Fechten mit dem langen Schwert

Demonstration of some techniques for fencing with the long sword.

Demonstration einiger Techniken für das Fechten mit dem langen Schwert.

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Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Karlsruhe
• Schwertkampf
• swordfight
• Gladiatores
• Langschwert
• longsword
• Schwert
• sword
• Fechten
• fencing
• Liechtenauer
• medieval

[ENGLISHDOGSOLDIER]

Europeans have been killing each other with swords long before any of us had any knowledge of the far east.

To say that our sword,hand to hand or military doctrine is in some way influenced by the far east is a nonsense.

We made pattern welded blades in a back water like England long before the Japanese.Did we make such weapons with no idea how to wield them.

Did the Spartan's,Vikings,Saxons,Roman­s or medieval warrior class read up on Bushido?

No our arts are our own and not far eastern!

[temmy9]

@dansci03

Yes they did. In the italian tradition its called Poste Di Falcone and was mentioned in manuscripts that long predated the arrival of Europeans in Japan. And if you actually knew anything about what they were doing you would see it was german longsword, which is derived from the teachings of a man who existed in the late 14 century, over 150 years before the europeans even knew Japan existed.

[qwerty79881]

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[elgostine]

@dansci03 theres one othere reason why it looks so similar, thats because it is, they are using weapons with reasonably similar physics and methods of holding sothats why the basic strikes are condusted in a similar fashion,

but there are hidden differences,the way a longsword and katanais held and swung is done differently

also we have european manuscript called the I:33 dating to the 13th century or before for using sword and buckler. not the same weapon. but it showcases european skills

[elgostine]

@Luxchamp well it worked against the chinese due to shock and speed value, the chinese, using oldbolt action firearms couldnt successfully blunt the charges as well agains american and british troops with semi auto rifles and sub/ light machine guns, it was a whole different story.

[NeoDarkArckan]

Magnifico!

[sjawarrior]

Fantastic work. I am eagerly awaiting the next video you guys put out.

[Luxchamp]

@ENGLISHDOGSOLDIER i totally concurr - even in WW2, the japanese army used a 'tactic' which is known as the banzai charge (the japanese called it 'Gyokusai' - honorable suicide), and consisted at charging blindly the enemy lines, using only the baionet. Needless to say, such attacks where seldom successful, but they are a prime example of your affirmation.

[phuq1deology]

I have been studying Italian longsword technique for years under a 13th century manuscript by Fiore dei Liberi and I can assure anyone here that europeans had martial arts well before far east contact. I would put a european swordsman up against any far eastern swordsman and expect a relatively fair fight (outside the fact that european steel is far superior to anything the asians had...)

[Smurf209]

@ENGLISHDOGSOLDIER WELL SAID!