I basically did this to a fencer from another club...he focus on the upper guard and completely miss the lower cut....got him simultaneously on both inner tighs. I made him a believer on the virtues of the two swords lol

Really fast tip speed on a slightly broader rapier….super cutty

Rapier will win if the Rapier holder pierce the hands of Katana holder .

The thing about Thibault that confuses me the most is that even though you hold the sword in a right angle, the Thibault's rapier is swept hilt with really large gaps. Wouldn't it make the hand vulnerable to stabs? Other Destreza styles prefer closed hilts, why doesn't Thibault?

May I ask who made your rapier?

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Interesting thanks.

"Hello Dispatch? Yes, he is doing it again!"

Any suggestions if our two-port rapier has a longer handle and the pommel doesn't sit at the wrist? (Eg older Regenyei version before custom hilt length was an option)?

I thought that for Thibault grip you do everything you said, but rest the thumb on the inside quillon. I've been calling what you have shown as pinched grip (cuz you pinch the blade). Are the two that I'm mentioning variations in Thibault rapier, so it's all good, or am I a bit confused (with smallsword for example, where you pinch the quillon block)?

Have you considered doing a video teaching the different cuts and their names?

Is this academy is focusing to improve the student’s skills or just to teach them stuff and just get paid? The first one deserves to get paid for but there’s schools or places that just teach and get paid careless if the students actually learned something

Interesting Thank you

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I appreciate the very demure advice at 7:00. ;)

Thanks for the info, makes all perfect sense to me. Just one thing made me smile, due to other things I have watched before, one of the recommended videos to view next on the right is actually "Obi-Wan Kenobi vs Darth Vader Full Fight Scene". Will take a good look at their grips! Cheers, J. ⚔

Hey, Dave! Excellent video as usual. Just curious if there's any way to obtain the shirt you're wearing? (Not the specific one, but that design lol). I know there's a London Longsword Academy Redbubble page, and I like the designs there, but I vastly prefer the simple elegance of the pig skull and swords on black with no text. I've seen you and a number of (I presume) your students in this version, but I can't seem to find it available anywhere on the internet. I'd buy one immediately if they're for sale somewhere. Cheers, mate!

Time to get a grip

Very Informative! I'd love to see more videos about Thibault. :)

gangster grip

I feel a bit out of my depth, but if I do get my hands on a rapier again, I'll experiment with the horizontal and vertical grips as well as the gripping style you described.

Hi Dave, if I understand correctly, a very similar grip to that of the later Italian dueling sword, If I understood correctly.

Great video! I'd love to see more of your Thibault interpretation

Take care of your cats man! More important than the grip!

Good thing, Bruce must haz him litter!😉 Love ya, bro; great content

Came for the swords stayed for the cat

what one does when one can't find their steel mace for training :D

Your clock is broken mate

It's a very energising exercise, especially during thunderstorms.

Didn't know that she's legally blind. She also does archery and horseback archery.

For us fans of Tolkien, this is just pure poetry.... It's like manifest destiny!

It's been four years since, and this video needs a new comment....Ok what am I going to say? Wait a minute, I am thinking, thinking........!

Very nice explanations.

Prefer a Billhook as Iam a peasant

what is the name of the thing in which the sword is fixed?

Meyer glissade!

Lord GOD, that is a GORGEOUS man!

Cool technique. What swords are you using?

This sounds reasonable when you show it solo but if you actually look at a sparring session of katana vs rapier you'll know those are non-issues. Ppl much more focussed on hitting/not getting hit than cutting through rapiers/avoiding such low % event

Victor Hugo presents... Les Misericordes

Great training space.

Anyone know where I can find the Bauernwehr (third knife shown)? I can’t seem to find it anywhere; not even a picture.

I understand your concerns on the balance, you can only review what you get. But at least the pommel is beefy and heavier. One could easily draw a decorative twist or flutes on that pommel and go at it with an angle grinder. A few ounces off that, and your balance issue is fixed, and you’d have a custom sword.

Really quite refreshing to hear that thought at the end.

while you guys partied, I studied the blade(s)

That is a great explanation but finding someone who is an expert in the katana so there can be a comparative blow for blow would clarify a lot.

Is tods stuff for practical combat use? Good thick full tangs? Tip retention?

He has an incredible unhardened stiletto as if it was out of a dream but i want a dagger that can hold up to real combat. Is an unhardened thrusting dagger a wall hanger?

braum without his shield ? sup diff

Wheres the hammer to go with it?