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[@lelionnoir4523]

"I'll just wait for this plane to pass..." a bird flies over at this exact moment. Life is beautiful sometimes.

[@avw160]

The discussion started by Sekisensei, then continued by Matt, Skalla, and now LLA is delightful. Wholesome af. "Game recognize game" kind of thing :)

[@LondonLongsword]

Yeah, I hope we are as a community doing better.:) Game recognise game!

[@LeRoyt97]

Don't forget Federico 👍

[@farkasmactavish]

OH MY GOD I LOVE THIS NEW TREND SO MUCH First Seki-sensei looks like a giddy child on Christmas as he explores a new weapon, now everybody in the HEMA community is responding so wholesomely and respectfully! I can't wait for Seki-sensei to respond to all these videos. Good riddance to the days of toxic "debates" over whether the longsword or katana is better. More of this!

[@lukaerys9678]

Both styles are adapted to their times/places so both are good

[@scholagladiatoria]

Great to see your thoughts, Dave. I love that sword-holding rig you have.... I need one!

[@LondonLongsword]

I’ll find you a link, and likewise matey, always.:)

[@NirrumTheMad]

2:50 that's a loud fuckin bird

[@LondonLongsword]

Yup, exactly what thought when I watched it back. 😂

[@KKRCeb]

First Like! These response videos is such a beautiful sight of civilized discussion and studies. Hoping to see more in the future.

[@dlatrexswords]

Thanks for braving the cold to give us this lesson. To us non-fencers the dynamic use of grip on the longsword is sometimes overlooked I think. Perhaps moreso even than on asymmetric blades. Great addition to the conversation!

[@ricardodemarco3486]

This very thing about edge aligment is what I have been commenting in both the original Seki sensei video and in Matt Easton response, just that you have done far better than I ever could. Longswords truly shines when playing with the binds, changing the indexation of the blade and back edge cuts.

[@colinfieldhouse420]

5:34 Celerity. The spirit of Roworth is smiling somewhere.

[@anErnazure]

What is the tripod setup you're using to hold the other sword?

[@LondonLongsword]

It’s a bike repair stand, loads of us got them during lockdown.:)

[@anErnazure]

​@LondonLongsword thanks! As I generally don't have training partners where I'm at I may have to get one.

[@scholagladiatoria]

@@LondonLongsword Ah so THAT's what it is!

[@NoirTech83]

Is there a special attachment to hold the sword for that light stand?

[@JoshuaFontany]

Really good breakdown. Glad you include footwork. "Mahalo" (thanks) from Kuntao Silat Kilat de Thouars from Oregon, USA.

[@SuperFunkmachine]

A swords is a sword, and armour is armour. A armoured Samurai is squaring to another armoured fighter, and 90% of there kit is the same as the others. The shocking thing is that both the late Sengoku period and the later the Dutch Revolt are reading the same play book, there both concurrent modern wars useing the same technology. An educated man in both country's would proudly show you his globe an point out there other. Trade links made the katana in a painting by a Dutch master all but an essential items for the 17ths century noble man wishing to show his trading net work. Rembrandt's The Blinding of Samson has a Kris for and centre.

[@tennoakahi]

I love how the whole hema community is responding to seki-sensei! Just one thing though, the guy's name is Shogo, 'o' at the end, you seem to have a typo in there.

[@LondonLongsword]

Thank you, corrected, by text at least:)

[@ndrjskrbnk]

several years ago i visited cortona, a city in italy, and at the second floor of the museo dell'accademia et-rusca there was a perfectly finished rapier 1,5 m long, forged in layers, as damascus steel, katanas and jians are forged, and that weapon had a concave equlateral triangular shape in cross section, with three sharp cutting edges. the sword is probably stil exhibited there, one floor over the gino severini exhibition.

[@nimay13]

It’s like the background is fighting you mate. I heard screaming, plane, all kinds of things. Lmao.

[@exoterric]

There is much the same and much that differs. We are all the better for it.

[@GlavnyiHuesos]

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

[@LondonLongsword]

@@GlavnyiHuesos A bike repair stand.

[@iamnuff1992]

One of the things that surprised me about Seki Sensei's video is that he never mentioned that the longsword is double-edged. Perhaps because their mock-sword wasn't metal so it wasn't easily noticeable? Or maybe he just didn't have the experience to think of how to use the reverse-edge? The reverse-bladed katana video that he put out clearly had him thinking about ways to strike with the back of a katana, but it doesn't seem like it occurred to him with the longsword.

[@ZETA14.88]

reverse edge cuts are simply too weak to register a good cut with. They're only useful to trigger modern hema rules of first blood

[@jimothyjohndad8476]

@@ZETA14.88absolutely incorrect - they’re referenced multiple times as effective blows across a wide variety of sources & time periods. No idea where you got the idea they’re only used in HEMA as a points thing?

[@mostlychimp5715]

2:55, loudest damn bird ever

[@FreydalHema]

The beanie makes it look like you have a tonsure and it drives me crazy Also great video

[@michelemazzoleni4310]

Dude, that black bird at 2:56 is loud af

[@JohnDoe-t5s3p]

👏👏👏💎💎💎

[@JoeYT23]

👍⚔

[@QuentinStephens]

I wonder if the local police station sends rookie constables past his house for a laugh?

[@DandrebBernardes]

I propose a joint video of Seki Sensei, Skallagrim, Schola Gladiatora and LLA. Oh, don't wanna forget Shadiversity and Metatron, of course. Guys, get together and have a chat.

[@Xbuschwacker]

No it's okay to forget them

[@tommeakin1732]

I really hope this doesn't come off badly, as I'm only saying this to maybe be helpful and bring awareness, but, are you aware that, just with what's in this video, you've effectively doxxed yourself? I feel like I shouldn't say that, but at the same time, you might not realise and wish you had

[@AndrewRoberts11]

Someone needs a RADIO MIKE, quieter neighbours, and to Google "Intro to video EDITING" (there's more than one type of CUTTING)

[@syys5640]

Everyone replying to some McDojo fraud who has not sparred once in his life lmao

[@Thq-ff8wz]

Said like a man who knows nothing about koryu lmao

[@syys5640]

​@@Thq-ff8wzi know its a nerd hobby that does not involve sparring lmao. Just dancing LARPers.

[@Locahaskatexu]

@@Thq-ff8wz I know it's a great urge to want to respond to the clown above, but on the whole, better not to I think, he seems to just want to push buttons. Seki-sensei's work speaks for itself I think, and doesn't require defending, least of all to this clown.

[@Thq-ff8wz]

@@Locahaskatexu yeah, no point arguing with people like this

[@dorukgolcu9191]

@@Locahaskatexu Plus according what I can find online Seki Sensei has a 5th Dan in kendo, so he has clearly done plenty of sparring. There are other criticism of him floating about that I have no way of verifying, but this one clearly is not even in the ballpark of being valid