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Is it possible to pin? I had to scroll an awful lot for it.
@@Olav_Hansen i thought it was... whoops
@@SellswordArts That's the neat part of youtube, there's always that 1 sub reminding you 😜
Here in England we have these everywhere and we have ones that look like swords they are everywhere for a few pounds and if it breaks it still works
Ordered the red pair for my sons and I. Thank you!
Professional fencer: "En guarde!"
Beginning fencer: "It's NERF or Nothin'!"
En garde*
@@Nesymafdet 😐
I got this after I bought bad foam swords
@@Nesymafdet I think he wrote in Italian and not French.
En Nerfe
Me and me brother about to let out our inner starwars kids again with these:
Yesss
@@anakin2489 I won't let you near kids with a lightsaber shoo shoo bad chosen one
@@KusmaUksus aww man :(
@@anakin2489 it's okay, I'm your badass future, you just got to slice and dice some kids first
@@KusmaUksus What about me?
Or you could just go to England.
I literally bought my training sword...
*From a gift shop*
*For £17*
*And it's very high quality*
*It's too good to be true*
I agree. But im in Texas. Im not going across the ocean lol.
I live in England I wanna where you got that from because I have no idea where to look
@@grognakthedestroyerattorne3211 me too, get me in on this action
@@grognakthedestroyerattorne3211 north or south?
Manc here, also looking for advice on where to find a deal like that
That pool noodle looks fancy, huh 😂
i was thinking the same thing i could make that diy for less than $40
@@danielbinns2802 I was thinking of getting a stick
@@danielbinns2802looks to be less pourous than a pool noodle, actual pool noodles have a lot of air resistance so they aren’t easy to swing around, and most materials you could maybe put down the middle to help with that would probably make the sword too heavy.
@@gahrilla_1I personally don’t like to give my sparring partner cuts and splinters but to each his own, as long as they’re cool with it.
Also, a stick does not handle anything like a sword
@@DeepfriedBeans4492 Think it could be done with a small pvc pipe and a pool noodle?
"My pool noodle.. foam folded 1500 times for maximum * *fwap* *"
I personally recommend the really short fishing rods.
It can deliver a decent sting, is super cheap, and typically has a finger grip so you can practice with other methods of holding your weapon.
Reminds me of KH2 Struggle.
SO TRUE
My friends from the SCA introduced me to those. A lot of them make their own from PVC and Pool Noodles. It works pretty well, just make sure you glue them to the pipe. They also wrap the noodle in Duct Tape to increase durability and personalize them.
I used to do SCA stuff and did lots of the fighting that involved pvc swords with foam and duct tape, it was pretty fun especially making your own and incorporating interesting designs like I added a parry guard to one
I just bought 2 saberforge lightsabers for my friends and I to fight with. It stings a bit when you get whacked but it only leaves bruises
Perfect for mortal combat. Just wear a face mask
Is it similar to the ones used in softcombat?
Looks similar, but that pommel wouldn't be legal in any boffer sword fighting I've done.
I highly recommend looking up ducktape warfare. With that, you can make your own weapons and even armor
I actually got a pair of these with my friends a couple months back and must say, these are great. You can smack full force and barely hurt the other person so long as they’re wearing clothes. It does still sting a bit on bare skin but it’s not that bad at all. This is also assuming full force power swings which won’t usually be a problem while sparring or practicing. Anyways, they feel great, are super durable, and are super fun.
If we talking foam weapons, I can help with that as well
you can get a cheap larp fencing sword for like $16
@@georgemacaroni I can make a larp sword too
How much for friends? 😭
ill let you know when i get some...
I have one in my basement. Want some?
When you buy them remember to read the specifications and check for "Interest in swordsmanship". It's a relatively uncommon trait.
@@redhare8572 only if you have candy too
As a fencer, I suggest you, if you want to start fencing, to find a club, where you can borrow gear for competitions and for trainings. About a year or two into fencing, most people buy their own gear.
I would love to see more shorts in line with this one. I'm really liking your tips and tricks segments for beginner and intermediate sword fighting.
There is another: toy lightsabers
I personally like calimacil's weapons for fencing practice. The foam they use is self binding, which means even if the sword is damaged it won't start falling apart. The shape of the weapons is also more accurate, and the weight is really not that far off from the real thing unless you're looking at heavier weapons like warhammers.
this is ironic actually we were just today discussing the exact same thing at my club and how it's what we should recommend to beginners.
Personnally though, I'm fine with loaner gear until I upgrade (which I plan to do sometime in the near future). HEMA is really a life saver for me, I haven't been this engrossed in a sport for, like ever. So I don't plan on stopping any time soon. Heck I'm stopping rock climbing partly because that will enable me to do more HEMA
How to do this at home with no gear needed
Materials:
Strapping/alien tape
Duct tape
A PVC pip of desired length -5 inches
Pool noodle of desired length -handle length
2 Pennies
Electrical tape
One cb inch of open squishy foam
Edit also needs a knife for the pool noodle and scissors for the tape
Steps:
Tape pennies to the ends of the pipe with strapping tape or alien tape making a cross then taping the parts of the tape on the surface of the pipe to the pipe in a choke that fully wraps around the pipe
2: take two inches of your pool noodle cut out a piece that’s about two thirds of the full circle as if it were a pizza or pie, then squeeze it tight and wrap strapping tape around it three times one on top one in the middle and one on the bottom this should be the same width as the PVC pipe.
3. Tape the thing you made In part 2 called a thrust tip to your pipe the same way you did with the pennies on the top part of the foam sword. This reduces damage from stabbing attacks.
3. Take off one inch of the pool noodle and put the remaining on your pipe and thrust tip it should be flush with the tip. Tape the top with a cross intersecting on the thrust tip and the bottom with four pieces of tape in a cross going from the pool noodles surface to the pipes surface touching the bottom of the pool noodle then wrap a piece of tape around the pipe where the tape to the pool noodle.
4. Put the cube of squishy foam on top of the thrust tip and tape it with a cross make sure to not tape hard and fold the tape at the edges the cross should connect to the pool noodle.
5 take the last inch of pool noodle not on the sword and cut a hole in it so u can put it on the handle then tape it on with a cross that goes on the surface of the pool noodle 90 degrees from that it should reach the handle wrap tape around the bottom of the handle to secure it
6 put duct tape all over it except for the handle the. Put electrical tape on the handle. The duct tape in the blade should all be vertical and the panel put the tape on the edge then 90 degrees away from that
LARP!!! Edit i spent 30 min on this comment plz like
Edit 3: for crossguard make a hole the size of your pipe in a pool noodle of desirable size put it on and tape it to the blade and the handle then wrap tape around the handle part
i've made a decent version of this with plastic pipping, foam, and tape from a hardware store. the cost is less than a dollar per sword, and you can put extra material at the tips to make thrusts very safe.
Not your idea at least credit the guy
I’ve also found that Dagorhir, a larp system, is a great avenue to fence with people. It’s a little pricier unless you make your weapon yourself, but the foam swords have a minimum weight, so you can work with realistically weighted and balanced swords. Buy-in is maybe $40-80 for weapon ($20-30 in materials if building yourself) and maybe $40-60 for basic garb (non-white tee shirt and non-modern pattern pj bottoms)
If I may offer a DIY alternative:
3/4” PVC pipe
A pool noodle with a hollow core
Duct tape
Stick the pipe in the noodle, leaving min. 3” of noodle free at the tip (safer thrusts), and giving yourself ample hilt room. Secure with duct tape. LOTS of duct tape. Wrap the whole dang thing with duct tape; like just about 2/3 roll for a sword (give or take).
It’ll look terrible, but it’s bouncy and very safe to use, and you can modify the designs to fit your needs-quillons, pommels, anything-just make sure there’s a lot of foam and no pipe on the stabby areas (that’s the important part). Need to designate the flat of the blade? Carve off a little foam on the sides with a knife (not too much though)
I also made a polearm version of this that is really fun.
These are the things I usually spar with. You honestly don't even need protection unless you really want it
If your willing to put in the time And effort you can make basically the same thing with PVC and some quality foam, glue and tape. Probably won't look super pretty but takes a damn good beating for the money spent. Still curious about the boffer in the vid tho. May look into it
Or, for a lighter version, a graphite golf glub shaft and pool noodle from the dollar tree. Pool noodle breaks down pretty quick tho so while it's cheap, you'll have to make a new sword every few months.
@@Justaguyuguys the golf club shaft actually works great however I'd recommend camping foam over the noodle. Pool noodles just can't take it and the sun also damages them. If u use camping foam you won't have to reroam evey so often.
@@ceejaydaniel2287 yeah, noodle breaks down quick, but it's a good option for the first sword just to see if your going to like it because it's quick cheap and easy. We used pipe insulation for a while I'm not sure what they're using these days, I haven't .made a sword in a few years.
@@Justaguyuguys o yea if your talking first sword, tryna find your vibe then he'll yeah man it's pool noodles all day. Idk about the pipe insulation though. It just seams so thin, it seams like it'd still hurt. Never used it though and maybe there's different stuff then wat I'm thinking 🤔 idk
@@ceejaydaniel2287 we use a pipe insulation that is about 2.5 in diameter, so it's about as thick as pool noodle used to be. It's denser so it can hurt more if you're baseball swinging. But at normal force there's not much of a difference.
Thanks for this! I’ve been looking for a way to do sword fighting of some kind with friends without having to use super flimsy weapons and no protection. This is exactly what I needed to hear about.
You can make a better quality foam sword for $5 each.
Get a PVC pipe, one pool noodle, hot glue gun.
Cut the pool noodle in half to make it the same size as imbthe video, then hot glue it to the PVC pipe and sandpaper off the writings and stuff, then use knife to make really good grip.
At home Depot you can buy a thick PVC pipe (recommended to get a 3/4 size) for $7 then you can cut it in thirds.
You can get thick 60in / 5ft pool noodle for $5 each.
When I was a teen we just bought Kendo sticks and beat each other.
Same
idk man, that plastic katana that i found in my little brothers closet seems way more cost efficient
Lol
I tried that, but they’re all mini gladiuses or wobbly plastic “sticks” (that’s a bit of a *stretch* )
Or both.
Just get a longer one
Nah i will 3D model and 3D print a big sword thats wayy to dagerous for fencing and just swing it around outside :)
Soooo my brother and I growing up using tree branches without mask was NOT the way to go? Noted.
So... my Hasbro lightsaber won't do the trick?
my friends and i just used 2x4s cut into shape and no guard. many fingers were injured in the process
Try belegarth dagorhir or amtgard
Fencing mask plastic weighted backsword and long sword
With my friend we just used wooden broomsticks, layer added nails as crossguards
Going for an even more affordable option, stick a Funnoodle or a piece of pipe insulation (FrostKing works well) on a PVC pipe (or golf club shaft, if you want something light) and weight it appropriately. You might still want a mask if you're planning on striking at the face, maybe a helmet if you're going to practice headshots, but otherwise, no protective equipment is required.
Naw. Im just gonna spend 40$. Not everyone, but most people would say its reasonable. I was hit in the mouth with what you mentioned. He literally didnt see me and i was walking up to him. Hit me from the side. Hurt like hell lmao. He wacked me like he was trying to hit a homerun.
@@matt59fire I mean, in general, one should always have situational awareness when wielding a weapon of *any* type. I've been fighting with foam weapons for years, and the worst injury I've ever gotten was a torn thumbnail when a thrust slid off my parry weird.
I just train with plastic toy lightsabers, but recently I've been able to get some metal lightsabers. It sounds silly, but I can practice a lot of the techniques that are shown off on this channel.
Metal...Lightsabers?
@@Yorikoification yes, have you never heard of any of the replicas that people have produced? There are tons of sites that you can go by and replica lightsabers on. It's a pretty big deal among Star Wars fans that those sites exist.
@@Bored_Overthinker Oh, I'm dumb. I thought you meant that the "blade" of the lightsaber would be metal but you mean the hilt.
Do you really get the same feel as wielding a longsword or katana if you have barely any weight above the hilt? And how do you practice edge alignment or swing arc with them?
@@Yorikoification The blade is actually quite heavy because it's made of polycarbonate and is about 3 ft long. Edge alignment is definitely something I don't get to practice very much, but I do have some real looking sword replicas, toys, but they still look somewhat real. For example, I have a wooden katana and a foam replica of the master sword from the legend of Zelda.
@@Bored_Overthinker Ah, I see. I use a heavy wooden katana as well to practice longsword techniques, good strength training. Then I also have a lighter wooden jian for practicing edge alignment and binding with, paired with a wooden dagger or waterskin (simulating a buckler).
Wood is good, there's no suspicion from onlookers about whether your blades are sharp or not then. Although the quarterstaff I practice polearm techniques with can just as well end a life in a single strike I have yet to be stopped by cops while traveling with it.
Do you practice outdoors, in a gym or just in the comfort and privacy of your own home?
One of my favorites ways to start out was going to a Renaissance Faire and getting a couple foam-ish swords (or whatever material they use I'm not sure), they were like 25 bucks each and hold up pretty well. They also look pretty similar to real swords and have a weight to them to help with getting used to it
Leverage cuts are good and effective but a good full swing can unbalance your opponent, intimidate them or otherwise overwhelm them. I tend to side with the idea of full offense albeit reckless often wins the day.
I also use a bamboo sword that’s great
I came specifically for a foam sword fighting sword. I've always wanted one of these ever since Wii Swordplay.
How much do friends cost?
These are called boffer swords. I made a bunch at home for cheap!
Get pool noodles and a 1” dowel rods (or whichever fit in the pool noodle snugly) These are good enough for an afternoon of fun with friends.
If you want them to last a bit longer, wrap them with cheap electrical tape!
I definitely recommend a face mask because you will take face shots even if you try to avoid it!
Cheers mate
I started carving wooden swords for my son and I when he was two and we would play wop sticks as we called it. We tried to hit the sticks not each other. After a while we got better so I bought us a set of these. We're now on our third set and have full-on melees with the neighborhood kids. A whole lot of fun can't recommend them enough to parents and kids!
Alternative: Become a kid again and find a cool, but BIG stick. And swing it around.
Me who has been fighting with plastic (not foam) weapons for years without face masks or any type of protection
C O W A R D S
If you have not faced down a blade unarmored then you will never learn how to do it properly ARMORED
you must experience that FEARRRR
((Even though you might lose an eyeeeeee))
Lol where did this side of me come from XD
This is totally an ad to beat the hell out of your friends and still stay friends. Lol
You: "What did you say!? I guess it is time for fencing practice...."
Friend: "I'll get the masks.... and prove I'm right!"
You: "We see about that!" Hands friend foam sword "en guard!"
Epic Battle commences!
It's a tie ....
I was literally holding the red version of those while watching this
A good way to make a more customizable training weapon is with pvc and pool noodle.
I appreciate these videos. All of your content is amazing
You can also make torso/arm/leg (and probably neck and hand) protection from old EVA foam floor mats(the puzzle piece mats) absolutely NOT enough for steel swords or accurate weighted synthetics. However it can provide a little protection for boffers or other diy training swords, especially good if your fragile, like me with hypermobility.
Just make sure if you make something to protect your chest, add the little ridge near the top that actual plate armor has, it will stop a thrust that hits the chest from getting redirected into your throat. I know because it happened. I was sparring with my friend after i made some, we were sparring with a lightsaber and a diy sword I made from fiberglass rods wrapped in tape. He hit me with a thrust, on contact with the chest piece I made it went straight up and WOULD HAVE went right into my throat(despite wearing a proper HEMA mask) but since I put a piece there it stopped the thrust.
Does the weight training get affected though when using this sword? Imagining learning moves for a greatsword that relies on its weight and momentum- i know its not intended for greatsword training, but sword spinning in general is affected, i assume, and would throw you off when you begin training with one that has weight, i wonder if you were to make the sword weighted it would be proficienct? Or is it already weighted?
On the recommendation of sellsword arts the Kentucky Dudeist Temple-Abide temple armory added two, and i gifted another rwo to my grandchildren, the twins Phil and Lil, who much to my chagrin are better hands at the sword than I. Thanks y'all, love your channel.
Jokes on you! If you have a little bit of making skill, you can go to home Depot or Lowe's, and buy some PVC, some camping pad or pool noodles (or both) and some tape (duct tape works great) and make your own for like 40 cents a piece, depending on economy of scale....
A lot to start, but then you have a ton that are cheap as dirt. Plus you can customize, and adapt them to your whims, and break them shamelessly because you can just make another.
I took some basic fencing already. To be honest I was a bit of an idiot, just wanting to show off. I would just do these crazy flourishes with the epee that where completely impractical. Now I wish I could go back because I only have the basic skills like lunges and parries. I've taken up Kendo and I did a bit of Kali but honestly it would've been better if I just learned how to do it from the start instead of fooling around.
Sorry for the tangent, what would you say is your favourite type of sword? Mine would be the curved, one sided swords such as sabres, Khopesh, and a personal winner:the Japanese Nodachi or Tachi
Bought two polypropylene swords for 80€ in total. I’ve had them for three years now and they still aren’t even roughed up. And we’ve been using them like a bunch of total morons sometimes. Just hammering at each other’s blades with force that would’ve killed every steel sword. (We we’re drunk. Wouldn’t do that otherwise) but I can say, buy a pair of these and they’ll last ya.
Kendo starting cost, like 150-200 bucks for the first three months (for lessons and the shinai most likely, as most sensei teach for free while the club often only makes enough off memberships to pay for the dojos rent and insurance). If you decide it's something you want to really do, yeah, price jumps up to a bit under 1000 at the six month mark if you take it super seriously and go to every practice and buy bogu as soon as they say youre ready, and splurge on the nice bogu.
No, it's not a cheap hobby, but it is worth it.
Well....i made one for myself
Because its summer and i was boring :)))
I tried to make a katana at first but i couldn't find a 1:1 template
So i chose the long sword, its easier to draw the shape without template
Weighed around 1.5lbs, made with 2mm wood planks and compressed papers and 1 aluminium rod for the core material, still not finished yet but it will
I remember back in the day me and my friends would use pool noodles, pvc pipe, and some tape. 20 bucks got us like 12 swords. They probably weren't as durable, but they did the job for some broke teens looking too fence.
I found 3 katanas in skegness for £10 EACH. They were blunt, but metal training swords. Best 30 I ever spent.
My buddy and I both do martial arts classes and he bought a bunch of larping swords because he thought they'd be cool to spar with.
We found out very fast you need face protection even with form weapons when I used a full force thrust to defend against his and I knocked his head back and put a bruise on his forehead between his eyes. I'm just glad I missed his eyes. Lol
PS: he got me back with a perfect wrist cut that got me so clean it numbed my pinky for 10 minutes.
I used to do larp here in Australia and we would order in a bunch of fancy looking larp swords from overseas. Slightly lighter to significantly lighter that real steel (depending on brand), made of a carbon fibre rod core and closed cell foam for shape and impact, sometimes with a latex skin that added colour and detail.
Price was higher, for sure, but you didn't need protective equipment.
I’d definitely recommend full contact Larp swords from Gorg the Blacksmith or someone similar. They’re a lot better quality and safer. They’re also a lot easier to maintain and repair.
Dude! Thank you for this! Brilliant. I went the alternate route of just buying real swords and not being a bitch. I didn't really need my appendix, part of my kidney or my pinky toe anyway.
Foam swords are great for getting people started cheaply. But if you are serious you eventually move to steel. There's just no substitute for something that handles and behaves close to the real thing in blade contact. *Certain people* think you can just stick with foam and learn all there is to swordsmanship and that's just not the case.
Me and bro in my backyard with some vaguely sword shaped sticks: "ON GUARD!"
I've made mine using a wood piece adesive tape and plastic board, made some mods with fiber glass for it to weights about 710 grams. Your work it is awesome man. 👍⚡🗡️
We used to buy camping foam, duct tape and pvc pipe and make our own training swords. Unfortunately they were very thick, and carried quite a bit of mass so impacts could be, uncomfortable.
I have the luck that my HEMA teacher lets me borrow a nylon longsword for practice at home. Its definitely very convenient.
I just get into trouble with the elderly man downstairs when he sees me practicing (its not illegal or so)
Bamboo, poolnoodle, some foam for the tip, make the tip big einough for eye protection. That's like 5€ and a little time. :P
Do it the Jugger way.
Alternatively, you can use the cardboard rolls inside of wrapping paper and some pillows tied to your belly.
All in all, the buy in, is whatever your mom spent on wrapping paper 15 Christmases ago.
Oh hell yeah, i wasnt even aware of these. I thought it was all the gear and the training swords or no fencing at all
OH! If my fencing partner and I both wear glasses, is that good? I double the mask is for actual blunt force protection and more for eye protection, so I'm curious
And if any of you folks want an upgrade from these the companies GO-NOW and Spes have collaborated to make foam swords as well that I’ve been pretty impressed with
And if any of you folks want an upgrade from these the companies GO-NOW and Spes have collaborated to make foam swords as well that I’ve been pretty impressed with
MUCH appreciated information, seeing as how many of us are not made of money! 😅🤓👉🏾👈🏾😅
I have a 36 inch long stick and the diameter is 3/8-inch. Is that okay to practice HEMA and Eastern-Asian techniques?
I used to just make sword out of tree.
Probably still will.
Thanks for the advice though.
Have good day.
(Don't need to buy it, you can make your own with pvc and some pcv foam that's used in water piping. Wrap it in some packaging tape and you're done. Don't need no protection, also.)
Bamboo, pool noodle, duct tape.
I unno where my previous comment went but that was the jyst of what I was saying. You can build these things for cheaper and size them right to you.
I made wooden swords so me and my brother could sword fight... Look like s***** but get the job done. But welllllllllll it's just playing.
Be based, get a lightsaber for around $80. You’ll hurt yourself most likely (mostly fingers), but that’s just part of the fun
The foams for sale at purpleheart armory are absolutely fantastic, ive been teaching for 7 years, started with synthetics and I prefer the new foams leagues beyond the synthetics, the main reason actually being because the cloth covers bond very well. I just started a Dussack class and we are using the foams for drilling because they are lighter and keep peoples shoulders good for an entire lesson, they are cheap, and we can use light gear.
If you got dangly bits get a cup. Seriously, wear a cup. Some opponents seem to have a supernatural ability to smack those bits, often without meaning to.
I threw myself headfirst into lightsaber fighting with my college star wars club, no prior sword experience of any kind and no protective gear, I got a lot of bruises that day but it was so much fun!
When I started musashi kendo I made some very simple practice swords with some long wood dowels and PVC pipes, it hurts but thats going to happen eventually according to the teacher
Hear me out “pro” foam sword fights, call it club fighting. And have the fighters wear no armor. Use it as entertainment before and after wrestling or boxing matches.
So i've just started looking i to stuff like this and it's got me wanting to ask, are there any divisions in HEMA or any kind of combat sports that allow for blunt weapons or something that could simulate the fighting styles of something like a morningstar or a warhammer?
I'm thinking about it
I got a set of these for my son and I. We’re mostly playing around but we’re working our way through Hutton and I also got the highland broadsword book of the cateran society.
So fun.
United Cutlery LOTR false edge swords are amazing for beginners. The neighbors called the cops because three grown arsed men were sword fighting on the front lawn.
Me and my dad fuck around with something similar and we never wear a mask. They're cut broomsticks stuffed in pool noodles with like 4" of pool noodle sticking off the end
Love all of the content on beginner-friendly equipment, and you've mentioned needing a fencing mask for most of these. Are there any good ones you'd recommend/where to buy them?
What are the cheap alternatives to a fencing mask? Would a used paintball mask or goodwill motorcycle helmet suffice? I think this concept could make for a good and informative video
Be forewarned. Those style swords sometimes have a hard plastic core for structure. Which is great. You *can* get some nice bruises and welts. Nbd for mot martial artists but definitely should be aware that it could happen
This looks like the same basic construction as larp swords, I would point out that those are not considered thrust safe.
If you're sensible you're not likely to do anything more than make someone go "ow" but for safety I always assume someone's going to do something stupid
In my opinion your foam sword looks like it sucks... sorry, but mst of the professional foam swords for hema and katana soft sparring sucks and are overpriced