WMAW Puck vs John rapier

Demo bout from WMAW 2009

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• WMAW
• Puck
• vs
• John
• rapier

[rasnac]

Excellent! This was almost like watching a real duel!

[murrayro]

@PuckCurtis I enjoyed that a lot, just goes to show you that not limiting yourself to just one form of swordsmanship can save your backside in a bind, forgive the pun. I live in Missouri, there's nothing around here within a reasonable distance that teaches any of this, and I'd love to learn. Question though, I have a rapier, but it has a sharp point. I've seen rubber tips that you can put on to make it safer, but would one of those hold up with use without poking through?

[duran3d]

BTW, where can you get one of those amazing helmets?

[duran3d]

Excelent bout. I love it.

That Puck guy in black fencing the spanish style is awesome (and John is not bad also).

[jeanpauldesens]

The cut at 2:05 makes me smile inside :)

[LuciusTheFair]

And the movement of conclusion is pretty awesome when executed correctly as it was here.

[CZRedemption]

I know this is a real competition, but the feeling of this video really makes me think of Hamlet vs. Laertes (that's a compliment).

[PuckCurtis]

I'm fencing within the Italian rapier tradition, but I admit to slipping into a Spanish technique when I was caught in the bind.

[treyptak]

Puck (in black) is using a Spanish system, not sure of the particular style, and John (purple) is Italian: Fabris

[dscoblen]

Puck (in black) looks like he's doing Italian rapier, based off of some Capoferro and some of his training in the San Jose Fencing Masters Program. The touch at about 2:03 is called the movement of conclusion and is more of a Spanish technique.