Schildwache Potsdam I would say a little. Most of the time I wasn’t care that much because the weapon is “slow by itself” only on some thrust we were a bit cautious

Smokin' Pipe Channel thank you!!

Thank you very much!

@@FedericoMalagutti Always.

Jeffrey Cierniak ahahahahahah!

EMRE ALTUN thank you!

Believe me, it’s impossible to practice that kind of sparring safely even with foam weapons due to acceleration of the tip and leverage. That’s why you don’t see it. Otherwise you would see it controlled or without any contact with the opponent.

@@FedericoMalagutti I know it's a old video but you can free spar with a montante used as in the source BUT I've only used a nylon blade. The adversary cannot go all in because I cannot without hurting them and they must wear full protective gear, also they have to "respect the blade". What I mean by that is that one cannot take the hit "for the team" and block the montante by sacrificing his or her life so the companions can attack the montante wielder. But you can definitely spar with it and it's quite fun to do !

Well as many other ways of using a weapon it finds its use and it can indeed be effective. It haves its pros and cons. The forward hand is lesser protected, the reach is shortened etc. But you also have good control of the tip, a better leverage on the weapon. So as in many other cases is a trade which should be decided in regards of the single, specific fight or situation. So yes, it can be effective, but it needs training, situation awareness and precision.

Marozzo describes fighting in duel with what basically is a “relatively small spadone” let’s say around 150s centimeters. Other manuals show it against multiple opponents. Talking about sparring and differences from Longsword, this spar looks like LS because it’s the most reasonable way to fight a single opponent in a duel. The great difference is the control I need to have while cutting to not hurt the opponent, which isn’t a thing in longsword. But even without control, the timing of the fight and its motions would result slower.

Yes, the weight of course influences the way of fencing with them. If the weapon keeps its momentum it is possible to go fast, but to work out parries and trying to not get hit it’s impossible to keep the flow all the time. So longer pauses happens while recovering the weapon or inverting the direction of the motion.

They weight almost twice as a feder and are longer. So because of this are far lesser maneuverable. As any weapon it benefits from a better strength level. But to answer your question: no It’s different compared to a quarterstaff by many aspects, but shares a few of them with it.

Cazzo1231 yes it’s a Regenyey montante trainer. Well, it’s not an easy question to answer. Most of the time the spar is quite safe, if you start to speed up with some kind of Spanish montante combination of movements in which the weapon speed up, you can hurt someone. So we always try to move as fast as we can but we keep track of combination of cuts in which the weapon may speed up too much. Thrusts are not terrible but compared to a feder this montante is far less safer. But to be honest, with some common sense and understanding of the instrument used it’s possible to spar with everything.

Clément Fleury more or less 2.5/6

@@FedericoMalagutti Thx, their weight varies a lot depending on the shops.

TrueDamascus it would work but better without the spin, as you said. Spadone needs more rotations to speed up and decrease the amount of force needed. I am far worst than Niccolo on this side, as a Longsword guy.

Spadone needs to get advantage of momentum so the spin may be a way to follow this path in order to fatigue muscles less. With a longsword you can just contract your action and recover the sword directly after a clean cut. The longsword weight does not impede your movement, so I would not suggest to do such a thing, unless you are willingly adopting a more "flourishy" style just for "scenic" taste.

Antoine Pichon yes ;-)

I'm 198cm tall, I need to try wielding one single-handed like the Mountain :p

@@atomic_wait good luck man

Calum Clark LoL!

lol! Beh allora lo spadone è versatile inteso come possibilità di impiego, ma non supera la normale spada lunga in questi termini. Sono versatili in ambiti differenti, lo spadone è un'arma utile per gestire molti avversari, mentre la spada lunga è un'arma "da fianco" spesso secondaria in battaglia o primaria in termini di duello, e situazioni di vita civile, tra cui l'autodifesa. In sparring preferisco la due mani (spada lunga), sia per affetto, sia per via della maggiore velocità e maneggevolezza. Lo spadone è molto divertente ma in duello a volte è goffo e porta a delle scelte obbligate dettate dall'inerzia che non sempre è facile da ridirigere (e ancor meno di fermare). In termini di trattatistica lo Spadone è un'arma che sembra essere stata utilizzata molto poco in contesto duellistico, di più invece in ambito guerresco (ma anche li ricoprendo un ruolo minoritario e specialistico) e di "deterrente" in termini di vita civile, ossia spesso veniva affidato a guardie e soldati incaricati di sorvegliare punti chiave, in quei casi il deterrente dettato dal timore di avere a che fare con quell'arma era di ancor più valore che l'effettivo impiego dell'arma stessa. Ci sarebbe molto altro da dire comunque. In breve, personalmente preferisco la spada a due mani di stampo medievale, ciò nonostante trovo lo spadone molto divertente e affascinante.

@@FedericoMalagutti Grazie per le delucidazioni!

Seems like a fun experience.

it is! eheheheh