Johannes Lecküchner's Kunst des Messerfechtens

CORRECTIONS (better late than never!):
- At 1:05 and again at 1:12 the inside flat should have been used to fall on the opponent's blade. This also affects the follow up cut, which should have been an Oberhau instead of a Mittelhau.

Techniques list coming soon.


Johannes Lecküchner - Cgm 582

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• sword
• fechten
• messerfechten
• fencing
• falchion
• Liechtenauer
• Lecküchner
• longsword
• langes messer
• martial arts
• knife
• combat
• fighting
• memag
• zornhau

[CenrionPrime]

you have two hands use them

[MEMAG]

@CenrionPrime The messer has more reach and maneuverability with one hand.

[Marxbruder505]

I have one criticism and that is that only the person preforming the technique is using any footwork. A resisting opponent will adjust and step along with you, often fundamentally altering how you must preform the technique.

[MEMAG]

Completely agreed, but since we had no cameraman we were forced to keep the action centered.

[warzechas]

Thanks for this nice video.

Corey - was great meeting you at WMAW!

Roland

[MEMAG]

It was great meeting you too, Roland! I very much hope to get the chance to do so again. As for the video, there are many little mistakes here and there, so be forewarned!

[Kunstdesfechtens]

As an aside, last year I had the pleasure of demonstrating German longsword for a Menkyo Kaiden of a Japanese Koryu sword art. He said "it looks a lot like our advanced stuff". :) There's really nothing new under the sun. A sword is a sword, and there are only so many things you can do with one in a combat situation.

[KnightlyNerd]

@IaMaPh1991 Excellent :D Thank you for the guidance.

[IaMaPh1991]

@KnightlyNerd Yes they can :) thats the beauty of the Art. there are simple basic universal principles that can be applied to all weapons, with each weapon offering its own unique pros and cons within those principles

[KnightlyNerd]

Can these techniques be adapted to a single handed, double edged, medieval sword?

[DiabolusIgnis]

@ChishioAme That's why the 'pretty much'. ;)

[ChishioAme]

@DiabolusIgnis There were others (two rapier, two arming swords, presumably two messers), but for the most part, you are correct. Sword & dagger is really the only historical dual wielding scenario.

[EgholmViking]

@MEMAG i think he ment the the hand on your back, but this isnt war fighting as much as it is dueling one on one, and therefore a kind of honor is involved

[DiabolusIgnis]

@Ranziel1 Pretty much the only historical dual-wielding is a rapier&dagger. Unless you count a buckler as a weapon.

[HipposHateWater]

@BIUUftr

(I realize that this comment is old, but I'll post this anyways for the lurkers thinking the same thing.)

Lots of modern-day HEMA/RMA practitioners have first-hand experience half-swording and doing mordschlags and such with live blades. (Not against people of course, but against hard targets and such.)

Hell, John Clements of The ARMA has a nice video uploaded on YouTube where he basically plays tug-of-war with a sharp sword. It is in no way "impractical." :P

[pe003]

very similar to foiree's longsword style and some of george silvers sword techniques! nicly done

[MotusSwordsmanship]

@MEMAG

I think he suggests to use the left hand too and not both on the messer ;)