I’m writing a book with an all-powerful demon who wields a sword. I’m seriously considering having a fight scene with someone who uses reverse grip and dies instantly.

Obi-wan Kenobi: “Reverse grip is our last hope.” HEMA: “No. There is another.”

Reverse grip is good for ONE THING. I do shows (with lightsabers and with flaming swords). A quick toss to reverse grip followed by a flourish or a backhanded spin. I can then flip/toss the sword behind my back and catch it to transition to forward grip in the other hand. IT'S FOR SHOW, not for combat. And the audiences love it.

Teacher: "Ok, class what is one human evolutionary trait that makes us the dominant species on Earth?" David: "Opposable Thumbs!" Teacher: "Very good David, care to explain why thumbs are such an advantage?" David:

Yes, the "reverse grip" has the rule of cool on its side: No matter how absurd, idiodic or nonsensical something is, if it is cool enough, the audience will let it pass. (I insist in mentioning Killer B from Naruto using 8 blades at the same time by holding them with his hands, biceps, calfs, armpits and mouth, moving with only one leg and basically doing the equivalent to capoeira in a sowrd fight by jumping and spinning in order to make his attacks almost unpredictable. It is trurly stupid, but I really love it.

Reverse grip is indeed effective but only when the blade is short, like daggers. Reverse griping a katana or long-sword during a fight is practically committing suicide with style.

I have actually seen this when I was little at a renaissance! I noticed how the knight was holding his sword and I remember asking my uncle about it, he told he didn't notice it so he couldn't comment on it. But I never knew that it was a real hold! I just thought something was wrong with the cross guard so he was trying to hold it in place with his thumb.

That's a great looking long sword, David!

*3 paragraph discourse on how reverse grip sometimes works with knives/daggers*

Star killer from the force unleashed is what made reverse grip look so cool for me personally

In the videogame Warhammer: Vermintide 2, the Grail Knight DLC introduced my favorite weapon, the Bretonnian Longsword to the game. That weapon is actually a longsword. Used with two hands, instead of the other, lesser longswords that the game has to offer, which are used one handed for some reason, with less reach than a longsword should have. And that weapon has a little animation quirk that made me fall in love immediately. With that weapon you can hold your heavy attacks indefinitely, going into a hanging guard stance, allowing you to block attacks while having a heavy attack ready to let loose like an arrow. Either to the right of you with your first heavy attack, to the left with your second and overhead for the third. And with that third attack, you can see Kruber using the flat of his blade to guard himself and if you hold that attack long enough, he will move his dominant hand to a thumb grip position. That little animation made me fall in love with the weapon. And it also helps that it's one of the best weapons the game has to offer :D.

I really liked what Robinswords said about why he prefers thumb grip, how by using that grip, he is able to passively make more use of the guard of his sword than if he were to use a traditional grip.

Icepick grip (basically reverse grip) on a knife is actually pretty useful.

Tried reverse grip with my shotgun... I am at the ER currently for removing a few hundred pellets from my pelvis area.

Reverse grip is only good if you want to carry around your sword without it pointing in an inconvenient or deadly direction.

I’m sorry but I thought this was a voice over for the first 5 seconds. But fr you got a nice speaking voice. It’s very chipper and bubbly

Woah... So I'm unknowingly using this grip this entire time

He nailed it by calling it "edgy." I couldn't figure out why I hated it, but now I know why I hated it. 😂 Yes, it's cool, but severely unnecessary and ineffective when u can just use the thing normally, and it would serve u WAY better 9 times out of 10.

Reverse grip works for shorter blades, like knife. A stab from can carry a rather large amount of force, especially from an upward position. Also if your opponent catches your wrist you can start scraping at their arm.

I'm glad you covered this cool technique.

Here's some cash to support the channel! Wish I could come and learn from you guys but I'm all the way over in North Carolina. Still love seeing the content!

I would love to see a video about the Roman Gladius or the Flamburge, (I'm probably spelling that second one incorrectly, the really really big wavy sword)

I am amazed at how a small change in the position of your hands vastly changes how the sword moves.

this is the type of npc in a rpg that can teach you any type of sword style rapier? no problem longsword? no problem dragonslayer? no problem yoru? no problem

reverse grip fighting just looks cool tbh

Thumb grip is actually my favorite way to fight with a sword

Each time is see reverse grips on large bladed weapons it just make me roll my eyes so hard

Okay, this actually helps me a lot more than i expected. I've used this grip in LARP, but those attacks you demonstrated I hadn't even considered. Thank you!

Do a video on the Fiore reverse grip. The one where you reverse only the bottom hand of the longsword to get better angles.

There is another, cool looking sword grip - pointing finger grip. It seems weird and unfunctional, but it appears in few treatises and I saw some law enforcers in SEA using it still.

Thumb grip is great when you are fighting with a shield agaist someone with a shield. Those quick horizontal swipes make getting past an opponent a hell of a lot easier.

I thought Ray was the only one who did that in Star Wars but Anakin’s Padawan does it to

Dude the outfit you wore in this video goes hard.

As a knife fighter Learning Reverse grip is ESSENTIAL as it’s the quickest way to get from draw to fight It’s is imperative to master

Reverse grip looks like serial killer who mostly uses knife bought a sword and tries to figure it out

Dude's teaching leagues of ttrpg enjoyers how to make martial classes more interesting with the techinque alone, and I'm all for it

I didn't know that thumb grip was an actual thing, I always did it because it felt natural as an ambidextrous person.

Here's what I found: The reverse grip can be effective in certain fighting situations, but it also carries some risks and limitations. On the one hand, the reverse grip can allow you to strike with more power and precision, particularly with thrusting or stabbing motions, because you have more leverage and control over the weapon or tool you are holding. This can make it a useful technique for close-range combat, particularly if you are facing an opponent who is unarmed or wielding a shorter weapon. However, the reverse grip also leaves your hand and wrist vulnerable to injury, particularly if you are using a sharp or heavy object. It also limits your range of motion and your ability to block or parry attacks, which can leave you vulnerable to counterattacks from your opponent. Moreover, the effectiveness of the reverse grip depends on the specific fighting style and context in which it is used. In some martial arts, such as Filipino martial arts, the reverse grip is a fundamental technique that is used for both offense and defense. In other styles, such as boxing or Muay Thai, the reverse grip is not commonly used, and may not be effective against opponents with different training or tactics. In Summary, while the reverse grip can be a useful tool in certain fighting situations, it should be used with caution and in conjunction with other techniques and strategies to ensure maximum effectiveness and minimize the risk of injury.

I always wondered how those grips worked. Whenever I looked at it it seemed so awkward in the hand - now it makes sense. Thanks!

True warriors know holding the sword from the blade and use it as a hammer is where it at.

Best use of reverse grip is outside combat when you dont want to accidentally poke someone using normal grips

I love the thumb grip because of how close to the body you can get with it

Reverse grip is when your a midevil assassin jumping on your target for a backstab

I love this guy's advice XD Wish I had access to this channel when I was doing sequential art class. such excellent reference to figure out fight scenes (and sword appearance.) The reverse grip just makes me think of how I carry a kitchen knife from one station to another in my kitchen to avoid cutting myself/anyone else XD

This man is at war with reverse grip and I’m here for it

I learned about the thumb grip in an anime called Rurouni Kenshin. In that, they said that they used thumb grip to stabilize the blade as it's cutting down on hard surfaces. I don't know if that's true or not, but I've been using thumb grip on machetes when I cut through heads to get at their brains.

The thing I like best about this channel is when you pronouce all these german name, they sound very pleasing and professional

Dude's rocking that Pathfinder Magus drip.

I think reverse grip could be interesting for a character who's so skilled they intentionally do it to limit themselves, making the fight more fair and fun

Everytime i see someone do a reverse grip i always think that theyre a ninja and it really is cool looking to me

I have that story in my head that i made up when i was 13, the past months of watching you made me gaslight myself into thinking my character never used reverse grip

Virgin Reverse Grip Fan vs Chad Thumb Grip Enjoyer

I'm convinced you're now the person on the internet who talks about reverse grip the most

My favorite way to catch my fencing partners is using an offensive krumphau when they think I'm going for a bind. Works every time

Homie started spittin spells and dances at me to swoon me into his dungeon

Why it feel so cool, like a refined rogue subclass

Reverse grip is ultimately disadvantagious in a duel to the death however, pretty useful during close assassination or maniac stabbing 😂

Imagine a game like Nioh set in medieval Europe, but instead of high/mid/low stances you have historical stances and grips 🤩

I'm writing a young adults type book where the main character is a wannabe heroic icon and you have convinced me she needs to reverse grip her sword as a way of me showing her inexperience to the reader.

Yes that is actually how most of my character who use swords fight now I'm going incorporate that grip as an added detail because imma be real with that is why I love swords

Bro really inhaled helium before the video 😂

Idk about reverse grip on sword but I'm obsessed with reverse grip on dagger it's so freaking cool and it actually feels like it can be efficient

When it comes to large swords my personal favourite grip is the one where you grab the blade itself and use the handle and pummel as a club. I know for a FACT that this happened because some knight forgot to sharpen his sword and so decided to do that but it was so effective due to how bewildering it is to get clubbed by a sword that it became an official style. Getting clubbed with a great sword is like getting kicked by a 1 legged man. Sure it can happen and to great effect, but it’s never not going to be strange to witness or to have done to you

can we talk about how cool he looked in the beginning

Reverse grip is like shooting a bow horizontally, but for swords.

This man is literally going to train us how to fight with swords through KZfaq clips only because he hates the reverse-grip that badly

Okay but the cool factor literally increases your power like 10 fold

I'm digging his tats.... everytime I see (watch the shorts unexpectedly) he slowly showing more skin and more ink.

Love his tattoos especially the Norse runes

Honestly this is the most painful thing to tell people. My brother-in-law [14] he's in love with the reverse grip, I keep telling him that it's a bad grip due to the thumb placement and he refuses to believe me

It's like going from a cricket bat to a ping pong paddle.

Robin Hood Men in Tights over here at 5'5" 140lbs trying to tell us how to fight with swords. What a time to be alive.😂

Imagine your mugging this guy and he pulls out a godamn sword 💀

That grip correction at the beginning is so smooth

"Thumb on the blade" instantly reminded me of that time G.K. Chesterton quoted a Sicilian bandit: "Who would condescend to strike down the mere things that he does not fear? Who would debase himself to be merely brave, like any common prizefighter? Who would stoop to be fearless--like a tree? Fight the thing that you fear. You remember the old tale of the English clergyman who gave the last rites to the brigand of Sicily, and how on his death-bed the great robber said, 'I can give you no money, but I can give you advice for a lifetime: your thumb on the blade, and strike upwards.' So I say to you, strike upwards, if you strike at the stars." -- G.K. Chesterton

Tbh i'm obsessed with the sword to the ground grip to start the fight. You place your blade to the ground. Its a defencive grip funny enough 😂

In the best way possible bro sounds like he inhaled helium before recording

A good warrior knows how to use an equiped weapon in all ways, for they all have a purpose. Thumb grip tends to be way more versatile than reverse, unless it's a knife.

That first flip was smooth af tho

i legit discovered that on my own while trying different ways to hold a sword. It started with using the index on the guard, which let me have better and more stable horizontal swings. By continuing to try things, i just found about the thumb.

I saw a man reverse grip and then throw a longsword like it was a spear, I mean he literally said “a crossbow, who needs that?”and then proceeded to throw it THROUGH a shield at mach 2 and then pull out a dagger to actually fight.

German nomenclature is so funny. Krumphau makes me chuckle

Man's playing badminton but with swords 🔥

I also want to add that the reverse grip has an amazing silhouette, something about that grip looks phenomenal 🤌 But god is it impractical!

Those thumb grip strikes look like Jedi moves !

However, if it were a Lightsaber, that would be useful for an offhand saber, depending on your style. A lot of lightsaber styles leave you open there, so having a defensive shotosaber in your blind spot would be beneficial. Also, you could use it to beyblade if you are general greivous.

Quick summary from a german man Zwerch or Zwerchfell is the diaphragm in your ear meaning you hit your opponents ear. Krum means crooked and krumhau is basically just a curved slash. Schielen means squinting so Schielhau means you thrust at your opponents eye.

I love how the music and description sounds like a Lockheed Martin weapon showcase

i've just watched a video about reverse grip and even an expert said there's no actual reverse grip technique for a blade at least as long katana, besides being able to draw more comfortably from the sheath at a very close distance. but once the sword is already drawn, there's no use of reverse grip any longer

Unlike other grips.....*proves it by easily transitioning back and forth with ease*

In my opinion Reverse grip is good for one thing: Dagger strikes against plate armor. If you have a shortsword you can knock an opponents blade out of the way or out of their hand, then reverse grip a Dagger into their stomach or arm, the reverse grip gives you better strength in the stab and also keeps you upright more than a full thrust

Only advantage of reverse I can see is that it's hard for the opponent to track your weapon so you can catch somebody who isn't a master but more intermediate off guard. But it only works once or twice against the same opponent in sparing before it completely falls off.

The obvious correct way is to have the sword impaled through your hand, that way you can’t drop it

The John Wick grip of swords.

this is actually how a lot of chefs hold their kitchen knife for extra control of the blade. interesting 🤔

I find that the "thumb grip" feels a lot more natural to me than the others.

This dashing rogue is about to break into the castle to steal my heart, wtf

This is cool hope it got animated soon hopefully

I was about to give a reason for reverse grip with lightsabers but realized most of the time it’s a shorter lightsaber held like that and with the equivalent of a dagger it makes sense

I mean yes, it's another grip to have in your arsenal that's situationally useful, just like *sarcastic gasp* reverse grip