will just block your following strinke. So you can't really substitute these two techniques with each other as both are a reaction to different scenarios.

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Me and my friends fight shirtless with woodswords, may hurt a bit but thats just part of it.

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Hey there, thats great to hear! Thank you a lot for your kind words. We hope you can use our interpretations for your hema class. Episode 14 will go online within the next few days. WE KEEP 'EM COMIN'! :)

you can start doing solo drills, it is not a full substitute for a trainingspartner, but a good start. :) Check out the channel of our friend Ikka, where he is showing some awesome movement drills: ru-vid.com?pbjreload=10

Ich habe mir ein Langschwert aus Holz nachgebaut, und obwohl ich leider keinen Partner dafür habe kann ich auch gut alleine üben indem ich mir immer vorstelle wie ein Gegner wohl am besten auf meine Angriffe reagiert und wass ich dann dagegen machen kann. Das Holzschwert benutzte ich dabei um zu sehen wie gut ich meine Techniken auch ausführen könnte, wie Stark meine Hiebe sind und wie ich mich am besten dazu bewege.

+Alexander Klenner Vielen Dank für dein Feedback! Freut uns, wenns gefällt. Wir versuchen bewusst die Techniken in einem sehr niedrigen Tempo und mit klar akzentuierten Bewegungen zu zeigen, damit mans besser sehen kann. Aber du hast schon recht: So richtig "flüssig" war das am Ende darum wohl nicht. Ist halt auch noch ziemliches Neuland für uns dieses Video-Ding :)

The prerequisite for Abnehmen is that the opponent pushes to the side. Only in that time frame, as long as your opponent applies pressure to the side, it’s safe to do the Abnehmen. While Gregor performs the technique, he takes a step to his left and immediately brings his sword back down between himself and his opponent while hitting and thus closes the line of attack to protect himself. After that he takes another step to increase distance, still with his sword between himself and his opponent, and in this case ending in a guard called right “Pflug” (plow), again ready to attack. We call this a “proper retreat” because he moves out of Gedi’s range of attack while staying protected. So to finally answer your question: If Gedi attacks after he got hit, Gregor is already in a strong defensive position with his sword between himself and Gedi. So all he needs to do is to raise his hands if required.

Sod the fruit. Meat is more realistic.

Thanks for your feedback! Glad you like them. We're pretty busy atm so we hat to take a break. But there will be more videos soon.

Some of them yes.

thanks! we have to take a short break during summer. but there will be more videos coming soon.

if done right they work :)

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Thanks! Those swords are about 125 cm long. We don't have a video about our background but you can find some information in Axel Petterssons "Wanderlust"-videos with Harry from Dreynschlag: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-G0FRXEDL73A.html

Nein, so eine Bewegung funktioniert nur im Film. Sie dauert einfach zu lange und du bist komplett ungeschützt. Das Abnehmen ist hingegen eine sehr kurze und schnelle Bewegung und du bringst dein Schwert zwischen dich und deinen Gegner (bist also geschützt). Es gibt darum afaik keinen einzigen Drehschlag in den historischen Quellen.

The piece you don´t hold in your hands falls to the ground.

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it wouldn't work if it takes too long.

Mikhaeel Mahomed in my opinion, if you run out of time like that, you best kick the back of their knee using your left leg. do this hard and fast.

What i’m trying to say what is the situation to apply this technique, because when i look at zuchken video you will apply it when your opponent displace your blade and your opponent control more of your left bind. I cannot see the difference of the situation to apply this technique.....

​@@syaffizafrishahrin9452 Hi! The prerequisites are different. Both require your opponent to displace your attack. However, to do the "Zucken", it's necessary that you are in a binding and only a short piece of your blade protrudes over the blade binding, so you can pull it back and immediately bring it forward again in a very small motion (that's why it's called "zucken", which means to twitch). The "Abnehmen" on the other hand needs your opponent to displace your attack firmly to the side. You can only perform the "Abnehmen" if you can feel your opponent pressing sidewards. And as those three belong together: The "Durchwechseln" can only be applied if your opponents pressure on your blade goes downwards or if he is aiming for your sword instead of your body.

Dreynschlag great explaination, thank you

most techniques in our videos are counters (against a thrust or a stroke). countering the counter (and so on) is sometimes possible but advanced material and there is still so much basic stuff we need to show...

Good thinking, however he problem is that if you wanted to punch the guy, you would have to close the distance. This would be another technique. But even then it is a good idea to use your pommel or get even closer to apply wrestling throws or locks. A simple punch to the face might not finish the fight, and the other guy still has his hands on a deadly weapon. As an example for the principle of closing the distance, check out our video about the "pommel strike". ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--l_5Yt9LaRU.html