Sword Expert Reacts to The Witcher (Netflix) 

As always, Matt, it’s nice to hear analyses from people who understand both technique and….*context* 😉

Always been a fan of your channel, Matt, finally get to see you interviewed in one of these! XD

thanks for th is

Still waiting for Geralt to end someone rightly by throwing a pommel...

Nice review by you too, like when you said probably it's because of camera and all.... seeing their side too

*Yes*

hell you even can extract it from a goddamn white dragon's head

The problem is also the sword. A steel sword will be under great stress and difficulty to brute force push through the bones of a human head/face at point blank.

No you cant. Its not a matter of strenght or speed of wielder but a matter of material friction and body mechanics.

@@abalayn22 A Witcher’s sword is made of a special iron called meteorite so it can take more stress etc.

josef Marslof :- The Witcher is definitely an ensemble production, but Henry Cavill is the unquestionably the star of the show. Apparently he is also a great guy on and off the set.

You'd think there wouldn't be room with both the swords as well!

@@blueeyeswhitedragon9839 hes an absolute nerd that loves the witcher, and warhammer 40k too, and we all love him for it

This season was course correction done right. All characters (even triss) feel more like themselves than last season

He literally does. And it’s probably because he knows and respects the source material more than the showrunner herself

well henry isn't the only one spinning like a top in the show so that argument doesn't really work

@@rance8838 well in the renfri fight, she spins a lot more. It looked like most of her attacks spun in some fashion

@@rance8838 Yeah but Renfri died, clearly didn't work out for her haha

there was more than one witcher school. Geralt learned in the school of the wolf(hence the medal) which is prioritse spinning with speed rather than brute strength

@@aronnemcsik Cat School spins more, and faster.

He certainly is hehe :)

Been watching his stuff for years and still do double-takes at how casually he unleashes speed and precision with a blade - 13:24

Thank you!

Especially in this context. Huehuehue

not really, he thinks that HEMA is a historically correct way of combat, have a look at how they "attack" each other, not a splintered shield to be found and no-one is out to murder you by chopping you to tiny bits, "its against the rules" lol

@@inspectorcal Those were certainly a lot of words.

@@inspectorcal You need to see a therapist.

Matt likes context for any move above all other things.

Except that it's pointless evaluating these fight scenes without taking into consideration the fact that Geralt is a witcher. He is supposed to have inhuman reflexes etc. Also he has tens of years of experience which should give him an advantage. In the movie Troy they specifically tried to make Achilles seem invulnerable. Same should apply here to some extent

His turn is far faster than enemy's swing speeds, sothat he can put more of weight into his slash while give him vision around him. I'm waiting he fight some human boss with same sword lvl as him, most of human enemy is just thugs untrained or normal soldiers aka minor mobs, not some sword master like the Witchers.

@@BinhNguyen-rz8en Renfri certainly gave him a run for his money.

@@ATruckCampbell only because he was actively trying not to hurt her

One of the first thing they teach you as a stunt man is to slow way down because the camera can't capture you at full speed, you're not even a blur, which means the audience won't even notice that you did anything.

@@ATruckCampbell yeah because he didn't want to kill her. If he really wanted to kill her then she would have been dead in the first few seconds of the fight like all of the other dudes that he killed.

You are absolutely right about everything. But „crowd control” is not what you think it is.

The problem with pirouettes is that whatever you are using them for, usually just striking normally can do it better. So in regards to Geralt even if his enemies can't take advantage of him turning his back on them because of his speed, he would still be more effective if he hit them normally. If you're fast spinning, imagine how much faster your thrusts will be than an average human's

Henry Cavill had Jiu-Jitsu training with Roger Gracie at one point. it shows

Matt Easton isn't built like the others.

Henry Cavill is such a boss. xD

Best fighters in world still use the same martial arts as begginers. If youre twice as fast and twice as strong just use the best techniques twice as fast and twice as strong

@@stanisawzokiewski3308 that isnt always true though. more durable fighters will usually use less evasive techiques and walk down opponents taking shots to land there own shots (boxing and mma obviously not sword play) power punches will usually throw less punches but the punches they do throw are knockout punches or setting up a knockout. quicker fighters with less power will usually play the points game throwing 'punches in bunches' to either win on points or wear the opponent down for a tko. all top level fighters may use the base techniques to start but develop them to there own set of skills or body types. so the best techinques for the average person may not be the best techinque for a smaller weaker person (they adapt to there strengths) again the best technique for the average person more than likely doesnt make it the best technique for someone who is literally twice as fast and strong. take the spinning attack as one, most people wouldnt use that as it leaves you open as you spin but has the advantage of generating alot more force. so if you were twice as quick you wouldnt need to worry about leaving yourself open so you get to use a strike which does alot more damage than the traditional best technique.

Geralt is human he's just enhanced

Witcher just are faster, not stronger

@@richi7494 Witchers are stronger as well, on top of being able to take much more abuse.

Witchers use pirouettes because of how they're trained to fight monsters and it looks really weird and distinctive to everyone else in the witcher world, since they're the only ones who do it and the only ones who really benefit from it.

I'm in doubt Anjei Sapowski was a medieval martial art expert. Defending everything he wrote with such fanboyish zealotry makes little sense

That's basically true about most virtuosic sports. Tennis, for instance. Need maximum capacity to actually play the game, not to think about what you need to do with what part of the body. That has to be already taken care of by sound basics and endless repetition.

What technique?

@@Batman-nz2ue we call it google

@@protege1717 Did you?

What highschools are offering sword fighting?

@@gerardangelo7975 I'll let you know more when my Dad texts back.

that is not a schlussel tho, not even close

Director of dune loves the books so.. Plus one there

Could you imagine if he doesn't step up and make them rethink the death of Roach as a comedy moment?

Especially if he takes a swig of cat

Don't forget, they are all just brutes, being smart ain't their strong suit :))

@@VergilTheLegendaryDarkSlayer outside of the games, the 'cat' potion isn't actually all that necessary at all, its basically just built into the witcher's senses to be able to see clearly in the dark. The cat potion does still exist, but it would mainly be used in pitch black or magically dark environments where theres NO light to reflect off of the pupils to see without alchemy magically boosting them

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Lol what other part of a sword are you supposed to block with?

Definitely someone had little patience with the tracking of the sword there. Haha

Also the guy was falling before he even got hit

Yeah the first season was full of this weird stuff, just like pulling the sword out of the guy's head just looks off.

Don’t miss his previous Expert Reacts on the Star Wars lightsaber fights. :)

@@foowashere yes amazing reactions to space wizards using magic and how their swordsmanship is lacking lol like they wouldn’t kill this dude in a second

Obviously that altered the real world fight styles to account for the fact that geralt, even by witcher standards, is not only faster and stronger than most combatants but also has way better reflexes and mild healing abilities.