Zornhau - medieval stage combat with historical techniques

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Uploaded by on Nov 1, 2006

Trainers of the german assiciaton "Zornhau e.V." are training for stage combat just for fun. They are using historical techniques from old german masters like Johannes Liechtenauer and Hans Talhoffer.

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  • That was great. How long did you guys work on that piece?

  • some hours, ..dont know... we forgot. ;)

  • Kinda fun calling it zornhau.. since there was not even 1 zornhau in the inteir film -.- other then that nice stage fight xD wouldn't go on the battle field though.. you wouldn't get your ass kicked ;)

  • Our Company is called Zornhau, its not the "title" of this stagefight or something like this.

  • Hallo Freunde,

    Wir bitten euch, den Clip nicht überzuinterpretieren. Es handelt sich wirklich nur um einen spaßigen Schaukampf, in den wir zur kampfkünstlerischen Erbauung auch einige historische Techniken der Liechtenauer-Tradition eingebaut haben.

    Ihr habt recht, es handelt sich um lange Schwerter. Und nein, für die gezeigte Nummer brauchen wir keinen Schutz, wir trainieren seit Jahren zusammen, außerdem war das nicht wirklich schnell... ;)

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  • what do you mean? when he is holding it at the grip and the blade? correct me if im wrong but that is whats called a half-sword stance mostly used during armored combat. but it can be used in either, so no its not gay and that is how to hold a sword.

  • No, they are made of sugar. ;)

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  • Phenomenal, great job on this It's actually very impressive.

  • @cjenko87

    I find big pauses to be too cheesy as well. I like a fight scene to make sense, and when two people just stare at eachother, motionless, it breaks suspension of disbelief for me, cause when I fight a dude, I'm not going to waste time, I'm going waste HIM! (heheh, see what I did there? :p)

  • @maaderllin They're also very manly looking German people. You don't mess with someone who fence without a shirt on.

  • @ninja1018 Said the guy whose nickname on youtube is "Ninja1018"... Idiot. They would rip off your head by barely looking at it. But they are civilised persons, unlike you Troll

  • O_o best fight i ve ever seen

  • Wonderful movement, fluid and precise. Thank you!

  • YES! Wonderful! Choreographed swordplay that actually looks like a fight! I knew it was somewhere!

  • shabby on the footwork

  • @cjenko87 I know that some sparring can be really fast. Like one with Axel Pettersson vs Robert Molin.

    watch?v=DO_iS0W1IEE

    watch 0.55 to 0.57. Axel have time to do a zornhau, wind, thrust, Zwerchau, and an other cut in just 2 seconds and he seems relaxed.

    If you want to see really fast western fighting, you should see this clip

    watch?v=mjT4JepA-Vc

    Sure, it's not sparring, just demonstration of techniques, but it shows how quickly you can fight, if you feel it in your bones.

    Have a nice day.

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