European Martial Arts in China - My Workshop in Shanghai

[@LiaRancid]

It's so heartwarming seeing HEMA fans all the way in China!

[@TheWabbitSeason]

The class looked very cool but I'm fascinated by the language exchange. It was almost like the old masters. Speak in your mother tongue to your partner (German), speak to the crowd in the common tongue (English but Greek or Latin during Renaissance) and the local translator converting to Mandarin and/or Shanghainese.

[@turnipsociety706]

Greek would not have been a "common tongue" in the Renaissance. Latin was used by the clerics. French would have been an international language, and German as well, with a continuum of dialects for both

[@KenOhShinobi]

Very cool. I lived in Shanghai for a year almost 2 decades ago and it was a great (but very hot/humid) place. I couldn't help but smile as I recognized views of Jing'An Temple, Suzhou boats, and just the metro doors.

[@gtjz6683]

Great to have had you in SH! Many fans were finally able to meet the person whose videos they trained and referenced to for years :D

[@IExistSometimes]

It is interesting to think that they probably think of HEMA more like we would think of Kung fu swordsmanship, with the kind of added mistique of being foreign and culturally distinct

[@niklasfischer3915]

I would doubt that...in my experience Asian martial arts most often have a certain level of arrogance and elitism impragnated into it. Especially in case of Japanese swordsmanship...not so sure about Chinese tho. They will certainly have found it interesting, yet probably approached it as some western barbarian explaining their crude fencing systems. That's however just me and my prejudice, lol.

[@IExistSometimes]

That's at odds with how Bjorn described his hosts, and it's not like European martial arts are without their elitism, which I imagine would be much worse if they were a fully continuous set of traditions instead of a modern scrapping together of largely historians and massive nerds.

[@niklasfischer3915]

@@IExistSometimes Well, there is a difference between being polite and interested and what people actually think but won't speak out openly. But as I wrote that is just my prejudice...its not unlikely that reality is entirely different. Also one might expect that only people participate in such a workshop who are genuinely interested in European Martial arts, and those more "elitist" fencers I mentioned (while perhaps being in the majority) were not attending this course, leading to the positive impression of Björn.

[@RealZeratul]

​@@niklasfischer3915No doubt that there are arrogant people, coaches, and by extension schools everywhere, but I doubt that it's that common (being a kung fu instructor in Germany). That being said, Hollywood didn't really do HEMA justice, so common people may very well think of European sword techniques as crude compared to the (also unrealistic) wushu stuff they know from TV.

[@deinemuddda1178]

​@@IExistSometimes european style is superior

[@BlackOmegaWorks]

This looked like an amazing experience for both you and your hosts. I bet the food was good too.

[@PeterSolerom]

Thank you for sharing! 🎉 greetings from México!

[@gamundilorenzo8864]

Nice to meet another world !

[@SixDeadZeroHEMA]

7:40 what is that move... i know it's from a Meyer play but I can't find it since first learning it. I've always just called it "the hand-switchy thingy" but that is not what Meyer calls it lol Anyway, great video Bjorn. entertaining and informative as always, the workshop looked brilliant!

@@SixDeadZeroHEMA Hey there... its from the first "Wechsel" play :)

[@SixDeadZeroHEMA]

Thank you! Been looking for it for ages, watching this video is a great opportunity to revisit it

[@wolvenedvard3049]

I love this channel

[@Alex.Ost.2001]

Sehr stark! Glückwunsch für diese Gelegenheit. Hoffentlich verschlägt es mich mal in den Norden zu euch für ein Seminar Grüße aus Süddeutschland.

[@josuesepulveda6850]

Congrats bro!its very cool to see asians countrys praticing HEMA.I hope they invite you again.

[@jaisemand]

inspiring video!

[@george867]

in your time in china did you have the opportunity to explore any of the indigenous styles of fencing such as jianfa or daofa?

[@danielstrobl4451]

Ein Deutscher Hühne lehrt in China die ritterlichen Tugenden. Geiles Video😁👍

[@doppelsoldner]

Mega!

[@clee5653]

Glad you had a good time. I hate that place; was there during the full lockdown.

[@tiexiaowang7939]

I was watching videos of the workshop from their perspective on Chinese video platforms. Did you know that apparently the Chinese HEMA community collectively nicknames you "Giant Arms Bro"?

I heard that in china...but im not sure how common that nick is over there^^

[@tiexiaowang7939]

​@Not the greatest sample size but all of the top comments use that nickname

[@Ajiu-gi3nm]

Almost everyone said so, because he always sees his impressive giant arms in videos

[@ekkehardzimmer2783]

Klasse!

[@nothankyou5742]

I wonder if there will be a secondary speaker who’s a practitioner of Eastern Martial arts as well?

It was a pure Hema Workshop, not a comparison :)

But I had some very nice conversations about body mechanics, also from asian sources...that was very enlightening!

[@tedblackburn8679]

Didn't realize that European Martial Arts were popular in China? Good news.

[@chillandgame]

Mega 💪🧡

[@Kriwez]

🤙

[@The_Industry]

Man, this looks like it would have been incredible to experience. As an aside, what is the term for the continuous looping cuts used in greatsword techniques? It's been driving me up the wall for days, and I'd appreciate if you could enlighten me.

What did you mean with looping cuts? Can you share a timestamp or something :)

[@The_Industry]

@ sorry, not present in this video, I commented here because of the workshop, and I thought it would be more likely to get noticed on a newer video. The looping cuts I mean are best displayed when the practitioner is standing in place, making continuous circular or figure-eight strikes whilst pivoting on the spot every so often, allowing them to offend all angles from a single position. Edit: It is demonstrated at several points in Lindybeige's video on the Spadone as well.

[@stanisawzokiewski3308]

5:35 ready to repell a cavalry charge

[@badfoody]

i hope this influences Wushu guys to finally spar with weapons

[@juanmiguelpalacioesteban5591]

What about a video of parries snd counterattackd only eith the biggest sword ever made (montante, I think)

[@Hindustaniyoddha089]

Why dont you do a workshop in india

invite me :)

[@Hindustaniyoddha089]

@ yes you should come to my akhara of gatka at amritsar punjab there many other medieval weapon martial arts in india also that you can see like kaliyaripatu from kerala and mardani khel from maharashtra

[@ColossalSwordFormAndTechnique]

You didn’t run into tofu buildings did you?

[@garylee4651]

The most memorable moment: "Electricity!!"

[@Erebus2075]

5:59 bc you teach actual effective combat, something that is extremely hard to find in asia ^^ so them getting this knowledge will vastly improve their ability. honestly you should make a 3-6monthly workshop in china and japan, think they would be overly excited ^^ good place to make a decent income too ^^

[@Erebus2075]

10:55 hahaha thats so awesome :D

[@Erebus2075]

honestly i would love to go to something like this, problem have just been everywhere i've checked it's subpar and clearly just people just playing around knowing little about the actual reason or ways to move etc.

[@Erebus2075]

14:54 its a difference in brains, holostic brains pull others down in the believe if others are worse than them then they win. logical brains look at the advantages in optimizing others even at the expense of ourself: saying "if they are better our survival and efficientcy is higher, so we share to maximize alls efficiency. sadly the VAST (like 90%+) of the world population are controlled by holistic brains; which is why the world is so greedy and shit

[@pockwoodevan1251]

非常好的视频，它使我HEMA受到启发，爱来自瓷器，欢迎你下次光临。

[@thiagorodrigues5211]

My man is built like a Yamnaya

[@piramidasukcesu9417]

You sound exactly what I imagine someone named Björn sounds like

[@deinemuddda1178]

The chinese look so small

[@sternleiche]

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[@fredliu9722]

I am wondering whether you fight with Chinese Miao Dao skills?