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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2008 8:42:28 GMT
This is just a video of me in my backyard cutting some bottles with the Sword of Auray, my very first real sword. ![](http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj300/RSRF1988/Sword1.jpg)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2008 8:50:07 GMT
Work on stopping the blade just after the target with single cuts, your follow through is far too extensive and can be dangerous. Learn good habits early and they will serve you well. I look forward to seeing more.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2008 9:07:48 GMT
Thanks, I noticed that too after watching and feeling my arm (I mildly pulled a muscle in it). It's only my third time actually cutting with it or any sword so I do need quite a bit more practice. To be honest, when I got this sword I had only held one other non wall-hanger, a Damascus William Marshall at a medieval fair (awesome sword, but a bit over my budget). I'll work on it and post a vid after I handle it some more.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2008 11:36:46 GMT
Body mechanics...work on body motion as well. Are you trying to cut with the sword in the back position? As if you had a shield? If not you should start from one of the guard position. If you are going with shield use, having an actual shield is helpful. Also if that is the case, you need to use your arm less. Generate power from your hips moving and not your arm. You can even take a small step as you cut to generate more power. If you aren't using a shield, you should basically always be moving while attacking, so for cutting, basically you should be stepping into the cut. Oh yeah look up shootermike's vids either here or one youtube for examples. He's VERY good and he even has a basic primer on cutting vid. Oh and whats up with that ad next to your youtube vid?!? Anyways, welcome aboard ![:)](//storage.forums.net/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) .
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Post by Brendan Olszowy on Jul 1, 2008 13:07:39 GMT
That cutting is reminiscent of Ric Willys first vids. I keep waiting for him to bring a stump from behind his back.
My suggestion is to use two hands - grab the pommel and what grip you can with the aft. Do as BW suggests, bring the blade in a downward arc to a point about parallel with the ground.
Good luck.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2008 13:33:19 GMT
Depending on how you want to flow through the cut bring it down so the tip of the blade is still pointing out to the left or right and the blade edge is parallel to the ground. If you are going to flow through from cut to cut to guard then you still stop the same way but the second cut flows straight from the stop and then the second cut stops and then back to guard in a fluid motion.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2008 3:04:58 GMT
I worked a bit on it today cutting some thin holly branches in my yard. Going at it one handed full speed led the pommel to dig into my palm, but I have managed to stop within a foot after I have cut the target . Controlling my speed some also helped. I subbed to ShooterMike on youtube and watched the vid on Sword Cutting. I'm gonna practice some more tomorrow and hopefully take another vid.
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Post by ShooterMike on Jul 2, 2008 4:47:53 GMT
Hey Draxel, congratz on getting started with cutting and joining in the fun. And we can always use another Geat hereabouts. Any relation to Beowulf? Cool. ![8-)](//storage.forums.net/forum/images/smiley/cool.png) I saw lots of good edge alignment in your cuts. Kudos on that. One of the things that really helped me was to envision that I was fighting an opponent, albeit a very slow one. Try placing the sword in one of the guards and move it straight into the cut without "cocking-it-back" prior to cutting. The sword should either snap into the cut if it's stationary, or it should flow and accelerate into the cut if it's already moving. This is harder than it sounds, at least for me. It helped me to think of cuts from a stationary sword as a "sucker punch" kind of affair. You're trying to catch the other guy off guard and snap the cut in before he can react. As for stopping the sword after the cut, what you're really wanting to do is make the cut INTO another guard. Or at least go to the second guard as soon as possible after the cut. Since cutting bottles has practically no resistance, it seems to me that a bottle cut actually simulates a missed strike at an opponent. Or at best one that just, say, removes a finger or two... or maybe a hand. So it isn't just about stopping the sword ASAP, but about getting into a guard position ASAP. Whatever that guard is. It just so happens that the best natural guard to get to from a high-right cut is a low left guard. So that's the one you want to work on first. Then a high-left cut into a low-left guard. Then low-left to high-right and low-right to high-left. And on and on, but that's later... After you get the whole "cut from guard to guard" thing working you can begin "cutting into another cut" and skip the guard. Both techniques are good drills. And fun to boot. Just my thoughts, and something I am definitely struggling through myself. Good luck and stick with the cutting. But be warned... it's addictive. Pretty soon you'll be scrounging plastic bottles from recyccle bins and asking friends to save all their plastic for you to "recycle" *wink-wink*. Good luck and good cutting. ![:)](//storage.forums.net/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2008 9:36:14 GMT
Hey shooter, I think you need an updated intro to cutting video with all the new stuff you learned added in ![;)](//storage.forums.net/forum/images/smiley/wink.png) . We are getting quite a few new people very interested lately it seems.
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Post by ShooterMike on Jul 2, 2008 15:17:58 GMT
I was thinking that when I wrote the above. I will work on it, but not for another month. I just had hernia surgery last Wednesday and I can't swing a sword until July 30th. ![:(](//storage.forums.net/forum/images/smiley/sad.png) But as soon as the surgeon releases me, you can bet I'm gonna be cuttin' a pile o' bottles and mats. ;D
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Post by YlliwCir on Jul 2, 2008 16:01:16 GMT
Draxel, thanks for posting the vid. Always good to see another film maker join in. Looks like your off to a great start to your cutting. You have already got plenty good advice so I'll just give you a karma.
Hmm, is that my trash can?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2008 21:16:31 GMT
Yep, Karma from me too for posting your first cutting! Debbie
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2008 6:35:34 GMT
Sorry to hear that shooter. Hope you feel better soon and get back to making kick arse cutting vids for us ![:)](//storage.forums.net/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) .
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2008 4:17:09 GMT
That sux about the hernia, as I have watched your vids and really found them interesting (especially the cutting technique one). Hope for a quick recovery and hopefully some more vids. Hopefully later this week I'll do some drills and put them up (hopefully I will have more soda bottles by then, too). Anyways, thanx all for the advice and let me be the first to say happy fourth of July (eastern time, that is) to you all.
Rob
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