On Respect for the Point
The fencer needs to respect the weapon that they are using not fear it. If the fencer has fear of the weapon they are not likely to engage with the opponent with their full being and thus actions will be performed sloppily and without intention. This will result in inaccurate actions, bad form and bad…
Gripping Swords under stress
Having a perfect grip on your weapon is great, until stress gets involved. Just as martial arts can boil down to the simplest techniques under pressure, so can the way we hold weapons. Schola Gladiatoria HEMA – sword fighting classes in the UK: https://www.swordfightinglondon.com Channel support and 3 extra videos per month on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scholagladiatoria…
Lockdown Longbow – Now I have WAR ARROWS!
The “Lockdown Longbow” is actually a modern compound crossbow that shoots medieval war arrows at exactly the same speed as a 160lbs English War Longbow. Why am I doing this? 1. I am too weedy to draw a really heavy war bow 2. This allows me to run all sorts of tests showing what a…