there was a famous 16th century German knight Götz von Berlichingen who lost his hand but kept going with an iron prosthetic so it isn't unreasonable this guy could have done it too
Excellent demonstration guys. You can really understand the differences between types of armor and how they function in different circumstances. Also thanks for your dedication!!!!!
I absolutely love it. I think a lot of us watch those videos that Scholaglad, Skall, Metatron, etc. put up that concern treatise visuals(like these) and wonder what those techniques would've actually looked like in combat. Your demonstrations seem to compliment the other channels very well. Please put up more vids, I'll watch 'em all, hah.
Thank you! We wanted to compliment and not repeat much of what others have covered. Fortunately, Harnischfechten (Harness fighting) hasn't been covered much on TH-cam. -Reece
This is fascinating to watch and learn. It's interesting enough just reading about these techniques but to see them demonstrated in harness is completely enthralling. Keep up the excellent work and I eagerly await your next upload :)
Hope to see your channel get more and more attention because you deserve it. I also study Japanese Armor and armored fighting and is interesting to see that there are a lot of similarities, for example there is the same shaft-poleaxe technique, and the gaps are in the similar places. I've seen in the comments that you are going to made a video explaining the harnesses, but I have a question; how much do they weigh? Thanks and hope to see more soon, keep up with the great work!
We appreciate that! We hope it'll gain more attention too :) It's always interesting to see the similarities in various martial arts. Would be interested in seeing their armoured combat style :) Our harnesses weigh roughly 80 pounds. We are slowly getting spring steel, which is lighter and closer to what they had, but it'll be some time till we get that. -Reece
Due to having no access to a harness, that was an extremely educational video thanks guys! Reece, you have an amazing kit! Just my style! You should do some fashion vids, showing off the soft parts of your guys' kits too, as I am fond of Reece's German-style, under-the-cuirass jupon, and I'm sure many of your viewers would be too! Thanks again!
Matt Easton of Schola Gladiatoria recommended your channel to me as I am a recent amputee atk and I told him that I feared my fencing days were behind me. I've not gone through all of your videos yet, but I hope you will address the challenges working with a prosthetic leg and how you overcome them.
Fantastic guys! I call you dedicated, we often train in 40+ Celsius temperatures because if we didn't we would only be able t train for a few months a year lol. Love the techniques, great video for my guys as we are currently building towards harnischfetchen rather than re-enactment style combat.
The kick you do when you kick above the knee I used to use when I was training martial arts and kicking on top of the knee after a upper faint with a knife making my opponent focus his attention upwards towards my knife. The faint would distract my opponent and the kick would both stun and bring my opponents upper body forward for an easy throat hit.
Steven Good , we apologize for some reason it only uploaded 2min of the video. no idea what that was about... but we got it uploaded regardless. Hope you enjoyed it! _Reece
Black Light thanks! we were surprised too of how effortless it was. You don't fully appreciate the art until you've worked it out... these guys really knew their stuff! _Reece
Thanks! Let us know when you get a group together and we can discuss about us teaching a class and featuring you guys in a video to highlight your school ;) -Reece
Thanks for loving them! Be sure to let us know of anything else you'd like to see covered in the treatises or any other armoured related topic :) -Reece
Very cool stuff here guys! In my experience harnishfechten, I've found the armor locking out to at times be beneficial and other times detrimental. For example, when I've been in the high guard with the halfsword, my opponent thrusts up behind my wrist to get leverage for a backwards takedown. Practicing out of armor, I can release the sword and counter easily. In kit, past a certain point the gauntlets lock out and I can't release so I'm on my ass.
Laurel City Historical Fencing, Yeah we've found that out too! Pretty freaky not being able to let go of your weapon. we're looking at covering a video on that very topic soon. Glade you liked the video! We'll be sure to ping your channel soon, once we discuss some fundamentals ;) Reece
Rodrigo de Piérola The specific soldier would need to make that decision, after a few hours of sparring a soldier would know whether he wanted to get a sturdier leg or not.
Thank you! That's why we decided to make the channel. Been wanting to see something like this ever since I started training in this side of the art. -Reece
@@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841 seriously though, the few other people who know what they are talking about are crap at demonstrating it, and the people who are good at demonstrating it usually have no idea what the hell they are talking about! (SCA, M1 Medieval, etc.) You guys really are unique that you are showing true armored combat techniques, and for that I salute you, and beg that you keep doing it!
@@CoffeeSnep Thank you, that means a lot! The goal was to present it in such a way, so people from various experience could understand what's going on. -Reece
Little tip for when you have popping in your recordings: Wrap some nylon stockings around a hollow frame and speak through it to the mic. A real pop filter is not that expensive, but if you have to do it makeshift that's your best option.
Great content! Besides showing the techniques in great detail, I especially like how you elaborate, what you feel during their execution! And I must admit that I felt quite some dicomfort, watching you poking spikes into visors and overextending joints, haha.
Haha! Good! We want you to experience what we go through ;) Yeah, our goal is to not only show you what the technique is, but to share what our experience is while doing it. Following our ou pursuit and understanding of the art. Glad you enjoyed it! -Reece
Thank you! We really wanted to show as much detail as possible, while giving our own experiences of what we felt. I found the whole experience uncomfortable too lol. -Reece
We will cover more Ringen (wrestling) techniques when we feel more confident doing them. Lots of things to cover so we can do it safely. But, yes we plan to cover more wrestling in depth soon. -Reece
Wouldn't you wear sabatons to protect your feet and have little plates to protect the center of elbow and knee joints? Also, wouldn't the gauntlets have maille on the inside?
Yes, we mention in a later video that sabatons are in the works. No, there isn't evidence of that in surviving examples of any plates to prevent hyper extension, until later in 16th century examples. Yes, we see maille inside the gauntlets in a later period fechtbook by, Hanz Talhoffer (1460-1480) -Reece
Great video guys! I just have one question. Are these 2 Armors contemporary to each other in history. And what century are they? I'm thinking the one with the Bascinet is late 14th century and the one with the Armet is 15th century?
Both our harnesses are based off the early 15th century, during the time of the battle of Agincourt. We'll create a video in the near future covering our harnesses in more detail ;) -Reece
Don't know what country you guys are in, but if they've got something like America's Got Talents, or Britain's got Talent, you guys should try going on those shows, could be an awesome and massive chunk of publicity for you.
nilloc93, always. Our number one priority is safety. I've got the one good leg and,Ben has back problems as it is. We work through the techniques very slowly and controled before we do it at full speed. Thanks for your concern! _Reece
Questions for Reece; how much does your prothesis hinder you when fighting using grappling teqniqes? is very hindering or can you get used to it? secondly; does it change how wide your steps are?
Martin Stich, My prosthesis doesn't "grip" my stump very much, as I only have 2 inches of my fever. So I often find myself slipping out of the socket. Wrestling is a bit of a problem cuz of it, but I'm working towards a suspension system right now. I'm looking at creating a TH-cam channel covering my training and experience doing this as an amputee and hopefully inspire and reach out to others to encourage them to do the same. Will let you guys know when I get it up and going :) Reece
I'm building a kit of a late 14th/early 15th century man at arms (houndskull, harness with symmetrical spaulders and long fauld). Im also 14, so obviously I can't afford a full custom harness. I already have a breastplate, gauntlets and gambeson. Any recomendations for arms/legs and mail?
Mr. Beetleman, you can always try Ukrainian armours. They will sometimes hold $10 auctions and you might some stuff for real cheap. try looking through the Armour Archive for sale forums for threads. Reece
How do you guys keep cool? I have a 16th century jousting armor being worked on currently, I have the upper half (all above legs) done. I have no kind of padding underneath, when I'm making my arming garments for this how thick should it be? PS I have not worn my armor in hot weather yet, and I'm soon going to be heading out with it. PPS it is all mild steel and is purely made for light sparring and costume.
Short answer, we don't :P We hydrate a lot. Both Ben and I use Historic Enterprises Arming Doublets, which are two layers of linen. Careful with mild, as we've got several dent's and scraps from doing these techniques lightly. We recommend Spring Steel. -Reece
I have heard of something called a eyelet doublet or in German Schiessjoppe, its a doublet with eyelets sew in everywhere for ventilation. I am not sure if it would be historical with your armor so you would have to do research yourself, I do know that it was not that common (or you would already know about it!) I am doing something similar with my armor (low class 15th century) but with grommets. In the end I still think your armor with be toasty tho.
Sure you can. All weapons can penetrate steel, it's just a question of how much. Perfect example of this is the globose breast plate. It's globose for a reason, being that it's outward enough, so if anything were to penetrate the steel it would have enough space for it not to hit you...that's the theory at least lol. There is a great mini documentary covering this very topic. You can see the tests here :) th-cam.com/video/D3997HZuWjk/w-d-xo.html -Reece
Both are early 15th century. Ben's is Italian in style, based off of the Churberg S18 Harness. Mine is based off of mostly surviving artwork and a few surviving examples. Was going for something like a French man at arms would wear for foot combat. We'll create a video in the near future covering our harnesses in detail, so stay tuned ;) -Reece
Suggestion 2: Set up the helmet on the end of a broom, then have the other guy try to stab through the eye slit-, while you move it about with the broom. Getting your dagger in a visor is pretty tricky, if they other guy doesn't cooperate. Heck, even holding it very still, it wasn't exactly easy to get it through.
You would not thrust for the eye slit first thing, you would throw the opponent or get them in a lock first. And even if the technique is difficult and fails sometimes it is still useful to know.
we'll look into that further for future videos. as far as stabbing the ocular first, it is difficult to pull off when the opponent is moving. it can be done, but you most often see them coming into the bind to gain control and attempt to throw them to the ground. _Reece
+PursuingThe KnightlyArts +Port Kapul I very much agree. I actually wanted the experiment done, just so people could see how hard it is to stab the eye slits without grabbing the guy. Their protection is beyond what you generally expect. Some people think the knife will slide in naturally, but I don't recall such a case.
You see scale faulds commonly during the early 15th century, but the fist example of one I've found was the 14th century in Italy. manuscriptminiatures.com/3988/8498/ -Reece
Lost my leg at birth, not from doing this. The part at 2:45 was to demonstrate how far you'd have to go to reach someones eye with a historically correct weapon . Which, isn't very far. -Reece
@@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841 I don't truly consider that a leg has been lost to this type of activity, probably humour in poor taste, so my apologies for that. I understood the point of the demonstration I just thought it was rather dangerous, as it was not about trust but rather an accident could happen and its pretty hectic seeing that type of dagger of all things, that close to your eye. I wouldn't even feel comfortable controlling the blade myself, unless I'm missing something, like that your head wasn't in the deepest position in the helmet etc.
No worries! No offence taken :) It was rather dangerous, but it did prove a point (no pun intended). We wanted to see just far it would need to to make contact, which wasn't very far. We have taken much more safe precautions since the launch of this video. This is the martial art, so it's intended to hurt people in full harness. So, we've gotta be careful. Thanks for the comment and concern! -Reece
@@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841 Lol. Well you've certainly proven a point to me; that late medieval daggers are flippin' scary, reminds me of the Fairbairn-Sykes. Shows me a stark contrast with BOTN. BOTN is pretty unrealistic as your manipulation and piercing techniques demonstrate. This is probably what a bunch of peasants would be trying to achieve with their battle forks, on a dismounted knight, scary stuff. Was it really the case that your mate's armour was more flexible and therefore he could tolerate more hyper-extension than you? I think he was just holding out lol.
We would have used the word "brutal" ;) Just wait till we get into the Ringen (wrestling) all sorts of brutal techniques to hurt your opponent ;) -Reece
the blackened armor with the prosthetic leg looks badass
there was a famous 16th century German knight Götz von Berlichingen who lost his hand but kept going with an iron prosthetic so it isn't unreasonable this guy could have done it too
Fantastic guys, great to see this stuff being demonstrated properly and clearly! Oh, and you're dedicated, not stupid :) haha
Thanks for directing me here!
Do you think that you'll ever come and do some displays with them Knyght Errant?
We usually see each other in the Fall, so hopefully we can get something done together then.
you know you are doing it right when Knyght hecking Errants is approving it :D
the fact that the amputee can't be countered with the leg kick on his wooden leg is so cool! Quite an unusual upside!
It is really cool to see how you guys can demonstrate what Ian was talking about in his video. I would love to see more stuff like this!
We'll keep the videos coming! We plan to show the art as a whole, so expect more content like this to come :)
-Reece
+1 for including proper sources.
+2 for that comment ;)
Reece
Hollywood fight choreographers, take note! Please do this instead of having the hero stab through plate!
Just have them hire, Ben and I ;) We'll do it right!
-Reece
Come on, they would have to insure actors or use full armors (so that you don't see the face) and stuntsmen.
The stab into the eye slit was very interesting, I thought the visor was farther away. Fascinating to see all the all old techniques for real!
I was directed here from Ian's videos. Glad I was. It's great to see the concepts shown in action, compliments his videos quite nicely.
DoktorWeasel thank you! We really wanted it to compliment his video and share our experiences doing the techniques. Glade you enjoyed it!
_Reece
Excellent demonstration guys. You can really understand the differences between types of armor and how they function in different circumstances. Also thanks for your dedication!!!!!
captainfabian, We're glade you learned something! Thank you for the kind words!
_Reece
Another excellent video! Thank you for sharing!
That last move is great thing for HMB.
I absolutely love it. I think a lot of us watch those videos that Scholaglad, Skall, Metatron, etc. put up that concern treatise visuals(like these) and wonder what those techniques would've actually looked like in combat. Your demonstrations seem to compliment the other channels very well.
Please put up more vids, I'll watch 'em all, hah.
Thank you! We wanted to compliment and not repeat much of what others have covered. Fortunately, Harnischfechten (Harness fighting) hasn't been covered much on TH-cam.
-Reece
Great video. Glad that Ian suggested folks subscribe!
The Ballistic Kelt thanks!😁
Great video! I cannot wait to see more.
Great video guys.
Well done lads, fantastic and dedicated.
Anthony Clare, thanks for thinking so! :)
Reece
This stuff is soooo cool! More please!
Expect a new video this weekend ;)
-Reece
Thank you! We just uploaded a video covering a feeling drill, so be sure to check that out ;)
-Reece
Awesome video guys!
Walter Zimmerman thank you very much!
This is fascinating to watch and learn. It's interesting enough just reading about these techniques but to see them demonstrated in harness is completely enthralling. Keep up the excellent work and I eagerly await your next upload :)
I love so much this channel, it teaches me new fighting techniques.
samwil0, We're glad you enjoyed it! :)
_Reece
fantastic channel that complements very well all the other youtubers that work on the subject. Thank you for your work !
You guys are great!
Thanks! We try :P
-Reece
I've been really enjoying your content thus far, your dedication is amazing with it being the height of Summer.
Thanks, we're glade someone appreciated our efforts!
-Reece
Hope to see your channel get more and more attention because you deserve it.
I also study Japanese Armor and armored fighting and is interesting to see that there are a lot of similarities, for example there is the same shaft-poleaxe technique, and the gaps are in the similar places.
I've seen in the comments that you are going to made a video explaining the harnesses, but I have a question; how much do they weigh?
Thanks and hope to see more soon, keep up with the great work!
We appreciate that! We hope it'll gain more attention too :) It's always interesting to see the similarities in various martial arts. Would be interested in seeing their armoured combat style :)
Our harnesses weigh roughly 80 pounds. We are slowly getting spring steel, which is lighter and closer to what they had, but it'll be some time till we get that.
-Reece
excellent video.
BongSao1979 we appreciate that!
Reece
Great demonstration followup on Ians video, glad you made it
Flying Spaghetti Monster, Thank you! We're glade it came out alright :)
Reece
This is awesome guys. Nice work.
Jordan Fitzmaurice, thanks!
Reece
Thanks! We will!
-Reece
Excellent points often overlooked! Well done, guys!
Thanks! We wanted to break it down, so everyone could follow along. Seemed we did it well :)
-Reece
Interesting how your armour clacking when showing shoulder mobility is less loud than my goddamn joint
This is great. Can't wait for more
Thank you! We're working very hard to bring you guys more content :)
Reece
Fantastic demonstration and wonderfully intuitive. Thank you for making this. The different angles were especially informative.
Wazaga, you're very welcome! We're glad you enjoyed it! more content to come soon!
_Reece
Due to having no access to a harness, that was an extremely educational video thanks guys! Reece, you have an amazing kit! Just my style! You should do some fashion vids, showing off the soft parts of your guys' kits too, as I am fond of Reece's German-style, under-the-cuirass jupon, and I'm sure many of your viewers would be too! Thanks again!
Thanks, Joe! Yeah, we hadn't thought of that, that's a great idea! I don't recall many video covering that. Thanks for the input!
-Reece
Matt Easton of Schola Gladiatoria recommended your channel to me as I am a recent amputee atk and I told him that I feared my fencing days were behind me.
I've not gone through all of your videos yet, but I hope you will address the challenges working with a prosthetic leg and how you overcome them.
Well, all I can say is... MOAR PLEASE!!!
CampeadorHUN, soon my friend...
Reece
Fantastic guys! I call you dedicated, we often train in 40+ Celsius temperatures because if we didn't we would only be able t train for a few months a year lol. Love the techniques, great video for my guys as we are currently building towards harnischfetchen rather than re-enactment style combat.
loving this! that poleaxe technique looks like so much fun!
I really want to buhurt and do it!
The kick you do when you kick above the knee I used to use when I was training martial arts and kicking on top of the knee after a upper faint with a knife making my opponent focus his attention upwards towards my knife. The faint would distract my opponent and the kick would both stun and bring my opponents upper body forward for an easy throat hit.
You re uploaded awesome
Steven Good , we apologize for some reason it only uploaded 2min of the video. no idea what that was about... but we got it uploaded regardless. Hope you enjoyed it!
_Reece
PursuingThe KnightlyArts thanks for the response
Love this channel already.
Thank you! We're excited to be doing it :)
-Reece
WOW! Now that is great! I was wondering how much of all those melee techniques were practical,apparently they are.
Great content
Black Light thanks! we were surprised too of how effortless it was. You don't fully appreciate the art until you've worked it out... these guys really knew their stuff!
_Reece
This is great! Good job, keep it up!
Thanks we will!
Reece
Awesome video. I'm looking forward to your new videos and it was refreshing to also see some poleaxe techniques being shown :)
Thank you! Pole axe is one of my favorite weapon systems, so expect to see a dedicated video covering it in the future ;)
-Reece
Good as always lad! I love it when I see you release a video, I can't wait to get myself some plate armor and find a school to train when I move.
Thanks! Let us know when you get a group together and we can discuss about us teaching a class and featuring you guys in a video to highlight your school ;)
-Reece
Great job Guys, keep going :)
We will! Thanks for the words of encouragement :D
-Reece
Love your videos. Thank you
Thanks for loving them! Be sure to let us know of anything else you'd like to see covered in the treatises or any other armoured related topic :)
-Reece
Great video guys. Seeing some of the treatises being brought to life is incredible, keep up the good work =D
Very cool stuff here guys! In my experience harnishfechten, I've found the armor locking out to at times be beneficial and other times detrimental. For example, when I've been in the high guard with the halfsword, my opponent thrusts up behind my wrist to get leverage for a backwards takedown. Practicing out of armor, I can release the sword and counter easily. In kit, past a certain point the gauntlets lock out and I can't release so I'm on my ass.
Laurel City Historical Fencing, Yeah we've found that out too! Pretty freaky not being able to let go of your weapon. we're looking at covering a video on that very topic soon. Glade you liked the video! We'll be sure to ping your channel soon, once we discuss some fundamentals ;)
Reece
this stuff is brilliant
Objectionable, thanks for thinking so! 😊
-Reece
If the combat were real, what sort of extra/different protection would a prosthetic leg need? Gambeson? Mail? A different material for the leg?
Wood is pretty durable and can be exchanged, so no real need to extra protect it.
I'd say that wooden leg would probably be fine. It would be pretty hard to break and any damage could be replaced easily.
But, in actual combat, I'd go for the wooden leg with my sword if I saw it exposed.
Rodrigo de Piérola The specific soldier would need to make that decision, after a few hours of sparring a soldier would know whether he wanted to get a sturdier leg or not.
Hence my question to someone who would know it far better than I could.
Just stumbled on the channel, good stuff! Hard to find any info on this particular style of fighting, keep it up.
Thank you! That's why we decided to make the channel. Been wanting to see something like this ever since I started training in this side of the art.
-Reece
Thanks for thinking so! We'll keep the videos coming!
-Reece
@@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841 seriously though, the few other people who know what they are talking about are crap at demonstrating it, and the people who are good at demonstrating it usually have no idea what the hell they are talking about! (SCA, M1 Medieval, etc.)
You guys really are unique that you are showing true armored combat techniques, and for that I salute you, and beg that you keep doing it!
@@CoffeeSnep Thank you, that means a lot! The goal was to present it in such a way, so people from various experience could understand what's going on. -Reece
Brilliant stuff
Thanks for thinking so! 😁 We've got a lot more content on the channel. More to come soon! -Reece
@@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841 You'e welcome! And keep it up guys, I'll be watching a lot more. *Thumbs up*
Nice video ! It helped me understanding armor.
Ahah cute accent around 6:35 ^^
Very cool. I'd never considered how the construction of armour joints could be arranged to deliberately prevent hyperextension.
Thanks! Yeah, it's a pretty interesting part of armour design and could have very well came about from techniques such as these :)
-Reece
Very good video, very pro !
Thank you! That means a lot! :D
-Reece
Little tip for when you have popping in your recordings: Wrap some nylon stockings around a hollow frame and speak through it to the mic. A real pop filter is not that expensive, but if you have to do it makeshift that's your best option.
We just made a pop filter tonight, so future content should be more clear :)
-Reece
Cool, looking forward to it :)
Amazing
Thank you!😁 -Reece
Great content! Besides showing the techniques in great detail, I especially like how you elaborate, what you feel during their execution! And I must admit that I felt quite some dicomfort, watching you poking spikes into visors and overextending joints, haha.
Haha! Good! We want you to experience what we go through ;) Yeah, our goal is to not only show you what the technique is, but to share what our experience is while doing it. Following our ou pursuit and understanding of the art. Glad you enjoyed it!
-Reece
Thank you! We really wanted to show as much detail as possible, while giving our own experiences of what we felt. I found the whole experience uncomfortable too lol.
-Reece
Hi guys! Great video.
Only one question, can You show more wrestling technik?
Something like lat one with the poleaxes??
We will cover more Ringen (wrestling) techniques when we feel more confident doing them. Lots of things to cover so we can do it safely. But, yes we plan to cover more wrestling in depth soon.
-Reece
HA!! I'm glad to hear that :)
By the way, good job with these films :)
Awesome! Very informative. Are you guys planning to do a video on half swording in the future? I'd love to see that!
spartan224, thanks! Yes we do! Would you like for use to showcase more techniques or perhaps teach you something?
Reece
Ya! of course that'd be awesome!
Wouldn't you wear sabatons to protect your feet and have little plates to protect the center of elbow and knee joints? Also, wouldn't the gauntlets have maille on the inside?
Yes, we mention in a later video that sabatons are in the works. No, there isn't evidence of that in surviving examples of any plates to prevent hyper extension, until later in 16th century examples. Yes, we see maille inside the gauntlets in a later period fechtbook by, Hanz Talhoffer (1460-1480) -Reece
Man I love the look of that scale fauld. I need to see it from the other side... For reasons...
KalteGeist we'll show it more in depth when we do a video covering our harnesses.
_Reece
PursuingThe KnightlyArts Looking forward to it man, thanks!
awesome video guys! keep up the good work! also where did you get your armor?
Thank you! We will make a dedicated video covering our harnesses in detail in the near future. So, stay tuned :)
-Reece
PursuingThe KnightlyArts do you have a Facebook page I can follow?
Wasn't into knight stuff, but I kinda am now.
Then we did our job! ;)
-Reece
Yes... let the history flow through you...
One of us! One of us! One of us!...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't summer when most medieval military campaigns took place? Practicing in the heat would therefore seem sensible.
Great video guys! I just have one question. Are these 2 Armors contemporary to each other in history. And what century are they? I'm thinking the one with the Bascinet is late 14th century and the one with the Armet is 15th century?
Both our harnesses are based off the early 15th century, during the time of the battle of Agincourt. We'll create a video in the near future covering our harnesses in more detail ;)
-Reece
Ah, I see. Thank you. I'll be looking forward to that!
Cool video.
Thanks! -Reece
Are you gus vets?
John Breitley , Ben is but I'm not. lost my leg at birth. _Reece
I designed this prosthesis for my study in martial arts ;)
-Reece
Don't know what country you guys are in, but if they've got something like America's Got Talents, or Britain's got Talent, you guys should try going on those shows, could be an awesome and massive chunk of publicity for you.
Dedicated!
Thanks for thinking so :)
Reece
ice vests make a world of difference in harness
Maybe find some leg armour for Rhys what does a much nicer job of hyper extension.
keep up the good work but be very careful with your joints guys, I've blown my left knee twice and can't do HEMA anymore because of it.
nilloc93, always. Our number one priority is safety. I've got the one good leg and,Ben has back problems as it is. We work through the techniques very slowly and controled before we do it at full speed. Thanks for your concern!
_Reece
Questions for Reece; how much does your prothesis hinder you when fighting using grappling teqniqes? is very hindering or can you get used to it? secondly; does it change how wide your steps are?
Martin Stich, My prosthesis doesn't "grip" my stump very much, as I only have 2 inches of my fever. So I often find myself slipping out of the socket. Wrestling is a bit of a problem cuz of it, but I'm working towards a suspension system right now. I'm looking at creating a TH-cam channel covering my training and experience doing this as an amputee and hopefully inspire and reach out to others to encourage them to do the same. Will let you guys know when I get it up and going :)
Reece
also, keep up the good work guys
I'm building a kit of a late 14th/early 15th century man at arms (houndskull, harness with symmetrical spaulders and long fauld). Im also 14, so obviously I can't afford a full custom harness. I already have a breastplate, gauntlets and gambeson. Any recomendations for arms/legs and mail?
Mr. Beetleman, you can always try Ukrainian armours. They will sometimes hold $10 auctions and you might some stuff for real cheap. try looking through the Armour Archive for sale forums for threads.
Reece
PursuingThe KnightlyArts Thanks!
How do you guys keep cool? I have a 16th century jousting armor being worked on currently, I have the upper half (all above legs) done. I have no kind of padding underneath, when I'm making my arming garments for this how thick should it be? PS I have not worn my armor in hot weather yet, and I'm soon going to be heading out with it. PPS it is all mild steel and is purely made for light sparring and costume.
Short answer, we don't :P We hydrate a lot. Both Ben and I use Historic Enterprises Arming Doublets, which are two layers of linen. Careful with mild, as we've got several dent's and scraps from doing these techniques lightly. We recommend Spring Steel.
-Reece
I have heard of something called a eyelet doublet or in German Schiessjoppe, its a doublet with eyelets sew in everywhere for ventilation. I am not sure if it would be historical with your armor so you would have to do research yourself, I do know that it was not that common (or you would already know about it!) I am doing something similar with my armor (low class 15th century) but with grommets.
In the end I still think your armor with be toasty tho.
i guess, there is no way to penetrate armor like this with an arrow?
Sure you can. All weapons can penetrate steel, it's just a question of how much. Perfect example of this is the globose breast plate. It's globose for a reason, being that it's outward enough, so if anything were to penetrate the steel it would have enough space for it not to hit you...that's the theory at least lol. There is a great mini documentary covering this very topic. You can see the tests here :) th-cam.com/video/D3997HZuWjk/w-d-xo.html
-Reece
Is that scale skirt historically accurate? It looks great
Yes, seen commonly during the early 15th century. -Reece
@@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841 Very nice. Haven't seen one like that before. Looks great.
What period and country of origin are your harnesses from?
Both are early 15th century. Ben's is Italian in style, based off of the Churberg S18 Harness. Mine is based off of mostly surviving artwork and a few surviving examples. Was going for something like a French man at arms would wear for foot combat. We'll create a video in the near future covering our harnesses in detail, so stay tuned ;)
-Reece
Sweet jesus Medieval Grappling is a manly thing.
Suggestion: If you do something like this again, please poke the named areas with a sword or stick. At times it is slightly unclear.
Suggestion 2: Set up the helmet on the end of a broom, then have the other guy try to stab through the eye slit-, while you move it about with the broom. Getting your dagger in a visor is pretty tricky, if they other guy doesn't cooperate. Heck, even holding it very still, it wasn't exactly easy to get it through.
You would not thrust for the eye slit first thing, you would throw the opponent or get them in a lock first. And even if the technique is difficult and fails sometimes it is still useful to know.
we'll look into that further for future videos. as far as stabbing the ocular first, it is difficult to pull off when the opponent is moving. it can be done, but you most often see them coming into the bind to gain control and attempt to throw them to the ground.
_Reece
+PursuingThe KnightlyArts +Port Kapul I very much agree. I actually wanted the experiment done, just so people could see how hard it is to stab the eye slits without grabbing the guy. Their protection is beyond what you generally expect. Some people think the knife will slide in naturally, but I don't recall such a case.
Meine respectierung)
Honestly if that would be me I would rather get stabed XD GREAT VIDEO
Scales...
Paweł Andonis Gawralidis Dobrzański herbu Leliwa. Awwwwww yeeeeeah!
Reece
How common were scale armour in late medieval?
You see scale faulds commonly during the early 15th century, but the fist example of one I've found was the 14th century in Italy.
manuscriptminiatures.com/3988/8498/
-Reece
PursuingThe KnightlyArts
Thanks good to know
Ps. Link doesnt work becouse "-Reece" is conected to the link it self
Paweł Andonis Gawralidis Dobrzański herbu Leliwa. Oops! Should be fixed now.
2:45 wtf? no wonder this blokes missing a leg
Lost my leg at birth, not from doing this. The part at 2:45 was to demonstrate how far you'd have to go to reach someones eye with a historically correct weapon . Which, isn't very far. -Reece
@@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841 I don't truly consider that a leg has been lost to this type of activity, probably humour in poor taste, so my apologies for that. I understood the point of the demonstration I just thought it was rather dangerous, as it was not about trust but rather an accident could happen and its pretty hectic seeing that type of dagger of all things, that close to your eye. I wouldn't even feel comfortable controlling the blade myself, unless I'm missing something, like that your head wasn't in the deepest position in the helmet etc.
No worries! No offence taken :) It was rather dangerous, but it did prove a point (no pun intended). We wanted to see just far it would need to to make contact, which wasn't very far. We have taken much more safe precautions since the launch of this video. This is the martial art, so it's intended to hurt people in full harness. So, we've gotta be careful. Thanks for the comment and concern! -Reece
@@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841 Lol. Well you've certainly proven a point to me; that late medieval daggers are flippin' scary, reminds me of the Fairbairn-Sykes. Shows me a stark contrast with BOTN. BOTN is pretty unrealistic as your manipulation and piercing techniques demonstrate. This is probably what a bunch of peasants would be trying to achieve with their battle forks, on a dismounted knight, scary stuff. Was it really the case that your mate's armour was more flexible and therefore he could tolerate more hyper-extension than you? I think he was just holding out lol.
so basically armored combat is bonebreakingly gross
We would have used the word "brutal" ;) Just wait till we get into the Ringen (wrestling) all sorts of brutal techniques to hurt your opponent ;)
-Reece
Great video, but please no more dangerous tests.
Valera Valerovich, what's the fun in that!? ;) We work through it very controlled and slowly, our number one priority is safety :)
_Reece
Love your content, guys. You're great.
Please more videos.
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Dedicated or stupid, can't it be both? 😋
Touche...
-Reece