people in the comments here don't seem to understand singlestick. it is a HEMA sport wherein the sticks are to represent any backsword, and all target areas are valid. the stick slides freely within the basket, and provided you let the stick slide through your grasp, no injury is dealt to the victim.
nice drilling m8s, guy on the right had his form down. most people don't know Singlestick is for broadsword fencing, Olympic saber rules aren't applied. they're both for backswords, but they're not the exact same.
Not as much as you might think, as long as it has a little control behind it, but yeah, it does. We all wear rather more padding now than in this video. Either full fencing kit with plastic chest-plates and knee and elbow pads, or a big old padded gambeson. Means we can go at it that much harder as well!
Um... no, we're not. Hence the wooden sticks and fencing masks. It's reasonable safety whilst trying to make it as realistic as possible, using techniques as true to the period and weapon(late 19th century singlestick)as possible Yes, we know it's not real. We're both still alive.
Hey, pretty fluid. The guy on the left could do to bend his knees a bit more and straighten his back a bit (or it might just be the camera angle that makes it look like he's slouching a bit). Looks fun as swinging swords around usually is.
hopefully you realize some hits were off target and it seemed like you were totally ignoring the rule of right of way (which does apply in saber, and it looked like you were trying to use saber based on your hands).
people in the comments here don't seem to understand singlestick. it is a HEMA sport wherein the sticks are to represent any backsword, and all target areas are valid. the stick slides freely within the basket, and provided you let the stick slide through your grasp, no injury is dealt to the victim.
nice drilling m8s, guy on the right had his form down. most people don't know Singlestick is for broadsword fencing, Olympic saber rules aren't applied. they're both for backswords, but they're not the exact same.
Not as much as you might think, as long as it has a little control behind it, but yeah, it does. We all wear rather more padding now than in this video. Either full fencing kit with plastic chest-plates and knee and elbow pads, or a big old padded gambeson. Means we can go at it that much harder as well!
Um... no, we're not. Hence the wooden sticks and fencing masks. It's reasonable safety whilst trying to make it as realistic as possible, using techniques as true to the period and weapon(late 19th century singlestick)as possible Yes, we know it's not real. We're both still alive.
Man, an thrust from one of those things would hurt especially if it hit the collarbone or something.
Hey, pretty fluid. The guy on the left could do to bend his knees a bit more and straighten his back a bit (or it might just be the camera angle that makes it look like he's slouching a bit).
Looks fun as swinging swords around usually is.
its single stick mate, no right of way rule and no limited target zone
What are these sticks standing in for? sabre,cutlass maybe? Whats the time period that this came about?
hopefully you realize some hits were off target and it seemed like you were totally ignoring the rule of right of way (which does apply in saber, and it looked like you were trying to use saber based on your hands).