+Sean Dolan I come from a pretty rough area so I've had my fair share of back alley sword fights. These kinds of moves come in handy but shouldn't be your primary tactic.
You say that this movement is impractical, but I do it during non-lethal spars with my friends every once in a while, and they always end up laughing so hard I can get right up to them and land the hit.
All martial arts drills are rigid sequences. The difference between drills and sparring is evident once you spar. The Drills develop a muscle memory so you can perform small portions quickly without thinking about it too much.
Im doing it, its hard, you need rly good muscles to be fast enough. Anyway Fighting is everytime a Mindgame, let the people say what they want, its a Mindgame. If they Laugh at you because you doing the Whirl false, let them laugh Train hard, prove them next time wrong and land Hit on Hit dont even let them strike back or move their Finger, you can do this with the Whirl. Whirl can be used for fast attacks but there is no power behind, you can cut but not seperate. Other use for Whirl would be Heavy Attacks with high Precision. Most people thinking how the fuck you want to do a Heavy attack on a Whirl? Just try out you will see yourself. Snake-Whirl fast attack-Whirl bit Heavy attack-Whirl Heavy Attack, Whirl backwards try to land a hit on head, and go on your Position where you standed before. Most of your friend or Opponents will be extremly confused and will loose the Mindgame against you. Train, Train, Train you can use this. Its Hard, confusing and need Huge stamina. But you can pull it off, with no problems, most normal Attacks using more Stamina then the Whirl himself. Try out everything you will be surprised what you can do with the Whirl. After you pulled of the Whirl, the feeling is incredible :D.
I assume this is a joke, but for any idiot out there that actually thinks this is practical, it's not. Turning your back on your opponent is always a bad idea, and there is never a good reason to intentionally do it, and if you have half a brain you'll notice why. There are techniques that will perform a million times better, without leaving yourself completely open. If you're doing it to play a "mind game" you're completely relying on your opponents tolerance. So even if it does work once, that doesn't mean it's a good idea. I'm not saying you can't have fun, but don't go around thinking you've discovered some lost technique. Side note, it's a total dick move to hit someone (especially a friend) while they're laughing. You'd have to be a total try hard to do that while sparring.
Alex I know its old comment but... You look at witcher moves in hooman way, witchers are much faster and stronger, they are one of the best fighters in lore. They marking every hit perfectly.
@@innos3997 Yeah, but hes talking from a real life perspective. In real life, spins, twirls, pirouettes, flips, and all the other crazy things a Witcher does in a fight would not only be impractical, but dangerous. Let's say two HEMA, thats historical European martial arts, practitioners of equal skill meet and have a fight to the death with equally well made longswords and average clothing, no armor. This is very much like what an old duel would've been like, by law they had to fight on the most equal terms possible. Same weapons, same clothes, and relatively equal skill, though that can be hard to quantify. In this scenario if one of them tried to do a Witcher styled spin or pirouette, he'd immediately be punished for this with a stab in the back from the other fighter. In a real sword fight you never turn your back to the opponent. Fancy acrobatics in sword fights are only an element used in video games an movies to express one fighters amazing speed in comparison to other fighters. In the game, I totally let it go, it's rule of cool and super badass, and Geralt can pull it off lore wise because of his superhuman speed and reflexes. In a real fight though? It would be like handing your opponent your life of bloody steel platter.
Einar Blood-Axe He is not taking about real life perspective... Also there was another Alex comment, and i was responding to other one, but now it is missing
@@innos3997 I mean, what else if not real life could he have been talking about when calling it "impractical"? If he would like to clarify that would prove me right or wrong. But without direct word from the OP we can only infer what he meant through the implications of his words. The implication I got was that when he called the moves "impractical" he meant it from a real life perspective. Even if it turns out that he wasn't talking from a real life perspective, the rest of what I said is still correct.
@@Dayrahl although, if you're fast enough, you can break the opponent's move and put his blade off balance by bringing down the sword at the right time...in the games also he keeps his sword outstretched at a level through which he can still spin and also hit his enemy.
Im no expert, but to the people that are saying this will work on farmers etc etc., this technique assumes your sword cuts through people like butter, which is obviously not the case, bones are pretty tough to cut. When the sword comes into contact with a good amount of bone, it would most likely stop the sword and throw the attacker off balance.
+Shiro Jesus. You dont want to cut "through bones" etc. you couldnt do this with any type of sword. So you have to cut like the throat or the knees or something like this.
Franx Fights Exactly, however the fact remains that in the game that this particular technique cuts through the torso, instead of an area without bones like the throat. Thats why its not viable.
+Metatron Hello Metatron! Glad you like my content. :) Love your Japanese martial arts influence, there's so much solid information in your videos. Subbing back!
The Sword's Path I live in Italy :) I'm glad you also liked my channel. I watched basically all your videos already so I'm waiting for new content :3 really cool stuff. I'll give you a shout out on my channel soon, you definitely deserve more subs.
rjt thakur it’s a skill you can learn and you basically just have to hold down the light attack button but he doesn’t really „end“ the chain in the game he’ll just stop between a hit if either you run out of stamina or you stop holding the button
Absolutely beautiful. As a sword instructor, you do make it look easy, however I am certain it takes time and a lot of practice to get to the point of fluid grace in which you have shown. I will definitely be watching this tutorial multiple times as I begin my "Witcher sword" training.
Love it. HEMA practitioner myself. It's useless for a normal human but beautiful. But then again Geralt would kick any HEMA fighters ass even twirling. He is a Witcher and a lot faster and more precise than any human could ever be doing those moves. All the power Polish Sword fighting! Excellent clubs over there! Greetings from Germany. "You know I'm all about that Ochs bout that Ochs, no Alber" (to the music of all about that base... Imagine ;))
+Waldgeist I don't know, I know a master who was VERY precise at his prime, a few years ago. The "I'm going to cut your superciliary arch since you want to harm me, but I won't accidentally hit your eye" kind of precise.
If he were apply his superhuman strength and speed to be more efficient - for example stab his opponent in the face very quickly - instead of wasting them on useless flashy moves like these that only serve to expose his vulnerables, I'd probably think of him as less of a smug twat.
True but to be fair this is something you would perform at high speeds on groups of people, not one on one. If you stabbed one opponent in the face very quickly the others in the group would just stab you in the back. In the Witcher 3 this move serves as the successor to the Group Style from the first game where it's only really useful in groups.
If we're working from the original supposition, ie. that this wouldn't work out too well for you in real life, then you also didn't fight groups of people all by yourself in real life (unless you were massacring unarmed peasants to amuse yourself or something). Getting in a melee against more than 2 enemies was a sure-fire way of very quickly having your internal organs put on display.
That's really impressive how did you got all these moves together in pretty smooth way. Looking forward for your upcoming (hopefully) videos with more sword-thingy tutorials :D
+Ambrucor Fuck yeah, this guy is AWESOME! It seems like he knows how to use these old weapons, i mean swords and maybe even some other things like bow or spear. Maybe he can make a small guide how to begin the path of the swordmaster? :D
This is absolutely the best video I've seen. The moves may not be entirely practical, but the concepts of the footwork would be very good in a competition where your goal is to unsettle or intimidate an opponent
This is so cool. I've always wanted to get into the sword hobby but playing Witcher really motivated me to do it. I bought my first practice sword just a bit ago and am looking for a local HEMA group to join. Even though this video isn't about practical fighting, it was helpful. Could you do any videos with basic swordsmanship techniques? Thanks!
I appreciate that you aknowledge I this is not a combat technique in the description. The moves are impressive to watch all the same. The Witcher is a great game.
I'm not gay, but ur hair looks so beautiful in that light. The way that your hair follows your movements with the high contrast was amazing. Great sword moves too.
I thank you for THIS video showing "the snake"....in the one concerning Anakin and Obi, it seemed a little different, and harder to do....but this video clarifies it BEAUTIFULLY! I must admit, seeing this video, has helped alot in my studies. Currently, i do not have a weapon to practice, but i am working on that thank you
+TheEquinoxeHD It's not. It's most definitely not. You may cut something while performing this, but it would be inaccurate and mostly uncontrollable. It's more of a sword-dance-technique, flashy and impressive.
THank you so much for this. I've played Game of the year edition and I'm reading the book series in preparation for the netflix series but I find the combat hard to understand or visualise. IN particular the piroette and half-piroette. I could not understand why a person would want to do a piroette in a sword fight and leave themselves open and vunerable. Thank you, this helps a lot.
This seems like a technique that was designed for when you're surrounded. Not necessarily in a one-on-one duel. Admittedly, this technique would do wonders to confuse the opponent.
Practical or not, I must admit, if you will do it in front of someone during a fight, most of peoples will do sth like *0*
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A simple thrust or a decent parry would probably best it. Also, moving from a 'wrath' guard into a downward strike, like usual, would also be quite effective.
This is very easy to do actually once you get it down. I did dance and cheer most of my life and they are mechanically pretty much the same techniques. The spins and pirouettes look harder than they actually are, this video breaks them down extremely well and once you start to grasp the mechanics and practice more this will become very easy to do.
Very easy to understand from someone who's sword combat is based in solely on games and watching a few ren. fests in the states. Would love to watch more of your vids if you make them.
None the less i'll give this thing a try (just not for HEMA) So are you a HEMA sword instructor or more Stage Combat? I do a bit of both and i would love to see some more videos from you!
+AnkU I do! I had been managing an academy of my own, but moved to another city two years ago. I'm based in Poland, but can travel anywhere if need be. Swordfish 2015? Possibly. If they lift the ban off Jan Chodkiewicz.
Thank you for explanation. I would never have thought that it was a combination of three simple movements)). I recently started to be engaged in fencing. I think because of your explanations, I can repeat it in about a week(I will show that to my kids)))
Great Video! Congratz. I do wu shu martial art and i love HEMA too. Witcher style are so beautiful without thought about utility. Like other styles, this is ART. I hope see more tutorials from you. Sorry for my English.
If you're a witcher and can perform this at super high speed due to your super-human strength, this move is perfectly practical because your speed will cover up the opening at you back while you spin. So in other words, don't attempt this in a real fight unless you are a witcher. XD
Lovely done. Showing a move sequence like this would benefit a lot from also showing and explaining the footwork, as many people find footwork in general and stable rotations/pirouettes in particular rather challenging, all the more so with the added momentum of a sword swing. Your comment section would probably look better if you made it even more obvious in the video (not just the description) that you're aware of this not being a practical technique. Many thanks for the video, I'll be looking forward to more.
against one highly skilled opponent I'd have to agree and even that would depend the fighters weapon, technique, style, and depending circumstance, but against 4 farmers with small clubs that are already terrified with cloth clothing... seems pretty gold. like a tornado kick and a jumping heel kick they aren't for every situation but when that situation arrives their deadly kicks, even against skilled opponents. there's a reason these techniques haven't been forgotten, they have their use. timing, technique, and circumstance is key
Ok, again farmers it would work properly. But I need to admit that witchers are mutants, super Quick and they are training whole life. So that style of sword fighting is made by them, for mutant swordfighters :-D Dont try it in real life. I was checking this at trainings and it didnt work even without my full armor :-P
Definitely, witcher's are mutated to win. But not everyone is built to fight with flair because it's more of a dance. Practicality trumps flair most the time, that is because most people use flair at the wrong moments and in bad circumstances. 1v1 against a skilled opponent definitely shouldn't be used as a starting move. I could see the whirl being helpful if the battle ground was rocky and you've already gained the upper hand, opponent's on his heels, fear sets in due to situation, the whirl ensues and opponent loses focus trips over rock. Game over. Still impractical of a technique. But sometimes impractical is good in 1/10... 1/20 of the time maybe
We appreciate you. Thank you. Is this move also effective because you're kinda protecting yourself with spinning blocking while spinning attacking simultaneously?
Man... I've sat here and watched a bunch of your videos in a row. You have a new subscriber for sure. You're very informative and your videos are well done/edited. I'll be watching more for sure. Very VERY amazing.
I have yet to try witcher 3, but the game seems much cooler now since I saw a person (you) do one of the characters attack animations. Keep doing this stuff bro!
Now the only thing you need to learn is how to prepare some potions and you are ready to kick some monster ass. Seriously man, those are some sick moves 0_0 Outstanding job!
I thought you were a music channel caus I listen to your doom covers all the time, until now, when TH-cam has seen fit to recommend this video. I am pleasantly surprised.
Dammit. I told myself that I need to stay on the videos that are a level I can learn from right now. Now I have plowed through a ton of videos because I CAN'T STOP WATCHING!
I'm glad you point out that this technique is impractical. As someone who does HEMA, I can see how long the prepatory movement is and how wide and big the swings are ... while your doing this, your opponent is doing nasty things to you and you have little ability to defend yourself because either your sword is behind you or you are in the middle of a huge swing. The periottes are even worse as you turn your back on your opponent. I hope other people understand this too, if they are at least interested in looking at this from a semi-serious perspective.
Man, that was amazing!!! German swordsmanship is an awesome marcial art, sadly its not a common one, specialy in Brazil, were european costumes are not usual.
Really cool! And impressive. Blacksmithing and sword techniques are very interesting. Part of me would like to start practice it myself, if I weren't so terribly bad at anything athletic.
Wow man you rock! :D cheers (y). It's great to watch you doing the movements so people like me can watch it and appreciate them. By the way I love the fluidity of your movements.
I just started reading the books. The Last Wish was epic. Currently on The Sword of Destiny. But noi, this video is awesome! I just did a random search of how one would depict the pirouettes they are describing in the books. Sure, there's the video games and yes Henry Cavill's swordplay is awesome. But I needed to see more. Thus I was led here. lol
If you were my brother I would be so proud to see this, cause my bro and me are swords fans (not meaning I've got that much knowledge) It looks so amazing!
My good brother, if you keep doing this stuff I'm going to hug ya wherever you are right now. I'm myself into HEMA but damn, those Witcher moves are just...man! AHAHAHA And so, thank you for this, I hope you will continue this series ^__^
Do you think is it better to train with a light sword and then use heavier sword later or take an heavy sword at the start ? thank you for every thing you rock !
I think it's best to train with a light sword and use a light sword. ;) But to answer your question: you always want to use lighter tools (such as a bokken) to build up speed, and then switch back to your main weapon to catch up.
+The Sword's Path Yes, that was the point I was going to make: The Romans trained with gear that was double the weight of anything that they were ever going to be expected to use in an actual battle, so they would go from being trained to handle their training weapons to "Gods above, this weapon is so light! I can hardly feel it in my hand, this is amazing!"
The weight is less important than the point of balance. Even if a bokken has the same weight as a 42 inch katana, the fact that the center of balance is off will affect all muscle techniques used.
Ja bym z checią zobaczył całą składankę najlepszych ruchów z trailerów, wszystkich 3 gier i cinematików... To byłoby niesamowite. BTW, świetnie idzie Ci machanie mieczem. :)
"Don't use in a street fight". I'll remember this next time I'm battling guys with broadswords in an alley. Thanks for the protip.
+Sean Dolan I come from a pretty rough area so I've had my fair share of back alley sword fights. These kinds of moves come in handy but shouldn't be your primary tactic.
+Sean Dolan but what else should i do with my broadsword that i always carry with me when i go out at night ?
"Don't do this in a street fight". Unless you can use Quen or Axii.
Asato Chen lool
Skooks Tried to end you rightly, did he?
Can you make tutorial how to cast Igni?
I'd rather prefer Axii
Or do a tutorial for all the signs ;)
no, make tuto about quen thx
Nizam Arjuna I know the hand signs bro, they are awesome, especially Axii, use it a lot...................................
It's simple you have tons of videos on how to cast Igni on youtube. Just look at the fire fart vids !
You say that this movement is impractical, but I do it during non-lethal spars with my friends every once in a while, and they always end up laughing so hard I can get right up to them and land the hit.
I can see how the snake would be practical with a parry, or to unsheath and immediately go for an overhead strike
Wouldn't it be easier to just buy a pink thong to wear over your sparring gear, though?
All martial arts drills are rigid sequences. The difference between drills and sparring is evident once you spar.
The Drills develop a muscle memory so you can perform small portions quickly without thinking about it too much.
Im doing it, its hard, you need rly good muscles to be fast enough. Anyway Fighting is everytime a Mindgame, let the people say what they want, its a Mindgame. If they Laugh at you because you doing the Whirl false, let them laugh Train hard, prove them next time wrong and land Hit on Hit dont even let them strike back or move their Finger, you can do this with the Whirl.
Whirl can be used for fast attacks but there is no power behind, you can cut but not seperate. Other use for Whirl would be Heavy Attacks with high Precision. Most people thinking how the fuck you want to do a Heavy attack on a Whirl? Just try out you will see yourself. Snake-Whirl fast attack-Whirl bit Heavy attack-Whirl Heavy Attack, Whirl backwards try to land a hit on head, and go on your Position where you standed before. Most of your friend or Opponents will be extremly confused and will loose the Mindgame against you.
Train, Train, Train you can use this. Its Hard, confusing and need Huge stamina. But you can pull it off, with no problems, most normal Attacks using more Stamina then the Whirl himself. Try out everything you will be surprised what you can do with the Whirl. After you pulled of the Whirl, the feeling is incredible :D.
I assume this is a joke, but for any idiot out there that actually thinks this is practical, it's not. Turning your back on your opponent is always a bad idea, and there is never a good reason to intentionally do it, and if you have half a brain you'll notice why. There are techniques that will perform a million times better, without leaving yourself completely open. If you're doing it to play a "mind game" you're completely relying on your opponents tolerance. So even if it does work once, that doesn't mean it's a good idea. I'm not saying you can't have fun, but don't go around thinking you've discovered some lost technique. Side note, it's a total dick move to hit someone (especially a friend) while they're laughing. You'd have to be a total try hard to do that while sparring.
I really like how you filmed this during a beautiful sunset in White Orchard. :)
SparrowhawkTheKind hahahahahaha
Could be southern Velen.
2:20 is that a monster nest behind him?
Oughta just destroy it
*was
I think it looks a little bit like a round of gwent
Ah freak, did I just forgot to craft a grapeshot
20 experience points
As highly as impractical this is, you have to admit it looks really cool.
I love it.
Wouldn't be bad to learn for staged fighting.
Alex you’re goddamn right and that’s the only reason I learn the whole moveset
Alex
I know its old comment but... You look at witcher moves in hooman way, witchers are much faster and stronger, they are one of the best fighters in lore. They marking every hit perfectly.
@@innos3997 Yeah, but hes talking from a real life perspective. In real life, spins, twirls, pirouettes, flips, and all the other crazy things a Witcher does in a fight would not only be impractical, but dangerous. Let's say two HEMA, thats historical European martial arts, practitioners of equal skill meet and have a fight to the death with equally well made longswords and average clothing, no armor. This is very much like what an old duel would've been like, by law they had to fight on the most equal terms possible. Same weapons, same clothes, and relatively equal skill, though that can be hard to quantify. In this scenario if one of them tried to do a Witcher styled spin or pirouette, he'd immediately be punished for this with a stab in the back from the other fighter. In a real sword fight you never turn your back to the opponent. Fancy acrobatics in sword fights are only an element used in video games an movies to express one fighters amazing speed in comparison to other fighters. In the game, I totally let it go, it's rule of cool and super badass, and Geralt can pull it off lore wise because of his superhuman speed and reflexes. In a real fight though? It would be like handing your opponent your life of bloody steel platter.
Einar Blood-Axe
He is not taking about real life perspective... Also there was another Alex comment, and i was responding to other one, but now it is missing
@@innos3997 I mean, what else if not real life could he have been talking about when calling it "impractical"? If he would like to clarify that would prove me right or wrong. But without direct word from the OP we can only infer what he meant through the implications of his words. The implication I got was that when he called the moves "impractical" he meant it from a real life perspective. Even if it turns out that he wasn't talking from a real life perspective, the rest of what I said is still correct.
My medallion's humming. A place of p- oh shit I'm sorry.
made my day
Sorry for what?
Our daddy taught us not to be ashamed of our dicks, 'specially since they're such good size and all.
Keep slayin' boi! :D
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+Vertez ty tu :D
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If I was a bandit and I saw someone do that I'd either run or call for back up.
this guys is crazy
Tuxx H you do realize he moves are absolutely useless right look at hema he get killed sooo fucking dast spinning around like a fucking fairy
If I was a bandit I'd run at him yelling"oh your fucked!" Only to get fucked myself
@@Dayrahl although, if you're fast enough, you can break the opponent's move and put his blade off balance by bringing down the sword at the right time...in the games also he keeps his sword outstretched at a level through which he can still spin and also hit his enemy.
Im no expert, but to the people that are saying this will work on farmers etc etc., this technique assumes your sword cuts through people like butter, which is obviously not the case, bones are pretty tough to cut. When the sword comes into contact with a good amount of bone, it would most likely stop the sword and throw the attacker off balance.
Actually this technique assumes you know where to hit without getting stuck so 😉
+Vehbi Erargın This technique assumes you won't be using it in real combat.
geralt is a Jedi confirmed.
+Shiro Jesus. You dont want to cut "through bones" etc. you couldnt do this with any type of sword. So you have to cut like the throat or the knees or something like this.
Franx Fights Exactly, however the fact remains that in the game that this particular technique cuts through the torso, instead of an area without bones like the throat. Thats why its not viable.
Is it possible to get you as a companion in an RPG? You look like you'd be helpful in slaying dragons...
Only if I can bring along my guitar and be a bard!
+The Sword's Path by all means! I get my ass burned and you sing about it later and have a nice laugh.
pretty much Dandelion
Peter Hanson wrong game man
@@Gabrilos505 Lmao an OP dandelion
Fantastic job mate. You are amazing and your channel is really good. I subbed. :3
ps: where are you based? In what country?
+Metatron Hello Metatron! Glad you like my content. :) Love your Japanese martial arts influence, there's so much solid information in your videos. Subbing back!
Oh, and I live in rural Poland. You? :)
The Sword's Path I live in Italy :) I'm glad you also liked my channel. I watched basically all your videos already so I'm waiting for new content :3 really cool stuff.
I'll give you a shout out on my channel soon, you definitely deserve more subs.
+Metatron Thank you! I will return the favour. :)
Poland why favourite EU country, happy to be brothers, Ireland
That was really awesome! :D
+hodilton LOVE YOUR VIDS BRO!
In first 10 seconds of game when they show a clip from game i have never seen geralt completing that move ...how to do that in game
rjt thakur it’s a skill you can learn and you basically just have to hold down the light attack button but he doesn’t really „end“ the chain in the game he’ll just stop between a hit if either you run out of stamina or you stop holding the button
well im no longer afraid, the real Witcher has risen.
Absolutely beautiful. As a sword instructor, you do make it look easy, however I am certain it takes time and a lot of practice to get to the point of fluid grace in which you have shown. I will definitely be watching this tutorial multiple times as I begin my "Witcher sword" training.
Love it. HEMA practitioner myself. It's useless for a normal human but beautiful.
But then again Geralt would kick any HEMA fighters ass even twirling. He is a Witcher and a lot faster and more precise than any human could ever be doing those moves.
All the power Polish Sword fighting! Excellent clubs over there! Greetings from Germany.
"You know I'm all about that Ochs bout that Ochs, no Alber" (to the music of all about that base... Imagine ;))
+Waldgeist I don't know, I know a master who was VERY precise at his prime, a few years ago. The "I'm going to cut your superciliary arch since you want to harm me, but I won't accidentally hit your eye" kind of precise.
That homie can rape 99% of HEMA population only with Zornhaus...
Geralt of Rivia has super human strength and speed. It's why it works for him
If he were apply his superhuman strength and speed to be more efficient - for example stab his opponent in the face very quickly - instead of wasting them on useless flashy moves like these that only serve to expose his vulnerables, I'd probably think of him as less of a smug twat.
Don't forget to put on a Quen for extra protection.
True but to be fair this is something you would perform at high speeds on groups of people, not one on one. If you stabbed one opponent in the face very quickly the others in the group would just stab you in the back. In the Witcher 3 this move serves as the successor to the Group Style from the first game where it's only really useful in groups.
If we're working from the original supposition, ie. that this wouldn't work out too well for you in real life, then you also didn't fight groups of people all by yourself in real life (unless you were massacring unarmed peasants to amuse yourself or something). Getting in a melee against more than 2 enemies was a sure-fire way of very quickly having your internal organs put on display.
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I *must* know...
That *Groundcover* *Grass* *mod* behind you, is that downloadable from *Nexus* ?
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"Don't do this in a streetfight" ayy lmao. Do you often end up in streetfights wiith your sword? ;)
drowner attacks are a plague in Poland.
LOL same thought
And the ghouls own neighborhoods in germany
All we have in North America are moose and the occasional Ent
It would be great to have Longsword in a Street Fight, even a dull one
That's really impressive how did you got all these moves together in pretty smooth way.
Looking forward for your upcoming (hopefully) videos with more sword-thingy tutorials :D
Do we need more?! Hell yeah!
You could start with a How To on the moves from your "test clip" Video!
+Ambrucor Indeed, we need more ! Much more ! :)
+Ambrucor Fuck yeah, this guy is AWESOME!
It seems like he knows how to use these old weapons, i mean swords and maybe even some other things like bow or spear. Maybe he can make a small guide how to begin the path of the swordmaster? :D
+Glib Kovalenko If you're serious about it, try contacting whatever Jena group exists where you live. They'll get you started in no time.
+Is523APrimeNumber What the hell is a Jena group? :o
+The Sword's Path sorry, I meant a HEMA group. Autocorrect acting up.
Respect form Poland!
+KoXny To polak
fk u
cebula
Another great video and excellent tutorial on how to swing a sword like Geralt. Keep it up👍
Amazing man, I hoped to find someone performing witcher fighting techniques since the first game!!! subbed!!
Next : Olgierd's movement set !
apart from the fancy teleports it's pretty much textbook sabre sparring.
This is absolutely the best video I've seen. The moves may not be entirely practical, but the concepts of the footwork would be very good in a competition where your goal is to unsettle or intimidate an opponent
I love the combat system in Witcher 3 and you have done this pretty awesome! Nice vid! Keep on doing this stuff! 👍
Vesemir is smiling at you truly. Spreading his Legacy Lesson is perfect.
can you do it with targets and then chop them up
Joachim De Rader Is that a fetish? :)
Yes, sure I can! I'll be recording some new stuff this week at an even better location. With targets.
+The Sword's Path It's sure as hell a fetish of mine now after I imagined it.
I've never been this impressed in my life u know what I'll start attending a class honestly i loved what u did.
This is so cool. I've always wanted to get into the sword hobby but playing Witcher really motivated me to do it. I bought my first practice sword just a bit ago and am looking for a local HEMA group to join. Even though this video isn't about practical fighting, it was helpful. Could you do any videos with basic swordsmanship techniques? Thanks!
+SubunitProductions Will do!
I appreciate that you aknowledge I this is not a combat technique in the description. The moves are impressive to watch all the same. The Witcher is a great game.
Czołem Alan! Dobrze widzieć, że ciągle działasz. Subek poleciał (: Przy okazji, zajebiste wideo (:
*****
Cześć Kuba! Miałem parę kontuzji, ale wracam do formy. :) Ode mnie suba masz już dawno - prowadzisz świetny kanał!
You should make more video's , it's very rare to see someone on youtube with actual talent in swordsmanship :)
+Nic Gil New thing today.
Thanks bro I just practiced with a broomstick so I’m totally a master swordsman now.
Woah! I've always wanted to learn the kind of interesting looking solo technique for stage cosplay.
I'm not gay, but ur hair looks so beautiful in that light. The way that your hair follows your movements with the high contrast was amazing.
Great sword moves too.
He's got one of the Signature Geralt haircuts.
I am a man and somehow I am wet
I thank you for THIS video showing "the snake"....in the one concerning Anakin and Obi, it seemed a little different, and harder to do....but this video clarifies it BEAUTIFULLY!
I must admit, seeing this video, has helped alot in my studies. Currently, i do not have a weapon to practice, but i am working on that
thank you
2:12
Not even those who are somewhat serious can help but make sound effects.
he does that to help with breathing
It's nice to know where's ends beauty of the game and starts real sword combat technique. Thx mate.
Now how to do Aksi! I want people to do what i tell them :D
+SuperNovaPL it's Axii.
not in the polish version
doriański Actually, the Polish version is Aksji.
Dude that was amazing learning a move like that in my worlds favorite game of all time
Ok, it looks good but I'd like to see if it's effective.
Try to cut something whilst performing this whirl
+TheEquinoxeHD It's not. It's most definitely not. You may cut something while performing this, but it would be inaccurate and mostly uncontrollable. It's more of a sword-dance-technique, flashy and impressive.
I would be careful throwing those "most definitely" around. They tend to come back at us when we least expect them. :(
The Sword's Path You're right, I shouldn't. But was I entirely wrong?
Not entirely!
The Sword's Path I think you've meant: "most definitely not entirely!" ;)
THank you so much for this. I've played Game of the year edition and I'm reading the book series in preparation for the netflix series but I find the combat hard to understand or visualise. IN particular the piroette and half-piroette. I could not understand why a person would want to do a piroette in a sword fight and leave themselves open and vunerable. Thank you, this helps a lot.
Same, have been listening to the books and was wondering what a pirouette would look like in a sword fight. Very cool.
This seems like a technique that was designed for when you're surrounded. Not necessarily in a one-on-one duel. Admittedly, this technique would do wonders to confuse the opponent.
Ok this is cool, but now I want to see you cleaving through people.
The seventh "quest completion" jingle earned my sub. Cool vid bro.
Practical or not, I must admit, if you will do it in front of someone during a fight, most of peoples will do sth like *0*
A simple thrust or a decent parry would probably best it. Also, moving from a 'wrath' guard into a downward strike, like usual, would also be quite effective.
I'm so jealous of this guy's amazing voice
He does some wushu jumps also
This is very easy to do actually once you get it down. I did dance and cheer most of my life and they are mechanically pretty much the same techniques. The spins and pirouettes look harder than they actually are, this video breaks them down extremely well and once you start to grasp the mechanics and practice more this will become very easy to do.
Kiedy Wietnam? :P
Kiedy przyjeżdżacie na naradę plemienną? ;)
Very easy to understand from someone who's sword combat is based in solely on games and watching a few ren. fests in the states. Would love to watch more of your vids if you make them.
Look's beautiful, but it's not in Meyer. lol
Damn. Ahistorical. :'(
None the less i'll give this thing a try (just not for HEMA)
So are you a HEMA sword instructor or more Stage Combat? I do a bit of both and i would love to see some more videos from you!
Actually, I am both. I teach HEMA for competitive fencing/sparring, but I also worked as a stage combat performer. :)
Awesome! do you do workshops? which country are you bassed in? and are you going to Swordfish 2015?
+AnkU I do! I had been managing an academy of my own, but moved to another city two years ago. I'm based in Poland, but can travel anywhere if need be. Swordfish 2015? Possibly. If they lift the ban off Jan Chodkiewicz.
Thank you for explanation. I would never have thought that it was a combination of three simple movements)). I recently started to be engaged in fencing. I think because of your explanations, I can repeat it in about a week(I will show that to my kids)))
Seems to violate the cardinal rule of never turn your back.
Not an option when you're fucking surrounded.
micheal hoffstater and silhouettes are only off limits in HEMA. Chinese sword arts is again whole other thing, since they are a lot faster anyway.
Great Video! Congratz.
I do wu shu martial art and i love HEMA too.
Witcher style are so beautiful without thought about utility. Like other styles, this is ART.
I hope see more tutorials from you.
Sorry for my English.
and now tell us why this is completely useless in a real fight. because you forgott to mention that
+bladewolf VII kek rly
are you serious mate? :DD do that and you are dead before you finish the first pirouet
If you're a witcher and can perform this at super high speed due to your super-human strength, this move is perfectly practical because your speed will cover up the opening at you back while you spin. So in other words, don't attempt this in a real fight unless you are a witcher. XD
Lear to appreciate flourishes or get out
Nowaday in real fight you gonna get shot before you even lift your blade up. Just learn to appreciate swordplay and people's effort put into it.
Lovely done. Showing a move sequence like this would benefit a lot from also showing and explaining the footwork, as many people find footwork in general and stable rotations/pirouettes in particular rather challenging, all the more so with the added momentum of a sword swing. Your comment section would probably look better if you made it even more obvious in the video (not just the description) that you're aware of this not being a practical technique. Many thanks for the video, I'll be looking forward to more.
Im an medieval fighter and i can only say thats useless, when you do this, you can say goodbye to your legs :-D
against one highly skilled opponent I'd have to agree and even that would depend the fighters weapon, technique, style, and depending circumstance, but against 4 farmers with small clubs that are already terrified with cloth clothing... seems pretty gold. like a tornado kick and a jumping heel kick they aren't for every situation but when that situation arrives their deadly kicks, even against skilled opponents. there's a reason these techniques haven't been forgotten, they have their use. timing, technique, and circumstance is key
Ok, again farmers it would work properly. But I need to admit that witchers are mutants, super Quick and they are training whole life. So that style of sword fighting is made by them, for mutant swordfighters :-D Dont try it in real life. I was checking this at trainings and it didnt work even without my full armor :-P
Definitely, witcher's are mutated to win. But not everyone is built to fight with flair because it's more of a dance. Practicality trumps flair most the time, that is because most people use flair at the wrong moments and in bad circumstances. 1v1 against a skilled opponent definitely shouldn't be used as a starting move. I could see the whirl being helpful if the battle ground was rocky and you've already gained the upper hand, opponent's on his heels, fear sets in due to situation, the whirl ensues and opponent loses focus trips over rock. Game over. Still impractical of a technique. But sometimes impractical is good in 1/10... 1/20 of the time maybe
+Judasz Iskariota but you shoul remember Witchers are faster than this guy :D
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He said already home boy in his second comment lol
We appreciate you. Thank you. Is this move also effective because you're kinda protecting yourself with spinning blocking while spinning attacking simultaneously?
This is awesome I'll probably use this for my animation class if possible.
Man... I've sat here and watched a bunch of your videos in a row. You have a new subscriber for sure. You're very informative and your videos are well done/edited. I'll be watching more for sure. Very VERY amazing.
I have yet to try witcher 3, but the game seems much cooler now since I saw a person (you) do one of the characters attack animations. Keep doing this stuff bro!
The fact the sword makes a "shing" sound when he swings just makes this all better.
This is my new favourite channel from now on. :D
Now the only thing you need to learn is how to prepare some potions and you are ready to kick some monster ass. Seriously man, those are some sick moves 0_0 Outstanding job!
Just adding my voice. I love these videos, already watched each one twenty times. I'd love more.
Had a question, want to become a smith and make swords. Where did you first start learning to make swords and weapons alike?
When he demonstrated the whole momvent... He blew my mind no shit!
Great skill mate.
I thought you were a music channel caus I listen to your doom covers all the time, until now, when TH-cam has seen fit to recommend this video. I am pleasantly surprised.
Dammit. I told myself that I need to stay on the videos that are a level I can learn from right now. Now I have plowed through a ton of videos because I CAN'T STOP WATCHING!
The sound of the sword hitting the branches is the most satisfying thing ever
I don't know why, but the blade stopping at 1:45 looked so unreal xD great mastery of these moves btw !
A swordsman and a blacksmith?? you're a real man dude!
Geralds swordsmanship is fast and incredible. If the off chance I end up in a fantasy world? The first thing I'll do is learn the whirl
2:08 The sound of that carbon steel blade clanging against the earth gives me goosebumps.
I'm glad you point out that this technique is impractical. As someone who does HEMA, I can see how long the prepatory movement is and how wide and big the swings are ... while your doing this, your opponent is doing nasty things to you and you have little ability to defend yourself because either your sword is behind you or you are in the middle of a huge swing. The periottes are even worse as you turn your back on your opponent. I hope other people understand this too, if they are at least interested in looking at this from a semi-serious perspective.
Man, that was amazing!!! German swordsmanship is an awesome marcial art, sadly its not a common one, specialy in Brazil, were european costumes are not usual.
Just found out about your channel from an article on the escapist. This is awesome, thanks for doing this.
I need to learn this for my witcher cosplay. show off such magnificent skills like geralts, the white wolf.
More of this! Would love to see all of The Witcher moves. And also, would be quite interesting to see some basics, maybe?
YnbIpb94 Can do! :)
Really cool! And impressive. Blacksmithing and sword techniques are very interesting. Part of me would like to start practice it myself, if I weren't so terribly bad at anything athletic.
Have courage! It's not about physical qualities.
+The Sword's Path True, I suppose it's a matter of practice. Can't expect to be athletic if you never train.
Wow man you rock! :D cheers (y). It's great to watch you doing the movements so people like me can watch it and appreciate them. By the way I love the fluidity of your movements.
I just started reading the books. The Last Wish was epic. Currently on The Sword of Destiny. But noi, this video is awesome! I just did a random search of how one would depict the pirouettes they are describing in the books. Sure, there's the video games and yes Henry Cavill's swordplay is awesome. But I needed to see more. Thus I was led here. lol
just found your vid series today, its great, thank you for making it.
i look forward to more!
If you were my brother I would be so proud to see this, cause my bro and me are swords fans (not meaning I've got that much knowledge)
It looks so amazing!
Dude, this is awesome. You also sound like Christopher Walken. It's glorious.
interesting video. I like Geralt's fighting style, using mostly agility and technique over strenght
OMG，i think u r really really good mate. one of the best. the best swordsman i have ever seen. thx mate
I finally have enough money to order witcher sword.... can not wait
Reminds me of Shii-Cho lightsaber combat. This looks decent for herding multiple enemies. An acceptable technique in the world of the Witcher.
Can you do all the fighting techniques, fast attack and heavy attack and possiblly all beheading?
+Wang Tian Long And then follow that up with prison time?
+Sir Waspy Westingtonshiresby
"How much did that video earn you?"
"About 25 years..."
My good brother, if you keep doing this stuff I'm going to hug ya wherever you are right now. I'm myself into HEMA but damn, those Witcher moves are just...man! AHAHAHA
And so, thank you for this, I hope you will continue this series ^__^
Please do the strong/fast/group (especially group) style for silver/steel swords as in Witcher 1!
Do you think is it better to train with a light sword and then use heavier sword later or take an heavy sword at the start ? thank you for every thing you rock !
I think it's best to train with a light sword and use a light sword. ;)
But to answer your question: you always want to use lighter tools (such as a bokken) to build up speed, and then switch back to your main weapon to catch up.
Thank you ^^ I'm sharing your youtube channel i really like you :)
But what if you're planning on joining the Roman Legion, and have to train on double-weighted practice equipment before using the real thing?
+The Sword's Path Yes, that was the point I was going to make: The Romans trained with gear that was double the weight of anything that they were ever going to be expected to use in an actual battle, so they would go from being trained to handle their training weapons to "Gods above, this weapon is so light! I can hardly feel it in my hand, this is amazing!"
The weight is less important than the point of balance. Even if a bokken has the same weight as a 42 inch katana, the fact that the center of balance is off will affect all muscle techniques used.
Ja bym z checią zobaczył całą składankę najlepszych ruchów z trailerów, wszystkich 3 gier i cinematików... To byłoby niesamowite. BTW, świetnie idzie Ci machanie mieczem. :)
2:08 That's incredible. you can be the sword fight director of game of thrones.
I wanna see you do the choreography that Eskel does while warming up in Kaer Morhen before the big battle.
Ooh that's a cool idea! Thank you!
I learned the first segment myself
but I was confused that how he moves his sword around and ends it
thanks so much