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Post by alientude on Jul 14, 2024 17:45:33 GMT
I'm entering open cutting in Combat Con this year, so I've been practicing the feats for the first round, which is 2 oberhau, 2 unterhau, and 2 mittelhau - one from each side. I feel pretty confident in my oberhau and unterhau, but hstruggle with mittelhau (which makes sense because I've yet to receive much of any instruction on it). You can definitely see that in my unsure footwork. Even after I was given some pointers on how to step with a mittelhau, it's just not something I've practiced enough to be comfortable at. Still, I managed to get my first success on tatami!
My hope for open cutting is to make it past the first round. The second round includes semaphores, so I went ahead and practiced that on one mat - it's a lot of fun!
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Post by mrstabby on Jul 15, 2024 7:59:28 GMT
I am not a pro either, but it looks like you might be, how to explain, too much in line with the target on horizontal cuts. You could test if it works better when you go a bit more to the side of the target with your leading foot. But it's hard to say on video.
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Post by alientude on Jul 15, 2024 8:13:47 GMT
Yep, I noticed I did better when I was off center and stepped to the side some. Need more practice to figure out what works best for me.
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Post by pellius on Jul 15, 2024 16:49:06 GMT
Nice!
I am not trained in HEMA, so this is prolly worth about what you paid for it…
On the cuts in which you step and plant your lead foot prior to swinging the sword, it looks like your hips may have been following your cut rather than leading it.
If so, your upper body would already be near its maximum range of movement before the sword even moved. The energy of the swing would have to divide its energy between the sword and your hips, and your shoulders would approach their max range of forward movement before the sword reached the target.
By leading the cut with your hip rotation, your momentum would have longer to build, your shoulders would be pre-loaded with elastic energy while being at the rearward limit of their range of motion, you could use a lot more power from your lats, and your follow-thru would move your body into a stable position rather than away from one.
Again, I only learned a CMA style, so this might be completely wrong for HEMA. Just intended as a few constructive thoughts.
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Post by mrstabby on Jul 15, 2024 19:29:11 GMT
Nice! I am not trained in HEMA, so this is prolly worth about what you paid for it… On the cuts in which you step and plant your lead foot prior to swinging the sword, it looks like your hips may have been following your cut rather than leading it. If so, your upper body would already be near its maximum range of movement before the sword even moved. The energy of the swing would have to divide its energy between the sword and your hips, and your shoulders would approach their max range of forward movement before the sword reached the target. By leading the cut with your hip rotation, your momentum would have longer to build, your shoulders would be pre-loaded with elastic energy while being at the rearward limit of their range of motion, you could use a lot more power from your lats, and your follow-thru would move your body into a stable position rather than away from one. Again, I only learned a CMA style, so this might be completely wrong for HEMA. Just intended as a few constructive thoughts. Yeah, kind of looks all the power comes from the shoulders on some cuts, you are right, while the working ones use the whole body. If you are off the target by a bit you are forced to use the whole body since movement is more limited horizontally, maybe that's why it automatically works better?
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Post by alientude on Jul 15, 2024 23:13:24 GMT
Nice! I am not trained in HEMA, so this is prolly worth about what you paid for it… On the cuts in which you step and plant your lead foot prior to swinging the sword, it looks like your hips may have been following your cut rather than leading it. If so, your upper body would already be near its maximum range of movement before the sword even moved. The energy of the swing would have to divide its energy between the sword and your hips, and your shoulders would approach their max range of forward movement before the sword reached the target. By leading the cut with your hip rotation, your momentum would have longer to build, your shoulders would be pre-loaded with elastic energy while being at the rearward limit of their range of motion, you could use a lot more power from your lats, and your follow-thru would move your body into a stable position rather than away from one. Again, I only learned a CMA style, so this might be completely wrong for HEMA. Just intended as a few constructive thoughts. You're absolutely right that my hips and core are not properly engaging for many of my cuts. It's something I'm slowly working to address.
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Post by alientude on Jul 29, 2024 16:59:48 GMT
Here's my Open Cutting footage:
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Post by mrstabby on Jul 29, 2024 17:45:14 GMT
Good luck, mate!
What's the meaning of "small mountain"?
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Post by alientude on Jul 29, 2024 18:05:21 GMT
Good luck, mate! What's the meaning of "small mountain"?
A mountain is when your cut intersects a previous cut, so while you succeeded at the cut, you didn't make it all the way through the mat:
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Post by Dryhavich on Jul 29, 2024 20:31:32 GMT
Looks like some good cuts, and a lot of good improvement in your form lately as well!
I'm planning on being there next year to compete in just about all the events. I tried open cutting last year with a loaner Atrim arming sword after years of not cutting and failed miserably. I did get to watch my clubmate/friend Dashiell win Finals, though!
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