So Many Ways to Cut With a Sword...
4,954Just pick it up and unleash some heroic, over-powered swings upon the villainous foe? Not so fast... There is a little more complexity to historical swordsmanship. From how you grip to how you tighten your fingers to how you avoid leading with the hands instead of keeping them behind the blade as much as possible, there is a lot to think about.
So in this way I demonstrate a few different techniques, from different angles as well as first-person view, to give an impression of how much variation there is. And that's only from a HEMA perspective (Historical European Martial Arts). I'm sure armed fighting styles from other parts of the world could add plenty of other perspectives too.
The reproduction weapons in this video:
1.) Ewart Park bronze sword by Neil Burridge
http://www.bronze-age-swords.com/British_and_European.htm
2.) The Marxbruder training messer
https://albion-swords.com/swords/albion/maestro/sword-practice-marxbruder-grossemesser.htm
3.) Fencing side sword by Kingston Arms
http://ww4.aitsafe.com/go.htm?go=kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=SM22790&afid=28632&tm=14&im=1
4.) The Knecht kriegsmesser by Albion
ds/albion/nextgen/sword-kriegsmesser-knecht.htm
5.) The Flying Phoenix Han jian by LK Chen
http://ww4.aitsafe.com/go.htm?go=kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=LK003&afid=28632&tm=14&im=1
6.) Type XVIIIa 15th Century longsword by Stephan Lockwood
http://ww4.aitsafe.com/go.htm?go=kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=SL1019B&name=Lockwood+Swords+-Type+XVIIIa+15th+Century+Longsword+with+Bronze+Hilt&afid=28632&tm=14&im=1
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