Sword's Path | Fight like a Witcher - The Whirl 

+Sean Dolan I come from a pretty rough area so I've had my fair share of back alley sword fights. These kinds of moves come in handy but shouldn't be your primary tactic.

+Sean Dolan but what else should i do with my broadsword that i always carry with me when i go out at night ?

"Don't do this in a street fight". Unless you can use Quen or Axii.

Asato Chen lool

Skooks Tried to end you rightly, did he?

I'd rather prefer Axii

Or do a tutorial for all the signs ;)

no, make tuto about quen thx

Nizam Arjuna I know the hand signs bro, they are awesome, especially Axii, use it a lot...................................

It's simple you have tons of videos on how to cast Igni on youtube. Just look at the fire fart vids !

I can see how the snake would be practical with a parry, or to unsheath and immediately go for an overhead strike

Wouldn't it be easier to just buy a pink thong to wear over your sparring gear, though?

All martial arts drills are rigid sequences. The difference between drills and sparring is evident once you spar. The Drills develop a muscle memory so you can perform small portions quickly without thinking about it too much.

Im doing it, its hard, you need rly good muscles to be fast enough. Anyway Fighting is everytime a Mindgame, let the people say what they want, its a Mindgame. If they Laugh at you because you doing the Whirl false, let them laugh Train hard, prove them next time wrong and land Hit on Hit dont even let them strike back or move their Finger, you can do this with the Whirl. Whirl can be used for fast attacks but there is no power behind, you can cut but not seperate. Other use for Whirl would be Heavy Attacks with high Precision. Most people thinking how the fuck you want to do a Heavy attack on a Whirl? Just try out you will see yourself. Snake-Whirl fast attack-Whirl bit Heavy attack-Whirl Heavy Attack, Whirl backwards try to land a hit on head, and go on your Position where you standed before. Most of your friend or Opponents will be extremly confused and will loose the Mindgame against you. Train, Train, Train you can use this. Its Hard, confusing and need Huge stamina. But you can pull it off, with no problems, most normal Attacks using more Stamina then the Whirl himself. Try out everything you will be surprised what you can do with the Whirl. After you pulled of the Whirl, the feeling is incredible :D.

I assume this is a joke, but for any idiot out there that actually thinks this is practical, it's not. Turning your back on your opponent is always a bad idea, and there is never a good reason to intentionally do it, and if you have half a brain you'll notice why. There are techniques that will perform a million times better, without leaving yourself completely open. If you're doing it to play a "mind game" you're completely relying on your opponents tolerance. So even if it does work once, that doesn't mean it's a good idea. I'm not saying you can't have fun, but don't go around thinking you've discovered some lost technique. Side note, it's a total dick move to hit someone (especially a friend) while they're laughing. You'd have to be a total try hard to do that while sparring.

SparrowhawkTheKind hahahahahaha

Could be southern Velen.

Alex you’re goddamn right and that’s the only reason I learn the whole moveset

Alex I know its old comment but... You look at witcher moves in hooman way, witchers are much faster and stronger, they are one of the best fighters in lore. They marking every hit perfectly.

@@innos3997 Yeah, but hes talking from a real life perspective. In real life, spins, twirls, pirouettes, flips, and all the other crazy things a Witcher does in a fight would not only be impractical, but dangerous. Let's say two HEMA, thats historical European martial arts, practitioners of equal skill meet and have a fight to the death with equally well made longswords and average clothing, no armor. This is very much like what an old duel would've been like, by law they had to fight on the most equal terms possible. Same weapons, same clothes, and relatively equal skill, though that can be hard to quantify. In this scenario if one of them tried to do a Witcher styled spin or pirouette, he'd immediately be punished for this with a stab in the back from the other fighter. In a real sword fight you never turn your back to the opponent. Fancy acrobatics in sword fights are only an element used in video games an movies to express one fighters amazing speed in comparison to other fighters. In the game, I totally let it go, it's rule of cool and super badass, and Geralt can pull it off lore wise because of his superhuman speed and reflexes. In a real fight though? It would be like handing your opponent your life of bloody steel platter.

Einar Blood-Axe He is not taking about real life perspective... Also there was another Alex comment, and i was responding to other one, but now it is missing

@@innos3997 I mean, what else if not real life could he have been talking about when calling it "impractical"? If he would like to clarify that would prove me right or wrong. But without direct word from the OP we can only infer what he meant through the implications of his words. The implication I got was that when he called the moves "impractical" he meant it from a real life perspective. Even if it turns out that he wasn't talking from a real life perspective, the rest of what I said is still correct.

made my day

Sorry for what?

Our daddy taught us not to be ashamed of our dicks, 'specially since they're such good size and all.

+Vertez good fuckn yard :D

+Vertez ty tu :D

Nie Wierze Vertez XDDD

Oughta just destroy it

*was

I think it looks a little bit like a round of gwent

Ah freak, did I just forgot to craft a grapeshot

20 experience points

this guys is crazy

Tuxx H you do realize he moves are absolutely useless right look at hema he get killed sooo fucking dast spinning around like a fucking fairy

If I was a bandit I'd run at him yelling"oh your fucked!" Only to get fucked myself

@@Dayrahl although, if you're fast enough, you can break the opponent's move and put his blade off balance by bringing down the sword at the right time...in the games also he keeps his sword outstretched at a level through which he can still spin and also hit his enemy.

Actually this technique assumes you know where to hit without getting stuck so 😉

+Vehbi Erargın This technique assumes you won't be using it in real combat.

geralt is a Jedi confirmed.

+Shiro Jesus. You dont want to cut "through bones" etc. you couldnt do this with any type of sword. So you have to cut like the throat or the knees or something like this.

Franx Fights Exactly, however the fact remains that in the game that this particular technique cuts through the torso, instead of an area without bones like the throat. Thats why its not viable.

+Metatron Hello Metatron! Glad you like my content. :) Love your Japanese martial arts influence, there's so much solid information in your videos. Subbing back!

Oh, and I live in rural Poland. You? :)

The Sword's Path I live in Italy :) I'm glad you also liked my channel. I watched basically all your videos already so I'm waiting for new content :3 really cool stuff. I'll give you a shout out on my channel soon, you definitely deserve more subs.

+Metatron Thank you! I will return the favour. :)

Poland why favourite EU country, happy to be brothers, Ireland

Only if I can bring along my guitar and be a bard!

+The Sword's Path by all means! I get my ass burned and you sing about it later and have a nice laugh.

pretty much Dandelion

Peter Hanson wrong game man

@@Gabrilos505 Lmao an OP dandelion

+hodilton LOVE YOUR VIDS BRO!

In first 10 seconds of game when they show a clip from game i have never seen geralt completing that move ...how to do that in game

rjt thakur it’s a skill you can learn and you basically just have to hold down the light attack button but he doesn’t really „end“ the chain in the game he’ll just stop between a hit if either you run out of stamina or you stop holding the button

+Waldgeist I don't know, I know a master who was VERY precise at his prime, a few years ago. The "I'm going to cut your superciliary arch since you want to harm me, but I won't accidentally hit your eye" kind of precise.

That homie can rape 99% of HEMA population only with Zornhaus...

If he were apply his superhuman strength and speed to be more efficient - for example stab his opponent in the face very quickly - instead of wasting them on useless flashy moves like these that only serve to expose his vulnerables, I'd probably think of him as less of a smug twat.

Don't forget to put on a Quen for extra protection.

True but to be fair this is something you would perform at high speeds on groups of people, not one on one. If you stabbed one opponent in the face very quickly the others in the group would just stab you in the back. In the Witcher 3 this move serves as the successor to the Group Style from the first game where it's only really useful in groups.

If we're working from the original supposition, ie. that this wouldn't work out too well for you in real life, then you also didn't fight groups of people all by yourself in real life (unless you were massacring unarmed peasants to amuse yourself or something). Getting in a melee against more than 2 enemies was a sure-fire way of very quickly having your internal organs put on display.

True

+KoXny To polak

fk u

cebula

drowner attacks are a plague in Poland.

LOL same thought

And the ghouls own neighborhoods in germany

All we have in North America are moose and the occasional Ent

It would be great to have Longsword in a Street Fight, even a dull one

+Ambrucor Indeed, we need more ! Much more ! :)

+Ambrucor Fuck yeah, this guy is AWESOME! It seems like he knows how to use these old weapons, i mean swords and maybe even some other things like bow or spear. Maybe he can make a small guide how to begin the path of the swordmaster? :D

+Glib Kovalenko If you're serious about it, try contacting whatever Jena group exists where you live. They'll get you started in no time.

+Is523APrimeNumber What the hell is a Jena group? :o

+The Sword's Path sorry, I meant a HEMA group. Autocorrect acting up.

apart from the fancy teleports it's pretty much textbook sabre sparring.

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+SubunitProductions Will do!

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Ты берёшь меч когда ходишь в магазин? Опасный человек... :)

+Arþur “Tataarujin” D береженого Бог бережет :D

He's got one of the Signature Geralt haircuts.

I am a man and somehow I am wet

Joachim De Rader Is that a fetish? :) Yes, sure I can! I'll be recording some new stuff this week at an even better location. With targets.

+The Sword's Path It's sure as hell a fetish of mine now after I imagined it.

+SuperNovaPL it's Axii.

not in the polish version

doriański Actually, the Polish version is Aksji.

he does that to help with breathing

Kiedy przyjeżdżacie na naradę plemienną? ;)

+TheEquinoxeHD It's not. It's most definitely not. You may cut something while performing this, but it would be inaccurate and mostly uncontrollable. It's more of a sword-dance-technique, flashy and impressive.

I would be careful throwing those "most definitely" around. They tend to come back at us when we least expect them. :(

The Sword's Path You're right, I shouldn't. But was I entirely wrong?

Not entirely!

The Sword's Path I think you've meant: "most definitely not entirely!" ;)

Not an option when you're fucking surrounded.

micheal hoffstater and silhouettes are only off limits in HEMA. Chinese sword arts is again whole other thing, since they are a lot faster anyway.

Damn. Ahistorical. :'(

None the less i'll give this thing a try (just not for HEMA) So are you a HEMA sword instructor or more Stage Combat? I do a bit of both and i would love to see some more videos from you!

Actually, I am both. I teach HEMA for competitive fencing/sparring, but I also worked as a stage combat performer. :)

Awesome! do you do workshops? which country are you bassed in? and are you going to Swordfish 2015?

+AnkU I do! I had been managing an academy of my own, but moved to another city two years ago. I'm based in Poland, but can travel anywhere if need be. Swordfish 2015? Possibly. If they lift the ban off Jan Chodkiewicz.

+bladewolf VII kek rly

are you serious mate? :DD do that and you are dead before you finish the first pirouet

If you're a witcher and can perform this at super high speed due to your super-human strength, this move is perfectly practical because your speed will cover up the opening at you back while you spin. So in other words, don't attempt this in a real fight unless you are a witcher. XD

Lear to appreciate flourishes or get out

Nowaday in real fight you gonna get shot before you even lift your blade up. Just learn to appreciate swordplay and people's effort put into it.

against one highly skilled opponent I'd have to agree and even that would depend the fighters weapon, technique, style, and depending circumstance, but against 4 farmers with small clubs that are already terrified with cloth clothing... seems pretty gold. like a tornado kick and a jumping heel kick they aren't for every situation but when that situation arrives their deadly kicks, even against skilled opponents. there's a reason these techniques haven't been forgotten, they have their use. timing, technique, and circumstance is key

Ok, again farmers it would work properly. But I need to admit that witchers are mutants, super Quick and they are training whole life. So that style of sword fighting is made by them, for mutant swordfighters :-D Dont try it in real life. I was checking this at trainings and it didnt work even without my full armor :-P

Definitely, witcher's are mutated to win. But not everyone is built to fight with flair because it's more of a dance. Practicality trumps flair most the time, that is because most people use flair at the wrong moments and in bad circumstances. 1v1 against a skilled opponent definitely shouldn't be used as a starting move. I could see the whirl being helpful if the battle ground was rocky and you've already gained the upper hand, opponent's on his heels, fear sets in due to situation, the whirl ensues and opponent loses focus trips over rock. Game over. Still impractical of a technique. But sometimes impractical is good in 1/10... 1/20 of the time maybe

+Judasz Iskariota but you shoul remember Witchers are faster than this guy :D

Astat18 He said already home boy in his second comment lol

+Nic Gil New thing today.

YnbIpb94 Can do! :)

Have courage! It's not about physical qualities.

+The Sword's Path True, I suppose it's a matter of practice. Can't expect to be athletic if you never train.