Two Sword vs Greatsword

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• two
• sword
• twosword
• vs
• greatsword
• longsword
• sca
• fighting
• martial
• arts
• combat
• renaissance
• case
• Florentine

[GiptoCryptio]

Florentine is awsome, id love for my larp group to teach me haha

[tsafa1]

@GiptoCryptio I lot to larppers migrate into the SCA because it is highly competitive. You can do LARP and SCA fighting too. Hope to see you on the field one day wielding two swords.

[Dimitri0809]

The movements in this activity way to fast to tell if one of these opponents have taken a blow I really could not figure out you took a hit first. does anyone else sense this problem with this activity.

[tsafa1]

@Dimitri0809 You are absolutely correct that he movement in real fighting is way too fast for any observer to know if the blows were really good or not. Only the person in the armor being hit knows if the blow was good enough. A lot of shots will glance off armor. Glancing shots that don't connect well is part of the equation and would be meaningless in a real duel or battle.

[Vargre]

Not for nothing but it all depends on the fighters. The guys fighting here (particularly the greatsword) dont seem very experienced to me. Hes leaving his legs open repeatedly, (common mistake for people not experienced with greatsword) he doesnt seem to be hitting with much force (hes swinging with his arms, not his body) hes not using his range, hes letting the 2 stick get into HIS range, etc. The basic fact of the matter is that it comes down to the skill of the fighter, not the weapon.

[tsafa1]

@Vargre Agree the skill of the fighter is everything. I know both fighters in this video and the two-sword guy is many years more experienced.

[AkeronLikeMusic]

Dual wielding swords is not pointless. Maybe in medieval times, agaisnt a knight in full plate armor they would be highly ineffective, but agains't a lightly armored opponet, they would be devastating. The use of 2 swords is meant to confuse the opponent, since an attack could be launched from either blade. One blade is used for defense, maybe a parry or block, and the other is used to hit the vulnerable spot that an attack usually makes.

[vampuricknight1]

the guy with the greatsword should have used it in a more spear like way keep your opponet back and you win let him within range and you'll almost certainly lose... also everytime he moved he should have brought the sword back in a defensive stance while circling left or right so as to not allow your opponet to know exactly if he's in range. but lets be honest in one to one combat duel swords will beat greatsword a good portion of the time.

[TheEasternFighter]

Any good fighter on any given day. The style of sword has no baring when it comes to experience. The two handed sword fighter was obviously inexperienced in this form and left himself more open then just his legs. Bottom line reason why he lost was that. Their is no guaranteed predetermined winner based off of weapon.

[AkeronLikeMusic]

@vergilheartnet lol master of swordsmanship. In my own opinion, since I'm not used to fighting with dual swords, I'd prefer the greatsword. It's an easier type to learn(of course, if you have the stamina to go around swinging a sword the size of an adult lol) but then again, this weapon was design mostly for open warfare, and not exactly for a one-on-one battle. Although, with it's sheer size, an good chop will more than likely break through almost any defense P=

[vergilheartnet]

@AkeronLikeMusic so woould u prefer using dual blades or just a broadsword????? u seem to be a master of swordsmanship

[kilkolio]

@prestonw55

lol wat when did having a bigger stature ever been useful in armed combat?

being taller means there are more places to cut and bleed anyway

[kilkolio]

only advantage i could see with having two short swords is if u get close enough the guy with the long sword couldnt do much to you but hit you with the pommel

but if its a guy with a shield and sword good luck with that

[Dimitri0809]

@tsafa1

Yes but couldn't we just use an electronic scoring system like the one used in fencing?

This would also work well in big epic scale battles in the rest of the SCA org.

[prestonw55]

How you going to give a midget a two handed sword and expect him to win. You need to be large in stature for this weapon and very agressive. Amateur hour.

[therealcaz]

when equal skills; 2 weapons always win against 1, no matter size

[GiptoCryptio]

@tsafa1 that would be great to fight alone side highly skilled vets, as of now i'm still learning,