Renaissance Sickle Fighting part 2

This video shows a small part of Arme Antica's work on translating and realizing the art of wheat sickle combat as documented by Paulus Hector Mair in his work. Collectively in parts 1 and 2 are shown the four steps of the first play. In addition are examples of how play might continue from each step in the manner of sickle combat as it is laid out in the text and from general Medieval and Renaissance fight lore, as Mair's sickle fight fits in quite well, holistically speaking, with the rest of his documented aspects of the Athletic Art. Part 2 also shows other various aspects of sickle combat as well as finishing the first play.

The play is taken from a private translation of the original Latin of Mair's work. The various endings added after each part of the first play are a training habit at Arme Antica, used to develop a heightened sense of creativity, flexibility, and non-linear responsiveness in the student.




Enjoy!

Monty Chance
www.armeantica.com

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• hema
• martial
• arts
• self-defense
• scherma
• medieval
• medievale
• scrima
• combattimento
• combat
• ringen

[JaimeTheOne]

do you have technics with scythe?

[ArmeAntica]

@JaimeTheOne, yes, there are scythe techniques in Mair.

[speedstriker]

Many of these moves here seems quite utilitarian and brutal. Is this a real fighting style practiced by medieval farmers?

[ArmeAntica]

@speedstriker, these are historical techniques as documented in the tomes of Paulus Hector Mair.

As to the extent of who practiced them, I'm not really sure. The sickle is certainly a farming tool turned weapon, but if farmers used them in this way, I don't know. The style, as it is presented, is holistically in-tune with much of Mair's Art, complete, elaborate, and polished. That, to me, speaks of School Work (at least in the depth with which it is presented).

[cerkuenik]

awesome moves!

your videos are excellent! you really explains Master Mair techniques!!

[ArmeAntica]

I'm very glad you find them useful. Mair's work is so important to us. The more I work on it, the more I understand just how big of a piece his work is in the great puzzle that are the Historical European Martial Arts.

[JaimeTheOne]

@ArmeAntica May you show the Scythe Technics?

[DiabolusIgnis]

1:30 If you don't want to kill the man, at least kill his future children.

[sn0wD]

hidden attacks! :D

[ArmeAntica]

Thank you. You know, I think without free play, training becomes stilted and dead. Not life-like. My favorite drills are free-for-alls, where it's everybody vs everybody all at once. Change breeds creativity, I think.