Fencing with Rapiers

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Lo Schermo, overo Scienza d’Arme by Salvator Fabris (1606)
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0:00 - intro
1:00 - salvator fabris and how the rapier came to be used
4:25 - the anatomy of the sword
7:46 - stance
12:06 - movement
21:08 - positioning the hand and orienting the sword
24:17 - rule 1: smooth advance and follow-through
25:17 - rule 2: square up and control incoming attacks
28:21 - rule 3: approach from just outside the opponent's line
35:01 - rule 4: lean into the foot that takes you to larga
39:38 - rule 5: not found
39:58 - rule 6: use rule 2 to gain advantage
43:11 - bryant and anthony face off against each other
46:01 - brian and jason fight each other
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[@ModernRogue]

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[@bigchonkers4835]

Pls try full contact HEMA, i really wanna see you two fight hahah

[@danielfedden227]

360p ?

[@tannerhostetler5054]

@@danielfedden227 The Editor must have exported the File in 360p not 4k. It happens

[@1218Draco]

The Modern Rogue 7:20 Jedi Fencing next?

[@nosgumball2941]

I love Rapiers

[@darkinertia2]

my favorite part of these ones where theyre learning a martial art is when they do something and theyre like " hey that was really good!" and the instructor is like "actually no everything you did was wrong and youve disrespected me, my family and everything that this gym stands for"

[@vocalvortexstudios2058]

"Begone from this place and never return"

[@allmight5564]

I thought it was an amazing duel however Sir Heavy Pants kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXqcgIJvgs2Yi80 was good also even though it was clearly CGI. Definitely worth a watch.

[@calvinball1]

I've been fighting rapier for 3 years. This is right up there with the best "how to rapier" videos on the internet. I would send anyone to this video who was studying Fabris.

[@TheStrangerous]

Outstanding! Thank you!

[@MissPoplarLeaf]

So great to hear that this is a legitimate resource! Can you recommend other resources for learning rapier, maybe styles later than Fabris?

[@aliteralflamingpileofgarba6236]

@@MissPoplarLeaf There are some fabulous sources available in Purpleheart Armory and I believe Dark Swords Armory. Just never buy from a library, I’ve made that mistake.

[@calvinball1]

@@MissPoplarLeaf if you are still interested check out Mechanical Advantage as explained by the link below. part 1/4 kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5uVdWeEh72sfpY

[@calvinball1]

@@MissPoplarLeaf and if you are looking to see where all this is going, this is very well put together cut of a high level tournament =) kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZK5hXyZlrioprs

[@bigchooch4434]

"It's like conducting an orchestra except people get hurt." You clearly have never conducted an orchestra my friend

[@boogerrrrr]

An orchestra isn't a playground, it's a battlefield.

[@HipposHateWater]

*Hides the Tchaikovsky cannons while whistling inconspiculously*

[@joeeilans6966]

Yep your a real tough one.subject to waving your tiny stick furiously in a most arrogant and snooty manner.

[@LoisoPondohva]

@@joeeilans6966 hey, don't speak about rapier fighters like that, they are sensitive.

[@Starjukker]

The degrees to radians conversion was crucial for my understanding of rapier fencing, thank you so much!

[@Yotanido]

I thought it was hilarious. To be fair, if it was given as a a fraction of tau, it would actually be useful. 1.571 radians is not all that intuitive. 0.25*tau radians, on the other hand, makes it pretty clear it's a quarter turn :D

[@skyeturner5003]

@@Yotanido *screams in π*

[@Azrage]

Luke Diggle The whole tau or pi debate often seems silly, but for radians tau is better, imo.

[@skyeturner5003]

@@Azrage yes, I have to agree, overall I prefer pi (mostly because I don't feel like memorising tau instead) but I know in this specific case, radians, tau is obviously better.

[@averytatavitto9333]

I was going to make a similar comment. It appears I've been beaten to it. Well played

[@mdrzn]

17:13 "You're denying yourself a few more inches of length because it's flopping down" 🤨😏😏

[@youvegot]

Well somebody skipped ahead...

[@LughSummerson]

Like a penis!

[@devinm.6149]

You misplaced the *h* in length.

[@skyeturner5003]

@Cryptoniac you appear to have missed the euphemism.

[@kritsadventures]

@@devinm.6149 How do you know it wasn't the T?

[@CapDogg14]

I really hope that at the end of learning weapons series, Jason and Brian have a huge competition where they both fight each other with every weapon they learned about, one dual per weapon, whoever wins the most battles at the end is granted the title "The Warrior Supreme"

[@johnstuartkeller5244]

Whomever wins with the best tactics (some might say "sneaky cheating,") will win. Victory by virtue of High Level Rogue Thinking.

[@Blackthorne369]

@ ハンターさんCap Dogg Perhaps it could be combined with a scavenging in the woods and hunting one another with all they have learned. Once one has found the other, then the tournament begins! Whoever wins shall lead their chosen partner in a lordly galliard, whilst the loser drinks pruno and big water in humiliating defeat and despair.

[@smertonosnyibratni]

I've been fencing for a couple years and thought I was terrible because I couldn't figure out why my beats and parrys would throw my sword out of line every single time and then this guy comes in with a lesson for first timers and changes my life with that wrist trick.

[@byteofbacon]

“It’s like orchestra but people get hurt.”

[@mak3yasmiil3]

Death symphony

[@QuantumLeapCosplay]

The Modern Rogue doing rapier fencing? Video is like convention merchandise. I didn't know I needed it until I saw it. Lol

[@algetar]

LOL

[@QuantumLeapCosplay]

Hehehe :D

[@drew124]

You're so right!! I hate how true this is 😂

[@QuantumLeapCosplay]

Teehee. :3

[@kadenwalker9592]

46:35 It only took 3 seconds for their entire lesson to go out the window

[@christofferhougaard]

@Ryan Dunham I think you'll get there! Just hang in there! ^^

[@patrickarmitageWWW]

The head instructor is excellent. He has a certain poise in his movements and you can see the centering of his mass. He is always balanced. His second is close in his movements. I've learned so much thank you for sharing!

[@Azrage]

Maintain that straightness. Becoming gay mid-thrust could have disastrous results.

[@TheRealAlpha2]

There are like three different ways you could read that and they're oddly all valid.

[@themorrigan1312]

The wordplay... Beautiful, truly. Bravo

[@FriskTheFallen]

Fantastic, best comment from 2019 lol.

[@KeyboardQuartz8801]

t h i s i s f u n n i

[@StarryxNight5]

"Alright, now just stab him in the ches- ooh those pecs though"

[@ultimomos5918]

So I have to thank Modern Rogue for putting me in contact with AHWG and starting me on my journey into HEMA. It's been about a year and i've loved every bit of it. Thanks guys!

[@jakubfabisiak9810]

I loved the Dunning-Kruger moment here, when your eyes go wide with the realisation of just how much depth was hidden from you until that point.

[@CiCaruana]

Just wanna thank whoever put the time into accurately subtitling this, I have hearing issues and so many content creators just think KZbin's autocaption system gets the job done when it really doesn't

[@clintonleonard5187]

This is the first "physical" episode where Brian seems more natural and quick to learn than Jason. Proud of my boy.

[@cadetri9716]

Watching Brian totally lose everything he was taught over the last hour and just bum rush Jason each time was really entertaining

[@richardpowell4281]

Do you guys plan to find a blacksmith? I know you've done improvised weapons but it would be kool to get some good forging or metalworking skills to repair our weapons and armor in the field.

[@TheStrangerous]

Richard Powell Soon!

[@devinm.6149]

*cool

[@pompmag]

You should colab with Alec Steele

[@menofwar-os1wi]

@@pompmag Now that hes in the US that doesnt seem too far fetched, i like this idea...

[@Zahlenteufel1]

Alec Steele collab inc?

[@steelwarrior105]

I think most people confuse rapier fencing with smallsword fencing.

[@argonwheatbelly637]

Different mode.

[@velazquezarmouries]

or eppè de combat fencing

[@Liminal.Headspace]

YES, somebody said it finally!!! Rapiers were originally quite broad. That thing is a fencing sword, or florete.

[@Mike-lx9qn]

What's the difference?

[@Grunttamer]

This specific rapier guy has them confused in his description. A rapier was definitely a military sword and a small sword was a civilian or upper class weapon

[@christkandosii3337]

This is really cool. I’m historical European combat fencing enthusiast myself, used to run a club. I watch this video largely because I just want to look at what basket hilts you guys are using

[@Kumofan]

Love how you're promoting HEMA!

[@Thecrazysamurai69]

We need Montantes next!! Big freakn swords! Edit: Bryant looking good, like damn!

[@shane8037]

I really wish we could just carry swords around and have duels with other dudes. Would be so dank.

[@chomratu]

Texas?

[@benoorehek8475]

Yeah i would b--gaahhhh Aaagghaauuu Ppfffttgahhh

[@greybayles7955]

@@chomratu Was just gonna say, open sword carry is legal here. God bless Texas.

[@cya6109]

That was just a scratch

[@dartagnansantos5321]

All of you being so confident and when your in a real battle you sh!t your pants.

[@KapteinFruit]

This interested me more than I thought it would, I kind of want to try fencing out, especially with Rapiers. I always thought fencing looked dumb, but now I kind of understand what they are doing, what the goal is. Made it much, much more interesting.

[@hailhydreigon2700]

You want HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts). The type of fencing you're thinking about is nothing like this.

[@MammothMorals]

​@@hailhydreigon2700If there isn't a HEMA club near by then modern Olympic fencing is still better than nothing. Keep a hema mindset in mind. Buy a rapier and treatises and practice at home. Hopefully convince a friend at the club to join you. And remember that you're training to fight effectively not just to win a contest. Avoid double touches and weak flicks. (These are things HEMA practitioners can also be guilty of)

[@trulyinfamous]

I've been re-watching a lot of your old videos recently, and seeing this in my recommendations is great. Seeing the older videos reminded me of why I love your content so much.

[@Kodakcraft]

I love these weapon videos, it helps me as a dungeon master for dungeons and dragons to better describe fights in the world and wow my players if they want to learn weapon fighting

[@argonwheatbelly637]

I wouldn't let most D&D players I've known over the decades near a butter knife, let alone a real sword. ;-)

[@Kodakcraft]

@@argonwheatbelly637 I know what you mean and its hilarious

[@jacobbenns6090]

As a Blacksmith and DM, many fun shenanigans have arisen over various disputes over whether or not a strike would be a verifiable and legit idea, many soda bottles, branches, and the like have fallen to a collection of swords and axes... Roll for initiative

[@norigib6186]

Ryan Dunham No he’s a Benns. ( This joke was flawed from the start )

[@venga3]

They probably don't care and I certainly don't either.

[@95falconboy]

I was a Ninjutsu Instructor for awhile and I thought these guys were great instructors and concise in the things that were important. Frankly blown away by how good of instructors they are

[@TheCrimsonIdol987]

If anyone was ever wondering what the Fifth Rule of Proceeding With Resolution was, here it is. Rule 5 of Proceeding With Resolution is to advance when your enemy has his hand rather straight, by turning your own point from either above or below, pointed directly at his hand. In this way, you force him to choose which side he wants to defend or attack, and you can quickly avoid his blade in that tempo to strike at his body. You should use your hilt to defend your body as you turn your hand to make your thrust. Having the point at your opponent's hand makes caving all the more quick. The reason it runs counter to what they were learning is that in general, Fabris says that you ideally want to control the outside line, because for your opponent, it's very weak for them, and advantageous for you. It also makes controlling the blade much easier and maintains blade contact, which is important in rapier fencing in general regardless if you're discussing Fabris, Capo Ferro, or Thibault. Maintaining blade contact is much safer in rapier fencing, and easier. Further, not many people have that quick reaction to make this rule work as intended by Fabris.

[@masterdimsen]

Hope you guys do saber fencing as well. It's very tiring for the arm, but I think one of the "simpler" swords to fence with

[@DwarfElvishDiplomacy]

This is a immensly well structured video, lits of information compressed into just under an hour without going too deep, really nice

[@onewomanarmy6451]

Yes!!! Love it when you learn a new skill with awesome masters/senseis/teachers present. We learn so much and it is great to see the love they have for their craft. Whether it is parkour, fighting with long swords, firing a bow while galloping, jiu jitsu...it really doesn`t matter. It is both fun and amazing to watch, and I love the long videos!!! Please make a video where you learn self-defense when you are wheelchair bound. That would be great, and mighty helpful!! Keep up the good work boys!

[@Hickokboy]

Respect for Jason's sprinting skills.

[@hershycows]

I love this series, interesting topics, the guest hosts are great, the effects in this one were also incredible.

[@collinjohnson2958]

These instructors are fantastic. You really can tell they love teaching this. Also they are having fun. What an amazing video, thank you guys. I just found your channel today and I am an excited subscriber!

[@wendighoul]

We demand more Samson & the Chooch!

[@TaHame1]

I love that it's a longer episode, I hope these become a regular thing.

[@minisam1988]

love these weapon episode where you guys go in clueless, im learning new stuff about the rapier myself. used to fence and have done hema the last 4 years or so.

[@daswordofgork9823]

Cool that you guys did a video on rapier. I personally study Ridolfo Capofferro and the styles are very different. You two should do a video on Side Sword or Saber.

[@FringeBerlin]

It's a joy to watch the instructor explain! It's just so well done :O

[@s_b156]

Thank you guys for a new episode! Always makes my day.

[@nathanhunt9105]

This is the content that I miss. I've been disappointed with some of the episodes lately, but swords never disappoint.

[@pyark]

Rapiers and sideswords were in fact very common battlefield weapons, but almost always as sidearms.

[@MadSodaz]

Love these longer videos! Keep up the great work Rogues!

[@vadecoriffs2327]

Wow, this video was so much fun to watch! And at the same time such such great learning experience! Please never stop guys! Greetings from Germany!

[@naptime_2390]

*You do not understand how much i would love a full Samson & the Chooch episode*

[@TheStrangerous]

NapTime_ Me too

[@antarcticwinds]

sameeeee

[@thisiscait]

Lmao blurring out ancient wang sketch.. I'm dead 😂😭

[@TheANTOMATE]

youtube demonetization my dude

[@naxmorvigatore4168]

I love the improvement in the editing so we have a far better idea of all the points being made compared to all other past tutorials, thank ya very much editors ^w^

[@simoneriksson8329]

All the videos you have done with these guys are great!

[@heathgillies6687]

You’re killin it lads. Absolutely crushing it boys.

[@JustinOwenthebeardedginger]

FINALLY!!! Edit: I'm disappointed that there was no reference to the Princess Bride in this.

[@trevormeeks7406]

Justin Owen some would say it’s inconceivable

[@davidcool5189]

They were both master swordsmen.

[@landonscott3784]

So was I

[@samueltheblonde]

@@trevormeeks7406 you keep saying that word. I don't think it means what you think it means.

[@aTomallic]

A restounding and enthusiastic thank you from all artists and writers

[@ddiva1973]

The visualizations added in post production really adds to the video. That make the concepts visual and easy. 17:30

[@moonstruckstarlet6607]

Again, thank you so much for giving some publicity to HEMA!! I'm always excited to see more people giving the community exposure

[@skyflier8955]

Even as someone who does this historical fencing twice a week, these videos are still amazing.

[@saamfvg]

I'd say that for us are especially entertaining ;)

[@maxpalombella11]

The graphics used in this video are so good! Really accentuates the points made.

[@EngineerMK2004]

Best instructor. I've been teaching sword fighting for 10 years, I learned something.

[@knightcyclops7330]

I always have and always will love these videos especially, keep up the content

[@d3-eltathetrueabyssalgod764]

Nobody expects the Spanish inquisition.

[@VodkaHellstorm]

As much as I love all the videos on this channel, I could honestly watch hour-long videos on you guys becoming weapon masters every day.

[@TheSmileyTek]

Wow! What an excellent instructor. Clear, precise, and very impressive. He's an A1 instructor. Cool.

[@zekromeon607]

When it's still 360p.

[@theindooroutdoorsman]

I came so early it doesn't play on mobile.

[@SmokeyEdits]

@@supervoid Has nothing to do with it.

[@theindooroutdoorsman]

@@supervoid It's HD finally.

[@jackyoen]

lol i watched it now and its 1080

[@Phenom98]

@James Ham damn that's just torture. I'd rather play with rocks or something.

[@zenix9313]

It’s a symphony of blood and you’re orchestrating their death.

[@Hilly88]

Mesmerized from start to finish, what a video guys

[@Cxste11xn]

Aww man this makes me happy. Can't wait for my rapier lessons to start up again! Brian and Jason's even look just like mine! I just have a darker wood for the handle.

[@johnfrancis3203]

THE SWORD DUDES ARE BACK. EVERYONE GET HYPE. *Edit.* No jokes about wooden planks and stuff in the opening. So close. *Edit edit* Nice mention of Penn and Teller and how yalls dynamic is similar *edit edit edit* Since this is primarily a thrusting weapon..... hmmmmm *Edit. Edit. Edit. Edit.* Yes *Edit. Edit. Edit. Edit. Edit.* *IM BROKE OR SAMSONANDDACHOOCHCRIMEFIGHTERSX.THEMODERNCHOOCH WOULD EXIST. AGHHHHHHH!!!!!*

[@braydenj03]

Are you going to edit this comment anymore?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[@travis9860]

edit

[@proudtitanicdenier4300]

Please no more edits

[@BaldMancTwat]

edit

[@Azrage]

Proud Titanic Denier I think you added an extra ‘no’ there, friend.

[@Mike_the_Magic_Man]

I did fencing (saber style) in highschool, I still have the medals from the competitions. I explain to friends and family all the time how it's more like fast paced chess with swords and not just waving around like barbarians.

[@raymcgrath7340]

Loving the radians value on-screen with the degrees.

[@rhyswilson7806]

I have so much respect for Modern Rogue, they actually got some people who know what they're talking about for this subject! I've actually been fencing rapier for going on 25 years, and this seems to be a pretty damn solid starter on how to use one. Very nice!

[@rhyswilson7806]

Actually, you guys have linked my dad's web page as additional material, cool!

[@matthewpham9525]

25 years?

[@senandolan4720]

I'd been hoping for a rapier episode for ages!

[@warrenarmstrong2154]

Legend has it if modern rogue reply’s it would make a good birthday gift 😀

[@ModernRogue]

🎁

[@knownas2017]

Lucky!

[@araccoonstolemyradiator]

I love how during the more experienced duel, some of the times they would get into a grapple or an extremely (dis)advantageous position for one or the other, and then just stop because they both were observant and skilled enough to recognize that a stab wasn't necessary to see who the victor was.

[@NewAeonWarlord]

very interesting and very in depth for such a (relatively speaking) short video! Thank you! I just took an interest in rapier fencing like... well yesterday. I've been doing some years of Filipino Kali which also is a weapons based art and was somewhat influenced by the Spanish as they occupied the Filipines and I find it interesting how many parallels can be found between arts. There are obvious differences, too of course which come from that both arts have different focus (for lack of a better word). For example, I immediately recognized the definition of distances. In Kali we defined them a little differently maybe but in the end it amounts to pretty much the same distance brackets (adjusted for the length of the weapons used of course). We'd use the terms largo, medio and corto (long, medium, close) to differentiate those distances.

[@MrJonLott]

I love the CGI graphics in this video!

[@grim3897]

Great video, it showed me why Destreza Española was called the "Italian killing style", and rightly so

[@DubiousDubs]

Do you know any good resources for getting into that style?

[@grim3897]

@@DubiousDubs unfortunately I ony know that there is an academy, at least, in my city, no online material that I'm aware off, I'm afraid

[@DubiousDubs]

@@grim3897 damn, I'll keep looking

[@grim3897]

@@DubiousDubs Good luck my friend, Destreza española is a very underrated style, but the gentlemen's style

[@haze327]

@@DubiousDubs I can drop some destreza authors, but i practice Salvatore Fabrice fencing which is italian, so i don't really know anything more than a few basics: Francisco Lorenz de Rada, Luis Pacheco de Narvaez, Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza. Those are the ones that ring a bell and i know of academies that use their systems. But beware because it is kinda different system from the one in the video.

[@kensen09]

Will be picking up HEMA tomorrow, this is wonderful content thanks

[@herrberg8962]

The instructor explains the positions and the reasons for the movements really well.

[@battleb0ng420]

shout out to the editing for making my tiny brain see things

[@NochSoEinKaddiFan]

20:39 the joy of learning, right there :) And the guys are really great teachers!

[@TheCrimsonIdol987]

HEMA's a blast dude. :D

[@calebjenkins7551]

I am liking the FX. Thank you editors

[@laurence_lookmyr]

How did these dudes know I was rewatching their hema episodes and said It would be cool if they did more sometime

[@deltanedas]

yes

[@siegfriedpintar]

Yes, I'm sure an episode on Zweihanders would be very entertaining.

[@ambulocetusnatans]

The name of my sword is Cosby, because it's a little rapier.

[@pinchevulpes]

This sounds like something a main villain would say lol

[@brynotar]

Thank you for making this. I enjoyed this.

[@Yolo-1020]

So this video just showed up in my recommended for some reason, but I must say it’s very pleasant to watch. I’m a wrestler (a good idea for a next video...), and I find the similarities very interesting. Good job on this video!

[@tristynstein3394]

Ok. Last night I wanted to look up some reasons that rapiers were so effective in duels, and checked to see if Modern Rogue had fought with them yet, at the HEMA guild, and they hadn’t. Perfect timing

[@Ruizg559]

Go check out Scholagladitoria. He has tons of stuff about rapiers. Simple answer: Fashion.

[@dogestranding5047]

@@Ruizg559 Not the fact that stabbing would be more effective than cutting?

[@Kyle-gw6qp]

@@dogestranding5047 Cutting is pretty effective...

[@migmindy]

15:11 was that a small 3 dimensional goblin i saw running at light speed?

[@lidith2786]

Camera shy

[@punkrocker1377]

Finally. I've been waiting for a good long MR video to come back with teachers and stuff.

[@Yetimon]

Thanks for the radian conversion - much easier to understand.

[@endrankluvsda4loko172]

I've recently completed a novel that involved a rapier fight at the climax. During the editing process, I will definitely be incorporating some of the amazing lessons I learned from this video into the book. Thank you for this video; very interesting! I like how you guys had a few funny moments but also took the topic seriously and did your best to follow along with what the instructor was saying. This was really cool, guys!

[@Ruizg559]

Whoo boy, if you like writing stuff with sword fights, you should train in it! HEMA is becoming more and more popular, so chances are there's a club near you. Like they mentioned in the video, they're doing Fabris, but he's just one style of rapier. George Silver, Rada, Destreza... they're all significantly different while still using rapiers. Mike Edelston, whose well known in the HEMA community, wrote a book centered around sword fighting. You should check it out. Also, what's the name of your book? I'd like to read it! Edit: Author is Michael Edelson, book is the Talhoffer Society

[@endrankluvsda4loko172]

@@Ruizg559 That's really cool! Yeah, I'll definitely be checking that out. Well, to be honest the novel I wrote isn't really about sword fights; it just happens to have one brief one at the climax of the story. The book I wrote is called Killing Day: A Love Story. It's more of a philosophy book with some action and a bit of romance sprinkled in. It's more of a trippy, surreal, dialog-driven story. It does need a bit of editing so no promises it wouldn't have some rocky parts lol. I posted it on wattpad, along with the 2 other novels I've written, so you and anyone else that might be interested can read it for free there. Thanks for your comment and the info about that book though, I'll for sure check that out! Edit: And thanks to the Modern Rouge for my first ever liked comment by a content creator ever before. Seriously, your videos are all great! Thank you for all of the work you do! It would be hard to pick a favorite video, but this one is definitely up there! www.wattpad.com/user/Endrake25

[@JustAGiraffe]

Holy shit I know what I'm going to be doing for the next hour!

[@TheMariokart69]

Hey boys, I love your show, its one of the things I look forward to on Saturday morning when I wake up. There have been a few weeks now where you have been producing content but i can tell its been rushed or done to meet your upload schedule as opposed to being super cool original ideas that i know this channel for... this was a big piece and it was exactly what i love on your channel. IDK how many of these you read but i hope this feedback along with everything else you get in the comments section helps you structure what you create. love your work guys!

[@thisiscait]

Holy shit 52 minutes! Making this Aussie very happy on a cold Saturday morning 🎉 🎉

[@FellsApprentice]

And now, the next time you watch Princess's Bride, you will understand the references they are making.

[@AlcoholicGoblin]

All I was thinking was, "My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father..."

[@PobortzaPl]

Skallagrim made video about references from Princess Bride.

[@doktordanomite9105]

Laflen Kenway except nobody knows bonetties defense because all we know was that silver said he was shit.

[@FellsApprentice]

@@doktordanomite9105 Silver thinks the rapier in general is shit, his opinions don't count here

[@cmw12]

And how those references are completely irrelevant to the fight.

[@rook5712]

Episode on parrying dagger+rapier?

[@CaptainSeamus]

20:00 the living hand versus the dead hand - this is talked about by most fencing masters and even Musashi in Japanese sword - you never want to lock your wrist and hand out - let them move correctly. Been teaching fencing and rapier for a whole lot of years - thank you all for showing this stuff. Edit: watching the actual fights - yep - fights look like fun with the experienced guys - and the newbies are entertaining! Typical.

[@matthew55793]

One nice thing about this video is that I can practice quite a bit of what's here without owning a rapier, I can just put a small weight in one hand when I'm practicing footwork and body positioning. Now I gotta go outside and find a straight enough stick so I can practice the rest.

[@tzisorey]

"Don't" means "Sometimes. YES SENSEI!

[@therocknrollmillennial535]

0:32 You all missed the easy one. "Symphony of Destruction."

[@scarceorange3359]

Dance like marionettes 🎵

[@Jasondurgen]

Your metal brain corrodes

[@antivalidisme5669]

Checking, pocking, that's what Rapier or even smallsword fencing is in my experience at least. Guess I'm super late on the video but hey, thank you sirs for bringing up to us. Cheers!

[@user-zs2vt5yw3d]

These guys are great teachers!