Longsword Sparring - March 2024

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3 ай бұрын

Trying out providing running commentary with the sparring footage on this one. Please let me know if you prefer this over having just the footage to watch!
We are both using longswords from SIGI. Mine is a Shorty Feder, and my sparring partner's is a Shorty King. sigiforge.com/
#sword #longsword #hema #fencing #martialarts

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@skeleleleton 3 ай бұрын

As a noob trying to learn HEMA things, the voiceover was a HUGE help in comprehending every little thing that happened so fast. Big ups for this one

@skeleleleton 3 ай бұрын

Also I love how gracefully you support your opponent's plays as well as yours. If he did something well you point it out so we can learn from your wrongs and his rights. That thrust at 3:05 was nice :D

@nickpiovesan4361 2 ай бұрын

Same here, much appreciate this kind of content

@samshalliker575 3 ай бұрын

The VO is a big help :)

@Moridin69 2 ай бұрын

Seriously without it it's all just cool sword swinging for me

@genossinwaabooz4373 3 ай бұрын

Narration is so helpful!!! Now I can put terms to what all skills we'd been working on. So cool.

@seacucumberable 3 ай бұрын

As someone who loves watching your videos but I don't know much about sparring, the narration is really valuable and really helps me watch the whole thing without becoming disengaged. Thanks Robin!

@patrickardagh-walter6609 3 ай бұрын

The voiceover definitely adds value, it helps keep track of the action and lets us know what you were intending to do, rather than just seeing the end result once the plan has made contact with the enemy, as it were. Great video as always!

@KickinItStudios 3 ай бұрын

Love this format and great fencing!

@stuffystuff5775 24 күн бұрын

You two are so talented! The commentary helped my understand the intricacies of each situation a lot more than I otherwise would have. Amazing work! ⚔️

@dirtbones3694 3 ай бұрын

the narration is super useful for people who don’t know a lot about the technique behind it (me) awesome job!

@thereforedragons 3 ай бұрын

I think the voice over is great. I really enjoy the added perspective, and I think the insight is instructive.

@daveOnYouTube Ай бұрын

This was really cool and I'm glad I found it. I enjoyed the voice over and the education throughout the sparring session. Please continue!

@Chibi_changa 2 ай бұрын

I keep coming back to this, your flow is fantastic. Constantly moving from one action to the next without stopping or pausing in between is something I've been trying to practice, so I keep stealing bits of your footwork and follow-on actions to try out in sparring.

@Hulloder Ай бұрын

Really great and helpful voiceover!! Thank you!!

@johnnypowers2489 3 ай бұрын

i'd like to imagine someone walking home late at night and then seeing two guys fighting with swords lol

@jeffbutler1614 Ай бұрын

Dig the voiceover. Also love the distance management, no wild collisions. Very clean fencing!

@juliusEST 3 ай бұрын

More of this

@spartanhawk7637 3 ай бұрын

I started off coming here just to say your style in your other videos is impeccable, now I'm just sitting here enjoying some HEMA exchanges.

@JanHoos Ай бұрын

yes!! the voice over is so helpfull to get a better grip on the techniques and level of training involved. It stops being a “cool fight to look at” and starts being a lot more :)

@sayrins6196 2 ай бұрын

The narration is great and really helps to visualice what we’ve seen in static training situtions Also hearing the “i miss a beat and i run in to the point” made the video for me, so unexpectesdly funny

@VASM160689 3 ай бұрын

I love this format! My group hasn't been training so I've been training by myself sometimes. The narration helps understanding what is happening and just watching these allows me to learn a few things myself! Please bring more of these!

@xCorvus7x 3 ай бұрын

That was very interesting. I have to rewind often to really see everything you bring up, your explanations make the footage all the more insightful.

@lycandula Ай бұрын

The narration is perfect. Anything you mention that I don't catch the first time (which is a lot, I don't practice this art), I can rewind to see what I missed! I know it's a bit more work, but the voice over is very helpful for info.

@douglascolquhoun8502 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the narration. It really adds educational value and clarity to the video.

@jonharker9028 3 ай бұрын

Definitely a fan of the voiceover - noting the plans you had for the night and seeing the intentions behind each exchange are a cool new layer. I’m also appreciative that you show your sparring partner’s good hits, too. And great fencing from both you and your sparring partner, keep it up!

@jimmyfairfield3289 3 ай бұрын

Loved to hear your voice, it adds a lot to the fencing you look amazing. keep it up!

@ilasdad2875 3 ай бұрын

Very helpful to hear the commentary. Thanks !

@Mikebloke 3 ай бұрын

Would love more of this. Can quite happily watch this all day.

@rowanashton5490 2 ай бұрын

This is so cool! It makes much more sense with the voice over explanation. Good learning tool

@JTadeo128 Ай бұрын

Very cool. Some people just run right into each other, but you guys spar like it's a real sword duel. Awesome

@danjohnston9037 3 ай бұрын

It works

@BraydenTerpening 3 ай бұрын

The narration really helps my understanding of how to use different techniques, please keeo it up

@Grimprospect 3 ай бұрын

Excellent video, I can't wait to get into this sport

@jhonpayne1747 2 ай бұрын

This is the most interesting!! It’s awesome.. it all interesting but this is gold!

@zhillsdaniel Ай бұрын

Haha this is sick. The narration is cool so we can see the techniques. Sparring and sword combat is interesting.

@andyedwards9222 3 ай бұрын

Some lovely exchanges and the voice over was great.

@misterwin2393 15 күн бұрын

Seeing you explain the moves in a short is pretty good, but hearing you call out the move as you do it against a live opponent is a HUGE help in being able to understand what the moves are and how they work! I feel like I'd spend all my time practicing things like the Zwerchau(?) and then spend the whole match hand sniping lol

@sandpirate1662 3 ай бұрын

Really liked the voiceover!

@Jasongy827 Ай бұрын

Amazing

@ianvolz-price7653 3 ай бұрын

As someone who does foam, this was great! thanks!

@Kodiac 3 ай бұрын

Love the Voice over, love the video !

@rawsama1513 Ай бұрын

Voice over was peak thanks!!!

@thehumbledude 2 ай бұрын

You both are very great to watch when you guys spar, both of you guys are skilled and yet both of you get better as you progressed, I hope you guys get into one of those renaissance fair battle contests. You both would make a great team, and tbh you'd probably win too.

@justinnewman13 3 ай бұрын

Like many others, I had no idea how complex this practice was. With your videos like this I get a chance to see respectfully created historically accurate sword combat

@MrBOBOCHOCHO 3 ай бұрын

Awesome video!

@veg0machine 3 ай бұрын

Definitely appreciate the voice over

@peterhausamann5923 3 ай бұрын

Cool to see you in action.

@MrBillyt291 3 ай бұрын

Narration helps a ton. Thank you.

@emiach 3 ай бұрын

The Cake vs The Rake

@Champion_14 2 ай бұрын

Good stuff, love the VO

@federicoronchi725 3 ай бұрын

your fencing is very clean, congrats

@StuffGong 3 ай бұрын

Really nice exchanges !

@daviddelange1958 3 ай бұрын

The VO was very useful, made me really think about doing this as a training/review tool. I liked the way you had added the hits with Xs, is there a simple to use tool for doing this?

@robinswords 3 ай бұрын

I add them in with my video editing software. They're easy enough to do.

@Prededator777 3 ай бұрын

Voice over is great!

@demingzhang7204 14 күн бұрын

we should all review our sparring, this is the best way to find faults and improve. Gotta get pass the embarrassment of failure

@emmtropy 3 ай бұрын

I very much enjoyed the voiceover! Definitely learned a lot. (When you said "got my second wind" my brain immediately went to DnD and said "oh so he'd be a Fighter" 😂)

@octagram2955 11 күн бұрын

Dope

@user-cj3pk2tm9s Ай бұрын

This is wild.

@STVODVIL 3 ай бұрын

Awesome. Good outro jazz.

@Branchtail 18 күн бұрын

Yes please keep up with the voice over!!

@owen-fv1xb 23 күн бұрын

me and my friends have recently been getting into longsword sparring with homemade foam swords, and this was a really fun watch as i now get to see how bad we were at it (in comparison to this)

@LeRoyt97 3 ай бұрын

The voice over is nice.

@veteranhoplite 3 ай бұрын

Yes! Do more voice overs, please!

@greywinter24 Ай бұрын

VO was neat, I've never seen your stuff before, or any fencing content at all until now. Took me half of the video to figure out which one you were. Would recommend mentioning that in the beginning or some on screen text maybe? This is really neat stuff though, will continue to watch your videos. Love finding new stuff

@MoluskToeCheese 3 ай бұрын

Maan these sword clashes make bad ass noises

@Scottish-Batman 8 күн бұрын

Great stuff! ^^ wp the pair of you!

@veronica9634 2 ай бұрын

love the inclusion of the voice over!

@victorcharles27 3 ай бұрын

400k subscribers 🎉

@eternaldreamerofsleep 23 күн бұрын

I don’t know much of what fencing is, but this was really cool!

@paulgrimes818 3 ай бұрын

The voice over is great! Please continue. 😅

@Theknightman-wg1dz 3 ай бұрын

I wanted to just point out a difference I noticed. I saw that when you stepped, your feet got closer together while at my club, I learned to step so they got further. I thought it was interesting seeing how interpretations differ.

@kamrad_ichu Ай бұрын

In Game of Thrones sir Barristan would cut off hands, legs, heads of Garphia's sons

@peterl9022 2 ай бұрын

Great vid! Random question, is there a weapon equivalent to a beer keg? My friend's and I used to play Brush v Keg and we are split on which should win consistently with trained fighters. I'm a brush man myself. (sweeping brush)

@jazzyfoo 21 күн бұрын

It would be interesting to see Miyamoto Musaishi fight any swordsman from the beginning of recorded history. He has become a mythic figure now but there is a reason for it, he was a master at killing people in duels.

@CyberZ1lla 3 ай бұрын

I’m interested in learning do you have any recommendations on where to start for example some sort of classes or something

@alirzayolc4711 3 ай бұрын

I like the voice over. İt's more educational

@solarupdraft 2 ай бұрын

do you have any material on using footwork to simultaneously deceive a cut and deliver your own cut?

@spupergames7771 3 ай бұрын

3:37 is my favorite

@chrisaguirre4771 3 ай бұрын

thank god for armor, fights would be over in a second

@Kable_TV 3 ай бұрын

How does one get into sword sparring I did fencing as a kid and it was really fun

@Kabank1ller 4 күн бұрын

Hello, I want to know how many styles of fencing with a long sword are there or what styles of fencing do you know and practice?

@danielstrobl4451 24 күн бұрын

Hi. Just a fast question. The Kriegsmesser you used in some of your videos. Is it the Kriegsmesser from Haller? And if yes would you recommend it?

@robinswords 24 күн бұрын

It's by Balaur Arms. I really like it, but it's discontinued in that form. I don't think they've released the new iteration yet.

@PhoenixJ-rk3me 3 ай бұрын

Hey, I am interested in swordfighting, but i did not understand the difference between hema and fencing and signed up for fencing classes. If i were to switch to hema after my 9 week class is up, how well would any skills transfer. Very insightful and entertaining video, by the way.

@robinswords 3 ай бұрын

Sport fencers making the jump usually do really well, though with only 9 weeks, it won't make a huge difference either way

@Robert040867 2 ай бұрын

where is your stab when it is wide open? just a 56 old Dutch HEMA fan that came arcoss this video! I am out there since 2019 so still learning!

@gangstabean4565 3 ай бұрын

Do the x’s mean hits or blocks?

@N38Productions 3 ай бұрын

Can you explain how you do your flurry without eating a zornhau or zornort as you press? Are you reading that they'll respect it? Or is there something I'm missing.

@robinswords 3 ай бұрын

Column A, Column B? Sometimes the flurries don't work out, but I can generally read when launching one full tilt will draw the passive response I'm looking for. It's this balancing act of knowing you can push them, but push them too long and they'll find the gap and exploit it.

@mrbeefal0 Ай бұрын

Badass. Next time do with sharp swords pls so we can have different opponents every time :)

@WhiteStripesStripiestFan 29 күн бұрын

Swordfights irl are actually scarier than gunfights, imo. But that's just my opinion.

@Ser-Vex131 20 күн бұрын

Man i really, REALLY want to get into HEMA but i''ve had a look around my area and i've seen barely anything to help.

@nicopetri3533 17 күн бұрын

Have you tried Hemaalliance?

@Ser-Vex131 17 күн бұрын

@@nicopetri3533 I did not, thank uou very kindly!

@soliderofgodrick 2 ай бұрын

You should check out For Honor’s New Warden Animations!! (Hilt strikes)

@pravaris 2 ай бұрын

Love the voiceover. It's my first time seeing any kind of sword sparring so I would have lost interest within the first minute without the commentary. One more note, I didn't know which person was you until I inferred it after four bouts. Would be helpful to new viewers if you briefly indicated which one you are.

@akdele5 3 ай бұрын

I tried longsword with soft swords recently, but didn't like it. Still this looks very interesting

@janedanchinova7072 3 ай бұрын

Soft like for larping or polypropylene? Cause polypropylene allows to work with thrusts, while larping swords are like sausages

@akdele5 3 ай бұрын

@@janedanchinova7072 in Russia it's called Modern Sword Battle and it's definitely not the larp swords. I was told only the sabre allows for thrusts because it bends

@janedanchinova7072 3 ай бұрын

@@akdele5 oh, I get it. SMB is fun but too unrealistic. While we have larp community in Russia most fencing is on swords with fiberglass blades. I actually have one longsword made out of fiberglass. It has weight behind every blow, it acts almost like real thing. Yet thrust are forbidden since blade doesn't bend and fencer is risking fatally stabbing their partner. Fiberglass swords are more common for field role-playing games. We also have HEMA or reconstruction clubs in most of regions. I recommend you to try them out - those are good

@akdele5 3 ай бұрын

@@janedanchinova7072 I'm going to try out HEMA, but I've still yet to get equipment and get good with the techniques. I still don't understand why you'd do a windup attack with a sabre though, isn't it more effective when you just extend your arm from the guard? It makes the attack twice as fast

@janedanchinova7072 3 ай бұрын

@@akdele5 it might look like that. The purpose of winding up is to set chain of blows, mostly 3 or 4 in a row. It almost impossible to hit experienced fencer with one blow since their reaction time is on par with one of a cat. Knowing that you try to manipulate opponents blade in place where it can't block your next strike

@clydecox2108 3 ай бұрын

Voice over good.

@nayyarrashid4661 3 ай бұрын

Have you done a video on the most realistic sword fighting game, Hellish Quart?

@soter8253 3 ай бұрын

Which swords were both of you using? Is one of them a sigi king?

@robinswords 3 ай бұрын

I have a SIGI Shorty Feder and they have a SIGI Shorty King

@poisonated7467 3 ай бұрын

I have no idea, but I really dislike going for people's hands, it just seems...boring. Though, Im curious if it's realistic or we just assume its realistic. I'd like to get into HEMA, but I dont have any facilities near me.

@liminalimit8784 3 ай бұрын

Make video more about polearms

@lashlarue7924 2 ай бұрын

How is this not equivalent to playing laser tag with a 9mm auto loaded with hydra-shock JHP? Because getting tagged with one of those would be about the same.