North West Historical Fencing- Full contact HEMA style sparring with spear and shield Further development on our technique using 6ft spears and round shields typically used during the viking and early medieval period.
You are properly equipt if you have a spear An axe 11 plumbatas a sword 5 daggers. Shield gambeson chainmail leather boots and leather over the shins and left wrist steel helmet.
Generally if we are in the situation to need to do that your in range to get stabbed. I was all for that sort of usage to begin with myself but after time it's such a rarity that it can be utilised and generally better positioning to lever a superior strike is better. Atleast that's my experience
It's something that gets asked quite a lot actually, shield strikes are something we allow in our system but they very rarely happen. The main thing you have to consider when deciding to hit your opponent with your shield is what is your weapon doing? If it's in a bind or otherwise offline then you have to think about the status of your opponents weapon, If its still in play then you MUST deal with it first, otherwise you are very likely to hit each other at the same time and you will be considerably worse off as a result. Typically, the best course of action in this situation is to use your shield to bind their weapon and attempt to bring your own back on line, striking into the opening you have now created with a much more deadly outcome. Wearing armour however can drastically change how an exchange plays out, so shield striking and grappling could become much more prominent as we do more experimentation in the future
@@SpearEnjoyer @2:38 is the first example. Skillfully pinned the opponent's weapon. However, the attacking taller man is on his tip toe, off balance where he has the opportunity to thrust with the shield and get an inevitable strike in. Instead, he misses his strike due to the imbalance and anticipation of a counterstrike in a moment when he's in control. I know you guys are the professionals, and do great inspiring work. I can't just pick up a shield and be on your level. But, I see some opportunities that you guy's may be able to captivate. Would be awesome to see.
@@raeStrong Good example! In this moment the guy in blue had the opportunity to use the weight of the shield to push down on his opponents pinned shield and weapon, creating an opening to strike the face with his spear. This is called an 'over bind' and is one of the great things about using a large shield like this. Blue clearly missed the opportunity in the heat of the moment but at least was able to disengage safely and reset having failed in his attack. Thank you for pointing this out, we began filming our sessions just to watch back and learn from, but its really cool that people like yourself find them fun and interesting to watch :)
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