Compilation of sparring with multiple HEMA weapons that I enjoy doing: Longsword Rapier Arming Sword Rapier and Dagger Sabre Rapier and Cape Sword and Buckler Music: Saint Etienne - Filthy
I took the Vor during Christmas Holidays (which sadly ended yesterday) and made this compilation, originally a byproduct of Longsword! Gear Special. Some nice exchanges that show the variability of HEMA with my favorite weapons - Longsword, Rapier, Arming sword, Rapier and Dagger, Sabre, Rapier and Cape and Sword and Buckler. Fellow fencers: Martin Fabry and Tomas Sucha. Enjoy!
Finally this is a good and well made video I can show to people who never heard of HEMA. You can see variety. You can see cool stuff. A lot of things are happening. Not 50% double hits or techniques you can only understand when you know things about HEMA. This needs at least 10 to 100 times more views than it has right now! Keep up the good work! More vids like this appreciated.
Some of the nicknames were a bit funny, but this was an awesome video. The camera is really good, framing and resolution and everything, and the music being a bit more jazzy and laid back rather than cliche epic battle music is a nice touch.
Waw the fighters are really experienced I had a lot of fun watching them fight thank you for this video. It was nice to see this wide variety of weapons
Hello! Thank you very much! Daggers and some sidearms were often illegal to carry. A cape is a piece of thick cloth you have with you which creates a simple shield/additional defense for you during a fight. If you watch modern machete fights, some thugs still use their jacket as an extra layer just by wrapping it around their arm. Take a look at my other video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oQ88cuzsyqE.html for more hints :)
Hello Andrew, just a mix of sources. I'm a proponent of the idea that fighting with one handers is more or less the same no matter what you wield (with some stylistic differences) so Lechuckner works just fine (except some of the nagel techniques).
None tbh, just improvisation. All one handed swords are very similar in their use. Naturally if you have rings or a nagel you can do some extra stuff, but in most actions it's the same.
I'm seeing a lot of forward/backward foot movement but not a lot of side to side movement. A little boxing training on footwork, angles, and circling to the outside would probably go a long way for a HEMA practitioner. Unless of course there are reasons to avoid those maneuvers with swordfighting that I'm unaware of due to my ignorance.
Fencing is not boxing but I am still unsure of what you mean. There is a small subset of techniques which utilize side movement but not many. These are edited exchanges, so if you'd like to see some circling and preparation I would advise watching uncut tournament footage. Still, it also depends what your definition of "side" movement would be. In majority of the cases, frontal attack is the most useful and safe way of engaging your opponent and that goes for boxing as well.
I'm young (-18) and want to join a HEMA club, do you have any advice on this? Do you know if every club covers all these martial arts? Thanks for any answers... Btw nice vid! :D
Hi, usually clubs let people 15+ enter. Some clubs even have junior courses for people who are even younger. I'd suggest looking up HEMA clubs around you and asking them directly :)
depends where you're from, but there are hundreds or maybe thousands of clubs all around the world. I'd suggest looking for a HEMA club in your city or somewhere close by :)
are you not allowed to circle? I always see a lot of just forward and back movement with the occasional few side steps but no circling where opponents end up on opposite sides from which they started
@@vincentliu809 Unfortunately, Tokyo is not easily accessible. I just hope that HEMA clubs can be established in rural areas in Japan. Ah How beautiful medieval European martial arts is!
Hello Leonel, my fencing is mostly influenced by Fabris (see my Fabris inspired Learn Rapier video series) and Giganti but I went through most of the notable rapier sources.
My favored style is the Streetfighter, but you guys could have used those cloaks better (and they could have been a bit bigger). Either way great video!
it's a thing you typically had on you/with you in cities during the renaissance and later. if a situation arose that required you to fight for your life or honour, you could easily wrap it around your arm to help cover vulnerable parts (like with a shield), parry or deflect thrusts or cut or rarely throw it against your opponent to confuse them. Many rapier manuals include it in their teachings.
@@sleepless9957 Too dangerous for full intensity sparring with medium kit but from experience they're fine, especially if you don't bash someone like a caveman. A good strike in the strike will shake you up but the Regenyei montante for example don't strike hard enough to really hurt with good protection.
As opposed to rapier? Or sword and buckler? None of the main weapons used in HEMA are meant to be primary weapons of war, they are all sidearms and nearly all of the manuscripts revolve around civilian contexts.
I'm by no means an expert, but cloaks would've been relatively common as they would provide full body coverage from rain, wind, cold, etc. The thicker fabric of a cloak would be more than capable of being used to deflect a rapier and push an opening. From my understanding many manuals included their use.
