A Ramble About Sword Speed and Handling
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 พ.ค. 2020
- It's difficult to give a visual impression of how different swords handle, but I figured I'd give it a try and talk a bit about the dynamics of a European longsword compared to two-handed montante / zweihander, Chinese jian, Japanese katana, and nodachi. All according to my personal, subjective experience of course.
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I'm most impressed by how much space he has indoors to be swinging swords around without hitting anything!
Lol right!? Even though the top view showed him to be far enough away, I still half cringed at some of the swings because the straight on view made it look like his sword was close to breaking a window behind him. Guess I'm just used to seeing him at his old place and how small it was.
When swords are your thing
Especially notice the high ceiling!
probably one of the reasons for the move
and to think he still spent less than he would have for something half the size in Victoria (I think that's where he used to be, prices are insane there)
Skal staring into my eyes while slashing the sword in all directions is either erotic or disturbing.
Why not both?
Some quick thrusts
Go and finger a guard.
highschool lightsaber kid with mop stick
Context ;)
"and this here is an actual sharpened sword."
Wife: Immediately runs to remove every breakable object out of the way.
A sword doesn't even need to be sharp to break a window. Facts.
@@BeamMonsterZeusmy best friend learned this first hand when she lost her shadow box.
4:24 The term you're looking for here is moment of inertia. It could also be described as the "heft" of the blade. The longsword in this case feels "lighter" because it's easier to rotate - it has slightly more mass, but it's closer to the centre of gravity so it requires less torque from your hand when you move it around, which means it's easier to get moving and to redirect the blade. The Japanese blade has less mass overall, but it's distributed further from the centre of gravity and that makes it require more torque to get it rotating, and correspondingly it takes more torque to halt the movement (which can be useful because the blade has more stored energy to transfer when it strikes a target).
The "chopping" movement you do is a good test for the blade's total moment of inertia, but like you observed, a lighter blade can have heavier moment of inertia and thus "feel heavier". If you want to test for weight alone, you need to eliminate any rotation since that causes the "heft" of the weapon (or moment of inertia) to mess with your perception of weight. Although, with the weapons being so close to each other, it would be difficult to tell which weighs more anyway, since humans typically have one hand stronger than the other and we are really bad at making objective measurements.
This aligns well with my own comment about how he perceives the balance. I basically said that he should do more Katana/Tachi/Odachi exclusive drills to figure out where his own core strength needs to be distributed. To really appreciate Eastern techniques, you have to recognize the differences between them and European techniques. My own training blade arsenal consists of two Western style weapons and two Eastern style, and I definitely have to agree with your comment here.
I'm slightly confused about your use of CoG here. The way you wrote it makes no sense to me, as you would always have more mass closer to the CoG (integral of mass distribution). Wouldn't a more accurate description be that, for the longsword, your CoG is closer to the point of rotation? Because your point of rotation is NOT the CoG. Longsword has a CoG close to the hilt, making it easier to rotate (less torque required, as you pointed out). Apart from that, spot on - the physics checks out.
@@Sa1d1n Correct, I simplified things a little bit and used the definition of moment of inertia for a freely rotating object (which always rotates about its centre of gravity, or centre of mass if you prefer).
For objects where the centre of rotation is displaced from its CoG, the moment of inertia is indeed calculated based on the centre of rotation. The centre of mass being more distant from centre of rotation does typically produce a more "hefty" weapon, but the overall mass and mass distribution can still produce a varying amount of moment of inertia for the weapon.
For the complete definition of moment of inertia, each point mass in the object has moment of inertia that is equal to I = m r^2, where m is the point mass and r is the distance from centre of rotation. If you take a geometric shape and integrate over it, you can sum together all the infinitesimal point masses that make up the object, and the total sum is the object's total moment of inertia. For complex objects, this can get complicated.
@@HerraTohtori yep, now we're talking the same language. And here I thought I'd never use engineering statics or physics 🙂
Especially with the longer handle- to maintain the balance while keeping the weight down, the same mass must be further from the axis of rotation
Doctor "how did you cut off both ears Skallagrim?"
Skallagrim "mumble mumble"
Doctor "sorry?"
Skallagrim "Using European sword techniques with aTwo handed double bladed Katana"
Doctor "Ahh, you're the second guy this week"
Skallagrim "what?"
More like,
Doctor "how did you cut off both ears?"
Skallagrim "I'm sorry did you say something? I can't hear you because I cut off my ears"
David Szeto i don't think you understand how ears work...
xD
@@mr_h831 Whoa I just had a revelation ! I mean, I knew that ears works thanks to the tympanum and all but never thought how it would be if you cut the cartilage xD Although I guess it might reduce your earing because you know, evolution kept this for a reason :)
Taliane Tchik i agree except for the evolution part. (But you believe what you like, since you will anyway.) Your ears theoretically should still function without the cartilage. Since everything you need to hear is actually inside your head. But i think it may either enhance hearing mildly, or decrease it mildly. But yeah, your ears should still work if you cut off the outside bits...
Even though that's... Gross...
xD
@@mr_h831 Ooh, such tolerance is pretty unusual on the internet, I apreciate it :) However, the evoluting wasn't based on beliefs or something, I just thought that since you find that kind of cartilage in apes, maybe it has a role I don't know ? Anyway, thanks for the small talk :D
With regards to armor- people also don't appreciate how strong a fit human is. Even the ridiculous 50kg jousting armor is not that far above the carry Weight of a modern infantry unit, some even being above that. And that's with the ability to walk many miles with it, not sitting on a horse being ridden about.
The 50 pounds of a full set of realistic plate is positively light by modern standards
That's true, modern combat equipment tends to make you a little clumsy
i suggest its not a lack of "appreciation", but much more literally a lack of relevant experience. They don't UNDERSTAND what it feels like to BE as fit as modern fit humans. They can't visualize the sensations a strong person experiences when they move things. They see words, they see more words, and they don't know those two words can't be put together, so they put them together, and come up with a misconception. But unless they can have a tactile experience actually feeling what it feels like to be however strong, they may never really be able to visualize one thing or another that keeps popping up as a disagreement.
@@tsmspace That is really true. Probably even most modern fit civilians can't wrap their heads around Roman soldiers marching 20 miles while carrying 50lbs of kit, building a war camp afterwards, then doing it all again the next day. Modern life is really, really, really easy. This is the first time in human history where there has been a mass problem with people being too fat (a problem I know all too well)
@@fattiger6957 I would love to do that for a week
I don't know if it's that. I think people don't appreciate what 50lbs properly balanced across your body like infantry gear and armor are because nobody except relatively insular groups of people do it nowadays. It's a lot like picking up a 150lb person versus a 150lb block of iron. The person is shockingly easy to pick up because you naturally and progressively balance the load as you're doing the lift. But a block of iron? You just gotta use horsepower. People envision carrying a human to be a similar workload, but it's completely different.
Future video: Skall vs Shad in a hema sparring match. The prep & match on 1 channel, the review on the other.
#SkallAndCrossbones #MACHICULATIONS
Skall is getting closer to shad's weight so they cancel out the weight advantage. Maybe skall has been planning this since 2017?
And since his surgery, Shad's been losing weight; they are equalising.
But does Skall go to Australia or Shad go to Canada?
@@KennyCnotG they will fight on neutral grounds of course. In Austria, it sounds similar to Australia and it's the Canada of Germany.
@@KennyCnotG They meet in the middle at Hawaii and duel on a volcano
3:22 what you see when you break into skalls house to steal his holy pommel
Wait, skal got a custom katana
2020’s weird
And he still doesn't have polish saber.... shame, shame, shame.....
Damn, I think 2020 it's breaking something in everyone
And from an overhyped company.
@@remigiuszbloch I hope he still has the Hungarian axe at least
is that even still a katana? it looks a bit too long for that
As a toy collector I can give a wry chuckle at the shared lament about "storage and display" on such a different hobby as swords and other armaments.. & a buddy of mine who collects WWII memorabilia is just the same too.
A *wry* chuckle
Is that a JoJo reference?
Jack Taylor 044 get out
@@fungus2116 hinjaku hinjaku!
@@JT044-iz1cv 'faid not.
Physical strength and dexterity absolutely plays a huge role, of course your movement isn't ''slow'' but looking at sword fights from a historical perspective you have to realize people trained a lot more and have a different life style, that absolutely plays a role in physical fitness and overall muscle activity. Those who study HEMA AND do workouts will often comment on how big of an impact physical fitness has on sword handling.
Skill and techniques definitely matters but they alone are not enough.
Just like boxing, in the world of boxing technique & timing is king, but you absolutely need adequate strength & speed (basically train, train, train) to execute said technique & timing better than your opponent, especially in a competitive environment. In the world of sword fights, it would be a life & death situation.
The truth is, everyone's sword look fast during a swing, but the actual speed is different. Just like every boxer's punch look fast, but they are not all the same, that difference in speed, it matters.
It's not just the speed of the sword itself, but the speed of your overall body movement like hip turn & foot work etc. If we both swing our sword at the same speed but I moved my legs faster and transition my movement better then you will die first, it's that simple.
Another point is that most people who study sword arts are not professionals, many of them aren't even good sport (being brutally honest here) so the overall intensity and competitiveness in this field isn't even close to the real thing back then.
It's like comparing a local boxing gym/club to actual professional boxing.
Medieval knights and Landsknechts are not super humans, but compared to modern human's physique & life style, they might as well be. The sword community sometimes seriously underestimate athleticism in sword fights as if it's not a sport.
The fact is, if you put two ''sword masters'' toe to toe, one is out of shape, the other is athletic. The athletic one will absolutely destroy the out of shape one 10 times out of 10. It's not even a debate.
If you're just practicing casually, occasionally sparring with a buddy or cutting up some tatami then of course physique doesn't matter too much as long as you know how to swing a sword properly, but historically that's is absolutely not the case. Swords were weapons, people train with them like their life depended on it.
and that's why dudebros saying that strength and fury overcome skill are talking through their hats.
So you're saying that, if two equally skilled people with a marked difference in physical fitness fight each other, the fitter one will always win. Well, yes, of course; that's just common sense. On the other hand, if the fitter person has little to no skill and the less fit one is highly skilled, skill will take the win 9 times out of 10
I got a chance to swing a Messer sword around for a while for the 1st time in my life and i cant believe how slow my swings were, that experience was a real wake up call for me get in shape and maybe someday i can get faster swing speeds out of my body
(Btw im a total rookie with swords, but now i know that you dont just pickup swords and do stuff with them)
@Coperfil Negro Haha, easier said than done! :D
For the next video, please teach us how to dual wield longswords
*Fool, I have been trained in your HEMA arts by count skallagrim*
Pulls out two more arms and quad weilds longswords
You can do that but its verry impractical look at his video about perrying daggers
i want to see someone try these techniques/style with longsword it would be great lol th-cam.com/video/x1X8th8idjY/w-d-xo.html
Step 1: throw away the second longsword
Step 2: either wield a dagger in your offhand or grip the first longsword with two hands
Step 3: profit
@@TrueMentorGuidingMoonlight or as mentioned earlier, grow 2 more hands
You'd be amazed at how many people still believe in heavy swords swung by brutes.
As a brute, if I am to wield a sword I'd much rather use a one-handed one. Why? Because I'm not dextrous enough to put the proper force in 2-handing and would probably lose force for it (the only cut I'm even close to good at is a simple cut from that stance where you hold the sword parallel to the ground and by your side, idk how to explain it it's what you see samurais do when they don't hold it in front of themselves). So I'd much rather grab a single-handed light sword that lets me make the most out of my strength to strike fast and as hard as possible, and my off-hand is free for amything from a shield to a dagger to stab between the plates to plain empty for grappling. Or grabbing throwables. If I am to use both hands, I'd rather it be with a weapon that guides my attack, like a warhammer, a polearm or a two-handed axe (wait did those actually exist or are they just fantasy stuff?).
@@chukyuniqul 2 handed axes did exist, altough only single-bit ones with a spike on the other end sometimes, dane axes are a good example
I think those huge two handed feders like basic regeney are very heavy and brutish. :D
and archers are lanky
Hey bud. I’m here to tell you I adore and admire you. You have made a life and loving out of your favorite things and you are everything that people should aspire to achieve in their own lives. Keep kicking ass and I’ll keep watching. Thank you Skallagrim.
i am happy i watched this video, as I really didnt think much of this video at first, but then it really really started to reflect more and more on my own personal experience. Thank you! :)
Love a ramble
Skall's rambling videos are the best!
I love how everything's colour matched, so cool to see them one after another.
Great! That comparison really helps understand the dynamics of using these types of swords.
Always such good and interesting content
Have not been to my HEMA club in 3 months and now I want to go hit something.
Same
Yep, same here.
Same
Feel your pain, ive got a buddy who cracked a knuckle and hes dying inside not being able to practice right now
@@SethB420 I'm not feeling any pain, that's the problem. I haven't given or received a single bruise in months.
Another great vid! I love the practical approach of your content.
A thought regarding the long grips of Japanese swords: anecdotally, I've been told that the original practitioners generally didn't grip all the way at the back either. However, in Japan, possession of horses was a strong point of difference between the "haves" and the "have nots," since there was just not as much land available to raise them. As with most places and times, a handful of mounted combatants (usually the nobility) were often able to deal with a large number of foot soldiers. To help restore the balance, these long-gripped swords were developed. In the face of a charging horse, where one usually only had to worry about an attack or two from the passing rider, one would grip farther back along the handle - sacrificing a degree of speed and defense for greater leverage in the strike and (hopefully) disabling the mount.
Hypothetically, it could also be used for "great cuts" (a strong blow that would throw off the opponent's balance and create an opening) before returning to a mid-grip; for penetrating the laquer-and-cloth armour of (some) samurai; or for cleaner beheadings in ritual/judicial context - however, I suspect that these latter are more romanticization than intended purpose.
By the bye: a longer grip also aids opponents with weaker forearm strength - such as younger fighters or the later (not strictly militant) nobility. One can see this taken to the extreme in the naginata - which is as much spear as sword, and is said to have been the weapon of choice when women (who were almost never focused combatants) were forced to fight.
No historical referencing on any of this, of course - just some things I've heard thrown about - but the leverage thing seems to hold up in practice.
New house and property looks great Skall...I hope you guys stay there for awhile..Great video, take care
Digging the multiple camera angles. Nice setup.
this channel is so goddamn relaxing
Love a good ramble in the morning.
Nice favourite color. Usualy I'm not all that thrilled with green, but thid shade and saturation is pretty calming.
Please show how to use a great sword!
That’d be cool
Step 1: be much larger/stronger than the average longsword user
Step 2: use more or less in the same way as a longsword
@@drawmelikeoneofyourfrenchg3311 it's actually a bit different than longswords. As Skallagrim has said, use big sweeping cuts and constant momentum as you would with something like a two-handed axe. Of course, the balance is different, but it's still pretty hefty for a sword.
There are actually videos around here where they demonstrate how greatswords are used. They don't make use of jerky movements, but rather long but fast sweeping motions.
@@baronprocrastination1722 That's really interesting, if you don't mind would you be able to link me a video? And btw I was mostly joking with that statement, it's obviously a different weapon but I was just saying you probably could use it in more or less the same fashion if you were big and strong enough.
@@drawmelikeoneofyourfrenchg3311 either search montante/spadone/greatsword in action or just watch montante niño's videos. The former's a mixed bag, but the latter's pretty obviously used to wielding such a big weapon, although it's not immediately obvious why the greatsword loves sweeping strikes so much.
great video! thanks
Time to hit the gim Skall! Just wish you the best
One thing about that two handed Han Jian you were using: you don't necessarily need to keep your rear hand towards the pommel. Apparently your grip is supposed to change while using it: closer together for more quick, nimble movements, and further apart for heavier cuts. So you're not really "doing it wrong" if you want to bring your hands closer together to speed up your movement and make your attacks more dexterous.
I couldn't help but chuckle when you were talking about the sparring gear...
Great considerations. Thanks for sharing.
Great pronounciation of Federschwert, almost perfect.
Love from Cologne!
shout out to the person on the ceiling for holding those camera angles. Solid job.
That bird's eye camera is great! I like it. Interesting to get another perspective.
This is exactly right skall. Background and training is important to how you handle something. A German longswords'Man is going to find a nodachi uncomfortable just as much as a kendo practitioner would find any long sword uncomfortable. It's what I argue with people about machetes all the time. There are many fanboys of Filipino style and Indian style machetes saying Latin machetes are uncomfortable and I get frustrated because they don't understand that they need to use a different technique.
Real talk thanks for all you hard work I learned a lot over few years I been watching.And I'm also saying I like how your mixing it up using your Martial art with Japanease. Same thing my Teacher taught me don't open yourself to much evade and strike.
On the topic of sword display, Adam savage from tested just did a really simple sword display rack, and it actually fits long swords (unlike your standard ones that are often for katanas and sabres). You could use some fairly cheap wood for it and spray paint it, or you could use fancier wood
Now you have to demonstrate Anime swords…
"Now this one is half again my height and the blade is the 20cm wide - it's made out of aluminium to keep the weight manageable. I've been waiting for a day with no breeze to test it…"
”This here is 6’1 in length weighs a conservative 405lbs perfect for killing demons and those who betrayed you...”
@@bigmcdick4916 more like a hunk of iron . . .
Big McDick too rough, too big to be called a sword.
@@RayTC His name and your response fit too perfectly together.
I would love to get him into the Berserk Manga.
I know he covered a scene from the anime but..it is the freaking 2016 one, the bottom of hell..
Funny I was trying to find a video like this all week, and now you go ahead and upload it 🤔
As he said he is a bit chubby but I ain't gonna duel with him bc I would die🤣🤣
It depends of what weapon you are using. Skall brings a sword, you bring a car and you run him over and you won a duel.
@@cathay11 cars are a lot lighter than people think.
@@tsmspace doesn't stop you from running over people with swords bro
@@cathay11 A car is no match for a properly thrown pommel.
How about the Road Roller?
Thanks for these videos, Skal. I think the majority of the time I see visual fiction show fast-moving swords is when they're - you guessed it - katanas! For the most part, a fast sword is only really shown to reveal how badass a character is rather than exploring how it's the "norm" (and 'fast' being a loose term for faster than the heavy lunges portrayed).
Side note - You've explained about your issues with the weight. Is it possible for you to create a sword practice routine to be the basis of your exercising? I can imagine that the sword drills plus some running/jogging just might do a job and that way you're improving your mechanics with the things you love while getting healthy. Just a thought.
For the most part, losing weight is more about diet than exercise. The most average calorie consumption per day is 2000. To burn an extra 1000 calories a day is going to take you running for a full hour. That's a lot of exercise that most people are not going to be able to keep up with on a daily basis. On the other hand, a burger combo from a fast food joint is a thousand calories on its own. So, the easiest way to lose weight is to focus on portion control and being conscious of the food you're consuming. There's a reddit devoted to 1800 and 1200 calories per day with dozens of different meal ideas, that's the best place I've seen for good inspiration.
@@MillerJustinFS While I do understand this, a "diet" alone doesn't always help people when it comes to being fit. Even with a fully varied meal plan, going by pure calorie intake doesn't do much good if someone is struggling with the mental side of getting and staying a healthy weight for them.
Like someone who has a mountain of debt and is having to put all their spare cash into paying it down. Sure, they might be getting themselves out of a hole but they're mentally going to feel like crap because they have "nothing" to show for it. Especially if they sometimes slip up and spend (eat) things outside of what's budgeted.
Physical fitness is essentially getting a side-job. Someone like Skal (who admits to having issues "sticking a course") can focus on the benefits of the fitness regime (the extra income) with the diet (money plan) as a tacked-on annoyance. It doesn't matter if the physical training/extra job merely covers any diet/payment plan wagon fall offs, the person is going to mentally feel as though they're achieving things to a greater intensity because they have something "tangible" they can control - Stamina increase, speed, able to buy one-offs yet still meet the payment plan.
Having diets and sticking with them as the only focus of losing weight or being healthy just isn't for everyone. We aren't all wired that way.
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Get to it skal! I’m proud! kick some tail train those muscles!
I am amazed that you never cut your cameras with all the swinging around
I'm pretty sure the footage is zoomed in, so the camera is actually further away than it looks.
@@DoctorKalkyl That's what I was going to say. You just zoom the camera in and then it looks terrifying.
2:10
Me: He's doing an accel!
Great video man keep um coming. Also I just want to stress how much respect I have for you for not dealing with shadow legends anymore, I see those stupid commercials pop up everywhere still your a true man of honor for denouncing that trash much respect brother.
I have always considered HEMA style as lightly armoured meaning that in our rules light cuts are ignored and the first hit in non-lethal areas don't stop the action
1:20 - I've been inside watching youtube for way too long now.. Been going through years worth of your videos. Wasn't going to say anything... (also noticed the wedding ring reappeared!)
Your beard has gotten significantly heftier too.
Thanks for the videos - I'm no sword fighter, but loved RPG's back in the day - Had it all so wrong.
Gotta do a video on that swords of nothshire. I definitely need to hear more about her. Not too many moroha zukuri (double edged) ones on the market, and very little info on the ones that are. Would definitely be doing a service to us katana guys....
Have you ever considered doing a video about the hardest to use medieval weaponry? Anything from ranged weapons to melee or even siege weaponry would be fun to see your thoughts about what you think the hardest thing to use properly is.
definetely will try the defensive stuff, as i tend to get stuck after blocking a cut. thanks, skall
"DUAL WIELDING LONGSWORDS"
*Skall has become one with the memes*
Skall sure does love rambling!
Hey Skall, there is a guy on the Skyrim Nexus called Billyro that makes very nice, realistic, and even historicaly accurate weapons (mostly swords), he even did a few Albion swords, and even the Duellist you reviewed a while back. He even mentions you a few times as an inspiration.
Hey Skallagrim, is there any chance you could make a video showcasing various stances and maneuvers for defence and offence with two-handed swords? I'd love to have good video reference for moves when describing one of my D&D characters' combat.
I remember he made a video about HEMA stances a few years ago
Skall time to get back into shape. Those vagabonds won't kill themselves.
skallagrim nice to see you takeing your time and sword training alittle on this video swing that will work up body make sweat a lot and burn fat thumb up on video it not what people think what you able to do bro keep up
I would LOVE to see him accidentally break the glass behind him! He needs to post a blooper reel! 😂
Aren't you a charmer... xD
@@Skallagrim I jest! But I am a huge fan of your work! Thank you for your videos....they are a treasure!
Cold Steel just put out a video for their "competition cutting sword". It resembles the Principe I believe.
Another good Video :o)
Skall is in his hibernation mode again
Skall theres important difference between speed and acceleration which you might consider when explaining techniques in further videos.
Skal, just buy some cheap sword mounts, install them in your walls at regular intervals, then hang the things vertically, arranging by some logical measure (I use blade length and it looks nice). If they don't have crossguards that complicates things -- you'd just have to have a section where they're displayed like historical katanas: horizontally. Bam. Swords displayed.
Skal, how about a simple tutorial on a few basic cuts that one could practice at home?
Hi Skallagrim! I know this isnt on topic to your video but I was wondering if you could maybe look into historical korean swords? Not many people talk about them and it would mean a lot for me if you could take like a cursory look. Thanks for all the videos!!!
He is whirlin'!
You’re a smart cookie
We still had snow when this was filmed. There's a reason I say "April snow brings May...snow." That's the trade off for getting away from the crazy housing market.
ceiling cam is dope
Einige andere scheinen dasselbe zu denken: Wenn man hört wie du deutsche Wörter oder Ortsnamen aussprichst, hat man irgendwie ein vertrautes Gefühl... Wie auch immer, beste Grüße aus Österreich nach Kanada, vielen Dank für deine Inhalte und weiter so! - Some others seem to think the same: When one hears you pronouncing German words or place names, there is kind of a familiar feeling... How ever, best regards from Austria to Canada, thanks a lot for your content and keep it up!
Nice.
Re. The hilt length of the longer nihonto like sword, there is a length of hilt beyond which you start using the sword more like a nagamaki.
That holds true in general for longish weapons. Once the hand spacing exceeds a certain distance (specific to the individual), performing actions where the hands exchange as they would in many longsword actions becomes pretty awkward and or slow.
The advantage with a wide spaced grip is you can use larger, heavier, longer weapons, and exercise more leverage with them. Trying to use them like a long sword invites injury.
Imagine just walking down the road and you see a dude whirling a Zweihander in his living room.
Oh good lord, now I want to see a zweihander duel with those nylon blades XD
Green and blackened gard your two favorite colors
Nitpick about speed. The blade tip of a sword will move faster than the hands by a factor of the ratio between the blade length and the hand spacing. So it's very possible for a sword to move faster than empty hands, however, the speed of empty hands is still the limiting factor that strength can bring you closer to but not exceed.
That... is basically what he said. Obviously the tip will be going quicker than the hands, it's covering a greater distance in, by definition, the same amount of time. What he was saying is that how fast you can *swing* the sword is limited by how fast you can move your arms.
Have you tried the Cold Steel suburito? Its actually great for developing the small muscles engaged in sword play.
When he did the parry move earlier in the vid it sounded like someone was button mashing
At 5:04 when he comments on how the cuts with the back if the blade on a curved sword keep wanting to rotate, I'm 90% sure this is due to rotational stability, and how a backwards angle is more stable (like on a plane's wings)
You look like youve lost some weight from earlier vids though man. Keep up the good work homie. I gained enough weight that i was around 190 (im 5'4 and have always been lanky) a few years back, the second i started doing more active shit i felt INTENSELY better
Will there be a vid of that battle wrapped Nodachi from Swords of the Northshire?
The background through the window will do for now 😁👍
Can you do a video of all the different manuals to learn from.
wiktenauer.com/ is probably going to be your best source for that sort of info.
4:15 Dat whistle
This is the video all VR devs need to be directed to at the moment. Too many people are making games with swords that feel like you're swinging through water, and it is infuriating when you know how nimble and dangerous real swords are, even with a simple flick of the wrist.
Kingdom Come Deliverance. I usually like that sort of game, but I just couldn't handle the sluggish combat.
to be fair, Forest Green is a pretty sweet color
He is...the Highlander. HEEEEEEEEEEERE WE ARE, BORN TO BE KINGS..... sorry:P That bit where you were slashing in towards the camera reminded me of the Highlander intro.
lol! 5:59 getting definite Star Wars Lightsaber Mop Stick Highschool kid darth maul vibes
What style of fighting is your favourite, two-handed sword, one-handed sword and a shield, or one-handed sword and the other hand free for grapples?
the felt difference in weight between the katana and the longsword is propably caused by the katana having a higher moment of inertia making it harder to spin but not incresing it's weight.
Skall, you should review sword art. Not sword’s that seem like actual swords, but those really weirdly designed swords that you find on deviantart and other sites
geez you scared me there skal, dual wielding longswords? thought the isolation finally made you insane(er) for a second.
Is that an Albion hula hoop in the right corner?
More seriously, the dual cameras are just awesome for demonstrations like here.
After watching more and more of your videos it gets really hard to play video games where they always make the twohander so slow. I would like to see them come up with different mechanics to balance the two handed sword with the single handed weapons. Much less defence maybe or shorter block or parry timer? Great video as always though.
Have you seen the new cold steel competition cutter? Think you'd like it @skallagrim
I've seen fighters like björn rüther and martin fabian use a sword really fast
I'm still waiting for the video on triple wielding longswords
You should do a collab with forgotten wepons
That two handed Katana sings.