Nathan Hunt glad you like it :) I spend a lot of time trying to think of the best way to edit these, always validating when people notice the effort. - Julian (the editor)

Blood and Iron HEMA The replay after the slo-mo is also really helpful as are the red point circles and the yellow miss circles. I think commentary can sometimes be distracting and that all makes it easy enough to follow so that commentary isn't necessary.

Glad you're enjoying the sparring :) It's funny how these get less views considering how sparring is among Skallagrim's more popular videos, where people constantly ask for more :P

Certainly! I love your channel and what you stand for. Although you both cover sparring, I think the audiences are different. A lot of your subscribers seem to practice HEMA and appreciate the techniques you cover. As evident by your patreon follower content. The one thing that I would love to see more on the channel is spear and halberd sparring/techniques, good ones are hard to come by. Cheers, keep up the great work!

Come back in...maybe 30 minutes ish. 11:30

I saw the video, thank you! Always great to see Julian and Nicole make it seem so easy haha. Much love for you guys.

Chaosism That's a great idea! We'll definitely look at incorporating that in the future :)

If a good crossing (or bind) occures it means that both opponents are close enough to get hit without making another step. It's a very dangerous palce to be when fighting without armor. It means that you have to be both quick and precise when doing those techniques. One needs a lot of training to use those in sparring. Any mistake can result in your defeat or a double hit. It becomes even harder when your opponent fails to think of their own safety and leaves the bind to simply cut again. Also, while the advanced techniques are great, one should never underestimate the basics, such as a good cut while retreating to safety. If you can make a good attack and stay safe, you probably should. While I'm fond of training extra-hard, challenging myself and trying new things out, you simply can't do that all the time.

derFaust We do, but it also depends on where the initial targets are. We'll be much more critical on an afterblow performed on a body shot, because there's a lot that can go wrong with those. But if you destroy a vital structure, such as the arm, head, or parts of the leg, we'll be a little dismissive of them as it's almost impossible to deliver a proper cut if said structure is destroyed. (That's not to say we ignore afterblows, not at all. They're very important to learn from)

haha! For sure, although we're in Canada. We have two locations, one in Burnaby, and one in Victoria (Both in British Columbia)

Would you have a video to showcase that kind of footwork you're talking about?

Well you guys aren't trying to cut with swords, just beat up people in armor with them. There's footwork for cutting and there's footwork for I'm going to use the sword as blunt steel bar and beat someone up with it in armor. I mean it's not like being hit with a sharp sword on your unprotected body can do any damage, everyone knows medieval swords used blunt over heavy dull swords and just started beating people with them