How to Duel (feat. Adam Savage)

How to Duel (feat. Adam Savage) - Objectivity 265

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Adam Savage (Tested, MythBusters) visits the Royal Society archives. We learn about mathematically-informed sword fighting techniques - and a duelling Fellow! More links below ↓↓↓
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@ObjectivityVideos Жыл бұрын

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@jimclark5982 Жыл бұрын

The author of this book, Thibault, gets a shout-out in The Princess Bride -- his name comes up in the discussion of different styles that Inigo Montoya and the Man in Black use in their duel. Edit: Of course, it came up in the video too -- Brady doesn't miss a trick!

@donsample1002 Жыл бұрын

Brady gets Adam to name _The Princess Bride_ as his favourite movie sword fight, but they don’t mention that Thibault is one of the sword masters mentioned in Inigo and TMiB’s conversation. (All the other fencing schools they mention were real, too.)

@jonathanharrop2978 3 ай бұрын

That was my reaction when I saw the authors name on the spine of the book. 🤺

@mazza420 Жыл бұрын

YESS!!! Adam Savage in an Objectivity video!!!

@holemajora598 Жыл бұрын

I love how Adam stops to admire the patina of an old book. Haha I am certain he is taking many photos and notes on weathering H end the damage of books that are actually hundreds of years old. I love it I can’t wait for the video breakdown on that one!

@Tapecutter59 Жыл бұрын

Yes, I also noticed his thumb was adding to the patina while describing how the curator had just added to the patina. Pretty sure he was thinking about his own thumb's contribution to a patina created by Newton and so many other intellectual giants of the past. Part of him is in the patina now, metaphorically rubbing thumbs with a "who's, who" of modern science and engineering.

@2Cerealbox Жыл бұрын

I think Adam's thoughts on *why* he likes what he likes is always more interesting than the thing itself.

@wizard-pirate Жыл бұрын

He's a true connoisseur of antiquity

@CybranM Жыл бұрын

I love watching Brady and Adam in the same video! Hope there will be more collaborations in the future :D

@Nexfero Жыл бұрын

Wow those engravings on the first few pages are beautiful works of art.

@vesteel Жыл бұрын

Can't wait for the white gloves episode of this one

@Lasersplitter Жыл бұрын

Brady's glasses make him looklike he's Adam's son :D

@doridear1604 Жыл бұрын

They also make it look like he has a fake nose XD

@PXCharon Жыл бұрын

I've been practicing the rapier in the Italian tradition for almost 15 years. I'm not a Thibault scholar, but I'm familiar with the origin of his school from Carranza and Pacheco in the Iberian peninsula. It is, without a doubt, an effective method of using the weapon. The positioning diagrams, as well as the explanations of proper timing and use of mechanics, are all sound.

@RobertFisher1969 Жыл бұрын

Thibault was heavily influenced by Iberian swordsmanship, which is a pretty distinct style. What today is often called simply Destreza. I believe Dave Rawlings of the London Longsword Acedemy studies Destreza and Thibault in particular. It would have been really great if they’d known about him and gotten him in this video as well.

@allenyordy6700 Жыл бұрын

Adam is seriously my favorite person

@MrHeroicDemon Жыл бұрын

INSANE love you all, and been a big fan forever.

@brandonwinstead7137 Жыл бұрын

And here I thought Adam Savage waltzed in to the Royal Society, donned the white gloves, and pulled an entry on dueling first try.

@one-man-band Жыл бұрын

Its like a dream come true, so glad you got Adam to the archive. I really hope he enjoyed it as much as i think he did.

@michaelwright2986 Жыл бұрын

Pepys' Diary: in the early days of the WWW, someone had the brilliant idea of posting the Diary day by day like a blog; that way, I read it, rather than being intimidated by the sheer bulk, and you also get the feeling of arcs developing and then fading away.

@arcanics1971 Жыл бұрын

Surely a book on sword based duels would have some -ahem!- light sabres? Not just heavy rapiers. I'll get me coat.

@maxflentge2158 Жыл бұрын

Hahaha nice one

@nicholasbenjamin3826 Жыл бұрын

Akshually... Almost all one-handed weapons weigh about a kilo. Maybe 1.5 (ie: 2-4 lb) People just can't move heavier objects quickly enough to each-other. You can hit people with lighter objects, but they're terrible at defense because you can't block a 1 kilo anything with a 500 gram smallsword.

@RFC-3514 Жыл бұрын

Wait, those glasses, black t-shit, the hair... is Brady cosplaying as Adam Savage, or is it the other way around?

@chintex_ Жыл бұрын

Those are some gorgeous illustrations

@sarafan3 Жыл бұрын

This was such a lovely video, great to see Adam at the Royal society!

@christianhorner001 Жыл бұрын

Holy moly Brady and Adam collab!?! 🤯🤯 World's colliding! Please launch a Brady - Savage podcast. It'll be a cult hit!!

@redapplefour6223 Жыл бұрын

definitely check objectivity episode 251 with him as well, and there's a build video on the tested channel with savage & matt parker

@sommelierofstench Жыл бұрын

you know this man sniffed multiple artifacts in this compound. bless him.

@evanbarnes9984 Жыл бұрын

It's so fun to see the signatures of original members of the Royal Society! Especially since I just recently finished reading Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle, which really brings the Royal Society to life.

@Varksterable Жыл бұрын

Just... just... just... Thanks to all involved; that was amazing to watch. /hug

@Jeff-jr4xw 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely loved Mythbusters when it was airing and it’s wild to see Adam on so many of my favorite YT channels lately. What a treat

@justaperson1812 Жыл бұрын

nice vid brady. cool to see adam checking out the archives.

@Pile_of_carbon Жыл бұрын

Haven't watched this channel in a while and holy crap Brady has changed!

@bond007rules Жыл бұрын

Next time you have a medieval combat manuscript on the show, good guests could include Matt Easton from Schola Gladiatoria, Dave Rawlings from London Longsword Academy or Dr Tobias Capwell from the Wallace Collection! All scholars and practitioners of exactly these manuals and others describing historical European martial arts.

@stoatystoat174 7 ай бұрын

The Three Musketeers (1973) has excellent sword fighting With Michael York, Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Christopher Lee, Faye Dunaway and a bit of Spike Milligan

@Utoxin Жыл бұрын

I knew I liked Adam. Princess Bride is the only correct answer for favorite movie sword duel. :)

@veramae4098 Жыл бұрын

In one of the Lord Peter Wimsey novels he's challenged to a duel by an affronted Oxford student ... who expects to duel with the classic dueling pistols. But as the challenged party, Wimsey has the right to choose the weapon: swords. The student decided to accept the apology Wimsey had earlier offered. Later, Wimsey tells the woman who accidentally set this off: "A bullet can go anywhere, but a sword is bound to go somewhere." BTW, just watched "V for Vendetta". Swordsman! And a black cloak!

@hershycows Жыл бұрын

Been in other corners of youtube for awhile so this may be old news but HOLY COW BRADY! Looking good man! Also awesome video!

@scrotiemcboogerballs1981 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@oldwornoutjeans Жыл бұрын

Love the collabs between these two charisma powerhouses

@bigsarge2085 Жыл бұрын

Intriguing!

@RoelfvanderMerwe Жыл бұрын

Oh my holy God! You got ADAM!! I'm so happy right now!!!

@rogerlafrance6355 Жыл бұрын

Interesting example of the trend to apply math and science to explain everything. In horsemanship we see things like Equitation Savant to improve the movement of horses.

@piccalillipit9211 Жыл бұрын

*FOR A FEW YEARS* I used to do fencing - then when I started martial arts 10 years later they could not get me to stand still... Fencing is about tiny movements with your fingers and VERY quick foot work. [yu can make the tip of the foil describe a full circle with the tiny movement of your little finger and a wrist flick]

@quadropheniaguy9811 Жыл бұрын

What a beautiful book. Great podcast.

@tramsgar Жыл бұрын

My subscription flow... it's amalgamating

@buzz.b Жыл бұрын

I'd like to state that the illustrated figures (5:40) are most definitely not the Vitruvian Man, which can be clearly observed as the square is fully inset within the circle (the vertices lie on the circumference). What makes the Vitruvian Man far superior to all other attempts is that da Vinci offset the square on the y axis (so that the circumference of the circle lies on the base of the square) which allowed a truer representation of correct human proportions.

@guilemaigre14 Жыл бұрын

Is the whole document numerised and available ? The HEMA community would for sure be delighted !

@D.B.. Жыл бұрын

@6:28 Dollars to doughnuts Adam got equally excited about the wooden box used to store the book.

@SpiderGirl42 Жыл бұрын

This is exactly how fencing used to be before the current straight-line style, and indeed the footwork had to be incredibly precise (don't remember when they changed from first to draw blood to white clothes with red paint on sword tip though)

@EtecMax Жыл бұрын

Brady as an Adam cameo. They look pretty similar with the glases.

@rade-blunner7824 Жыл бұрын

When I saw them posting videos from the Prop Store in _London_ on the Tested channel, I knew this was coming...

@leppeppel Жыл бұрын

My girlfriend looked over, saw the screen at 4:15, and quite calmly said, "ah, how a migraine feels."

@TheGurman8r Жыл бұрын

WOW Brady lost a lot of weight! Looking good man.

@hedlund Жыл бұрын

Petition: I'd love a video showing Rupert's favourite piece(s). Preferably co-hosted by the man himself, if he has the time (and inclination) :)

@CorwynGC Жыл бұрын

Thibault is in fact mentioned in the fight between Inigo and the dread pirate Roberts.

@blindleader42 Жыл бұрын

The Man in Black explains how Thibault cancels out Inigo's Capo Ferro attack. All in all, a very gentil and civilized discussion of sword technique.

@chooseyouhandle Жыл бұрын

I'm very impressed

@orellaminx3530 Жыл бұрын

Dayum, Brady looking healthy these days. Bravo.

@Pallethands Жыл бұрын

Looks like Brady has been on the fit-a-tron 5000 again

@j0nthegreat Жыл бұрын

we need a new HI just to get a biweekly weigh-in

@christianhorner001 Жыл бұрын

Does HI podcast still exist?

@thomast4315 Жыл бұрын

Another epic crossover.

@somerandomperson360 5 ай бұрын

At 5:30 is that an extinct thylacine?

@Skibbityboo0580 Жыл бұрын

My stratagy is to run away making that 'woob woob woob' sound from the Three Stooges.

@AndyLundell Жыл бұрын

Interesting how the illustrations in the sword manual have a very static look to them. There's no sense of motion. I think that's a strong hint that it was done from life models. Probably the artist had dudes in costume in his studio just standing in all those different positions. That probably also explains why the leopard didn't come out right. Couldn't get one of those for his studio.

@petervilla5221 Жыл бұрын

A British man, an Australian, and an American look through a French man's picture book on sword fighting. This sounds like the setup to a real zinger.

@zach.0 Жыл бұрын

I want to see how those book images are made

@quakerninja Жыл бұрын

"Proclamations remain futile until the manors change"

@henrymach Жыл бұрын

What about you guys scanning this book and putting it online? Or is it already?

@ObjectivityVideos Жыл бұрын

www.google.com

@MoofyYT Жыл бұрын

I hope they showed Adam some weapons too. :P

@F_L_U_X Жыл бұрын

Everyone needs a Brady.

@NiksSofa Жыл бұрын

NO GLOVES! SOUND THE ALARM ! GET KEITH OFF HIS SURFBOARD!

@sternmg Жыл бұрын

Gloves are not worn here because they reduce finger sensitivity and thus make paper tearing more likely, from what I recall. Perhaps there are overriding rules, or merely habits, that _do_ call for gloves with paper materials.

@social3ngin33rin Жыл бұрын

wtf, Adam is there?!?!?! :O!!!!

@KX36 Жыл бұрын

Keith and Adam suspiciously not in the same room at the same time... Coincidence or a Superman type situation...

@donjones4719 Жыл бұрын

Written during the reign of Louis XIII - perfect! The best of all sword fighting books, the Three Musketeers, is set in his reign, at his court.

@hebl47 Жыл бұрын

Imagine an alternate universe where Isaac Newton and Robert Hooke fight a duel. Luckily for us, it's not our timeline.

@jek__ Жыл бұрын

I wish they taught young boys to dance using fighting treatises instead of dance movies. It's the same thing, but not just totally arbitrary. Those circles on the ground are the same thing you see with dancing tutorials, but with practical use other than just showing off an unrelated skill

@faenethlorhalien Жыл бұрын

Wow, you've lost quite a lot of weight, Brady. Looking good!

@veramae4098 Жыл бұрын

If you're interested in the duel over the Countess of Shrewsbury, see: Anna Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury in Wikipedia. "verrrrrrry interresting" Retired librarian

@wojtasskate Жыл бұрын

"ten pages of logos"

@zapfanzapfan Жыл бұрын

Looks like an attempt to develop a geometric theory of fencing...

@Veptis Жыл бұрын

This skips my watch later!

@no_handle_required Жыл бұрын

Brady lost some serious weight!!!!!!!

@sarahmcdonald1689 Жыл бұрын

Yeeeeeeeeeeesssssss!!!!!!

@sergiogonzaleztorres8373 Жыл бұрын

A video about Thibault with Adam savage, but no mention to Spanish Verdadera Destreza, the style Thibault drew upon. What a pity! That would have made my day. Still, very cool video.

@PopeLando Жыл бұрын

That dedication page to Louis literally says "Thirteenth of his name", straight out of GOT.

@seinfan9 Жыл бұрын

Looking slim, Brady. Congrats.

@rasaecnai Жыл бұрын

I havent watched in a while. What happened to Keith?

@TheNinjamanAway Жыл бұрын

Keith isn't in every video, sometimes they have people with expertise in the topic of the video

@sayeager5559 Жыл бұрын

Hes off saving humanity somewhere. Or surfing.

@rasaecnai Жыл бұрын

@@TheNinjamanAway Thanks. I just worried something happened to him. Maybe he is on vacation.

@blindleader42 Жыл бұрын

Someone has already mentioned that Kieth and Adam have never been seen in the same room at the same time... Mighty suspicious, that.

@NickHermans Жыл бұрын

"A rapier lunged right through the eye.... Niceeeee!" Yooooooo man wtf?

@warriorsua Жыл бұрын

Is it just me or Brady lost weight!? Looking good! Cheers from Ukraine!

@jonathanfelgate42 Жыл бұрын

Yyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssss

@TheGreatAtario Жыл бұрын

Brady! Have you lost weight?

@no_handle_required Жыл бұрын

Proclamations remained ineffective until manners changed-----Those who need rules won't behave under them and those who behave don't need rules.

@polares8187 Жыл бұрын

Great job losing weight Brady 💪💪

@esotericVideos Жыл бұрын

I want to enjoy this video, but the whole time I'm thinking "Shouldn't everybody be wearing gloves?!?"

@esotericVideos Жыл бұрын

@Real Aiglon Holy crap what put you in a mood? Do you often pick fights with people for no reason? I was sharing my thoughts, not scolding them. idk what the proper rules/reasons are for wearing gloves or not, but seeing people handing very old things without gloves (when they often do wear gloves) distracts me with thoughts about if they should be wearing gloves. And that's all I was sharing.

@Yaxchilan 9 ай бұрын

lol jamie tried to kill adam and they used it as a promo. lmao i miss the past, jk

@h.Freeman Жыл бұрын

What no gloves😲

@tonytrott9789 Жыл бұрын

Duelling with listols quickly replaced duelling with swords. The Most refined duels were where two men and their seconds would meet somewhere discrete. Dig a grave and the two duellists would climb into the grave select their pistol hold one corner of a handkerchief between them pint the pistol at the opponents head and on the count of three squeeze the trigger. The survivor climbs out and assists to fill in the grave and everyone then leaves. Only one of the wo pistols would be loaed. The selectin of the pistol would be completely random. This ensured that the duel was completely fair.

@winterborn82 Жыл бұрын

I have never heard of this before, and it contradicts nearly every description of a historical duel that I've ever read.

@thomasdalton1508 Жыл бұрын

Dueling was supposed to be about skill, not randomness. I have never heard of random duels and I'm not sure I believe they happened, except possibly very rarely.

@andreaslindegren4617 Жыл бұрын

Amazing that they brought him down to look at the book. But wierd to leave out @LondonLongsword that actively practice and teaches from this book. Follow up video?