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My first time seeing sword fencing. Just looking at this you understand that no movie has been able to accurately recreate what longsword fighting actually looks like. In reality the moves are so much smaller and controlled, there is so much tension and hesitation before entering an exchange and theres so much foot work and movement. In movies and tv every exchange is nothing but huge sweeping swings and 0 foot movement, opponents just walk into each other.

Ref need to wear head protection. Like desperately. Make it bright yellow or something.

Hema would be famous if it was a battle royale with competitors starting with no weapons basically hunger games

nice

3:53 they nearly stabbed the ref 🙈😳

How is fencing an olympic sport but not this?

7:45 Using his hands to stop the sword is straight out of a movie

Put this on the Olympics, what the hell, this is art.

I think movie choreographers should study this

Instead of adding points you should be deducting hp

Impressive

I recently bought a lonsword and im suprised by how quickly i can swing it. The catch is that my shoulders and forearms get tired if i swing full force so i guess k have to train lol

4:26 this is the type of shit Jamie Lannister should have been doing in GoT. Would have gladly waited longer for episodes if this level of choreography was somehow taught in tv shows

Hema is a poor representative to sword fighting. Being hit by a sword doesnt mean a great damage enough to encapacitate enemy is dealt to them. Especially the first match. The blade barely touch the opponent. Its just a sport instead of a real martial arts

The fact that O'dimm could have defeated the Wild-Hunt and stopped the white frost with a clap.

Yo what was that intro song?

I saved Olgeird but I lost Gaunter O' Dimm's wishes. But I guess there are Pros and Cons I got Olgeird's saber which is far greater than any Steel Swords in the game. Did I do it wrong or...should I let Olgeird die?

Whole lotta beautiful exchanges! Thanks for sharing these

As impressive as it was, I bought sword fighting when there's the actual possibility of death looked completely different.

Wow 3:38 was awesome. If you watch really carefully you can see red made the blow to blue's foot because he feigned a much higher blow before redirecting way to the bottom. It's impressive when someone's able to feint in the middle of such a fast exchange. Like it's one thing to consciously feint from an idle position, when you're initiating and not reacting. But to do it like that just milliseconds after parrying, that requires it to be like second nature. You have to be so fluent that you just automatically move like that, without thinking about it. And I guess that means a ton of sparring practice, not just practicing forms. Also it was really cool that he parried behind his back right after that. Moving his sword quite a distance in a really short time.

Shouldn't you win by killing your opponent?

I'd love to try this so much

Just imagine being back in the day, being a highly skilled knight who has trained in swordplay since childhood. All that work, all that dedication... Then one day on the battlefield, some untrained scrub peasant shoots you down with a crossbow. Oh the indignity! So ignoble!

Excellent music choice Witcher 3🔥

i can't understand why movies don't just use those kind of exchanges for their choreograpgy

I can now see why half-swording was popular during medieval times. It is very effective in disabling your opponent.

long sword have big opening thread.because of his weight. I think that important on "Smash Power" and mass producable. I can't gess how to decide which player is winner. and I felt more relaxed than nervous from them by there too flexible motion and pose, only him in his motion. It looks like there is a lot of diversity, but in reality there isn't.

ルールがわからないけど技じゃなくて電気で判定してるのかな？

It's a great shame that russian sportsmen can't participate in today's tournaments. In my opinion russians both male and female are the best in the world. I'm a HEMA fencer myself btw.

Nice...

The uninterrupted format is cool, you're maybe less likely to go for silly attacks without covering - hoping for a pause after hitting.

Novichenko is such a wuss

Now I will never look at spoons the same ever again, thanks CD project red

HEMA CLOWNS .....😂😂😂😂😂😂👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎

Yup, that's when I go full Indiana Jones and grab my revolver.

This finally sold me on HEMA. I’m gonna start training somewhere. It’s just so beautiful!

This would be excellent reference for animated sword fights.

great LARP video

Is it just me or does everyone here wanna fight them all

Honestly I'd watch more Olympics if this was included

Its honestly insane that this sport exists

You have to wonder...if some of the top Hema fighters went back in time, would they actually be world-class? They have better training equipment, ability to review camera and slow-motion footage, access to all the world's fighting styles and techniques through the internet, modern workout routines and far-superior nutrition. I feel that 99.9% of REAL swordfights in history didn't look NEARLY as skilled as this. I feel movies and TV have very much given a false impression of the skill of "most" fighters of that age. Most fights probably looked more like the first duel from "The Duelists". Where they MAYBE knew a stance that someone taught them when they were a teenager and were mostly just scared and trying not to die. I bet modern Hema fighters would be seen as terrifying masters of their art if they were on an ancient tournament ground or battlefield.

The continuous format is a little more exciting to watch, but I wonder if it would actually mimic a duel. I doubt that taking any sword strike would let you continue instantly. I hate martial arts point fighting and prefer continuous like Muay Thai or wrestling, but I think it might be needed for HEMA.

Well that's just like your opinion man

I love the idea of the continual rounds, without stopping after every blow. I would think that certain blows, could perhaps warrant a stop, like a blow to the head, neck, or groin... but everything else should keep going. And points should not only be awarded for strikes, but for avoiding a follow up strike for at least 5 seconds. Afterall, what good is killing your opponent if they kill you too?

Lord Vader was kinda op

I would kill to do HEMA

Still a lot better than modern fencing.

Its an amazing feeling when you have trained HEMA and you have a series of parries and counter attacks that happen so fast, that you dont even really know what happened until after. Its so cool how intelligent and quick your body can be when you train and get out of the way for instincts to take over.

1:31 is so good