Free-play with spadone longswords.

"Free-play with spadone longswords. Fall, '06" Taken from ARMA's training and practice video page.(www.thearma.com/Videos/Videos.htm) Jake N. and Aaron P. spar with nylon wasters. One of my favorites.

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• longsword
• medieval
• arma
• renaissance
• sparring
• spar
• sword
• waster
• midevil
• katana
• european
• shield
• europe
• SCA
• fight
• larp
• wma

[ZarlanTheGreen]

Why are SCA and larp, amongst the tags?

This video, has nothing to do, with either of those.

[SwordAndBuckler]

Actually I don't remember why those are in there. I think I put them there to help people looking at larp/SCA videos understand what more realistic swordplay looks like. I know that when I first started looking for swordsmanship stuff on the internet all I could find at first was SCA and boffer fighting. Fortunately I found ARMA before I joined either of those groups.

[tiamat9989]

Gripping the longsword blade with two hands and swinging the hilt part at a person is called the "mordhau" or "murder-stroke", typically used against armored opponents as one would use the cross as a blunt hammer. You can see it in Talhoffer's text.

One hand on the blade and one on the hilt is known as halfswording; Fiore de Liberi's treatise shows the stances.

In this case I think Jake was in that position to set up for a one-handed swipe to the legs. I do that move a lot too.

[Zwerchhau]

Gripping the Longsword blade is both historical, and very common. This is known as halfswording. It can be found throughout the period source literature.

[DiabolusIgnis]

@TaskForceSixTwoSix I don't care about a man's weigh if he has a sword, and knows how to handle it. Or maybe a little, if he's very obese, I'm pretty sure I can run away.

But point being, skill weighs more than fitness. Pun intended ;P

[FoolingWithFuhlen]

very impressive skills from these two. good stuff from ARMA, as always

[TaskForceSixTwoSix]

I really like this vid. Virtually all of the vids on youtube displaying traditional European martial arts are done by obese or unathletic nerds who have about as much skill and grace as that fat star wars kid. It makes traditional European martial ats look so bad. Finally some skilled and athletic traditional fencers for once! You do exist!

PS. To anyone out there who's thinking of posting your own vids, if you haven't mastered the techniques and you're not in shape, please don't post them!

[TheKrazy7]

@kaymo211 lol the reason they look similar is because the guy who choreographed that fight scene studies traditional european sword fighting. and if your a starwars fanboy like me youd no that light saber forms are completely ripped off 15th century longsword ;)

[D04S02B04]

@ZarlanTheGreen Because it is to teach the unenlightened masses what real fighting is.

[ruebuscm]

@kaindrg I respectfully disagree. Animals fight, but they do not practice martial arts. For something to be a martial art, it must involve the intent to hurt another person or defend oneself without relying solely on instinct. A martial art must include techniques, or disciplines, or practices (physical or mental) that improve one's fighting ability. Without learning *how* to fight better, as you say, you are not practicing martial arts.

[kaindrg]

@xtcarnage15586 fighting by definition is martial arts we could be a bunch of untrained scrubs and it would still be martials arts. when people say can u teach to fight i say reword that o "can u teach me to fight better"

[kaindrg]

@Giagantus Martial arts is just a fancy way for saying a basic instinctive act = figthing. people like relabling it giving it different meaning to what ever bias they have build around it. heck to bucks fighting are doing martial arts in some way just than as intelectually though out. martial arts doesnt even mean self defense in many of the asian terms etheir . i just means defensive skill still against someone wiht arms or withi out arms(literal meaning) aka figthing

[Giagantus]

@xtcarnage15586 There are alot of things imo that should piss of people way more than a false claim that Knights lacked martial arts. But to each his/her own :D

With that said those nylons are very interesting, they can take quite a beating or ?

[xtcarnage15586]

It pisses me off when people say that Knights had no Martial Arts