Zachary Reaper the poleaxe was of course used by the English. For example for stabbing Frenchmen. That reminds me: At the battle of Agincourt - that was of course - famously - fought with bows there was this one account of a guy - and I don’t know how true it is - as I said there only is one report - anyhow he reportedly ...
Surprisingly effective, actually, but the aircraft in question must be flying extremely low. And the pole-axeman must be very fast. And he generally does not survive the encounter.
I feel like polearms are underrepresented in modern media. Everyone seems to go into battle with a sword or some such popular weapon, and never use the might that is the long pointy stick!
Sword were the show off weapons of medieval and modern time. Noble, commander and officer would wield Sword, mainly because they weren't par to fthe line. Plus it has glaobally always been a "hero" weapons story wise, as it was a costly defensive weapons . Even Homer show great use of sword. You can see a lot of "relics" , real or not : Excalibur, the sword of charlemagne Etc. In western countries the spear ahd far less focus because it is a "commoner" weapons. It also served that spears and polearme (except the poleaxe) are not really fit for duels, wich is the "héroic" visualisation of battle.
You jest. However, I remember an open air production of Henry V at Portchester by a smallish company of actors when a noisy aircraft passed over. Some of the cast dropped to one knee and crossed themselves, presumably for protection from the diabolical apparition. Now that's what I call staying in character!
This reminds me of the fencing I did as kid. The initial attack is often countered, so people are hesitant to be the first to attack, but I also learned if you are clever you can feign an attack, counter their counter ... and get a successful hit. As long as they don't counter your counter counter. ;D
It's all about information: Can you read your enemy better than they can read you? If so, then the initiative is yours, whether you make the first move or the counter! But beware of the crafty opponent who knows how to feign ignorance...
This weapon seems to have lasted in the language. As in, "I was completely poleaxed!" for knocked out or describing the recieving of a huge shock. Or "He was poleaxed!" describing a person getting knocked out or dropping to the floor with a suggestion of unconsciousness. Amazing how a 15th century weapon has lasted in the vernacular for 600 years!
I saw the notification as the video came but left it to watch later when i had an hour or so of free time- NEVER would ive guessed it was 5 minutes long! A lindy video?! Inconcievable!
Nice video! Ive just rounded off my year of poleaxe lessons at my local HEMA club and its fun to see the techniques Ive spent time practicing done by Lloyd! Too bad that the main ‘blockbreaker’ didn’t show tho... cause Ive found that in practice when you use the choppy attack for a strike, and someone parries it without a riposte, it is really quite common to hook the block down and quite frankly let the opponent fall on your spike... I would have liked to see that in this vid, but still an amazing video! Great job Lloyd!
The last technique could be used in a movie fight. The hero and the villain change their weapons in the beginning as a plot device, or in the final fight as a symbolic action. But sadly Pole-arms aren't fancy enough and the guy responsible for the safety won't let anyone handle such dangerous objects in range. But hey, we got CGI. 🙃
The French facing the English. French general to one of his commanders: How many poleaxes do you count? French commander: I count 1892, you? French general: Damn, I told you we needed more poleaxes. Alright then, we lost, let's go home. Meanwhile on the English side: English commander to his general: Sir, I believe we have more poleaxes than the French. English general: Hooray! You know what they say. English commander: What do they say, sir? English general: Never bring a sword to a poleaxe fight.
Why do they call it the pole-axe? *Because it's an axe on the end of a pole* . We had so much simpler methods of naming things in those times. I wonder what name a marketing team for a modern version of a poleaxe would give it? "Meet Charlie Choplin, your new battle assistant"...
Errr...no. Simple naming and medieval don't fit into one sentence. Fyi: most pole axes weren't axes but actually raven's beak. They just called it axe because you could smash it on someone's head, you know, like an axe. So no, naming weapons back in the day was not a simple task.
As an aircraft mechanic I empathize with your problems while filming. At least the latest generation of aircraft are MUCH less noisy. As someone who is slowly studying Fiore dei Liberi I was very happy to hear you mention his work. You might also enjoy "Le Jeu de la Hache".
greetings from Russia. I often watch your channel. I like your historical humor, although I am due to the average knowledge of the English language is not always able to understand many of the nuances. thank you for your work and good luck
I need to get more poleaxes! :D I loved how much choreography you both pulled off together! Congrats on making that all work so perfectly! And in one take!
Love those short ones. I specially miss your good old reviews. Must have re-watched the Iron Clad and Helen of Troy reviews 5 times. Please review more movies, I promise I will share with at least 3 friends again?
I think the poleaxe is a very underappreciated weapon. Really the Swiss army knife of pole arms, with the pokey bit, the bashy bit, and the choppy bit.
Thanks to this video, we can finally identify a crucial weakness of the Poleaxe, it's *curse of slow-motion* . The recommended approach against a poleaxe-wielding opponent would be to take a weapon that allows one to move at the proper human speed(s).
Hey!!!! My favourite HEMA weapon! You should do more content about it ("Le Jeu de la Hache" in French is a very interesting treaty and pretty much the one who goes the most in depth about this weapon)
Nice! I had been curious about a few of those nasty bits, and .. the quick reverse for someone behind, or the hook for tripping, and some grappling.. all very interesting!
"...and, therefore, I win!" Brilliant sense of humor, as always. And, sadly, a very short, ón topic, to the point video. It might well be the side effect of needing a duelling partner 😂
Please do more short videos like this. I never have the time to watch a 40 minute TH-cam video so although I really like this channel I've only actually watched one or two videos on it that were put out within the past year or so.
I do find Poleaxe combat quite interesting, mostly cuz you barely ever see it properly depicted. At first glance it looks like such a encumbering weapon, yet it could clearly be used so skillfully. I think the only show I've seen some decent Polearm combat is Maira The Virgin Witch, where they preform the leg pull move in this video. It's very cool. Great Video!
Legit, you could've ended on, "And now I have two poleaxes, so I win!" End credits. Great video though, Lloyd. Nice to see a shorter one once in awhile!
Been a while since you had a nice, short weapon vid. I like the longer ones you've shifted into, but still nice to have a brief, little one-off from time to time.
I now appreciate our (not sure if it's used outside of northern and southern ireland) use of "poleaxed" for being inebriated, a lot more after watching Lloyd explain how to use one 😂
What what what my day is now pink and fluffy a Lindybeige upload, unfortunately it was short and sweet and them hairy planes didnt help with the audio but playing it slowly gives one longer enjoyment. ✌ peace
Wow, stuff like this really showcases the importance of rigorous martial training. Without a high degree of skill, and plenty of armour, engagements like this would only last a few moments
"because, as we all know, it's the one with the most poleaxes at the end, wins."
*takes hasty notes*
Make sure you're buried with as many as possible for a high score.
Just show up with each of your guys carrying 10 and you can instantly defeat an army 9.9 times your size
yeah, why would you keep holding your axe instead of let him get it and force to attack him with his own axe, that would be safer
IS THIS FORESHADOWING FOR DOUBLE WIELDING POLEAXES VIDEO?
"I thought EVERYone knew THAT.."
"I've got two poleaxes, and therefore I win."
-LindyBeige, 2019
-Sun Beige, 2019, colorized
Dian Beige?
the measure of a man is not by the strength of his character, but by the number of poleaxes.
Or polecats?
Lindy Beige for president?
What?! A 5 minutes video from Lloyd, that's heresy.
Zachary Reaper the vaguely on topic rambling is what we come here for!
This is old timey nostalgia.
Sacrilege is what it is!
Who is this guy and what did he do to our beloved Lloyd? This doppleganger can not fool us with his short videos!
Zachary Reaper the poleaxe was of course used by the English. For example for stabbing Frenchmen. That reminds me: At the battle of Agincourt - that was of course - famously - fought with bows there was this one account of a guy - and I don’t know how true it is - as I said there only is one report - anyhow he reportedly ...
Poleaxe Dual Wielding, the fighting method of the gods!
Like a Dynasty Warriors character.
And then general grevious from star wars comes out with 4 poleaxes
@@rrobb9853 with ladened sparrows in tow with poleaxes to assist in case DR Who shows up.
Thorkell vinland saga.
NO man should have that much power
"He's gonna teach us some stuff"
*guy never utters a word*
XD
A pity. He's a good teacher.
Action speaks louder than words! So just steal with your eyes!
Indeed
@@amuthi1
👌
Hey Rowan Atkinson never uttered a word as mister Bean and he made us laugh to tears, sometimes you don't need words.
I had a stab at poleaxe-wielding and now I'm hooked.
Your puns may get you axed though.
I had a bash at coming up with a counter pun but failed
Lindy's strange legwear greaves me.
I was looking for this comment and wasn't shafted.
Finally! A video I can use in my day-to-day life....
IKR!!!
Oh how my lamps have suffered...
username checks out
Is it physically possible to parry and riposte without exclaiming “ha-ha!!” ?
No. Likewise, all attacks are preceded by a hearty, "have *at* you!"
I do like, however, hearing that voice in the ether, when I've done real good, yell FATALITY !!!
And here I thought that the "ha-ha!!" came after the Thrust!
Cheers for the laugh boys
What would be the point?
3:15 It appears that a pole-axe is a very poor weapon against aircraft.
Well, the REALLY long ones are a bit better...
Surprisingly effective, actually, but the aircraft in question must be flying extremely low. And the pole-axeman must be very fast. And he generally does not survive the encounter.
The correct melee weapon to use against aircraft is a bayonet. (see The Saga of Tanya the Evil movie, during the Battle of Tiegenhoff)
@@KevinSmithGeo Everyone knows you're supposed to volley fire against aircraft! That's what the funny sights on the Arisaka are for! :P
@@yetanother9127 yes that worked so well for the Dakians.
Ok just calm down everyone. Lloyd has clearly just put up a cheeky 5 minuter, before dropping a 3 hour special, on ww2 desert latrines.
This has an equal chance of either being true, or a joke.
xD
I feel like polearms are underrepresented in modern media. Everyone seems to go into battle with a sword or some such popular weapon, and never use the might that is the long pointy stick!
Sword were the show off weapons of medieval and modern time. Noble, commander and officer would wield Sword, mainly because they weren't par to fthe line. Plus it has glaobally always been a "hero" weapons story wise, as it was a costly defensive weapons . Even Homer show great use of sword. You can see a lot of "relics" , real or not : Excalibur, the sword of charlemagne Etc. In western countries the spear ahd far less focus because it is a "commoner" weapons. It also served that spears and polearme (except the poleaxe) are not really fit for duels, wich is the "héroic" visualisation of battle.
Never forget to shout "Ad Mortem, Inimicus!" for added effect.
N O S U P E R S T E S!
@@nedsteven4622 "He's a bit confused, but he's got spirit!"
VERSATILE
Harald Hardrada Tu bene te ipse defendisti!
@@nedsteven4622 Yes he did Sir.
Nice touch to add the historically-accurate medieval aircraft sounds.
You jest. However, I remember an open air production of Henry V at Portchester by a smallish company of actors when a noisy aircraft passed over. Some of the cast dropped to one knee and crossed themselves, presumably for protection from the diabolical apparition. Now that's what I call staying in character!
“Future videos will include interviews in wind tunnels, and ukulele lessons next to pneumatic drills”
I expect no less sir.
I'm hoping for "lace making lesson in a crowded nightclub, whilst intoxicated"
with subtitles, please
This reminds me of the fencing I did as kid. The initial attack is often countered, so people are hesitant to be the first to attack, but I also learned if you are clever you can feign an attack, counter their counter ... and get a successful hit. As long as they don't counter your counter counter. ;D
What if he countered the counter counter? How will you counter the counter counter counter?
That's sword fighting in a nutshell lol
It's all about information: Can you read your enemy better than they can read you? If so, then the initiative is yours, whether you make the first move or the counter! But beware of the crafty opponent who knows how to feign ignorance...
My head hurts
A thought: can fish *have* paws?
I woke up wondering about the use of poleaxes and.....thankyou Lindy your timing is unnerving.
"Any last words?"
"Doh!"
Poleaxe howto:
1) Buy an axe.
2) Hire a Pole
3) Enjoy the show
"Jet liners would be so much quieter if they put the engines on the inside." LMAO
Did he say that in the video?
@@asailijhijr At the end of all his videos he has little notes or jokes/puns in the text behind the Lego man, it says it there. (:
@@basu826 Oh right, thanks.
old school Lindybeige
You’re channel is amazing man. Love the attitude and general coverage of ideas. Keep up the good work
He's not a channel, he's a person.
If you've got more than one poleaxe, they become polyaxe.
And if you equipped yourself with lots of them before the battle starts it becomes prophylaxe.
*takes an entire wagon load of pole axes with me onto the battlefield*
FEAR ME MORTALS!
4:09 Lindybeige impersonating Homer Simpson
Engines on the inside. People on the outside.
Brilliant!
Then you'd hear crying babies fly by
"The Polacks Always wins"
Can you say that Politely?
"Sorry, The Winged Hussars Always Win"
Jestes Polak?
Unless the other guy shows up in a battle tank.
But yeah, you usually won.
the first "polish" hussars were serbians on tartarish horses and the tactics were based on a hungarian king.
@@apollomars1678 The early light cavalry hussars and the winged hussars are not the same thing.
@unkn0wn COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAINSIDE
I enjoyed the clatter of swords in the background. Thank you for this fun video and for the subtitles.
This weapon seems to have lasted in the language. As in, "I was completely poleaxed!" for knocked out or describing the recieving of a huge shock.
Or "He was poleaxed!" describing a person getting knocked out or dropping to the floor with a suggestion of unconsciousness.
Amazing how a 15th century weapon has lasted in the vernacular for 600 years!
LINDYBEIGE
(shouted in my loudest lego figure voice)
Really really Love your videos mate
long may they continue
Nice job there. Mr. Beige is a true gem, and much appreciated.
The most *V E R S A T I L E* Weapon ever invented!
AD MORTEM
Epik Zebras INMICUS
If no enemy is at hand, you could even use it to stab at fish or to split firewood. I can also think of a use as decoration on the chimney.
@@andrebartels1690 I like the ideas but he was referencing for honor 😂
Thanks for the tips, this will be useful the next time I use a public restroom
I saw the notification as the video came but left it to watch later when i had an hour or so of free time- NEVER would ive guessed it was 5 minutes long! A lindy video?! Inconcievable!
Thank you to Mike and the Channel for putting this together. Absolutely brilliant
I Really really miss these kinds of videos!!
Don't you just love Lindybeige clips out of context
The bee hovering near the camera at around 1:30 activated my IRL "ey, bee, bugger off" response
Loved the end screen. Arguably one of the best part of the video.
Nice video! Ive just rounded off my year of poleaxe lessons at my local HEMA club and its fun to see the techniques Ive spent time practicing done by Lloyd! Too bad that the main ‘blockbreaker’ didn’t show tho... cause Ive found that in practice when you use the choppy attack for a strike, and someone parries it without a riposte, it is really quite common to hook the block down and quite frankly let the opponent fall on your spike... I would have liked to see that in this vid, but still an amazing video! Great job Lloyd!
The last technique could be used in a movie fight. The hero and the villain change their weapons in the beginning as a plot device, or in the final fight as a symbolic action.
But sadly Pole-arms aren't fancy enough and the guy responsible for the safety won't let anyone handle such dangerous objects in range. But hey, we got CGI. 🙃
Pussies is what they are
Isn't that how Hamlet ended?
@@FerretPirate The poisoned blade didn't kill the main Antagonist (the king), but your right, it is pretty much Hamlet's ending.
Alexander the Great actually conquered his empire by going into battle with 12 poleaxes. Little know fact, that.
Here's Mohamed Ehab training for that fighting style i.imgur.com/O2PXQ2n.jpg
6 in each hand or all tied together to make a really long one? Or 1 tied to each finger + 2 on his knees?
Just had to rate this comment in Google option rewards, I gave it 5 stars it made me laugh
2:57 So essentially: "You fool, you've fallen for one of the classic blunders!"
The French facing the English.
French general to one of his commanders: How many poleaxes do you count?
French commander: I count 1892, you?
French general: Damn, I told you we needed more poleaxes. Alright then, we lost, let's go home.
Meanwhile on the English side:
English commander to his general: Sir, I believe we have more poleaxes than the French.
English general: Hooray! You know what they say.
English commander: What do they say, sir?
English general: Never bring a sword to a poleaxe fight.
so thats why the english army carried these old heavy poleaxes and other heraldic stuff into battle, including the crimea war
this channel is about to hit a million subs and that really makes me happy
I have no idea how I came across this channel back in the day, but I do not regret it. :)
I love to see how you just have fun with this channel
Why do they call it the pole-axe?
*Because it's an axe on the end of a pole* .
We had so much simpler methods of naming things in those times. I wonder what name a marketing team for a modern version of a poleaxe would give it?
"Meet Charlie Choplin, your new battle assistant"...
I might just have to now make an RPG character with that name. Thank you very much for your assistance.
Actually that's completely wrong. It's called a pollaxe. Poll meaning head, because of the head on it. The spelling "poleaxe" is wrong.
According to Matt Easton, it began as poll-axe, the poll being the lump on the back of the head of the weapon.
Errr...no.
Simple naming and medieval don't fit into one sentence. Fyi: most pole axes weren't axes but actually raven's beak. They just called it axe because you could smash it on someone's head, you know, like an axe. So no, naming weapons back in the day was not a simple task.
@@pinocchio418 pickaxe is still an axe
The credits joke was also on point this video. excellent content as always
As an aircraft mechanic I empathize with your problems while filming. At least the latest generation of aircraft are MUCH less noisy.
As someone who is slowly studying Fiore dei Liberi I was very happy to hear you mention his work. You might also enjoy "Le Jeu de la Hache".
LindyBeige his video's are allways quite informative, never knew they used to say "Haha" when they seem to win the battle.
Definitely one of the most underrated and underrepresented weapons from the middle ages
That deserved a like alone for the subtitles ^^
greetings from Russia. I often watch your channel. I like your historical humor, although I am due to the average knowledge of the English language is not always able to understand many of the nuances. thank you for your work and good luck
Short, sweet and full of info. Great video.
Super intelligent guys playing at being soldiers, love it!
I need to get more poleaxes! :D I loved how much choreography you both pulled off together! Congrats on making that all work so perfectly! And in one take!
That last part made me laugh so hard. Always have a great time watching your videos.
Hooky indeed! I've been waiting for this video from Lloyd for years.
You madman, Lindy! You're beige with the rage!
Probably your most enjoyable video so far im my opinion
I like the live action and the shortage of the video
“You have a big bashy bit as well” -Lindy
This is a lovely demonstration. Thank you.
The most versatile weapon ever invented.
Absolutly smashing vid it makes me want to pick up hima.
You stab with the stabby end, and chop with the choppy end, and smash with the smashy end.
Also, you can stab with the other stabby end and hook with the choppy end.
@@WiseMasterNinja you got it all wrong. You hook with the hooky end.
Love those short ones. I specially miss your good old reviews. Must have re-watched the Iron Clad and Helen of Troy reviews 5 times.
Please review more movies, I promise I will share with at least 3 friends again?
Thank you british man for teaching me how to use poleaxes!
Another already? Christmas has come early
" as we all know the man with the most pole axes wins"
Wow I'm impressed on how brief and accurate he just described the poleaxe and the halbard. I often feel like these two are mixed up
I think the poleaxe is a very underappreciated weapon. Really the Swiss army knife of pole arms, with the pokey bit, the bashy bit, and the choppy bit.
That bumblebee bee at 1:26 got me. Had to back up and check.
Thanks to this video, we can finally identify a crucial weakness of the Poleaxe, it's *curse of slow-motion* . The recommended approach against a poleaxe-wielding opponent would be to take a weapon that allows one to move at the proper human speed(s).
Always in Good Spirits keep up the content. FINNISH YOUR SWORD!!!
Hey!!!! My favourite HEMA weapon! You should do more content about it ("Le Jeu de la Hache" in French is a very interesting treaty and pretty much the one who goes the most in depth about this weapon)
Nice! I had been curious about a few of those nasty bits, and .. the quick reverse for someone behind, or the hook for tripping, and some grappling.. all very interesting!
"...and, therefore, I win!"
Brilliant sense of humor, as always.
And, sadly, a very short, ón topic, to the point video. It might well be the side effect of needing a duelling partner 😂
Poleaxe is now officially my favourite weapon.
That bee gave me a heart-attack. 😱
Please do more short videos like this. I never have the time to watch a 40 minute TH-cam video so although I really like this channel I've only actually watched one or two videos on it that were put out within the past year or so.
I do find Poleaxe combat quite interesting, mostly cuz you barely ever see it properly depicted. At first glance it looks like such a encumbering weapon, yet it could clearly be used so skillfully.
I think the only show I've seen some decent Polearm combat is Maira The Virgin Witch, where they preform the leg pull move in this video. It's very cool. Great Video!
Excellent. I was just saying the other day how i wished i knew how to use this axey poley thingie. Ty!
Me: *uses poleaxe as a javelin and skewers opponent*
Opponent: *has the most poleaxes, therefore wins*
I like the shorter videos where you say what you want to say and finish. Brevity is something you're talented at
You're in good physical shape my man.
I'm looking forward to this content!!
It's over Anakin! I have the most poleaxes!!
Legit, you could've ended on, "And now I have two poleaxes, so I win!" End credits.
Great video though, Lloyd. Nice to see a shorter one once in awhile!
Been a while since you had a nice, short weapon vid. I like the longer ones you've shifted into, but still nice to have a brief, little one-off from time to time.
These videos are my favorite!
I now appreciate our (not sure if it's used outside of northern and southern ireland) use of "poleaxed" for being inebriated, a lot more after watching Lloyd explain how to use one 😂
Nice video on my favorite weapon, reminds me I have to record a few more techniques for my series on Talhoffer's poleaxe
What what what my day is now pink and fluffy a Lindybeige upload, unfortunately it was short and sweet and them hairy planes didnt help with the audio but playing it slowly gives one longer enjoyment. ✌ peace
thanks lloyd, you're awesome!
Keep the sweet short videos comming in
This ones for all the poleaxes!
Step 1: Hold stick-y end.
Step 2: Attempt to get hostile associate to involuntarily hold pointy or sharp end.
Step 3: Repeat as necessary.
That covers the length and breadth of all HEMA.
Now begin...
Wow, stuff like this really showcases the importance of rigorous martial training. Without a high degree of skill, and plenty of armour, engagements like this would only last a few moments
Oh no I didn’t win, I am just a Pole axe salesman
when Lindy hed two poleaxes I sow his heir turning yellow and floating up a little bit