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Realistic Longsword Dueling
- Thread starter Baron
- Start date
Well that was interesting.
Teeke
Lord of Altera
Oh wow... this takes me back~
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http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wmaw
These are a bunch of videos from WMAW, Western Martial Arts Workshop, it's the biggest event of its kind in the world. Historical recreationists from all over the world get together to practice their technique, learn new ones, and discuss historical texts. It's incredibly fun to attend and things learn here are very useful in combat. These videos accurately depict historical fighting techniques.
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The vids from 2002 aren't up anymore, so you won't be able to see me sword fighting
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http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wmaw
These are a bunch of videos from WMAW, Western Martial Arts Workshop, it's the biggest event of its kind in the world. Historical recreationists from all over the world get together to practice their technique, learn new ones, and discuss historical texts. It's incredibly fun to attend and things learn here are very useful in combat. These videos accurately depict historical fighting techniques.
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The vids from 2002 aren't up anymore, so you won't be able to see me sword fighting
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MRPolo13
The Arbiter of the Gods
Yeah, as I said, it's impossible to RP fighting properly. There is too much turn-based action.
Having said that, the first video is the idealised version of all stances and moves developed deeply into renaissance. Also, in a real combat situation there is hardly anyone that would use the moves taught. Adrenaline hits in and it's pretty hard to keep your flow. It's not a sport, it's an attempt to kill the opponent, and you don't get extra points for fancy moves. Nevertheless, unarmoured sword fights usually lasted up to ten seconds. Anything past that and both opponents got extremely tired (since unarmoured, you throw literally everything you have. It rips muscles to shreds...)
As for the Viking fighting, I don't feel the shield is used as much as it could potentially be. I saw a wonderful video explaining the importance of shield use in Viking era.
That'd be the lecture.
Having said that, the first video is the idealised version of all stances and moves developed deeply into renaissance. Also, in a real combat situation there is hardly anyone that would use the moves taught. Adrenaline hits in and it's pretty hard to keep your flow. It's not a sport, it's an attempt to kill the opponent, and you don't get extra points for fancy moves. Nevertheless, unarmoured sword fights usually lasted up to ten seconds. Anything past that and both opponents got extremely tired (since unarmoured, you throw literally everything you have. It rips muscles to shreds...)
As for the Viking fighting, I don't feel the shield is used as much as it could potentially be. I saw a wonderful video explaining the importance of shield use in Viking era.
That'd be the lecture.
