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Post by wstalcup on Sept 21, 2020 21:05:12 GMT
good day! I've been searching ye youtube.com and not coming up with training for leaf bladed swords, Dost thou knoweth of where i can find some training on it, prithee? Its radically different from other swords, almost like an axe for handling I thank thee!
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Post by Timo Nieminen on Sept 21, 2020 23:08:12 GMT
Don't expect them to be axe-like in general, especially the longer ones. The wide section is typically thin, for better cutting. The narrow section is thicker, for stiffness, and narrow to keep the weight down (half the width and double the thickness give 4 times the stiffness for the same weight). The 18th-19th century equivalent to leaf-blades are broad-tipped sabres such as the British P1796LC and Chinese oxtail dao, which have a similar reputation as brutal heavy-tipped cleavers that doesn't match the reality.
Depending on how leafy it is, it will be either a cutting-oriented sword or a cut-thrust sword, and used the same as non-leaf cutting or cut-thrust swords. Historically, often with a large shield. Viking sword-and-shield would be a good model, but alas that predates our written sources, and the best we have is speculative reconstruction.
There are short leaf-bladed or wide-tipped swords or large knives that are heavy for their length (some kukris, some barongs), but these are usually still agile weapons because that weight is all close to the hilt (because the weapon is short). Martial arts for short swords and large knives like arnis/escrima/kali work well enough for these (some arnis/escrima/kali people like to play with barongs, even though it isn't a weapon these martial arts were designed for; it works well enough).
(The baseline most people seem to have for "axe-like" is things like felling axes. This version of "axe-like" isn't accurate even for most battle-axes.)
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Post by wstalcup on Sept 21, 2020 23:22:37 GMT
Don't expect them to be axe-like in general, especially the longer ones. The wide section is typically thin, for better cutting. The narrow section is thicker, for stiffness, and narrow to keep the weight down (half the width and double the thickness give 4 times the stiffness for the same weight). The 18th-19th century equivalent to leaf-blades are broad-tipped sabres such as the British P1796LC and Chinese oxtail dao, which have a similar reputation as brutal heavy-tipped cleavers that doesn't match the reality. Depending on how leafy it is, it will be either a cutting-oriented sword or a cut-thrust sword, and used the same as non-leaf cutting or cut-thrust swords. Historically, often with a large shield. Viking sword-and-shield would be a good model, but alas that predates our written sources, and the best we have is speculative reconstruction. There are short leaf-bladed or wide-tipped swords or large knives that are heavy for their length (some kukris, some barongs), but these are usually still agile weapons because that weight is all close to the hilt (because the weapon is short). Martial arts for short swords and large knives like arnis/escrima/kali work well enough for these (some arnis/escrima/kali people like to play with barongs, even though it isn't a weapon these martial arts were designed for; it works well enough). (The baseline most people seem to have for "axe-like" is things like felling axes. This version of "axe-like" isn't accurate even for most battle-axes.) awesome! thanks so much!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2020 0:40:19 GMT
This is a good thread. Thanks timo you should have a YouTube channel. You are the Matt Easton of sbg
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