Brawling in a Party room with Rapier, Smallsword & Sabre

Selected bouts between Nick, Mike, Jake and Dave of the AHF. Dave and Jake have sabre and longsword experience but are beginners to rapier, hence their rapier fights mixing more sabre style in.

Also sxcuse Dave's jeans, he forgot some of his kit! Weapons used are Hanwei Practical 43" rapiers, Hanwei Hutton sabres, Hanwei Fencing Court Sword and Sport 7 French Smallsword.

This training was done to multiple hits where neccessary.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• fencing
• swordfighting

[Ianflaer]

good show guys, this was a lot of fun to watch. I especially liked the bits with the sword grabbing and my favorite sword move known by the medieval masters as "kick a chair at him!" good stuff here thanks for posting it.

[FoolingWithFuhlen]

my goodness you guys are quick with those smallswords o.0

frightening.

[imakez4u]

I love the video.... I especially LOVE ALL THE HACKING AND SLASHING !!!!!!!!!!

The music is FUN !! and the obvious fun these two had fencing each other is great too.....

MORE Videos please !

[jagerma5ter]

@Nikos3000 Is that how you learned? I'll have a look for that DVD. can you recommend any books, you seem to like capo ferro, any others? do you know anything about destreza? spanish fencing?

[Nikos3000]

@jagerma5ter Historical European martial arts. Money can certainly be an obstacle, but know how isn't, there are no living traditions, every HEMA practitioner has to start from a foundation of research from manuals, unless they have somone experienced in this way to teach them. No longsword training vids, probably won't do any, simply don't have the time, get the agilitas longsword DVD, their stuff it excellent.

[jagerma5ter]

@Nikos3000 HEMA? sorry I don't know what that is. I don't have the funds or the know how to start a group yet I'm afraid. I have't seen all of your vids yet, do you do instructional videos for the longsword stuff? If you do where do you recommend I start? If you don't, are you going to? Would be cool!

[Nikos3000]

@jagerma5ter Ok. The hanwei hand and a half is a damn good sword for the money, not by any means perfect, but nothing comes close to it for value.

I honestly cannot think of any clubs near you accept the Aisle'o'var backswording club, but that doesn't seem to fit what your after. Ultimately it is often the case that when you cannot find a HEMA group you merely have to start your own, and develop and learn in a study group.

[jagerma5ter]

@Nikos3000 ok I'll let my friend know, I haven't got a rapier yet. I have a hanwei practical hand and a half sword, but there are no decent sword clubs near me, at least not that I know of, I'm in luton. There's a fencing club near, but it's just sport fencing using foils epees and sabres. Nothing to do with rapiers or daggers or more typical medieval style swords.... It's annoying!!! Do you happen to know of any in bedfordshire or nearby?...............I can't drive yet though........

[Nikos3000]

@jagerma5ter They are in Conwy, best thing is to give them a call or email, sure they will have some in stock, they were very cheap, they will only fit non button tipped rapiers of course.

Our two clubs are in Caerleon, near Newport, and in Bristol. I have been meaning to get more vids done for a while, I will do my best to get many more done soon.

[jagerma5ter]

@Nikos3000 where are they based? are you in bristol?

I figured that was the reason for the other vids, still you should do some anyway HINT HINT! I mean there's plenty to learn from in your other vids anyway.