They are fighting under SCA rapier rules

@@mrRPN416 If this is true, then that means in SCA all you need to do is wave your weapon around like a noodle and get multiple little taps to win. Doesn't sound very fun imo. Maybe I will watch some SCA videos and see what it is about.

@@dawnbreakerii204 the armor standards for SCA are basically punch proof material think first blood rather than trying to drive 4 in of steel into your opponent, I am mostly a heavy fighter when I do rapier I have to be very cautious not to hit my opponent too hard

Kingdom of atlantia,

Exactly what I was going for, I still think I need more glitter

I've always been told my flatsnaps are pretty quick. Your flatsnaps must have been God-tier. Could you please link me to some wrist release shots you mentioned? I couldn't find anything on KZfaq about them. Thank you!

@Ghostasm Keep in touch, and I will send you some techniques. Promise! We were God's back in the day. I fought at Pennsic in the early 2,000's. Over ten thousand on the battlefield. It was amazing! Siege weapons as well.

@@charlesparrish8670 I've never made it up to Pennsic, but I did start going to Gulf Wars in the 2000s and 2010s. Unfortunately, it's been a while since I've been. What Kingdom were you located in? We're in Atlantia.

Smallish shields, pretty sure the idea is to keep those far away from you right so you cover a bigger angle?

While they always could be doing a better job with that, the spear is just a really tough weapon to fight when the user knows what they’re doing

It's SCA heavy list

Very true, though there was a video made by Roland Warzecha about training with sharp swords and found an interesting discovery about how a sharp blade changes the dynamic. Suggest you give it a look.

It's pretty difficult though to be fair.

Parry? Sure, but they really need to close distance or, better, run away. Guy's got a spear!

probably gives that impression because of the extra long arms.

@@Matthew-mj8xt Haha. Thank you! If only my abilities extended as far as my arms, then I'd be cooking with grease.

You talking about like around 6:05?

ИСБ против толкиениста. Победа спортсмена над любителем.

@jameswolfe1487 There's a more exaggerated version from a different angle earlier in the video. Am somewhat ducking, but also leaning away from it while bringing my basket hilt across my face. It usually stays pretty tight with the shield (if not slightly behind it) to create a plane that takes the flatsnap away. Between the lean and the angular nature of the helmet, it typically causes any flatsnaps that do sneak through to skip off. The shot I find that I'm most open to from that position is the deep wrap to the shoulder. Typically, from that position, my feet are damn near planted and it's the body weight that forces me to pivot off to the right (where I can throw a return flatsnap or leg wrap). If I can catch the flatsnap with a punch and not be thrown off balance, I'm usually looking for the return offside.