Medieval/Renaissance Fighting Webms

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>>1461113
Any more swordfish webm's?

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>>1461285
and another

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>>1461285
And the last one I've made, don't have others but I'm thinking about making a few Sword&Buckler webm's.

>>1460760
>>1460763
This is the good shit right here

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>>1461423
Nice Dex build.

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>>1461535
>puts blade under armpit
I dont see how that isnt a big mistake

>>1460776
Ain't that a kick in the head

>>1461597
they wear VERY thick cloth, unless the blade is moving quite fast i don't think it can do much damage

>>1460768
okay, how is that done?

>>1461653
They have like a bunch of cameras in a crescent shape. Can't remember much about it

>>1460783
Reach > everything else

>>1461597
The strong of the blade isn't as sharp as the weak. Add the gambeson on top of that and you can pretty much get away unhurt while still being in contact with the opponent's sword.

>>1461597
Yeah, it's a ballsy move, but the other guy gets a sword to the head/throat. As long as there's no forward or back movement of blade, it will only give a surface cut at best.

Grab a kitchen knife, and you can grasp it firmly on the sides and even the blade. As long as you don't let the knife slide forward or back, there's little cutting actually going on.

>>1461423
If you have some good samples of sword and buckler that'd be great, it doesn't get enough love compared to the longsword.

>>1461535
Man, can I get this in slow-motion?

>tfw you'll never be a fly on the wall for a historic medieval battle

>>1461427

no it's terrible, guy would have sliced up his own arm trying to trip the guy.

poser bullshit

>>1461535

hipsters ruin everything

>>1461535
that first technique is fucking gnarly
imagine seeing someone pull that shit off in an actual battle. goddamn that would be disgusting

>>1462156
what is chainmail shirt

>>1461653
https://youtu.be/CzEVWPYQ1fU?t=9m
they have a rig with a bunch of cameras in a row connected by a metal beam.

>>1461653
>>1463210
the part you're looking for is at 9 minutes in

>>1461535
looks like some kind of tutorial. may it be that it´s from youtube? if so, sauce me up plas

>>1463248
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GoQlvc_H3s

>>1460753
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLhYO-uhopo

it's called béhourd

>>1461651
>>1461709
okay sure, but as a general move it isnt that safe, its like teaching people in self defence to disarm a gunman by doing a move where you point the gun towards your torso and then justifying it by saying its safe because you're currently wearing kevlar.

correct me if im wrong though

Anyone have the Ciri one/Zirael?

>>1460753
>hey baby, wanna take back the holy land?

>>1461699
Yea maybe in sparring, but would you wield that heavy metal pole on the field where people can come from any angle with shields and no referee to declare you a winner when you graze the thick armor of your foe before he bashes you in the head?

>>1463737
>implying you don't have armor
>implying you don't have a bunch of homies who also have huge metal poles
>implying there were even that many people with shields during the age of plate.

>>1463432
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8hGswaBWMk
Gambeson are way sturdier than you think against slicing cuts. It's a bit more like doing a disarm by getting a modern gun out of battery, it doesn't seem safe but it is.

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>>1461535
>>1463326
One reason I wish sword fighting schools survived is so people wouldn't have to re-create shit from already vague manuals and manuscripts. That's one thing Japanese did right by giving their sword fighting alive if only as a sports discipline. I guess fencing counts in the west, but that's radically different from actual historical fencing.

>>1460783
keep in mind those obviously aren't made from real materials. you gotta account for weight.

>>1461709
this. not to mention you can use half handing with that for additional precision.

>you'll never poke a guy's eye out through his visor slit with your pinpoint accuracy

>>1460768
terrible swordsmanship, but that looks cool nonetheless and swordsmanship wasn't the goal here.

>>1463802
well a Doppelhänder (it looks too short to be Montante) could weigh as heavy as 3.2 kg, and in the video it looks close to that. I wouldn't be surprised if they are just wearing coating on the sword to make them more blunt.

>>1463737
Doppelhänder were used as a companion to the long pikes in melees. They were also heavy enough to be used as blunt weapons agains't heavy armor, for exemple.

>>1460783
4'th second
>Well What is it?

>>1462158
I don't understand, what do hipsters have to do with this?

>>1461597
He holds on to the crossguard so that the opponent can't push or pull.

>>1462156

A decent street wear gambeson would have protected him just fine anon.

>>1463800
HEMA is literally that anon

>>1463802
Danelli armouries makes blunt montantes the same size as the one in the webm and it's only 500 grams heavier, remember that blunt weapons are always heavier than their sharp counterparts too and that the black fencer montantes are meant for sparring while the danelli one is a solo training tool.
You don't always want to kill your opponent during sparring.

>>1463213
Thanks Anon I dont know why other anon expected me to watch 28 minuets of bobby lee.

>>1463737

Reach is king on the field mate!

Spears were historically the most popular weapon for that reason. Once swords grew to montante lengths, people just made their spears longer and called them pikes and suddenly pikes were the most popular weapon on the field until people developed firearms technology to a level at which you could just shoot the pikemen from a distance. If you ever got up close with someone, you just used you bayonet and speared the shit out of people like your ancestors would have.

>on the field where people can come from any angle

If you're surrounded by the enemy, you are fucked regardless.

>>1463432

That's not really a fair comparison simply because kevlar is not as good at stopping bullets as gambeson is at stopping sword cuts. People who gambeson a lot more than they wear kevlar as well.

>>1464361
>retards banging on each other with sticks
>Have the nerve to call themselves Historical

>>1464361
with swords at that. dumb denguses need to be using bashing weapons, not blades against armor. as cool as it is, none of these stupid glorified group brawls understand that. ACL better than SCA though.

>>1464379
Dude, it's swords and bladed weapons for exactly that reason....

You're calling them dumb, because they don't understand that, but that is EXACTLY why they have them as the regulation standard. If you were using hammers, pics and maces, people would be dying in what is effectively a hobby. Don't be retarded.

>>1464388
No, they're not dumb for using swords, but they are fucking retarded for calling themselves historical.

>>1464259
same anon, the timestamp didn't work for the embeded, and I didn't feel like deleting it to repost it.

>>1463737
>shit talking polearms
u wot m8
Really though polearms were a dominating force on the battlefield. The ability to poke someone and kill them before they could even poke you to death was choice. That and there were the niggas to you left and right with more poles to poke anyone you might miss
That and polearms are good against cavalry

>>1464379
HEMAfag detected

Enjoy losing thousands of dollars and all your fitness because you tried a grapple that nobody knew how to do but you read in a book.

>>1461113
>volodkov has 3 points
>danilov has somewhere between 5-7 points

>>1461597
If he's wearing gambeson, he should be ok. He's also grasping the guard which stops the enemy from controlling the blade.

>>1464192
It's not. There are no continuous European schools. HEMA is a revivalist movement. In Japan some schools have unbroken lineages back to the 1400-1500's

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HEMA is so fake. Notice how none of them are dressed as knights, rather they dress like how they want knights to have looked like, which is robocop. No one wants to give credit to actual historical knights, as a human tank looks cool, but he doesn't look so cool dressed in skirts and purple plumes.

Knights always looked pretty faggy, so HEMA fanboys prefer to just ignore the historical part. Dishonest bullshitters.

>>1464742
>rather they dress like how they want knights to have looked like, which is robocop

You have a very, very strange idea of what Robocop looks like.
>>1464726
>>1464717
>>1463326
>>1461597
>>1461421


HEMA is not the SCA or HMB.

>>1460760
far out

>>1464361
That's how you fight if you know you're not going to be hurt.

>>1464742
HEMA is the reconstruction of lost martial arts and there are Harness fencing schools where they spar in full plate.

SCA or HMB are all about larping and fantasy.

>>1464742
>Notice how none of them are dressed as knights, rather they dress like how they want knights to have looked like
On the off-chance this isn't actually bait, they're not dressing up as anything you retard, it's just protective gear.

>>1464375

if anything this is exactly how tournaments went down in medieval times, blunt weapons in an arena

>>1460763

these dudes are one of the few who actually make HEMA look fucking great

>>1464361


say what you will, this is fucking full on

>>1465354
Blunt weapons? Sure, but there isn't anything historical about how they're just piling into each other like a plate armored scrum.

>>1465444
>>1465452
what rules do they even have?

>>1463432
The way he holds the sword under his armpit makes the wielder of said sword unable to do any cuts, he has control over the whole sword (He's holding onto the guard).

>>1464895
Many people break bones at these tournaments.

>>1465679
If you're grounded, you're out

>>1465702
Why is it then pointless stomping instead of wrestling and pushing

>>1461535
This is awesome. Any source?

>>1465355
Who are they?

>>1465731
>>1463254

>>1463432

you know swords aren't lightsabers right? They don't just magically cut through anything without an applied force.

>>1464728
holy shit that's hardcore

>>1460768
Gimmicky garbage.

>>1460776
D E U S V U L T .

>>1464441
Billhook is best pole arm.

>>1461632
Oh god flashbacks

>>1464697
Quantum Danilov best fencer.

>>1463800

What even is the point of fencing? It seems like the most utterly useless pretend sport.

>>1465943
I evolved from the duel, or more specifically, the training sword for the duel. From there the "sword" evolved to me more efficient at for scoring points instead of damage, especially once actual dueling became illegal. Rules and scoring kept changing over time for convenience and easy scoring which led to the game as it currently stands

>>1461423
literally fucking dark souls for real

>>1461423
that referee smiling

>>1465881
What the fuck?

>>1465881
what a second...

is there something wrong here?

>>1460783
I don't get why so many HEMA guys like to go with as little kit as possible.
I thought the point was to delve into realistic, historical combat styles, weaponry, techniques, and training. Well not having any armor on changes things a lot. Poking someone in the middle of the chest isn't going to do much, for instance. Even cheap breastplates could take a decent thrust with little more than some bruising.

>>1466043
>Poking someone in the middle of the chest isn't going to do much, for instance. Even cheap breastplates could take a decent thrust with little more than some bruising.
But that implies that you're wearing armor and most HEMA clubs as I understand it practice unarmored systems. Then it becomes a question of how much protection can you get to be safe but without so much that you're affecting how you would fight/train.

>>1466043
same way soldiers try to get away with as minimal protective armor they can. Comfort and mobility.

>>1466046
that would be fine if they weren't going by the rules of a hit is the win
I could see going for as little protection as possible if sticking to weapons that were meant for that sort of scenario.

>>1466049
That jacket has extra padding in the front to prevent a thrust from causing major damage. So it is enough protection, and it leaves them hurt just enough to want to guard themselves

>>1467118
he was actually testing the chestpiece, pictured is the desired effect

>>1467233

Looks like Totally Accurate Battle Simulator

>>1465847
>Not a halberd
It's like you enjoy being a pleb

>>1464178
top kek

>>1467233
Guts?

>>1467233

I like that last SOB at :12.

>Wait for me, I can trip on something to- YESS!

>>1460763
Sauce on full video?

>>1467264
That's gotta be the funniest fucking thing I've seen all day. Poor fat fuck.

>>1467264
>When you like havel's set but have no vitality

>>1460783
BANDIT
SL 99

>>1460753
reenactment and hema are my hobbies; i approve of this thread.

>>1468469
No one cares you self important faggot.

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Remember the chinstrap kids

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>>1468470
hey fuck you, i'm just drunk and in a good mood

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is there anything featuring medieval guns?

I have nothing on the matter saddly

>>1466045

Armor isn't free anon. "Cheap" gear is usually not that cheap but more importantly it simply might not fit you that well.

>>1469928
I never said it was.

>>1468495
>medieval guns?

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>>1469974

Meant to reply to the fellow you were replying to.

>>1468495
Im not even into reenactments or any thing remotely related to the medieval era, but dude you can't be this fucking stupid. "Guns" Weren't used in Europe until the early modern era. The only thing that could fire projectiles in Europe at that time we Seige Cannons.

>>1470015
>what is an arquebus for a 1000$ Alex

>>1469982
Yes there was guns in the middle ages, the late middle ages specificity. In fact, guns were a major reason full plate armor exists.
They looked like tiny canons on long sticks

>>1469982>>1470015
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_firearm
complete retards

>>1469982
fucking retard

>>1465746
still a sword under the armpit is a huge risk

>>1470249
Not if you control the sword, you can clearly see he has his antire arm wrapped around the blade and is grabbing it by the guard.

That sword ain't going anywhere

>>1467118
https://youtu.be/Ej3qjUzUzQg

Source for those who are interested.

>>1463737
>not knowing polerams were the queens of actual battlefields

>>1466043
You should realize that there were techniques (and whole schools) of swordplay for both armored and unarmored combat (in both Western and Eastern sowerdplsy, too).
You can't say "a poke wouldbn't work because there's armor in the way" if they are recreating unarmored combat - and if you fight an unarmored oponent yet limit yourself to armored techniques, you are at a disadvantage.

>>1465370
Most, if not all, of the guys I've met while doing HMB/ACL all acknowledge that this is basically grown men playing swords. The only time people get butthurt about the historical accuracy is when autistic HEMAfags come rushing in and start pointing out how x y and z isn't accurate.

Seriously, outside of that joke of a "authenticity committee", no one actually thinks what they're doing is in anyway historically accurate.

Besides, to play devil's advocate, this is probably what a clash would look like back in the day. Not everyone had the training that knights and nobles got, so it very well could have just been a bunch of dudes piling into each other and trying to kill another as fast as possible

>>1463432
There's nothing very safe when swords start swinging, man.

It's sub-optimal, but a small chance of getting cut THROUGH your gambeson if your opponent manages to pull away from your grip on his guard is preferable to your opponent having a totally free sword, enough that it's a smart move.

>>1469895
>camera behind the camera
?

>>1470266
Thanks mate

>>1470293
>this is probably what a clash would look like back in the day
If you could afford the armor they're wearing you could sure as fuck afford the training.

>>1465881
someone pls put "banished" in dark souls format

>>1466043
This is recreation of unarmored combat.

>>1467233
I thought this was real until that first shield flew up in the air

>>1468495
>all those tumbling rounds

>>1470727
A tumbling round can fuck you up, they just don't penetrate as well. There is a reason square bullets are considered a war crime

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this is called Glima. It's an old Viking wrestling game they played. Basically, you win by getting the other person on the ground while you're NOT on the ground. It's not as intense, but it's designed to be a fun sport rather than hardcore warrior training.

They'd also do a gauntlet thing where two fight, and the winner immediately runs around a circle to the next person who then engages them. It's like duck-duck-goose with fighting.

>>1460776
Lol

>>1471032
nice teets

>>1471032
>she is making her eat sand
Hot.

>>1465881
he's a cunt because he aimed exactly to the place where plates meet

>>1464895
you have obviously never have been wearing armor nor have any clue how historical battle was lead.

>>1465943
HEMA fighter here agrees. We call them toothpickers

>>1467233
Seems legit...

>>1470720
Having been in quite a few "reenactment" battles myself, that particular part looked par for the course to me.

>>1464178
>dark_souls.gif

>>1470249
Less of a risk under my arm than when it was being swung at me
what are you the health and safety inspector?

>>1471828
10/10 filenames familia

>>1461142
git guud

Any one have the webm of these guys
>>1463326
doing this?
>>1469895

>>1471823

Guy dented his helmet.

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posting a few that I got

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>>1473149
A few questions come to mind, some of them sarcastic, some truthful, i'll let you decide.
>Why do Americans think that medieval jousting == renaissance/Why is it called a "renaissance fair" ?
>Why does it have to be WWE in armor so that you'll come ?
>Why does this look like Mount&Blade tournament with the AI on easy ?/why are 3-4 guys wailing on one ?
>Do you actually need to pay to see this IRL ?

Well ?

>>1473153
Is that safe to do?

>>1474016
It's big in Europe too, so don't act like it's an American thing.

>>1461597
You can grip the blade barehand...
Putting it under your arm with a very thick cloth barrier between it? no problem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwuQPfvSSlo

>>1464361
>Watching Battle of the Nations
>Slavs kicking everyone's shit
>Only second tier matches are interesting
>Kiwis doing stupid hakkas before every match, then getting their asses pounded
>Canadians stomp the Aussies

Good times.

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>>1464361

>>1460760
I am pretty sure the other guy's blade opened his neck when he grappled him.

>>1460776
WTF.

[spoiler]DEUS VULT![/spoiler]

>>1460776
Sauce, for the love of god someone give me sauce.

>>1460783
Is Zweihander the best European sword?

>>1464728
That guy has issues.

>>1471814
That guy clearly knew what he was doing. I guess this sport unlocks the bloodthirsty monster inside the participants.

>>1467118
Except less than 5% of the army were rich enough to afford breastplate. That longbow can cut through chainmail like a knife cuts through cheese.

>>1468495
Is this fatal?

>>1475006
If they hit you in the right place.

>>1461142
>0:02
Free jaw/temple/kidney strikes.
t. /asp/ie

>>1466043
Armor is expensive as fuck and small wounds could be devastating in the time period due to infection. The doctors fucking sucked, if you broke a leg then even if it healed you'd walk with a limp for life prolly.

>>1467233
is this game of thrones

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>>1460776

>>1465816
looks flashy maybe training for some movie?!

>>1465979
oh god no fuck you that game is garbage so clunky and slow plus it's a nightmarishly bad console port.

>>1475460
looks shitty enough to be that crappy overhyped shitshow

>>1475494
damn son, did maisie williams kick your dog?

>>1475005
Depends on the plate and the era really. Munitions grade stuff was pretty widely available but custom made stuff was likely to be more expensive, sure.

Also, chainmail is more time consuming and expensive to make typically speaking so really it being ''poor persons armour'' only applies if one assumes it was passed down generation to generation. And by that point, chances were you could afford or gain access to munitions grade plate.

>>1467269
Bardiche motherfucker.

>>1475020
>a guy doing a demo is going to leave himself more open
no shit

>>1474533
she is fucking perfect

>>1465679
No stabbing, thats a big one. If the judges think that people are actually hurt, they'll stop it. They've also stopped a couple of the really big brawls, like 40 on 40, when they felt it was getting out of control.

>>1474212

Haha no. The axehead was going in his face guard.

>>1474540
>Be Kiwi
>Be offended that you called Hakas dumb
>Watch a match
>MFW i see how shit the "Haka" is and how shit at fighting they are

For fucks sake

>>1474989
nah, there isn't enough force in that move to cut your neck like that, especially with any kind of cloth/armor cowering it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPbTWDeqQf0

The commentator is hilarious, "Not a dry seat in the house"

ITT: advertisements

>>1474000
What a cunt.

>>1463210
>ashley and anthony burch
wew

>>1465943
>useless pretend sport
Wtf does this even mean? All sports are basically "useless" in a practical sense

>>1474000
That's fucking great

>>1471802
What tits?

ok
after viewing this thread with a friend
>how viable is it to do this type of medieval sparring as an exercise routine
>where can I find gear for this

>>1476486
Define "medieval sparring".

>where can I find gear for this
Do you mean fencing gear or armor?

>>1476493
fencing gear probably for cost effectiveness but like blunt weapons like they use in the group fight webms

>>1476496
>>>/asp/2096419

>>1476531
much love

>>1476065
Is this legit swordsmanship?

>ywn be a hedge knight traveling through medieval England or France on your horse looking for Lords to hire you as a mercenary


Why even live?

>>1476273
Indeed, bringing a drone out in public is a major cunt move.

>>1476850
>having to independently compete against several mercenary companies trying to do the same
Thank fuck

>>1476876
>thinking medieval europe is corporate america
>thinking knights are lawyers

Knights are lords. even landless their equipment is worth 5 lifetimes of serf work.
Worst case scenario, you'll end up as some luxury bodyguard for a higher lord.

>>1474379
calling medieval fighting "renaissance" is like calling american football, football or not using the metric system...
>it's EXACTLY an american thing.
And i have a lot of respect for americans, having worked with them for a long time, but let's not pretend we don't know what moves us.

>>1464504
wut?

>>1467118
>>1475005
That's a breast plate, made from modern steel, it's probably purer than 90% of the steel that was worn during the 15th. But still at the battle of Verneuil the English long-bowmen were caught off-gard by the resistance of the new steel tempered Armor of the Italian mercenaries. Still it didn't help the french win the battle and the actual effect the more restistant armor had is debatable. When you get hit by an arrow while charging full speed on a horse you probably would get the wind knocked out of you at best and in most cases would get dismounted. An arrow fired by a english longbow is about 80 joules I think concentrated on a 1x1 centimeter. That's like a mike tyson punch to the groin.

>>1471832

i would be mad too if i was a participant of the fake, non-recognized pseudo-sport cousin of the actual real sport

you probably can't even stretch your legs as far as that fencer, let alone perform that movement to any degree of accuracy or speed.

>>1477125
Well HEMA is more of a historical endeavor than sport. Since historical accuracy is very important it is best if it keeps a certain distance from becoming a standard sport. Since that would cause changes that hurt the historic party in favor of scoring accuracy and safety.

HEMAfags just laugh at sport fencers who call themselves swordsmen with their flimsy metal wire.

>>1461535
the third one is so fucking cool to watch

>>1476882
I didn't mean calling it a Renaissance Festival was a European thing. I meant the whole "WWE in armor so you'll come." A lot of the .webms are of European guys. Slavs tend to dominate Battle of the Nations. Americans are a relative minority.

>>1468495
fucking giants

>>1463763
>implying anyone but rich niggas and knights had plate armour

>>1474540
>Russians

Litteraly cossacks my man

>>1460776
yet you'll constantly get the people who insist people in armor could hardly move or even walk while wearing armor

>>1467264
LEEEROOOOY

>>1463800
I've got a book of plates showing fighting techniques from Medieval times I picked up on clearance at Barnes and Noble and the stuff in there is just insane to think about when you've grown up watching movie swordfights.

>>1476844
Yes, half-swording is a thing.

>tfw you love swords but it feels like they're only effective weapons when you don't use them like swords

>>1476844
Yes, that's the only way to effectively use a sword against an opponent wearing full-plate (other than grabbing it by the bladenand using the guard and the pommel as an improvised warhammer)

>>1464732
fukken outplayed

>>1460776
and to think we had to have a pair of extra indoor shoes in PE as not to scratch the boards...

>>1474016
>Why does this look like Mount&Blade tournament with the AI on easy ?/why are 3-4 guys wailing on one ?
Because they aren't trained, it's just hobby for most people who fight there, it's getting pretty fucking hot in these armors, all weapons are blunt and rules say that you lose when you fall or your knee touches the ground which makes it just armored, retarded judo. Ganging up on someone increases your chances, and sometimes you need few people if tournament is hosted in tight place with no rules regarding fences, which makes fight turn into fencehugging.
>Do you actually need to pay to see this IRL ?
iirc yes

>>1474379
It's pretty niche in europe. If you were watching BoN 2016 and saw interviews, you'd see it's much bigger in eastern europe, especially russia and ukraine. There they have their own championships with huge number of fighters, like few hundreds, so only the best of the best get sent to world championship, which is also why it almost always ends up being russians on highest places, then ukrainians, then rest of slavs like poles and then the rest of europe. New worlders in last BoN were pretty bad with americans being best of them.
Also lel at team from israel with all russian names.

>>1474379
>big in Europe
Pffft. It's despectively nicknamed "bumper cars" around here.

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This one is pretty sloppy because >women but I really like pommel strikes.

>>1478503
I didn't say it was respected, just bigger in Europe than in America and not enough to warrant the condescension from the original guy.

>>1479166
Is that that witch show?

>>1479166
sauce not in metadata

>>1479182
likely

>>1479182
>>1479267
Maria The Virgin Witch

>>1479182
Yes.

Don't watch it if you're in it just for the fight scenes. I watched the show thinking it was going to be mostly fighting, but fight scenes are a fairly small part.

It's still an okay show if you don't mind the typical anime fanservice.

>>1479294
>>1479295
thanks senpais

>>1476882
Jousting continued to 16th century, well into the renaissance times. Not sure about melee.

>>1475948
dsauce

>>1465943
>utterly useless pretend sport
Olympics in general?

Most olympic competitions (everything ending with -ing) is just glorified training methods for actual sports

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>>1479322
Galina Kohvakko

>>1474000
> WITCHCRAFT!!!

>>1479300
It's not bad as smutty anime go, plus the occasional cool fight scene.

>>1471032
And I thought I was done masturbating for the day

>>1474965
He mad about current habbenings

>>1479520
But good God that ending...

>>1479581
Spoil it for me

>>1464742
HEMA is not larping or reenactment at all. They just practice styles that were used back then and see how good they can get at them.

>>1460760
Oh my God he attacked high to force his opponent to give up the under hook. I've never seen something like that with weapons. That's amazing.

>>1480084
>those girly legs
>he

>>1468495
what is this what is their site?

>>1465444
God that must have been shameful

>>1466032
He hit the place where the plates meet. He hit the guy straight in the padding with a very hard blow from a blunt long axe.

That was painful as fuck. Killing hit most likely if the axe was not blunt and little.

>>1465444
Btw this is why knights and nobles didnt really die but were instead taken prisioner after being subdued.

Armor was really good for those who could afford it and placing the dagger where these people could be stabbed was enough to make them submit.

>>1470249
You just said "correct me if I'm wrong".

You are wrong, you are being corrected. Stop being a fag bro.

>>1464389
You are an autist.

>>1479166
>uses the pommel to hit him in the head, the only part that is armored
>when the visor is down
>when he's wearing padded cloth and no other noticeable armor
>two fucking swords
>people with no real armor dueling in the first place
this triggers me. why do people say this show is "realistic again"?

>>1481564
He wasn't trying to kill him, just to teach him a lesson.

>>1466043
They usually practice medieval swordfencing as taught by the old masters. If you look into a fencing book you see all the illustrations of the fighters without gear. They just wear normal clothes. These fencing books were made for mainly instructing fencing in the sense of dueling. Of course you can also use them in actual combat and in contrast to popular belief, knight's armor wasn't all stiff and stocky. I don't have the webm, but there are recordings of a guy in plate running, rolling and vaulting. And if you were someone fighting in armor regularly you had the needed strength and endurance to use these techniques.

>>1466043
School that practice harness fencing do exist.

>>1481564
If he killed him he'd wake up with a dagger in his back. Killing a noble, even in a duel would anger some powerful people.
Shaming him, not so much.

>>1481564
>>1481598
Because he's using real sword-vs-armor techniques deliberately used agains his only armored target for a legitimate reason instead of doing silly anime things.

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Not fighting but whatever.

>>1461535
I wonder if they have ever accidentally stabbed eachother in the face

>>1464361
POLSKA
POLSKA
POLSKA
POLSKA

>>1460768
good god the overswings, although its obviously not meant to be realistic

>>1467233
last one got me

>>1475491
>git gud

>>1463802
Those look like blackfencer builds, which are of accurate weight (when compared to a steel blade)

>>1468495
I have no clue why this is making me laugh so fucking hard. Its when the guy pulls the slide back I think that does it.

>>1464728
>Praise the sun

>>1484460
>ATATATATATATATA
That dude's hands are official as fuck. Imagine being on the battlefield and having Flavius Mayweather of York run up on you and give you the three-piece mutton chop combo with extra large mead. You're doing your best with your piece, but this guy ducks your swings and catches you with Ser Ector the Left and Duke Ulrich the Right.

This guy is a legend.

>>1485201
+1

>>1464728
Fuck me, that's brutal.

How the fuck humanity put up with thousands of years of that kind of warfare and didn't come out on the other side of it completely and utterly fucked up, I'll never know.

>Spent a few months shooting at dudes inna desert
>Not a goddamn thing scared the shit outta me the way a motherfucker in armor brute forcing my face would have

>>1470249
Do what now. You'd have a chain shirt at your armpit to mitigate the risk of taking a dagger there. Chain is reasonably resistant to being cut.

>>1485201
Top tier comment

>>1483593
his feet are too close together for the German longsword technique he is using, he should be closer to the ground and with a wider more forward facing stance, rather than the "fencing" stance that comes from Italian and French styles.

>>1460783
>>1468253
at 4 seconds
>Well, what is it?

>>1484460
It was a magical and cancerous day when everyone figured out the best weapon was fists.

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>>1487236
>rule 11 of galley gangway from the memorial of the practice of the montante
>german longsword

>>1474533
RIP, Lagertha. You fought well.

>>1483593
Fucking Letho the Witcher of Vipers

>>1460783
Lol that's my club. I'm in the background.

>>1471802
>super vision

>>1460783
full vid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM9CEFxgdg4&t=136s

>>1475948
>one sword, 0 shots

>>1488757
there a source for this?

>>1488879
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c1GZMojpas

also have the follow up analysis:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCTcHMxMW70

>>1488888
thank you, you deserve to digits

>>1488896
no problemo. It's a good channel.

>>1485201

kek of the day

>>1444444

>>1487236
Montante is a Spanish weapon my guy

>>1485254
pretty sure that's why there were much more rigid society rules and why adrenaline junkies exist

>>1485201
This reads like a Cr1tikal commentary.