Another common misconception of Sword-fighting. (series)

ARMA Demo on some of the common problems with how "sword-fighting" has been represented in movies and other sword stunt shows.

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Sports

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• ARMA
• swordfighting
• Aaron Pynenberg

[SirTreSwordReviews]

as a Chinese swords style person, i had a misconception myself about euro longsword. in jian we use the flat to parry, i was pleased to see that you all do as well.... i blame movies. of course they do the sam guff with pistols... when a person uses a pistol like a movie everything gets shot but the true target :)

[hybriddefect]

This is a little snippet of information, but it's on such a fundamental level that it completely alters how I think about sword fighting. I find it much easier to spot people who looked skilled but still have no idea what they are doing. These videos have really helped my studies, especially in who's information i can trust.

[jaredtime87]

Me no English very good.

[volarion]

@MrInfinitifitness does what????

[MrInfinitifitness]

Very brief yet clear explanation. A lot of people does this, and at the end of the day, the only one got hurt is your sword (and your wallet).

[EntryStackEnthusiast]

@976723 Don't forget that they don't want to risk their main cast to get hit with even a dull but heavy piece of metal.

[976723]

They do this in movies to avoid teaching every single actor there own choreography. To save time and money. I have never seen this by main characters in any movie.

[volarion]

@GianniWatchesVideos trust me far too many people take movies and anime as fact, i get where your coming from but here in america people are often woefully ignorant of what real european swordsmanship is.

[GianniWatchesVideos]

Cool stuff guys, although to be honest I didn't think there was anybody out there who didn't realize that stage-fighting is way different than a real fight. Any expert fencer could watch a sword fighting flick and identify about twenty missed openings per three seconds.

Not that I'm an expert fencer or anything, and I still enjoy watching sword fighting flicks regardless.

That being said, nice videos!

[IaMaPh1991]

on the flat and bend of break them, and this may be where people get that he doesnt advocate use of the flat at all ever. But the excessive crushing force and leverage of a curb stomp and a light displacement using natural flow of energy are two totally different things.

Just a few thoughts I figured id share. Always love a healthy logical debate :) Take care everyone!

[IaMaPh1991]

btw, I wouldnt really use Talhoffer or Fiore as "evidence" of explicit preference for either edge or flat parrying. Talhoffer just lists "technique vs technique" and offers little actual instruction or pedagogy at all. Fiore is very wordy in his descriptions of what he did, but I cannot recall his actual instructions on "parrying", frm what ive read its mostly described as counters, which as I stated before can be done many ways. Now Fiore does like to stomp on peoples blades (continued)