Warder Adrian Flechyr teaches a class on mechanical advantage and the concept of gaining the blade (a.k.a. constraint, stringere, etc.) according to Renaissance Italian style rapier. Filmed at KWAR 2008. Part 4 of 4.
Adrian sings, too! Check out his band Tourdion at http://www.tourdion.net
the dagger used in a defensive way has the ability to angle the sword which tries to angle your sword - that is to say a person without a dagger if everything else is even will lose 99 out of 100 times. look up the history of fencing duels in wikipedia for instance
Ilianthewizard 2 years ago
Thank you for the videos, these are incredibly insightful and cross-discipline applicable.
FMAJoel 2 years ago
I would suggest looking at my playlists, I not only have the vids Drake has put up but others I have found throughout YouTube.
darkcolmar 2 years ago
These have been really interesting vids. I'm a modern fencer and a martial artist, and I'm now deeply interested in the martial arts side of fencing. Please keep them coming.
robpetrie80 2 years ago