Boston Sword Gathering Highlights 8/21/11

This video contains some highlights and a bit of slow-motion narrated analysis of a few bouts from the HEMA Rondel Dagger tournament at the Boston Sword Gathering on 8/21/11. Our group consisted of 4 fighters from the Brattleboro, VT area and we only took footage of bouts that our group were engaged in, so these highlights represent only a portion of the fantastic sparring to be had.
The analysis section is intended as a tie-in to a presentation given the previous day dealing with good body mechanics through utilizing the hips and by turning the body with balance and good centering. I selected these bouts for analysis to demonstrate the effectiveness and applicability of hip-turns and voids rather than resistance and force in full-speed sparring.

[@dknightshiatsu]

Excellent! Thanks for posting, Eric. And thanks Brattleboro for coming in to Boston to join us. You are always fun, and always welcome. Dave K.

[@Laughin9M4N]

I was expecting a sword fight not a dagger fight regardless TIL there are dagger fights