Medieval Poleaxe Combat Demonstration

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  • Medieval Poleaxe Combat Demonstration at the 2015 International Medieval Congress at the University of Leeds. This live combat display was performed by the European Historical Combat Guild.
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  • @mr.pickle6487
    @mr.pickle6487 4 ปีที่แล้ว +690

    When you realise that poleaxe sparring is just:
    "But you see, i have outsmarted your outsmartation"

    • @BlitzerXYZ
      @BlitzerXYZ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      You fool, I have outsmarted your out smarting of my outsmartation

    • @bazinga479
      @bazinga479 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Mr. Pickle so basically a anime?

    • @patrassanu
      @patrassanu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      That's not just poleaxe sparring, it's sparring....

    • @LockheedC-130HerculesOfficial
      @LockheedC-130HerculesOfficial 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      "i was not expecting that... But I was expecting to not expect something so it doesn't count!"

  • @d_ruggs
    @d_ruggs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1872

    this new elder scrolls game looks great but they need to turn down the bloom lighting

    • @GoulouMalouku
      @GoulouMalouku 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Gives the video a very fantasy look

    • @ninjartist36
      @ninjartist36 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      It's to hide their shitty graphics
      The mods put it to shame

    • @sandwichbread6717
      @sandwichbread6717 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ninjartist 36 damn you with that read more
      Edit: I realised how late I am, but I don’t care

    • @CommissarChaotic
      @CommissarChaotic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *trrrrrusting attacks*

    • @fooooooooooooooo
      @fooooooooooooooo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      More like the Witcher series.No TES have polearms in it.

  • @nobodyeverinhistory
    @nobodyeverinhistory 4 ปีที่แล้ว +641

    During medieval times after the end of demonstrations:
    "Make sure to recommend us to other people, and tell us how we did after our performances later on. Support us by heading over to our squires and giving them some coin for our display, we'll be doing demonstrations every week so keep an eye out on our usual spot at the town square. Thank you for watching."

    • @Tennouseijin
      @Tennouseijin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      "Also, thanks go to the merchants who sponsored the fight. Do consider buying their wares, and if you mention our names you'll get a 10% discount. We do earn a small affiliate reward from the merchants as well for every purchase. And don't forget the free mead for the first 10 customers!"

    • @ohcaptainmycaptain3478
      @ohcaptainmycaptain3478 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      We would also like to mention our provider which would be the new ale house at the south of town. If you mention us to them you'll get 5 shillings off your first mug and we get compensation for the mention.

    • @zaen_vg
      @zaen_vg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      And thanks to our patreons the archbishop of Oxford and the dukes of Aquitaine and Lorraine our armours wouldn't be so shiny without their contributions

    • @SkippertheBart
      @SkippertheBart 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I love this comment chain so much.

    • @imperiumoccidentis7351
      @imperiumoccidentis7351 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Lmao these comments are golden

  • @Drebolaskan
    @Drebolaskan 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1995

    Swords are popular and highly romanticized, but are poleaxes considered among the best weapons to carry if you're anticipating combat in heavy armor? Poleaxes are rarely mentioned or depicted in popular media

    • @TheChiconspiracy
      @TheChiconspiracy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +263

      Not just reach, but superior leverage. Due to your ability to space your hands further and with a more assertive grip (compared to half swording a flexible steel blade), someone with a halberd or other polearm has a big advantage in a bind vs say, a longsword.

    • @lindgrenland
      @lindgrenland 7 ปีที่แล้ว +199

      First of all: When in doubt, usually go with what gives longer reach (and thus leverage). Not always true, but a good general rule of thumb if you go to war in heavy armour and/or a tight formation. Anyways, the pollaxe is highly specialized for waging war on foot and in armour, and not really something you "carry", I suppose. Swords on the other hand, after spending century after century (after century) dangling on the hips of people in all kinds of civilian contexts AND war, got the sweeter deal exposure-wise. Not all men-at-arms on foot utilized pollaxes, but pretty much all of them would have had had have had some type of sword at their side.
      In my eyes a pollaxe or a halberd (or even a very pikey pike) is pretty easy on the eyes, but to most people I guess it does seem like a very utalitarian and clunky piece of hardware that no tender, veal-like gentleman would be caught dead with on a proper banquet or ball. Like a lean, black italian pistol compared to a vodka-reeking, splinter-giving Mosin-Nagant rifle that has been used at least once to dig a quick latrine pit during a dysentery outbreak. Or pretty much anything in the world compared to a modern "tacticool" monument to toxic gun culture (disclaimer: I like the USA).
      At the end of the day, a thin and sharpened bar of metal attached to some neat stuff and worn at the hip is indeed pretty symbolic. Put it in the hands of someone who knows how to use it properly and it basically looks like a midsummer night's dream. No category of weaponry can beat that. I think?
      Don't do (hard) drugs.

    • @elgostine
      @elgostine 6 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      another way of looking at it is
      a major feature of a sword or mace is that you can carry it on your belt ready for use at any moment, so, until such point that you need to access it, might as well have much biggetr items that you CANT easily stow on your person in your hands with extra reach and power, be it a spear, a 2 handed axe, a bow, a arquebus etc

    • @patrickgordon9893
      @patrickgordon9893 6 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      the poleaxe was very popular during the war of the roses in England.(English civil war) 1440s to 1480s approximately.... nobles and kings would fight with them dismounted, this was a period when plate was at its best, the method must have been effective as both sides had access to longbow men which they still used... but the battles usually ended this way ...a hard way to win a battle

    • @brettknapp9756
      @brettknapp9756 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I friggin knew they were better but no one believed me

  • @yorkshire_tea_innit8097
    @yorkshire_tea_innit8097 7 ปีที่แล้ว +381

    What an awesome demonstration. I wish movies had more fluid and realistic fighting, and didn't have so much reliance on swords.

    • @micohazakin8576
      @micohazakin8576 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Swale yep,swords are overrated

    • @erlm595
      @erlm595 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      True words!

    • @MrBottlecapBill
      @MrBottlecapBill 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      The problem is real combat isn't fluid or pretty. The reality is far less spectacular and rather simple. A line of men facing a line of men, hacking and stabbing at range, trying not to get caught in between the two lines as mostly nothing happens. The odd man tripping or getting taken out by luck until one side has had enough and retreats. Assuming both sides are equal. The real reason the pole axe shines is that when combined with full plate armour, you have an advantage against everyone else.....at best and you're on equal ground at the worst. You literally have a weapon that's effective against everyone on the field of battle.

    • @sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149
      @sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I love swords. They're wonderful and very aesthetically pleasing weapons, even though they're not really effective on a battlefield.

    • @dhawkeye4439
      @dhawkeye4439 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      #shaftweapongang

  • @venator5
    @venator5 6 ปีที่แล้ว +836

    "Ad mortem inimicus"
    "Mors pro te vel"
    "No supertes"

    • @brettknapp9756
      @brettknapp9756 6 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      venator5 1:40 parry into light attack when he could do an unblockable shove and go for a top heavy what a noob

    • @Yarkoonian
      @Yarkoonian 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Translate?

    • @porygonyt8014
      @porygonyt8014 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@Yarkoonian
      Can't guarantee good translation, but they're like this:
      "To death, (there is) enemy"

    • @alexcalo4619
      @alexcalo4619 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      james young
      To death, (my) enemy
      Idk
      No survivors

    • @KiboSarkyu
      @KiboSarkyu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      lawbringer forever my dude

  • @ShadQuakeFix
    @ShadQuakeFix 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1438

    For Honor Devs need to look for these guys so Lawbringer can get a decent Re-Rework

    • @seanprice9643
      @seanprice9643 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Yes, yes a thousand times yes

    • @FuckingHostile496
      @FuckingHostile496 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      How do i find for honor comments in the weirdest of places?🤔

    • @TP123KING
      @TP123KING 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      To be honest For Honor has to be the most realistic pollaxe combat I've seen in a video game, at least technique wise.

    • @richardreisenbuk2350
      @richardreisenbuk2350 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@TP123KING what the fuck are you talking about the Lawbringer spins around like a ballerina and when you do the correct combo he goes super sayian and does an unblockable swing.

    • @TP123KING
      @TP123KING 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@richardreisenbuk2350 I'm not saying its perfectly realistic but at least he holds the pollaxe in a more believable manner, using the end that doesn't have the axe to stab and switching hands to to do cuts from the left. Most games you swing it around like a sword and never use the other end. Could definitely be better utilising more grappling and leverage with the pollaxe to get the opponent on the ground to deliver a finishing blow but it's not the worst I've seen.

  • @elgostine
    @elgostine 7 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    i really like this demonstration since theyre explaining it as they go.

  • @emperorofpluto
    @emperorofpluto 9 ปีที่แล้ว +414

    Fascinating. I always wondered exactly how the poleaxe was used and what its tactical advantages were.
    That was a very entertaining, informative and well-presented demonstration.

    • @elmaso7391
      @elmaso7391 8 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      You stick the enemy with the point or you smash the enemy with the head.
      That's how you use them.

    • @Aerostorm56
      @Aerostorm56 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      well most swords were reserved for nobility and knights due to the high cost of metal and craftsmanship, a spear or polearm could do the job with a tenth amount of metal and any footsoldier could be trained to use it.

    • @alexandrosgrivas4406
      @alexandrosgrivas4406 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      actually knights on foot used poleaxes as main weapons in most countries while swords where more for civilian use i mean you can carry a poleaxe in a town

    • @Buran01
      @Buran01 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Civilians and soldiers did use halberds due they were cheap and effective, but designed to fight at range. Poleaxes and 2 handed war hammers, on the other side, were designed to fight in mele handled by armored knights. They were more expensive and specialized, but if you can afford the armor the polexe cost won't be a problem. Been said that, regular unarmored troops barely have a chance in 1 vs 1 against armored ones, no matter if they use swords, halbards or even poleaxes. Probably shield + mace or shield + 1 hand hammer would be the best choice if they lack comparable armor.

    • @HarrDarr
      @HarrDarr 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Aerostorm56 Most professional soldiery, including the non landed and non noble soldiers would have had a sword or sword;esque sidearm.
      In the 10th and 11th century it might be a bit more crude bladed weapon like a long seax, but talking about the period of the poleaxe, almost everyone on the battlefield had access to a sword, including the people wielding pikes, spears and poleaxes.

  • @rock3793
    @rock3793 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1256

    sucks how little poleaxes or any polearm are represented in popular media since they counter like everything and have great versatility yet the shitty katana is shown most of the time

    • @jacobblanton5179
      @jacobblanton5179 7 ปีที่แล้ว +212

      Geoff Rey The way I see it, Leaders and important people used swords, mostly because they weren't fighting most of the time (if at all) and didn't have a need for field weapons as a result. People only care about important people, so their depictions became most relevant and popular, romancing the ever present sword.
      Popular depictions always focus on important people, not peasants: so swords are more important in focus while field weapons like Bows and Spears are like background scenery. And Swords are also more personable and immediate: many soldiers carried swords in addition to field arms so it is kind of like everyone had one and it was always close for scraps.
      So when a fictional character needs a weapon, the ever Romantic sword that important people always have and are good at using for up close personal fights makes the most sense.
      Kind of like how action heroes always use pistols instead of Rifles

    • @Sukuraidogai
      @Sukuraidogai 6 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      You don't need to be a weapon hipster. Katanas being popular does not make them shitty. Polearms being unpopular does not make them the most amazing best weapon. It's all about the context of the battle. Katanas and polearms wouldn't exist if they didn't serve a specific purpose in the wars they were used in. Humans will use the most efficient tools for their jobs.

    • @teatea4496
      @teatea4496 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Geoff Rey Katanas are not shitty they are even sharper and better than medieval sword

    • @ethankapolis
      @ethankapolis 6 ปีที่แล้ว +164

      Tea Tea Katanas were for samurai nobles to slaughter unarmed farmers I thought. They blow dick against any sort of metal armor.

    • @teatea4496
      @teatea4496 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      myth busters did a review of katana vs medieval longsword, the longsword couldnt even cut through armor while the katana did cut through armor like butter

  • @TomasSab3D
    @TomasSab3D 8 ปีที่แล้ว +622

    you don't see poleaxe sparing too often. Is it because it's more dangerous?

    • @StarRider253
      @StarRider253 8 ปีที่แล้ว +418

      Any accident = broken bones or brain damage to the head

    • @username-kr2fz
      @username-kr2fz 8 ปีที่แล้ว +221

      It can't be done full contact with realistic simulators. Some of us do it it with rubber-headed trainers, but that kind of defeats the purpose of learning how to use a deadly weapon.

    • @TomasSab3D
      @TomasSab3D 8 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      oi, hold on there. "the purpose of deadly weapon"? A blunt sword is hardly a "deadly weapon" either, but they are used all the time. I'd guess blunt swords are less dangerous than a a rubber hammer, though...
      Kinetic energy does not care if it's rubber or steel that's been loaded with potential energy. The full potential is going right through the helmet and padding, straight into the skull....

    • @username-kr2fz
      @username-kr2fz 8 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Tomas Sab The "deadly weapon" I'm referring to would be the "live" version of a poleaxe, the one that we are using the trainers to learn. I wasn't trying to imply that the trainer is the weapon itself. A rubber pollaxe causes a concussion at worst, which is really good if you wanted to spar somebody, but you lose the proper balance of the weapon if you are not using blunt steel as well as all of the nuance that comes from the real thing, or at least what is the closest safe simulation. A blunt sword is really a lot more dangerous than a rubber hammer, especially if it still has a point or an edge, but I guess that would really depend on the sword. I will mention that with swords and sometimes even some variations of knives we do practice with completely sharpened and "live" blades, since a lot of important factors of edge contact are lost with a blunt. If the pollaxe was a weapon that required edge contact, I would be practicing it with a sharp trainer as well only with a LOT of control.

    • @bobdrenan4402
      @bobdrenan4402 7 ปีที่แล้ว +243

      Its hard to have safety equipment against an weapon designed to kill people in full armour.

  • @taloskliedemos5681
    @taloskliedemos5681 4 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    The sunlight reflecting off the armour is awesome makes it almost look like they’re wearing some sort of magical armour

  • @gmiller6946
    @gmiller6946 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    This dude sounds a lot like that one charismatic RPG npc you find in a training arena mid game

  • @johanmathisen7587
    @johanmathisen7587 6 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    *AD MORTEM, INIMICUS*

  • @edim108
    @edim108 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    It's a shame that Poleaxes, and Polearms in general, are so overlooked in media.
    They were by far the most commonly used weapons on pre-gunpowder battlefields. They were the base of all armies throughout history and around the world, being invented multiple times by different cultures who had no contact with one another. They were superb formation weapons as well as a decent ranged option (throwing spears, javelins, etc.).
    They really deserve more recognition than they get in modern media.

    • @Banchoking
      @Banchoking 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Agreed, unfortunately it's dangerous for the actors because pole arms like these, even props, are very dangerous.

    • @bigfoot0241
      @bigfoot0241 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Hell, even DURING the gunpowder revolution. When guns were starting to be used more and more, matchlocks and wheel locks particularly, guess what was still the weapon of choice?
      Pikes. Pikes were absolutely king and pike squares were the go to formation. It wasn't until we got more refined smoothbore flintlocks for cheaper production did you see the outright replacement. And even then we kept bayonets which, really, is a polearm with a bang switch.

    • @Cor_Kalom
      @Cor_Kalom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In KCD youre pretty much fucked if you opponent is a simple peasant with a polearm.

    • @андрейкопылов-л6ъ
      @андрейкопылов-л6ъ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gunpowder was used in middle ages too. It s not the only thing that negated armour. Social system evolution was even more important reason. Also polearms were still used later on. Even till about nineteen century!

    • @giftzwerg7345
      @giftzwerg7345 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Banchoking so is everything, really, it is absolutly possible,
      It would mean more work, but mainly dedikation, and going against mainstream

  • @theflyingsandwich2586
    @theflyingsandwich2586 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Imagine someone breaks into this guy’s house and he proceeds to pull out a medieval battle axe

    • @Blueturtle1
      @Blueturtle1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *pole axe cus they’re way cooler than a long stick with a small axe at the end

    • @supernate760
      @supernate760 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Blueturtle1technically a pole axe is a battle axe
      A battle axe is just an axe designed for combat

  • @chajus1
    @chajus1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    When Zombie apocalypse hits I hope I am living next to one of these guys and they are friendly

    • @thefracturedbutwhole5475
      @thefracturedbutwhole5475 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Why? so you can all die together? . . . . in a zombie apocalypse a Poleaxe would not be ideal, it is designed to used in plate armor (or at least some form of very protective heavy armor) and isn't that much off a defensive weapon (hence the armor), so running around with Zombies everywhere in plate armor with a pole axe will only get you killed
      i don't know about you but i would much rather prefer a shotgun or a pistol (or both) or if we are talking melee weapons a shield and axe would be far superior (you could use a sword instead but they require a lot more maintenance so i would go for an axe myself) because you wouldn't need to encumber yourself with all that heavy armor . . . . . . but in medieval context Poleaxes/Halberds were very effective as weapons of war

    • @brettknapp9756
      @brettknapp9756 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      The Fractured But Whole don’t use armor or shield, the zombies would just grab it, use poleaxe to shove and hit at a distance

    • @brettknapp9756
      @brettknapp9756 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The Fractured But Whole they use armor because it makes it pretty much impossible to get cut

    • @thefracturedbutwhole5475
      @thefracturedbutwhole5475 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      wouldn't it be easier for a zombie or zombies (un-dead beings that can only be stopped by removing the head or destroying the brain) to grab a poleaxe (especially if you try to shove with it, and you can defend yourself a lot better with a shield than with a pole axe and can just throw your axe if need be and/or just run away . . . . if i had a choice i would definitely choose my shield over my weapon (melee weapon that is) . . . . . and do not forget a pole axe is designed to be used primarily in heavy plate armor, so what do you do when you need to run? i can drop a shield and haul ass, you can't do that in plate armor
      pole axes and the like are very good weapons in the right context, but against zombies that are way down on the list of effective weapons

    • @buttered__toast_2899
      @buttered__toast_2899 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      The Fractured But Whole Dear lord where do I begin? A full suit of plate historically weighed 50-70 lbs (less than a marine carries today) in addition to being tailored to the knight to allow maximum mobility.
      Pollaxes weighed 4-6lbs. Numerous skulls were excavated from medieval battlefields with rectangular indentations in them. If it can go through plate I’m pretty sure it’s going through an unarmored cranium like butter.
      There’s numerous accounts of knights being injured in friendly tournaments using pollaxes.

  • @geoffboxell3906
    @geoffboxell3906 9 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    I saw these guys doing a longsword demo at Leeds a while back - great stuff, know their moves and are very entertaining with the commentary.

  • @terrysalava6981
    @terrysalava6981 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I never knew that medieval combat was a turn based system.

    • @kylestanley7843
      @kylestanley7843 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      The final fight at the end was just them turning on the Auto-play function.

    • @BlitzerXYZ
      @BlitzerXYZ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Why else would RPGs be turn based. It's just historically accurate

    • @mikefule330
      @mikefule330 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Most combat systems rely on sequences of attack, parry, counter attack and so on. In games, this is formalised, and in sports like foil fencing it is built into the rules. In real combat, the point is you defend yourself then counter attack and so on. If both combatants simply attack, both will get hit. At real speed, the "turns" may last a split second.

    • @terrysalava6981
      @terrysalava6981 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@mikefule330 So you are telling me that video games inspired medieval combat. Amazing.

    • @mikefule330
      @mikefule330 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@terrysalava6981 LOL

  • @TheWizardu75
    @TheWizardu75 6 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    when you try to outplay Daubeny

    • @SkyNinja759
      @SkyNinja759 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      You were Daubeny's "second". These guy's were Daubeny's firsts.

  • @gnatflatt
    @gnatflatt 7 ปีที่แล้ว +301

    -lawbringer intensifies-

    • @AlejandroGonzalez-um6jc
      @AlejandroGonzalez-um6jc 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      gnatflatt ad mortem iminicus

    • @BigGuy172
      @BigGuy172 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No suppresses

    • @solidalexwolf
      @solidalexwolf 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Vince of Astora Nor Supertites!!

    • @ianperry8557
      @ianperry8557 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      gnatflatt LB uses a halberd as generally halberd are taller than their users, poleaxes are about the height of the user

    • @Aron-ru5zk
      @Aron-ru5zk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That Musical Man I think it’s just an oversized poleaxe, everything is oversized in FO

  • @jimbo9305
    @jimbo9305 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "He turns around, thinking this just a demonstration. I land a sneaky attack and now await the coppers to take me to jail."

  • @shrimpboom8
    @shrimpboom8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    It must've taken an entire army of squires and servants to get their armor that well polished.
    I'm not sure why I was surprised when they actually pulled out a dagger to go for the kill. Maybe I'm just used to people handwaving that bit.

    • @jeffreychen5130
      @jeffreychen5130 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      actually thats parts pretty accurate, theres no need to skill someone with a sword if a dagger will do, and plus theyre almost wresting there on the floor, much easier to use a knife there than a long pole arm or sword

    • @shrimpboom8
      @shrimpboom8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's the thing, I'm used to people basically saying "Alright he's on the ground, now if I were actually trying to kill him this is when I'd get out my dagger" rather than, well, getting out their dagger.

    • @lau_taro0037
      @lau_taro0037 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Daggers are more versatile I'd say, specially if your intention is to jam it in joints to pierce into the flesh

    • @TrilosonicResolutions
      @TrilosonicResolutions 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I see what you're saying, most simply refer to the dagger as the demonstration ends. Actually pulling it out puts into perspective how quickly things would be over for the loser, it's a little shocking.

  • @silverknight6684
    @silverknight6684 7 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    DAUBENY !!!

    • @ToIand
      @ToIand 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Václav Kanda DAUBENY SHOW YOURSELF!

    • @juanagustinavaloskocis2158
      @juanagustinavaloskocis2158 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Trail by combat right now

    • @anthroplant3671
      @anthroplant3671 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      These solders dont have to die

    • @simonkulcsar8156
      @simonkulcsar8156 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Absolute Scum Then fight my second!

    • @dinobruh9554
      @dinobruh9554 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Simon Kulcsár you, you will be my second

  • @13bravoredleg18
    @13bravoredleg18 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    The dagger always comes in handy!

  • @imdaxus
    @imdaxus 9 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Impressive and well explained techniques, seeing this video I think to myself "some guys have lots of fun with real medieval weapons and armors, making reality my dream of be a knight just for amoment... but I just have videogames :(... that's not fair..." By the way, I was the like number 30.

    • @gamechannel1271
      @gamechannel1271 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Being a knight is great in all, until you get a sharp piece of metal shoved in your eyes, throat, chest, etc. and lie on the ground coughing in your own blood.

    • @Mike-uk2oq
      @Mike-uk2oq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gamechannel1271 Just don't get hit.

  • @brainwright9713
    @brainwright9713 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Expertly done.
    I never noticed it before, but the poleaxe seems to favor a wrestling kind of combat you don’t see elsewhere. Very interesting.

    • @SanD1721
      @SanD1721 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I don't think it's the poleaxe as much as the plate that favors the wrestling, you see a good bit of wrestling in a lot of other manuals when really protective armors are involved.

    • @bobblehat6603
      @bobblehat6603 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@SanD1721 Check out Medieval Combat: A Fifteenth-Century Manual of Swordfighting and Close-Quarter Combat by Hans Talhoffer which depicts sword, dagger and pole-arm techniques combined with grappling and throws performed by combatants wearing no armour.

  • @blindoutlaw
    @blindoutlaw 7 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    We need to see a poleaxe in game of thrones. Change it up from swords

    • @yorkshire_tea_innit8097
      @yorkshire_tea_innit8097 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      blindoutlaw Yeah that would be good. It would even be a device to make characters stand out more, which was sort of an issue in the 1srseason when we didn't know the characters.
      I guess now we have baratheon's bastard with a world of Warcraft hammer, sort of pole axe, see what they do with it.

    • @sertchouwy3506
      @sertchouwy3506 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It would kinda defeat the whole "Game of Throne" thing if you had a character running around turning other characters into barely recognisable and heavily mutilated bodies after the first hit he delivers

    • @torinjones3221
      @torinjones3221 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's a fantasy they're not exactly accurate to real history and often lack the societal and technological development most noticeable issue being in a continent the size of South America they all speak the same language despite having multiple ethnicities (even then there are only 5 or 6 in westeros meanwhile a comparable society and age would be medieval Europe which even in this day an age has close to 100 native ethnic groups and there's only so few because of ethnic groups merging over time.)

    • @roxannedufresne6804
      @roxannedufresne6804 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We need to get rid of these videos before the white walkers find out about polearms!

    • @micohazakin8576
      @micohazakin8576 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      *SWORDS ARE OVERRATED*

  • @ItsDaKoolaidDude
    @ItsDaKoolaidDude 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    0:49 "Ima do it! I'll bash ye in tha 'ead, swear on me mum!"
    Couldn't help but think that.

  • @somerton4383
    @somerton4383 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Best Weapon ever....of all time.

  • @thecritic69420
    @thecritic69420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    And then He:
    So then do I:
    In reaction to that I:
    And then ill:

  • @mattpask5594
    @mattpask5594 8 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    shiny chrome!

    • @Krompierre.
      @Krompierre. 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You can get your steel polished so bright that this seems like a muddy pond. Good armour in mint condition can be polished to "mirror" finish.

    • @bobblehat6603
      @bobblehat6603 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Polished steel, not chrome. Chrome plating didn't begin until 1924.

    • @SealofApprovalTWU
      @SealofApprovalTWU 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bobblehat6603 pretty sure it was a fury road reference.

  • @PARABLLM
    @PARABLLM 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Lawbringer would body these jits

    • @CoffeeSnep
      @CoffeeSnep 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If he could move, lmao. His armor is so trash compared to these guys.

    • @CoffeeSnep
      @CoffeeSnep 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Ronen Salathe law bringer? No it isn't. There's a lot of different jousting armors but none of them look as comical as that. Some of his helms are accurate, and his pollaxe is really nice unless you use some of the more "extra" customizations. His breastplate goes down to his waist, and his armor is altogether too loosly attached and bulky. Jousting armor is much heavier and somewhat bulkier than normal armor, and often has some really quirky details that would make it unfit for combat (legs attached to saddle, additional plate attached to pauldrons, frogmouth helm, etc), but they still look like battlefield armor those details notwithstanding. Law bringer looks like a clumsy knight from a fantasy film.
      Apart from the breast indentations in her breastplate, Warmonger's armor is much closer to reality.

  • @tommyfred6180
    @tommyfred6180 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    the poleaxe is just a rich mans stave. they both use the same basic moves. these two guys give a lovely demonstration of it

    • @robertharris6092
      @robertharris6092 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Except a stave alone is worthless against an armored opponent.

    • @benashurov7434
      @benashurov7434 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Not quite useless, blunt impact from a even a 6 foot quarter staff is a proper bone breaker

    • @ronglurak9892
      @ronglurak9892 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@robertharris6092 a full stave is like three meters maybe longer and there are medival accounts off peopel getting their arm hit of - as in the arm is no longer conected to the body - by a stave in full armor

    • @robertharris6092
      @robertharris6092 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@ronglurak9892 staves are not 3 meters long. You cannot fight with a stave in that way. and what sources? A person having their head cleaved off by a halberd has happened. But not a staff.

    • @ronglurak9892
      @ronglurak9892 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@robertharris6092 look up the stave vs sword video from skallagrim they mention it
      your right just two meters sorry for that
      i said arm not head

  • @sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149
    @sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Hmm, indeed...
    Lawbringer has some good parry punishes, as we can see.

  • @MagiRaz
    @MagiRaz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Amazing how much strategy is involved in swinging sticks at each other. You'd have to train for years and years and years to make all those decisions, all those nuances fluid and automatic. When someone is actually trying to kill you, there's no time to think about leverage and sequences. Everything you do should be so much a reflex that you can be thinking about what to have for dinner after you take this guys head off, as you are taking his head off.

  • @TheKampfmaschine
    @TheKampfmaschine 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Is this part of the Lawbringer rework they are working on?

  • @VINCENTDARKLY
    @VINCENTDARKLY 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    best poleaxe demo I have seen yet. very deadly weapon in the right hands. hell even in modest hands.

  • @permavirgin3595
    @permavirgin3595 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Swords are overrated. If you give it a little bit of thought polearms are superior in every way, even coolness.

  • @Storkee
    @Storkee 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    legit knight in shining armors

  • @stefanodogg280
    @stefanodogg280 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The demo of the uses, (especially the entrys) of a Bec De Corbin was much appreciated. Hail from Clan MacGregor in the USA

  • @twistymcyeet3765
    @twistymcyeet3765 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Lawbringer OP plz nerf

  • @boolinnstoolin1256
    @boolinnstoolin1256 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Ad mortem, inimicus.

  • @a1oilsauce
    @a1oilsauce 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    all the people in the background watching mordhau on youtube

  • @Cramblit
    @Cramblit 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think this is a good representation of why melee medieval combat is so romanticized. it's not just two guys shooting at each other hiding behind a wall like modern combat. It's about two guys face to face, and the one who outplays the other wins. Who knows how to get into the other guys head, how to out maneuver him, and how to force him into a bad position is going to win. Melee combat in medieval days is very much a deadly game of wits, and strength.

    • @aaronrubin1591
      @aaronrubin1591 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I remember finding an old journal where a warrior recounted his story of combat and it was very cool. If you reply to this I can try and find it if you're interested.

  • @milesbrown2261
    @milesbrown2261 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i love medieval combat! so much mindgames! It's a beautiful dance of death where you and your partner must be in tune with your weapon and your opponent's weapon. guns have ruined combat forever, making it a simplified game of peek a boo hide n seek. I wish i could erase guns from history, let swords, polearms, and all manner of melee weaponry take the forefront again!

    • @aaronrubin1591
      @aaronrubin1591 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There's probably be a lot less casualties in modern combat because few people would be able to bring themselves to kill another person up close haha. Just like in the World War's where soldiers would shoot above the enemies as to not hit them

  • @StygianEmperor
    @StygianEmperor 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    swords are lame

  • @louispellissier914
    @louispellissier914 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    how do u train at a faster motion? considering that its a weapon designed to penetrate armor

  • @TheMan-tn4jk
    @TheMan-tn4jk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The way they each get an advantage and thoroughly explain how their next move will play out reminds me of a JoJo battle

  • @timothiouschurchill9496
    @timothiouschurchill9496 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The for Honor developers need simply read the book of five rings and 1570 Joachim Meyer the flower of combat

  • @youtubeeee6682
    @youtubeeee6682 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    its like an anime characters fighting while having a discussion

  • @mrsmeee1843
    @mrsmeee1843 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why does this feel like a D&D encounter with its pacing and how they explain it?

  • @Fatamerican101
    @Fatamerican101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The vIMC this year was nice, but obviously there was no display like this. Definitely miss it.

  • @kubikkuratko188
    @kubikkuratko188 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    And the winner of todays tournament is Henry from Skalitz!

  • @Graymenn
    @Graymenn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    LEGEND HAS IT THEY ARE STILL FOIGHTING AND THRRRRRRRUUUUUSTING TO THIS DAY

  • @TheChaoslusterhall
    @TheChaoslusterhall 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Very practical, and very pretty

  • @somedude6833
    @somedude6833 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bruh why make this video so long. Just press RMB + LMB when he attacks.

  • @123vonreich
    @123vonreich 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    i know its a form of plate but what kind of armour are the two of them wearing?

    • @elgostine
      @elgostine 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      the guy with the tabard might be slightly earlier than the full german/ english harness (cant tell which)
      since hes wearing a full mail shirt or so it seems.
      but theyre pretty much mid century plate as for more specific stuff
      cant tell you without looking at it.

    • @MrTheGameNarrator
      @MrTheGameNarrator 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      firstname lastname fifteenth or sixteenth century looks more like Renaissance era

    • @jonmakar5646
      @jonmakar5646 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Both harnesses have the smooth, globose lines of mid to late 15th c. (1450-1480) Gothic Milanese (Italian) harness, but the tall/upright sallet (helm) of the fellow wearing the surcote (meant to be Knights Hospitaller heraldry I think?) hints that his harness is likely inspired by a Burgundian harness. The other fellow has more of a long-tailed sallet, which is typically more of a German Gothic thing, but the skull of his helm is also tall, thus, it may be inspired by another more southern helm that I am not aware of. The other fellow also has very English looking upper cannons/rerebraces (as they are longer and less articulated from better protection against other foot soldiers as opposed to mounted cavalry), so his harness may in fact also be Burgundian or English.

    • @duchessskye4072
      @duchessskye4072 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The one without the surcoat is wearing a Milanese set with a sallet. Now the sallet was originally an italian helmet but it was worn with the german gothic set of armor, and I don't think wearing it with a milanese harness is historically accurate. I'm not sure of this though
      The one with the surcoat seems to have an early 15th century set, but he also has a sallet which did not exist in that time period.
      Now again, I might be wrong (not about the sallet not existing but about the period of his armor)

    • @patrickgordon9893
      @patrickgordon9893 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      mix and match ...a dead guy has a decent helm time to up grade .. the war of the roses set England back a century it lost all of its French possessions, and much more.....The war of the roses is to England as the 30 years war is to Germany destruction and death..

  • @LeesSolidstory
    @LeesSolidstory 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Age of Empires graphics are increasingly looking better

  • @mungmemes
    @mungmemes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mondhua in 2020 be like

  • @stormtsar1092
    @stormtsar1092 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Poleaxe=Quarterstaff with metal on the sides.

  • @jeffyes6536
    @jeffyes6536 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Link said mordhau duel tutorial

  • @50shekels
    @50shekels 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Literally the perfect weapon.

  • @sorcerous8401
    @sorcerous8401 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Lawbringer mains: yes, yes..
    *Intresting*

  • @tigerheaddude
    @tigerheaddude 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Historically inaccurate, not enough longarms

  • @crashpeil9890
    @crashpeil9890 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This entire fight felt like only counter attacks and i love it

  • @randelldarky3920
    @randelldarky3920 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am pretty confident in My 111.76cm War Hammer and 218.44cm Halberd.

  • @Midaiel
    @Midaiel 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    wow.. know this will be my favorite weapon in rpgs and mmorpg.

    • @robertwildschwein7207
      @robertwildschwein7207 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Good luck finding one in an RPG or MMO
      Dark Souls, Elden Ring and Mordhau have ones. I think, I never found any in JRPGs.

  • @0grilo0
    @0grilo0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thats the weapon i used in mortal online... very easy to get handle hits tho... xD

  • @MaliciousMollusc
    @MaliciousMollusc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love how each fighter explains blow by blow, almost like boxing or MMA. Very technical and methodical.

    • @isaacrivera5452
      @isaacrivera5452 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      We lost the art of fighting with weapons sadly since we use pussy firearms now

    • @alexanderhamilton4258
      @alexanderhamilton4258 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@isaacrivera5452 Damn shame they're there most effective around, except when you're 3 inches from the opponent.

  • @TorraChe
    @TorraChe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mordhau devs: "write that down, write that down!"

  • @robertwildschwein7207
    @robertwildschwein7207 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    More Videogames need the Poleaxe and Polehammer!!!

  • @ezkiller93
    @ezkiller93 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Was expecting the fedora wielding gent in the front row there to pull out his katana and slice both of these two and the camera in half with a single slash of his nippon steel

  • @DragonguyA
    @DragonguyA 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I like how the guy, in the end, started to kick him as a last stand thing

  • @koalagaming2043
    @koalagaming2043 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Daubeny intensifies

  • @1daveyp
    @1daveyp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Shiny SHINY!

  • @sam-cv4ch
    @sam-cv4ch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    hes gambling

  • @samwessels8216
    @samwessels8216 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    yayy there both wearing sallets!
    i love sallets!

  • @cjc0130
    @cjc0130 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can just imagine two skilled poleaxe users meaning each other looks like an anime fight. Just pure dodging.

  • @justsayin2085
    @justsayin2085 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    damn, tutorial levels on games this days looks so real.

  • @ICaImI
    @ICaImI 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I personally love me some hali action.

  • @9las_
    @9las_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Atleast IRL the accels arent broken

  • @chaad1073
    @chaad1073 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Did mordhau get a new tutorial?

  • @075716
    @075716 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can’t believe 2015 was 5 years ago, man, time fly’s fast.

  • @georgepopescu1327
    @georgepopescu1327 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just use a holywood sword, it will cut right through those shining armours.

  • @GamerVidsExtreme
    @GamerVidsExtreme 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Turn-Based Combat

  • @felipemaiden13
    @felipemaiden13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Mordhau Cosplay

  • @SkyNinja759
    @SkyNinja759 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    5:55 AD MORTEM, INIMICUS

  • @boshikagebira4753
    @boshikagebira4753 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “Then it just turns into a trial of strength”
    Good thing I am S T R O N K

  • @lunaredelvour2972
    @lunaredelvour2972 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yo wtf I love this I wasn't looking for it but it found me and I am happy to be here-

    • @lunaredelvour2972
      @lunaredelvour2972 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also side note I thought it was strange that chainmail and plate armor in dnd has disadvantage on stealth cuz I thought if you moved slowly enough it wouldn't make *that* much noise....today I learned otherwise xD

  • @sojjjer
    @sojjjer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    clang clang clang clang CLANK CLANK CLANK CLANK

  • @LIL_MEXI_FRY
    @LIL_MEXI_FRY 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Where my mordhau players at

  • @raphaellauf7786
    @raphaellauf7786 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "I will deliver a probing, *Thrrrrrrrrusting* attack"

  • @karkkosvolfe
    @karkkosvolfe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Where is the longsword?

  • @HillslamsMirror
    @HillslamsMirror 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    has anyone ever used a globe of ballistics gell in a helmet then wacked it with one of these to actually see what sort of damage it really may do?

    • @aaronrubin1591
      @aaronrubin1591 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I've seen people hit ballistic gel heads, and helmets with a simulated material inside but never both

  • @chickknightgreenleaf820
    @chickknightgreenleaf820 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    those are very shiny armours

  • @Saudara_spiritualis
    @Saudara_spiritualis 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm a 26 years old living in the middle of Borneo jungle. I don't need to learn polearms technique to defend myself. If anyone ever bothered me, I'll just voodoo the heck outta that bastard :D
    Prerequisite rituals are needed tho.

  • @fenfrostpaws2000
    @fenfrostpaws2000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    But where are the pommels for ending opponents rightly?

    • @zackgeorgly5099
      @zackgeorgly5099 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You don't need a frickin' pommel if you have a pollaxe! The whole weapon is like one huge pommel what you don't even have to unscrew first.

  • @idmt93
    @idmt93 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What if they're actually 2 rivals playing a verbal game of medieval chess

  • @chaoticvision2997
    @chaoticvision2997 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    mordhau tips

    • @TheIlari12
      @TheIlari12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Those accels are op