Awesome improvement in your smallsword fencing from when you first started! Very nice. You and Nick seem to be starting at a closer measure than I usually start at. At that range my preference, and that of some of the historical masters, is to try to keep the blades engaged and keep your line closed. This forces your opponent to have to do a disengage or coupe to find the open line to attack, which gives you a tempo to strike it. It also lets you attacks with transport and envelopment. Something to think about an play with. And, of course, much easier said than done against a high caliber fencer like Nick. Great video and fun to watch. Event seems like it was great. Did you fence smallsword against Fran?
Thanks a lot, I appreciate it! Also, good to hear sb else sees some improvement as I'd like to think so too. As it happens, my regular sparring partner Max actually told me the same last night while fencing. He also said I prefer a relatively close distance in sabre, which I find interesting! Whatever the case may be, you make a very good point about how distance might change the dynamic here. Also, it was great fun to fence Nick and the event was super fun. Nope, I didn't fence Fran, might do that next time as I'll be back in 2024! Cheers!
smallsword is fun and entertaining to watch. I also like this view more thn straight-on from the side. But i have a question. Do you really need all that equipment like mask overlay, knee guards and other.? for smallsword
Hey there and thanks! To answer your question, no it is not. However, I mostly stay fully geared up in the sparring hall at events so I'm able to switch quickly between, say, a sabre and a smallsword bout. Otherwise, I'd take me ages to put protective gear on and off all the time. Cheers!
If I may ask, what manual/resources are you basing your tactics and practice from? Coming from rapier and longsword it seems to find good treatises for smallsword is more challenging. I could not be looking in the right places.
I dabble in Angelo's "School of Fencing", which is very close to earlier British Military Sabre, which I already practice. Honestly though, here I just mirrored what Nick was doing. The same was true in my recently uploaded bout against Oliver Janseps. This is not my usual stance and I'm still learning myself! Check out Angelo, it's quite accessible I find!
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Great fight, thanks for posting. It was great to finally meet you and good fun fencing.
We need more videos bro 😎
Keep on the good work.
Thanks! :)
I am proud to have been your background singer in this video 😁
I didn't realise 😅
Awesome improvement in your smallsword fencing from when you first started! Very nice. You and Nick seem to be starting at a closer measure than I usually start at. At that range my preference, and that of some of the historical masters, is to try to keep the blades engaged and keep your line closed. This forces your opponent to have to do a disengage or coupe to find the open line to attack, which gives you a tempo to strike it. It also lets you attacks with transport and envelopment. Something to think about an play with. And, of course, much easier said than done against a high caliber fencer like Nick. Great video and fun to watch. Event seems like it was great. Did you fence smallsword against Fran?
Thanks a lot, I appreciate it! Also, good to hear sb else sees some improvement as I'd like to think so too.
As it happens, my regular sparring partner Max actually told me the same last night while fencing. He also said I prefer a relatively close distance in sabre, which I find interesting!
Whatever the case may be, you make a very good point about how distance might change the dynamic here. Also, it was great fun to fence Nick and the event was super fun.
Nope, I didn't fence Fran, might do that next time as I'll be back in 2024! Cheers!
@History & Sabre - what smallsword sources do you work from?
smallsword is fun and entertaining to watch. I also like this view more thn straight-on from the side.
But i have a question. Do you really need all that equipment like mask overlay, knee guards and other.? for smallsword
Hey there and thanks! To answer your question, no it is not. However, I mostly stay fully geared up in the sparring hall at events so I'm able to switch quickly between, say, a sabre and a smallsword bout. Otherwise, I'd take me ages to put protective gear on and off all the time. Cheers!
Nick is a beast
Yup!
If I may ask, what manual/resources are you basing your tactics and practice from? Coming from rapier and longsword it seems to find good treatises for smallsword is more challenging. I could not be looking in the right places.
I dabble in Angelo's "School of Fencing", which is very close to earlier British Military Sabre, which I already practice.
Honestly though, here I just mirrored what Nick was doing. The same was true in my recently uploaded bout against Oliver Janseps.
This is not my usual stance and I'm still learning myself!
Check out Angelo, it's quite accessible I find!
@@historyandsabre many thanks! I shall look! 🙏🏻
@@jonathancollins9057 In case you're confused - I'm referring to Domenico Angelo.
Peter needs some pluderhosen. He looks positively underdressed 😂
You may be right there!
Ok I ordered some - you're gonna see some puffy pants on this channel, believe it or not.
@@historyandsabre This is the way 😆
@@dexterbelmain589 This is the way.
Who took that video? The camera work is far worse then your usual stuff, you should fire that guy :D
Must have been that red-haired fellow who always pops up in my videos. He clearly fences better than he films.
Ah, I had to pay my camera guy, that explains a lot 🤔😆