Ramses1079
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Post by Ramses1079 on Jul 11, 2017 20:37:38 GMT
Any fans of Viking style "sword & shield" aaaaaaand WATCH:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx6snU_IRSU
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Post by 28shadow on Jul 11, 2017 21:28:07 GMT
Love Roland. He's an awesome swordsman and seems like a genuinely nice fellow with a good sense of humor.
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Post by Ramses1079 on Jul 11, 2017 23:37:44 GMT
Yeah well NO sword and Shield instructors like THAT in my neck of the woods. Mores the pity, I'd LOVE to learn "Viking-Style" fighting. Already know the Asian ways.....wouldn't mind something more to add to the repertoire!
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Post by Cosmoline on Jul 13, 2017 16:30:46 GMT
Roland's one of my gurus. His work in I.33 is well known, but obviously the viking stuff is inherently more speculative. I got to play around with it in Berlin at his bouts last year and should do some more this November. His interpretation makes a lot of sense. The shields he's using are lighter and based more closely on the originals than a lot of others out there. Evidence suggests the vikings tried to make them as light as possible, which supports the idea that they were used actively as a second or even primary weapon. They also work very well as a kind of door spinning on an axis. You choose whether to come over the top or around the side, and can also move your opponent's attack where you want it. Very much a game of fulen.
If you get a chance to get to Berlin at some point you should check out the bouts. I think he's also going to be at WMAW this fall, but that one is pricey. Some folks take issue with his emphasis on slow play. To me it's no different than learning to shoot a firearm. Nobody ever tells you to learn to draw quickly by drawing as fast as you can over and over again. You start super slow to learn to minimize your movements and only then start building up speed. Though I also think there's a point beyond which you do need to start hitting with full force to complete the training. The key is to learn to use your structure first, and then you can hit fast without straining muscles. I've done some full speed work and didn't have trouble keeping up until my brain got cooked inside the gear. That's another big advantage of slow play training--you can pack light!
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Post by Ramses1079 on Jul 13, 2017 23:44:22 GMT
You're so fortunate, that's AWESOME! What an experience that must have been. Oh my god, I think if I were able to go to Europe I might not come back to the U.S! lol I think with Viking shields, they didn't NEED to be heavy or even thick, as long as the metal banding around the edges was tight and secure.......the only real danger (other than fire of course 😜) would be from an axe blow. I MUST share my new FAVORITE VIDEO with everyone: For OBVIOUS reasons of course! Man I love shields 😁 Also 100% correct, with firearms, holstering and unholstering drills are MEANT to be started slow. Speed comes with time and practice......same goes for martial drills. Speed comes with time & experience!
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Post by Cosmoline on Jul 14, 2017 17:16:37 GMT
The thin linden wood structure can be busted up by a blow from a sword, but at that point the attacker has exposed himself to make the strike and buried his sword in the wood. It's a pretty brilliant defensive system. Those guys knew what they were doing. You should hook up with Roland's group on facebook if you haven't already. These days most of his focus is on viking sword and board www.facebook.com/Dimicator-266934476773420/The Berlin trips are remarkably cheap. I got tickets from Seattle for $700 a piece round trip on Lufthansa. You have to order early of course.
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Post by Ramses1079 on Jul 14, 2017 19:31:50 GMT
Very true, it as you pointed out....at that point the attackers "trapped." Advantage.....shield bearer (unless of course the attacker has sword AND seax/dagger). Ugghh if I was single, without my daughter I already would be THERE! 😉 Also I'm not on FB, too much drama, and I'm sick of "new news feeds" every 30 seconds......."picked my nose"..... 30 seconds later: "ate that badboy like it was candy!" 😓 BELIEVE me, I would LOVE to attend his class. I've already taken enough Asian martial arts and some Krav Maga (from a marine friend, no actual classes), but his style is something I'd love to learn.
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Post by Cosmoline on Jul 14, 2017 19:55:48 GMT
FB is a time sink for sure, but it's also the only active place to find links to other practitioners. There are a couple of viking combat schools around. But for most of us you have to travel to seminars and then set up a local group. That's how our local longsword and I.33 groups were created.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2017 7:54:15 GMT
Yeah well NO sword and Shield instructors like THAT in my neck of the woods. Mores the pity, I'd LOVE to learn "Viking-Style" fighting. Already know the Asian ways.....wouldn't mind something more to add to the repertoire! www.hurstwic.com
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Post by Ramses1079 on Jul 17, 2017 22:56:00 GMT
Yeah well NO sword and Shield instructors like THAT in my neck of the woods. Mores the pity, I'd LOVE to learn "Viking-Style" fighting. Already know the Asian ways.....wouldn't mind something more to add to the repertoire! www.hurstwic.comHoly crap, you're like some gift-bearing, Angelesque, sword lover!! Thank you for the link, that's friggin awesome!! I think I only tried to look up some HEMA-style places online, but how you found THAT I don't know.......again, thanks 😁
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Post by 28shadow on Jul 17, 2017 23:08:45 GMT
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