@@michaelc9592and it's a shorter, thus having less reach, one of the main deciding factors in a sword fight, and all that weight is in the blade with no pommel to balance it out. Yet despite all that it's still not a BAD sword, it's great at what it was designed to do.
It always amazes me how simple yet effect sword manuevers can be. None of these wildly swinging moves like in most movies. Just direct and to the point. Anything else wastes too much time, cause you could be dead in a second
Really it’s all in how the opponent swings into you and how they can pivot afterwards. There’s a counter to everything you just gotta figure it out lol note this is very watered down and not even the basics but yeah stance bro
@@alexhunt7810are you sYong the guy who scored a hit did everything wrong? I'm confused cause I never watched anything like this. And how can you win, but do it wrong? Generally curious. And yet, you coulda been talking about the other guy, idk. 😂
@@MsBrookeWilcox I'm saying that the opponent basically gave him a free shot at him. It was well done, but exploiting an easy hit isn't exactly peak technique HEMA isn't about winning, it's about getting better. It was a nicely executed technique but against no real opposition.
Muscle memory, slow is smooth, smooth is fast. Practice repetition over and over and your body will get to the point of doing the motions without really thinking.
@@narusawa74 actually yes, because if you practice it enough over time. When certain things happen in a instant you are no longer thinking about it. You just do it. Like reloading a firearm, doing drills on taking apart a gun, etc the more you practice the more your body actually remembers the motion. It is recommended all over the world. Why do you think martial arts does it? Hema? And so many more training systems. It develops muscle memory. If you don’t realize that then clearly you’ve never trained in your life. Start slow then go faster over time to where again you don’t really have to think about doing it, your muscles and body will actually be so well tined to the movements it will be second nature to you.
I used to L.A.R.P(live action roleplay) and I taught by a sword instructor about how the momentum can keep the blade going if you move your body, not just the sword itself, remember with a sword like the great sword for example, benefit because of its length, plus I was also told that U have a long sword, it ain't no straight sword aha
In movies and stories you hear about a villager picking up the sword and defeating knights but watching people train makes me realize how short of a fight it would really be. Give me your likes you peasants…😎
Bro villagers weren't allowed to hunt for food and lived in a fuedal society. The knights were well fed, trained and armored. I don't think the movies could possibly write an interesting story while holding true to history.
@@thecia9498what i have heard from hema practitioners and historian's it's more about untrained people making overly aggressive strikes that mutually assure death, the reason for this as i have heard is that it's very rare for sword wounds to be immediately deadly sooo if you are fighting an opponent who doesn't care to preserve their life or doesn't have the proper training you have to be very skilled and careful to not die with them. Now all that (possible drivel) said this immediately goes out the window if one party is well armoured
Dude. I don’t think people understand just how cool this is. This is like boxing, but with a sword, the footwork, the hip rotation, the shoulder blade, everything. ✅good job man.
@@krebgurfson5732many of the moves bruce lee has made himself, are used in the ufc. Most notably bones's oblique kick. He wasny veey heavy but had long limbs and incredibly speed, thats literally o'malley currently
I think the jargon term for what he just did is called a “repost” where a parry flows smoothly into an attack as if it were one motion. I could be wrong on that though.
As a kid playing with sticks as swords acting like I was Aragorn from LoTR, I would always mimic what I seen and I would do that exact move but I'm my head I was blocking a second attack instead of hitting them lol
oof even with the neck guard you almost went right under it and swept up making it actually slice him, close to lethal so by proxy very, very well done by you.
me and my brother just got two planks, cut them so they get smaller towards the top, put some duct tape so no splinters and just had fun. It ended up with one of them breaking after like 20 minutes though
If any of y'all want to try this then Google "HEMA club finder". It'll take you to a page with a map of various European style swordfighting clubs all over the world
Odd thing to point out, but I am loving your pants in the actual spar. Are those part of the spar gear or are those like, your clothes you chose for the day? I'm really digging those pants.
Its not just Practice makes perfect. Just the instant decision to go for the correct move once you see what your oponent is doing is imaculate. Very clean
@@Cobybaexactly where he’s going up before he does the zwerchhau, it’s appears he’s going into the von tag stance or maybe ochs for a downward strike or thrust but he quickly rotates his wrists for the zwerchhau
