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Post by susieqz on Dec 14, 2019 15:37:25 GMT
i found this on you tube. do you approve?
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Post by MOK on Dec 14, 2019 17:10:49 GMT
This one?
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Post by Jordan Williams on Dec 14, 2019 18:40:14 GMT
I like the english sources. I will go ahead and add that Nick Thomas is an accomplished teacher of swordsmanship, and if he does not cover it in his video, remember to throw a cut as if you are throwing the line of a fishing reel. Just make sure you do not over extend your elbow as it can be quite painful. Also, by the fencing theory taught to me, always remain with your legs squatted as if you are are constantly loading a spring.
You can find the british sword exercise on ebay for about 10 bucks, paperback.
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Post by susieqz on Dec 14, 2019 18:56:01 GMT
thanks, that's the one i like it because it's simple. i want to practice a bunch of moves til they come automatic. thanks for the book cite. i prefer books.
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Post by Jordan Williams on Dec 14, 2019 22:53:11 GMT
thanks, that's the one i like it because it's simple. i want to practice a bunch of moves til they come automatic. thanks for the book cite. i prefer books.
This book covers much ground.
This video series is also quite good.
Of particular enjoyment to me - the sword he is using is a P1827 rifles officer sabre. I have a P1845 Infantry officer and use it for cutting quite often.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2019 7:21:50 GMT
thanks, that's the one i like it because it's simple. i want to practice a bunch of moves til they come automatic. thanks for the book cite. i prefer books.
This book covers much ground.
This video series is also quite good.
Of particular enjoyment to me - the sword he is using is a P1827 rifles officer sabre. I have a P1845 Infantry officer and use it for cutting quite often.
I am a big fan of Matt Easton. His drills work fantastic with almost any weapon tbh
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Post by susieqz on Dec 15, 2019 17:33:21 GMT
thanks. i've seen many easton vids, but those were about different swords, not training. i'll look.
i don't need to be a super swordsperson but i need some moves that i can make instinctual.
kinda dumb to have a weapon n not be able to use it well.
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Post by wlewisiii on Dec 15, 2019 22:09:27 GMT
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Post by susieqz on Dec 16, 2019 0:31:48 GMT
thanks, i think i want a little library on swords. i love books. i have 4 floor to ceiling bookcases, but my books are mostly fiction.
is there a consensus on this forum about the best sabre system?
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Post by Jordan Williams on Dec 16, 2019 0:59:29 GMT
thanks, i think i want a little library on swords. i love books. i have 4 floor to ceiling bookcases, but my books are mostly fiction. is there a consensus on this forum about the best sabre system? Here isn't the best place to ask. It's more geared toward collecting than use at any rate. I like Alfred Huttons sabre manual "Cold Steel" from a tactics and method point of view. Colonel Marey Monge has a book on how to cut well and is a veritable thesis argument, very scientific and a great tool. Scholagladitoria forums are geared towards the practical usage of sword in HEMA, which is the study and implementation of historical European martial arts.
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Post by Jordan Williams on Dec 16, 2019 2:41:38 GMT
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Post by wlewisiii on Dec 16, 2019 4:03:54 GMT
Start with the book I mentioned - it's designed for beginners and presents a system that is at the core of all modern military saber in the UK and US. Once you know it, the material in Hutton's Cold Steel will make more sense and act as an advanced course in saber. Hutton's book is interesting because he was a duelist and the tactics show that in places. Waite's Lessons in Singlestick, Saber and Bayonette is a beginners book too and Matt Easton uses it to teach saber in his classes. I found it more difficult to follow than "The Art of Defense On Foot". Hutton also wrote a book called The Swordsman which is more beginner oriented than Cold Steel. The material on Foil (essentially modern sport fencing as he derives it from Smallsword) is the most valuable. Another useful book, more for attitude and tactics than pure technique (though that is in it too) is the Expert Swordsman's Companion by Donald McBane. Oh, and just recently available is a pdf of Lt William Pringle Green's 1812 "Instructions for training a ships crew in the use of arms in attack and defence" which presents a very practical system for naval cutlass - iow short saber - in confined spaces such as in a boarding action at sea. The use of a pistol as, essentially, a buckler is very interesting to me. swordfight.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Instructions-for-training-a-ships-crew-in-the-use-of-arms-in-attack-and-defence-by-Lieutenant-William-Pringle-Green-1812.pdfIn the end, the "best" system of saber is the one you learn to the point that if you cross blades, you can win. Hope this helps.
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Post by susieqz on Dec 16, 2019 5:59:55 GMT
thank tons, guys. those will get me started.
i just need to be semi-competent.
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Post by Cosmoline on Dec 16, 2019 18:48:14 GMT
Starting with saber is a great idea. It's easier to understand than the medieval and renaissance sword material, and designed to be picked up and applied quickly.
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Post by pgandy on Dec 16, 2019 22:46:33 GMT
One thing I haven’t heard and is very important if you can obtain one, and that’s a sparring partner. I lost mine and haven’t been able to replace. Swords are not of any interest in my country, except for the customs people.
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Post by susieqz on Dec 16, 2019 23:52:51 GMT
yeah, i know i can't do much without a partner, i'll never find one. every time i mention swords to someone, i get looks that say i need to be in an institution.
the high plains are heavily armed, mostly with western style guns. this is cowboy country.
when people see me with a gun on my hip, they hardly notice it. i could legally carry a sword but that would court a padded cell.
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Post by Cosmoline on Dec 17, 2019 1:03:05 GMT
Never say never. Alaska is now home to half a dozen active HEMA groups, plus various JSA and CSA ones.
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Post by wlewisiii on Dec 17, 2019 1:16:27 GMT
yeah, i know i can't do much without a partner, i'll never find one. every time i mention swords to someone, i get looks that say i need to be in an institution. the high plains are heavily armed, mostly with western style guns. this is cowboy country. when people see me with a gun on my hip, they hardly notice it. i could legally carry a sword but that would court a padded cell. I refer to my swordsmanship as my exercise program. That is generally seen as an understandable if somewhat eccentric hobby. A pell helps a lot if you don't have a sparring partner. So can a bubble macine if you wan practice hitting small mobile targets.
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Post by susieqz on Dec 17, 2019 1:25:01 GMT
haha. i referred to this as an exercize program TO MYSELF,to justify buying swords....
i always wanted o move to alaska, but it there are ema groups there it must be more built up than i thot.
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Dec 17, 2019 1:28:46 GMT
You have now entered the twilight zone! (dingdingdingding dingdingdingding)
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