Thank you! I personally every much enjoy the challenge of fencing against weapons that provide a reach advantage.

Light jacket (instructor's fencing jacket it fine). Some form of forearm protection. Here I used isolated forearm guards and gloves, but gloves that cover the forearm are fine so long as you have elbow protection. Knee/Shin protection, groin protection, and of course a mask. The type of glove is dependant on what kind of sabre you are using and how much hand protection it has.

@@TheSinisterSwordsman Thanks!

Lol, I figured you'd appreciate this one.

@@TheSinisterSwordsman I live for these exchanges haha

Krieger Historical Weapons. I got the most curvy sabre with a lot of hand protection so I could do dussack stuff in sabre tournaments.

From where I sourced it it was titled Solus X Interstellar by Gabriel Albuquerqüe

I honestly don't think I'd be here today without it.

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Disagree, but whatever floats your boat.

Strong words for someone who can’t even pull off a good Mayonnaise. Just kidding lol. No hard feelings

⁠@@Swordandsteel MAYONNAISE oh my god I’m cackling

@@TheSinisterSwordsman I hope that there are no hard feelings... it was executed well. If that was you in the video you did the faint part well and ultimately that is the main thing. How you exploited the gap in the opponents defensive posture/guard is not what really matters in the end. This was nothing but an example of a thrust to a cut faint, but since you were close and a knife needs more power because of a lack of weight a semi-circular moulinet is what does the job effectively. If I can give one small advice than that is to start the fainting part with a gathering step and than exploit the gap with a decisive lunge. Your back leg was already far back and you were fully extended in the lunge, if the opponent didn't take the bait as he did you would be out of distance.

@@TheSinisterSwordsman Also, are those Cold Steel practise knives (Laredo bowie), how are they holding up. I heard that the recent versions are very brittle and that the guard snaps off easily.

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I enjoy it more, but that's just me.

I am a stick. I could be fire, but I am a stick.

The one in the paper sheath is an Ontario Old Hickory knife. I use it for the finer work.

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Feel free to do so in the future. It'll help cover mine up 😅

Trying to, for sure!

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Can do!

Glad you're enjoying it!

Many thanks! Happy you enjoyed it!🖤

For sure!

Clark Tower in Winterset, Iowa!

@@mccellansiruta5406 what he said ^^^

Good eye! Stealing a bit from his Pogen, but largely applying the isolation between the upper and lower body movements.

Hi! Kinda hard to explain, but it's basically how I personally like to fight Singlestick. I do have background in Modern Olympic Sabre and know this as a "number 7 guard" (which to my knowledge was largely used in cavalry contexts). But referencing historical sources I apply messer body mechanics to it (largely the specific manner of isolation between the upper and lower body movements, as well as moving around the weapon just as much as moving the weapon around yourself) and use it to effectively replicate the effect of a "St George's guard" on the outside line. I find it's very prudent to me as a left handed fighter who predominantly fights right handed opponents to have a technique that fills the same roll mechanically, but on the side that I get primarily attacked from.

@@TheSinisterSwordsman I get it, but I must say that I am somewhat disappointed, because I was really hoping that you had found an older than 19th century source for single stick fighting, but that's on me. I'm vaguely familiar with Lekuchner, I have a translation of his work, I've read through it and watched some vids. I can see how you got to your interpretations. The mechanics of the movement are also reminiscent of Persian mills exercises. Are you basing your single stick in the general context of mounted combat and adapting to a foot? I'm curious what your interpretations are, because my field of interest is a Polish Saber. Were single sick, arguably was the base exercise, but it had to be meant predominantly for mounted combat, but certain movements, actions, steps meant to be done on foot are utterly uses on the horse. My conclusions led me to believe that Polish single stick was meant to build strong habits and behaviors suited for mounted combat. I've noticed this application in your presentation that why I am interested in more of your videos on this subject. Based on my findings, from reading memoirs, it seems that only the head and face hits were the main valid target, to score victory, every other body part was, fair game meant to soften the opponent and cause him to expos the head.

​​@@maciekbojarski3624sorry to disappoint. I'd heard similar things about polish stick fighting as well. Have you looked into medieval/Renaissance German Rossfechten? I know that Talhoffer has some, and a not insignificant ammount of Lecküchner is also derived from Rossfechten. Those might have contributed to the style I use, as both are sources I research/reference.

@@TheSinisterSwordsman No, I disappointed myself by getting my hopes up, but you never know what people can find. Just recently, I started getting more in the German manuscripts, as they're getting more available with more and more translation that are coming out, at least I'm finding more than before, and besides it was not the period and field of my interest. Thanks for the tip on Rossfechten I'll see what I can find. Recently I've been reading Liechtenauer school manuscripts. For the longest time I had a suspicion that Polish Sabre had something to do, partly, with long sword tradition. Reading those manuscripts, seems to reinforce it. It is not the cutting, but the principles governing the mechanics. Of course, there are eastern influences that need to be considered when you read a 16th century Ottoman manuscript, and on top of that there are Jesuit and Piarists schools that thought and practice single stick as part of their curriculum. The schools open the door to the foreign influences, such as Italian and French, by employing fencing teachers for single stick. So as you can see, there is a wide field of possibilities to scour for a single stick, but there is not much to be found.

@@maciekbojarski3624 the sheer diversity of cultural influences is one of the things I love about sabre. ALSO! You've probably already heard of Joachim Meyer, but his dussack system is directly in the lineage of descent from Lecküchner, and is closer temporally to Polish Sabre. Might be worth a look.

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Much thanks! I'm super happy with it so far!

If these weapons were about 3-5 inches longer, we'd probably see more. I think it's cause establishing/maintaining control over the opponent's blade is much harder to do, since they can wiggle out much more easily. I do plan to experiment more with this with longer daggers, as my system has grapples present, so stay tuned!

Absolutely valid. This is, after all, for fun. If you're referring to the level changing stop thrust, it may come from cappo ferro indirectly through Hutton or Biddle. I know both studied older sources.