Learn the Art of Combat - Halberd Fighting Fundamentals 

Everything would look better if it was realistic in my opinion, like I wish hollywood would hire not only HEMA instructors but MMA coaches for their fighting scenes, I am just sick of seeing actors go through the routines over and over again. I remember seeing a video where 2 guys choreographed a longsword fight based on HEMA and it was glorious. It wasn't any less impressive.

@@schibleh531 I don't think of HEMA or MMA when I think of realistic fighting. But, I'd agree it is a lot closer than a lot of the bad choreography we do end up seeing in film or tv.

Or at least polearms in general (I hear the spear was quite popular). Also armor that actually, you know... works, forcing the attackers to use proper weapons and techniques that were designed to defeat armor.

@@schibleh531 they do hire specialists all the time. Except they ignore them and make whatever they want instead. This is the case for so many movies, not just for fights, but everything rly

Hollywood’s too focused on plopping out “progressive” garbage while simultaneously being pedophiles and non-consensual sex addicts.

. . . and everyone is a fantasy novelist.

they are invaluable to artist and animators too!

For 3d animator as well

Imagine a HEMIST going to a larp and fucking everyone up.

... and apocalypse survivors. Nothing bests a spear or a halberd when fighting zombies.

Isaac DragonDerp your comment made me happy. We are quite like minded

@@raykapahi2775 it's just smth that clicked in my head because as I am falling asleep to this I compared it to how complicated it is, like a game of some sort, then I realised that medieval warfare, duels, and sparring, are like classical pro gaming haha so that kinda lead me to write that comment down. I'm glad u feel the same way. Cheers!

@@WM01129 rightly said, just that in those games the players can get hurt really bad.

Real life pay2win. Defeated nobles usually were ransomed instead of killed. Armies were largely motivated by loot. There are probably more parallels.

@@WM01129 Cheers, brother!

For once RU-vid recommend something that is relevant to me nice job.

I'm saving this for the day I need to defend myself from a zombie horde using only medieval weaponry. It might seem unlikely, but I like to be prepared for every eventuality. Can't skip halberd day.

Same

Halberds are just so freaking cool. A spear, an axe and a pike in one tool so simple a peasant could use efficiently? Yet complex enough to be used skillfully against both unarmored, armored and horseback opponents. What a marvel in melee combat!

Same i was looking at bushcraft when this popped up

Swords break too easily.

I know! Swords are awesome but they get way to much atention when compared to other weapons *giggles in non-armed martial arts*

Shaftweapon gang rise up.

I fucking love swords, but I feel you. There are plenty of other weapons to also fucking love

@APassersby Swords were not used as a main weapon. It is mostly a secondary weapon for use ouside of a battlefield.

Manriki Kusari - no strength required, and 3oz of lead travelling at speed is going to spoil anyone's day. That being said, timing is everything, only played with it in TKD classes - and I was rubbish!

@@andyleighton6969 Strength always helps, but almost anyone can train.

@@andyleighton6969 even that weight would tire me... 😥😂 but I get what you mean, I wish I could learn this and handling a sword

The halberd is one of the best weapons for tiny ladies. Two handed, and devastating due to balance and leverage. If the weight of a Western halberd is a problem, try an Eastern type like the naginata.

It really doesn't take a lot of effort to force a pointy metal spike into tissue. Especially if there are +60 kg of mass behind it. Even the slightest amount of kinetic energy would drive the tip into the target due to the high intertia of your body and the weapon.

thx mate!

Lord_Cecil_IX used to play for honour as a lawbringer main. He seemed like the most menacing character to play as, that’s why I chose him.

Lord_Cecil_IX i haven’t played in years yet still remember him shouting it when doing an unblockable, i should play it again sometime

@@LordGingerBerry Yeah mate, he's still an all round solid toon, definitely worth another play.

NOLO SUPERSTES

INREDIBILIS!

The second comment that had me laughing out loud. Love it!

Is it a pointy chopper or a choppy pointer?

A polearm is definitely the best of all swords.

@@piperar2014 Yes

*Alexander the great liked this comment*

Definitely a social distancing weapon. 😄

:D (y)

Yup. for the same reason a burglar at my place would face a bit of a problem. Particularly since the positioning of furniture and general room layout renders the place a trap if I so desire, since I can effectively trap an intruder in a certain place with no way out. Basically they have the choice between surrendering and being impaled on my halberd.

@@ranekeisenkralle8265 Unless they just shoot you, which is very likely if they're going through the trouble of breaking into your house.

@@theusher2893 in the US maybe, but here in Europe Firearms are far less prevalent. Besides they would have to have the gun out and ready in order to get a shot off before they are impaled. There isn't all that much room to dodge a stab - which is intentional for this very purpose.

xD

Duke of Normandy bro. The king would have never appointed a Viking in Paris. The goal was to have him protect the entry of the Seine river, because he was a good warrior and mostly because he knew vikings tactics so could easily counter them

@F D *YAWN*

funny.. my grandfather been dead for quite awhile now...

Can't touch this!

That insightful MC Hammer comment put you at the top of today's chart. LOL

My my my halberd hits me so hard makes me say Oh my Lord...

MC Landsknecht

Greg Beeman it’s called puff and slash. Literally everyone wore it when halberds were in use.

that's literally anyone meeting a halberd, except guns

The longswordsman must have dropped his own polearm or firearm than... why would you bring a sidearm to the battlefield?

He was probably dismounted by the man with the halberd!

Imagine being friendly-fired by a guy next to you swinging this thing like this.

@@trollmcclure1884 given how wide the field the weapon commands it was used for crowd control where fewer people placed moresparsely and not stuck so close to eachother could crowd control more, the mainreason it was used by guards besides the fact that mostly faced swords and so had a reach advantage since hauling this around would make an average civilian very conspicuous and it isn't like a sword justified for self defense

Remember that these aren't even at full strength. Because he isn't trying to actually hit something, he had to hold himself back so he doesn't swing through

@@NotFlappy12 It's keeping form over ferocity.

True - and quite versatile if you have the room to use them.

@Dzintra let him enjoy what he wants,literally zero reason you should've insulted him for a harmless comment

I dont really see how this could help with VR since VR tracking and sense of weight is a tad off, but good for you! I guess it could help you fiddle with the tracking better since the motion is based on using real polearms.

The guards helped me, i had no plan about this before. Maybe i would have figured it out on my own with more patience, but i was curios to try some old stuff.

Dzintra how do u know he’s a man also Seriously what was the point that

Dzintra don’t be a dick and how else is he really supposed to experience it there aren’t exactly and insane amount of opportunities to go out and fight people with halberd sin real life

Nice :D

@ Hello Björn. That was awesome. Looked lethal. What kind of parrots do you have, btw, Amazon's? Or should I wash my ears? Greetings from Norway

Didn't expect to see you here!

I know right!

I guess M&B doesn't focus that much on good fighting. I know the original and warband were supersimplistic. I haven't played Bannerlord yet 😄

@@jorenbosmans8065 Bannerlord is about the same from what I've watched.

@@abysswatcher9172 from what I've seen the fighting is indeed the same. The battle AI and graphics have just been improved. I can live with that 😄

@@jorenbosmans8065 Can't wait for the crazier mods

Thx! Have a look at our channel.The latest video is about the first 6 plays with the halberd :)

"It's almost harvesting season."

@@nuspas i see you're a man of culture as well

Not jumping, no. Number 1 rule of melee combat, never jump. Well maybe it's not rule 1, but it's pretty close.

@@GeorgieBonsoir in high school I once saw a dude run down a hill and knock a dude out with a drop kick. Craziest shit I ever seen I sware to God.

@@GeorgieBonsoir I think spinning takes the #1 spot for stuff not to dp in melee combat, followed closely by jumping.

@@therustedshank9995 I'd say that spinning is 2nd, since you can actually use a spin effectively, if you do it while still holding a block against the target. There is 0 point to jumping mid-combat, except maybe in martial arts; but that's not my area of "expertise" so I ain't sure about that.

In warhammer they gotta jump a bit because most of their enemies are a fair bit larger than them

Nn I don't think so

DODGE THIS YOU BASTAAAAAARD

Certainly not!

You swing well, but miss horribly!

NO, DON'T LET THEM DO THIS TO ME!

Thanks!

Wow! Wow! Wow!

Joachim Meyer 1570 - Strassburg or Paulus Hector Mair 1543/1544 - Augsburg are very good sources for german Halberd techniques!

You might consider the “jeu de la hache” I think it’s called. Also I have a feeling there’s some stuff from the bolognese school. There’s certainly some partisan stuff. In addition to the German sources of course.

Well you're not supposed to swing a scythe as much as you are to just turn with it and let the blade do all the work but I get what you mean.

Spiked English billhook. You get a hook-y choppy blade in the front instead of an ax head, a sharp pointy spear bit up top, and a spike at the back. Also good for trimming tree limbs.

I am not that big a fan of firearms but they are effective at range for sure

navajas rs so uncivilized

​@@tarvelsforge Modern civilization is in large part owed to, and marched in step with, the development of firearms. I should clarify my point. I only have respect for this man in keeping his body fit and strong and acquiring the martial skill to use these weapons. He is magnificent. I did not intend my post to convey “Der, I’d just shoot him!”. I am a martial artist, primitive archer, fencer (and shooter). But, I can also see history and these martial skills through the eyes of disenfranchised peasants without the time, resources or in some case even the legal ability to match them in any way... My god, 30-50 professional warriors who look like this dude show up to your hamlet the week after you busted your ass off subsistence farming? You do whatever in the hell it is they tell you do. The marginal gap in capability between peasant, serf or subject and the ancient professional or trained warrior is oceanic compared to what remains extant between a modern properly armed citizen and soldier.

@@navajasrs2402 totally agreed. Professional soldiers from the middle ages and earlier would literally annihilate a peasant soldier in a heart beat. They had better food, education and they were trained in combat and use of half a dozen or more weapons in melee, ranged, horseback, individual, and formation combat. It was as you said "oceanic" in differences, whereas a modern professional soldier can still be killed at range by a civilian sniper or soldier who had the proper time or training in firearms just from going to the firing range enough. A Navy Seal is still going to wipe the floor versus a civilian gang of armed thugs, but his chances of death is far higher than that of an ancient trained professional soldier in the same scenario of their times.

@@dannykuang9433 Exactly. Cheers, dude.

Me, a person who's closest weapon to a halberd is a broomstick:

Lol I was looking for this comment

I like that theres no talking

@@captaindonut5240 Mute + captions = listen to whatever music you want lol

I get that, but IMO this is perfect.

Would you prefer him jabbing the business end into a big ol' rubber tyre?