This video is a basic primer on swordsmanship, three different types of strokes that can be performed with a sword, and the differences between the Greek xiphos and the Greek kopis.
I was looking for animation references for the xiphos and this video was perfect. Practical stances and motions look way cooler and deadlier than the usual flashy super hero crap you see these days.
Awesome! This is a very rare topic, and is great see new content about it. One question, ¿what replica kopis are you usig from the start of the video?. Regards!
I like roman legionary and greek hoplite I have both of the roman and greek replicas equipment because Gladius is double edge already so I chose kopis instead of xiphos
@@kadeberrier3799 The Ancient Greeks often used single-edged blades in warfare, as attested to by art and literature; however, the double-edged, straight, and more martially versatile xiphos is more widely represented. Greek heavy infantry hoplites favored straight swords, but the downward curve of the kopis made it especially suited to mounted warfare. The general and writer Xenophon recommended the single edged kopis sword (which he did not distinguish from the makhaira) for cavalry use in his work On Horsemanship; saying, "I recommend a kopis rather than a xiphos, because from the height of a horse’s back the cut of a machaira will serve you better than the thrust of a xiphos".[7] The precise wording of Xenophon's description suggests the possibility that the kopis was regarded as a specific variant within a more general class, with the term makhaira denoting any single-edged cutting sword.
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Yeah, those ancients really knew how to kill people.
Very interesting. This was helpful for a story I am writing which is based in ancient greek mythology.
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I was looking for animation references for the xiphos and this video was perfect. Practical stances and motions look way cooler and deadlier than the usual flashy super hero crap you see these days.
I like how you said "I can just continue" #5 the end and then it just cuts lmao
*Cuts I'll go now
koptis...from the greek verb kovo (cut)
Thank you very much! Very interesting swords indeed.
Beautiful
Who made the kopis presented in this video? Is it fully functional ? Where can it be ordered ?
Thanks you. Very informative video.
Great video
Hi .What is the length of that kopis. Iv gathered that the rank and file carried a shorter version than Calvary. .
Awesome! This is a very rare topic, and is great see new content about it. One question, ¿what replica kopis are you usig from the start of the video?. Regards!
Great explanation
Thank You
Nice.
The forward curving kopis was a primitive but highly effective design.
definitely not primitive
can't wait to see a xiphos replica too. Are you making the swords yourself?
dude just blew my mind
I like roman legionary and greek hoplite I have both of the roman and greek replicas equipment because Gladius is double edge already so I chose kopis instead of xiphos
Dude, why did you stop making vids???
it was his thesis, I'm betting he graduated
A lot of comments here explain why they're watching this video. I have a kopis, trying to learn how to use it. That's it.
Kopis was used by cavalry, xiphos by infantry
Not quite. Both used both. It's all on what you could afford or wanted
@@kadeberrier3799 The Ancient Greeks often used single-edged blades in warfare, as attested to by art and literature; however, the double-edged, straight, and more martially versatile xiphos is more widely represented. Greek heavy infantry hoplites favored straight swords, but the downward curve of the kopis made it especially suited to mounted warfare. The general and writer Xenophon recommended the single edged kopis sword (which he did not distinguish from the makhaira) for cavalry use in his work On Horsemanship; saying, "I recommend a kopis rather than a xiphos, because from the height of a horse’s back the cut of a machaira will serve you better than the thrust of a xiphos".[7] The precise wording of Xenophon's description suggests the possibility that the kopis was regarded as a specific variant within a more general class, with the term makhaira denoting any single-edged cutting sword.
Without using a hoplon u cannot understand their purpose
Long winded no clue of ancient war.
Not Kopίs, Kόpis!
Hello from Greece!!!
It's Kopίs not Κόpιs
ω or ο?