I just got my S6 saber. The handling is absolutely amazing, especially if you aren't particularly strong. I always felt like I was fighting against the sword when using the Easton. The S6 is only 50g lighter than the Easton but feels so much more agile and controllable. My biggest criticism is its durability. I noticed a few dents on both the false edge and the edge of the cup after a single light sparring session. The dents weren't deep but they had sharp edges. This makes me think that they might not be suitable for heavy sparring against heavier sabers. But luckily, I only do saber casually and I don't expect to do any heavy sparring with it.

Doesn't the knuckle bow get in the way with a cup hilt? Or can you just buy a cup hilt and slot it over a Thibault rapier?

Heretic!!!! 😂

Here is about the three weights of Boken, just like the three weights of katana. <kzbin.info/www/bejne/pna2enqVYrmHgMksi=N4A0mA3RpzeQ6-h2>

The Katana is an easily drawn court sword, with bastard dynamics involving both single-hand and two-handed cuts. While the earlier battlefield sword well before the Edo period, would be likened to a longsword. The sabre versus a katana, with the second hand or even choice of the short sword or equivalent dagger. If the handle is longer for a counterbalance because of wood content, then the sabre has metal content for a change of balance. While the sabre wielder, keeps the second hand behind the back, Just like the bastard nature of a long sword, that can one hand with an off-hand buckler, similar to a katana, or two-handed like a katana. So not two-handed, but a long sword, might be a closer to correct comparison to the katana. And certain katana only have enough room for a hand at the end, like a hand-and-a-half sword. Because like light broken, medium weight broken, and heavy broken, those Katana also come in different weights.

Americans demand shitty floppy 'safe' blades...

Awww, the mistake was that he’s too good at making stuff. I came here to say that Tod doesn’t make mistakes when it comes to daggers.

The F1 feder has a 30cm long handle (including the pommel), which is quite average for a 95cm blade feder. SIGI and Ensifer swords with the same blade length, for example, have handles at 29 and 31cm, respectively. You can't really call it short. So, is the problem you're feeling more in the weight distribution?

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

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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.