Cool swords but in practice the dueling sabre uses pretty strict footwork with a larger percent of thrusts turned into moulinets. Here we can see the rear leg of the dueling sabre prematurely colapse before providing the required speed and power with a timed cut. Just a friendly critique. Looks like fun!
Hey no problem! There is a practice that while advancing you can't move the sword to parry until the rear foot steps. If retreating it would be the front foot. It's a fun footwork drill but also highlights that you will be in full readiness to launch a lunge repost every time.
It would certainly be fun for me, though I think Rose may object since the Hungarian saber is a bit heavy for her and has zero synergy with her fighting style. Yeeeah I suspect she's quite content with her dueling saber 😎👉
Thanks for the comment! I much prefer a heavier saber myself, they have so much authority and flow. Those dueling sabers though are super-fast and nimble. They're also longer, you can see Rose get me a number of times with those quick hand shots. Very hard to stop with the heavier blades.
@@resolvedinsteel yeah, I've had much the same experience. in my bouts though, as long as you maintain the right defensive posture, the momentum and curve of a cavalry saber is worth the trade off!
There are two types of duell sabres, not mentioned here. One is the ,Schäger' of socalled German Accademic Fencing, which exists in two versions, and the Accademic Saber, used for real duells of Accademics before about 1930s. The Accademic Saber had cavallry saber blade, but large baskethilt of Korbschläger ( the lesser common Glockenschläger has a hilt with similârity to spanish cuphilt rapiers).
I'll bet there are a fair few others out there too. Here I only mean a saber that has been optimized for dueling rather than battlefield usage. Things such as a longer, lighter blade, more robust hand protection etc... Thanks for the insight though!
The weight is 1 lb 14 oz with the PoB approximately 6" from the guard. It's certainly not a HEAVY cavalry saber but is of Hungarian origins and to my knowledge, similar weapons were often used by light cavalry.
As much as I love my Hungarian Sabre for solo work, the fact that you have to be so careful with it to avoid hurting your opponent makes it hard to compare to military sabre. I took a VB Hungarian sabre to a military sabre competition, and that was a mistake. It's like only being allowed to slow spar against someone who's going full speed. I'm sure your opponent appreciates you not hitting with a proper full moulinet, but you having to be so gentle is a big disadvantage.
You're not wrong. Heavier sabers tend to have a much more devastating cut. Even blunts hit like a truck. I have a video more recently with myself sparring Hungarian Saber against a Type XIV Arming Sword, which also hits really hard. It was a pretty intense match!
For heavy sparring we use more sturdy protection. But since we know each other very well and aren't hitting especially hard, we decided to go a little lighter on gear.
Snap, we're actually getting some good numbers on this one. Thanks everyone!
Cool swords but in practice the dueling sabre uses pretty strict footwork with a larger percent of thrusts turned into moulinets. Here we can see the rear leg of the dueling sabre prematurely colapse before providing the required speed and power with a timed cut. Just a friendly critique. Looks like fun!
It's a good time for sure! Thanks for the critique, we're always looking to improve.
Hey no problem! There is a practice that while advancing you can't move the sword to parry until the rear foot steps. If retreating it would be the front foot. It's a fun footwork drill but also highlights that you will be in full readiness to launch a lunge repost every time.
I'd be curious to see both fencers swap weapons and see the results.
It would certainly be fun for me, though I think Rose may object since the Hungarian saber is a bit heavy for her and has zero synergy with her fighting style. Yeeeah I suspect she's quite content with her dueling saber 😎👉
I've always been team Polish saber... Thanks for proving me right!
Thanks for the comment! I much prefer a heavier saber myself, they have so much authority and flow. Those dueling sabers though are super-fast and nimble. They're also longer, you can see Rose get me a number of times with those quick hand shots. Very hard to stop with the heavier blades.
@@resolvedinsteel yeah, I've had much the same experience. in my bouts though, as long as you maintain the right defensive posture, the momentum and curve of a cavalry saber is worth the trade off!
@@alanhirjak7287 I quite prefer it myself, cheers!
There are two types of duell sabres, not mentioned here. One is the ,Schäger' of socalled German Accademic Fencing, which exists in two versions, and the Accademic Saber, used for real duells of Accademics before about 1930s. The Accademic Saber had cavallry saber blade, but large baskethilt of Korbschläger ( the lesser common Glockenschläger has a hilt with similârity to spanish cuphilt rapiers).
I'll bet there are a fair few others out there too. Here I only mean a saber that has been optimized for dueling rather than battlefield usage. Things such as a longer, lighter blade, more robust hand protection etc... Thanks for the insight though!
You swing your sword like a fairy.
We talking Tinkerbell or Freddie Mercury? come on bro I gotta know!
El sable de caballería es precisamente para hacer cortes desde la cabalgadura, no tanto para duelos a pie
Por supuesto, pero es muy divertido 👉😎👉
Doesn't look like it has the profile of a cavalry sabre. What's its weight and PoB ?
The weight is 1 lb 14 oz with the PoB approximately 6" from the guard. It's certainly not a HEAVY cavalry saber but is of Hungarian origins and to my knowledge, similar weapons were often used by light cavalry.
@@resolvedinsteel Certainly. Is that saber from VB (or perhaps purpleheart )?
@@18ps3anos It's from purpleheart
As much as I love my Hungarian Sabre for solo work, the fact that you have to be so careful with it to avoid hurting your opponent makes it hard to compare to military sabre. I took a VB Hungarian sabre to a military sabre competition, and that was a mistake. It's like only being allowed to slow spar against someone who's going full speed. I'm sure your opponent appreciates you not hitting with a proper full moulinet, but you having to be so gentle is a big disadvantage.
You're not wrong. Heavier sabers tend to have a much more devastating cut. Even blunts hit like a truck. I have a video more recently with myself sparring Hungarian Saber against a Type XIV Arming Sword, which also hits really hard. It was a pretty intense match!
I'm sorry if this offends, but the height difference make this look like a FromSoftware bossfight 😭
The funny thing is that I'm only 5'7. Rose just happens to be 5 feet even. She's a scrapper though.
Are you using lacrosse gloves?
For heavy sparring we use more sturdy protection. But since we know each other very well and aren't hitting especially hard, we decided to go a little lighter on gear.