I think this is a great video, it clearly amplified my view of the manuscrit. With all of this, I can see that often the leading side of the player is his armed side. What I wonder is what would happen if the player didn't step?... How would the dagger and all the other sections change with the player not using his armed side leading?... It would be very interesting to see Specially on the dagger section. As this would reasemble the now-a-days position often recomended for knife fighting and would allow the knowledge of the manuscrit to be more useable for these scenarious if there is a way to use the techniques it recomends with a oponent using the step back to pull, or just simplily not stepping with the rear as he makes an attack. Cheers!
These are excellent observations and questions. My thoughts on the matter that that in real combat situation of the 14th Century, you are going to get what you get when it comes to dagger and grappling. For this reason, we might be able to step into a blow as often discussed in the manuscript, or after placing the point into a weakened part of the body, then press to drive. Having done the point test I did recently, it really does not take much for you to feel the point under armor. The immediate shock of 'oh! This is sharp' hit my mind and I shied away immediately. That made me turn away to stop the pain and I suspect would have given the opportunity for another more committed strike to come in. I had this conversation with someone the other day about 'what is the perfect outcome of a strike?' To me, the perfect outcome is not when you cut the person or stick them. Its one you can work off of to get to a controlled position to deploy even more accurate attacks because they are constrained and contained. I often times wonder about this because of how much fighting against someone, I find, is a series of deflecting, retaining, constraining, and maintaining to do more harm. Especially for the combat professional at the time who is coated in armor. We are planning more experiments like this for the future so we might be able to see what happens with this. Thank you again for you comment and support!
