HEMA by Gladiatores

[@ZealotFeathers]

This kind of sword fighting choreography needs to get in a movie.

[@Judicial78]

Revenge of the sith came a little close, but yeah would be sweet to see real sword techniques in movies.

[@ernestsheffield9976]

I wish I could like this twice.

[@olivergaras8499]

We just did, thanks to you.

[@BattlerEvil]

That is one of the most coolest fighting that i have ever seen. THAT IS AWESOME.. Thumbs Up!!!

[@xiezicong]

Just have to say, I subscribed to the channel because the choreography is by far the best I've seen in HEMA, only to find that I've gone and binge watched everything. Make more, but also keep up the quality!

[@Verithiell]

Brilliant promotional video. I wish you posted more frequently.

[@gladiatoresteammunchen6461]

+Verithiell We will ;-)

[@tigerdragon76]

You all are awesome.

[@andrewraslan5348]

0:23 Lord Bolton expression. "If you think this dagger play has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention."

[@WalkingCrap]

Amazing sequences, truly awesome!

[@nope2788]

Very intense...I really want to be a part of it, only problem is I have to cross disputed seas to get anywhere near a club.

[@davinelLinvega]

+Nope Where are you from?

[@TheRealGladiatores]

+Nope - we cooperate with the online platform learn-sword-fighting.com/# This provides you professional instruction for learning Historical European Fencing with the longsword (Langschwert).

[@acaristic93]

+Nope There's lots of places online you can learn-the website they already linked to you is one but there's also loads of other youtube channels, facebook groups and blogs you can use. HEMA International Discussion and The HEMA Alliance are two great groups on facebook for example.

[@nope2788]

+aleksandar ristic Already doing that, problem is finding people willing enough to hit and get hit with a sword...

[@acaristic93]

+Nope Try emphasizing other aspects of HEMA as well-fitness,scholary work and so on. Also point out that with protective equipment as long as you're using reasonable levels of force no one's getting hurt. Or alternatively try using boffer type swords and wail at each other and show the people how fun it is(when people perceive something as a toy more than a weapon they get a lot more relaxed). Also it usually takes time even for people who wanna learn how to fence to make them actually hit other people. Try talking to martial artists of other combat systems and sports,or just sport fencers. Larpers,reenactors too. Geeks and fantasy lovers in general are often interested in this sort of thing,historians and arhaeologists sometimes find it quite cool as well. :)

[@dounathor]

Damn... Now, I'm full of motivation for work on my dagger skills. Thx and congrats from France.

[@oigen90]

We need more videos :-)

[@MasterDrewboy]

they have such fast flow drills i have not been able to find anything like that type of fast back and forth exchange in Japanese swordsmanship on youtube, i wish i could

[@MasterDrewboy]

@@tatumergo3931 thanks boss!

[@mailais3403]

0:20 this is kinda funny with no context

[@SamondDoe]

Honestly, this is where Hollywood should get combat choreographers from.

[@Reirainsong]

What do we say to exaggerated Hollywood swashbuckling? Not today!

[@DreynHarry]

seeeeeehr cool Leute! wie immer ein geniales Video von euch.

[@Treemike1000]

Amazing!!!!!

[@1littleman2]

Gut gemacht Sven!

[@dei-wan-grey3888]

Great vid guys⚔️

[@TheKeithvidz]

my friend led me here - great writing research

[@Meowzine]

I too was guided by Reddit's hand. Praise be onto him.

[@AngloSaxon1]

I really like choreographed drills, they can be performed fast and look good. Well done 😀

[@zoolkhan]

its an add for heavens sake, pull that quarterstaff out of your arse you did not reveal anything here, every martial artist on the planet knows this is choreography. but its at least based on real techniques.

[@basedmystik]

holy shit, that is really good.

[@BlueGhostofSeaside]

This is beautiful!

[@wrymrestking]

THAT WAS FUCKING AWESOME!

[@sermirivima7943]

Amazing video!!👏👏👏 Please, more videos, about this techniques :). I love fencing with rapier and longsword and this is super insporations for our choreographies.

[@ucchamburg]

das ist mal wirklich nicht schlecht

[@Tequn9q]

What happened to this channel?

[@Thaulopi]

Nice choreography my brothers and sisters, very Hollywoodesque! But, at the same time, I have seen some pretty amazing Umschlagen and Druchreichen there. I have always been a great fan of your medieval approach, please do not pursuit the path of the Wood (Game of Thrones bullcrap and the like) Ich hoffe, Eure Klinge trägt Eure Kraft und ich hoffe, Eure Kraft lässt Euch das Schwert (er)tragen. Thaulopi

[@7bloodyTears]

+Thaulopi Don`t worry, their sword fencing skills are neither from Game of Thrones (don't like it myself) nor Holllywoodesque (like it even less) Actually they learned and trained these arts and skills by precise descriptions of sword masters from the start of the middle ages and the times after (there are existing still books about it), so this is the original what you have watched. Film industries just copied them poorly

[@ahhaboom]

+Thaulopi They do seem to be re-creating assorted plates, which technically -would- be choreography. But it's choreography in the same way a flow drill is choreographed, I would say anyway. There to teach muscle memory and reactions and the like.

[@7bloodyTears]

ahhaboom I was commenting on Hollywood and their abominations of so called "fighting styles" choreography is for exercising normal first you have to learn the techniques, than you do choreographic for gaining reflexes and only and ONLY than you can handle a real fight, it takes between 2 and 3 years to harvest and refine these skills everything else would be suicide so, choreography is an essential part of learning to wield a weapon

[@ahhaboom]

7bloodyTears Oh! I wasn't commenting in regards to your comment, though everything you have said is indeed correct! The plates are meant to be snipits of a fight, and essentially a flow-chart of responses for you to move through when clashing. Though I think we're both saying the same thing essentially; rehearsing plates from wallerstein/meyer/Liechtenauer is nothing like hollywood 'combat'. Lots of winding, not a lot of leaping and spinning.

[@7bloodyTears]

ahhaboom ok ^^, then we ARE on the same page ;)

[@joenilp.junior9197]

isso é incrível...como eu posso aprender?

[@dznuts123]

So how was the casualty during filming

[@batman2139]

Where do you usually buy a practice sword? Regenyei? Albion? A&A?

[@Ottoman1453.f]

Würde mich wirklich anmelden aber vor 5 jahren steht da

[@SicaPictures]

Dubstep und Schwerter was will man mehr :) ..wie immer ein sehr schönes Video.

[@Hamurator]

Mehr Schwerter, weniger Dubstep! ;)

[@Sylentmana]

Wow. To think that these techniques have all been learned from 500 year old books.

[@tiberiu_nicolae]

yea books!

[@kyletoelle]

What blunts/feders are you using?

[@KalteGeist]

Can I ask what manual you're pulling those quarterstaff techniques from?

[@Josh-rs6bj]

Woher stammt das Dolchstück bei 1:16?

[@Sinic818]

cool!

[@yergalo]

ja, ja, ja... Mola moito o final!!

[@TheGolfballhuelsi]

MONSTER ! HAMMER ! MEIN DING !

[@JakeCosplays]

Cool

[@XMrSurrealisticX]

Question: In your video about fighting with longswords the gentlemen in red uses a very beautiful blade (with curved cross guard)... where can i buy something like this?

[@dragonslayer2729]

XMrSurrealisticX kultofathena.com sells many battle ready weapons of all sorts, whether it be European, Japanese, Greek, Roman, Filipino, training weapons, or if you don't care about functionality just want something nice on your wall they also sell decorational swords

[@WalkingCrap]

The sword is likely made by either Pavel Moc or Peter Regenyei.

[@XMrSurrealisticX]

Thank you! :)

[@TudorFencing]

I am considering your online teaching platform but I want to make sure its emphasis is on Meyer's system... can you give me some info on this? Thanks.

[@zoolkhan]

whats wrong with liechtenauer?

[@Salaci]

Reddit brought me here :D

[@ourlordpapajohn4370]

Same, I can see why this one is nicer.

[@FE4R3D]

Any new comments are probably from Reddit

[@WalkingCrap]

Which reddit thread linked to this video?

[@FE4R3D]

+WalkingCrap The one that asks if Game of Thrones combat style compared to real life historical combat

[@WalkingCrap]

Ah, could've guessed that it would have something to do with GoT ^^. And HEMA-inspired choreographies are so much better than pretty much everything in movies :D

[@nil233x]

I want these people on my zombie team.

[@Arkady20]

Some rapier fencing PLEASE!

[@axeandturtle]

cooool. modern knights!

[@moonstruckstarlet6607]

Wish I had a club near me.

[@masterxk]

I have a question, there is an document or modern school that teach techniques from aztecs or something like that? because I saw that almost european or asiatic culture has figthing techniques, but aztecs seems that have none.

[@caesaraugustus3749]

Aztecs didn't have swords mate, they had like wooden clubs with obsidian on the edges. Hard to teach swordfighting when there is no swords. By the time the Spanish rocked up with swords, well they killed the aztec empire

[@dylanbailey8464]

If you are referring to the Macuahuitl when you say wooden clubs with obsidian on the edge, you are a little off. The Macuahuitl are still swords since the obsidian on the edge was meant for cutting purposes and was quite sharp (for a rock that is) and was capable off easily cutting flesh. Now I will admit these weapons were far more fragile than your traditional iron bar on a stick and often not nearly as sharp, but they we're far from simple clubs. As for fighting styles I don't know if there are any surviving texts from the Aztecs or Spanish conquistadors than reliably tell us how they were used. I assume there was very little stabbing done with them and probably not a lot of long cuts doo to how easily the obsidian could break off the weapons and into your opponent.

[@Dylan_Goodboy]

+Adam Carroll Meh jared diamond said germs killed more than guns and steel combined.

[@caesaraugustus3749]

Dylan Goodboy Not sure if troll but yes, Jared Diamond did say Germs killed more people than guns and steel. We'll never know the true amount unfortunately.

[@ikksksknsk4720]

I'm not saying that germs weren't a significant killer, but Guns, Germs, and Generalities is not taken very seriously among academics.

[@rcandfunnystuff4017]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@Bigcubefan]

Sind da nicht viele Situationen dabei, in denen der Getroffene den Angreifer auch hätte treffen können? Hier friert der Getroffene ja immer mitten in seiner Bewegung ein.

[@svjatgusar]

красиво)

[@groorg3430]

One of them looks a bit like Bronn

[@artafern9009]

K R A C I W O

[@Yapuru]

Nice, but you need to work more in those kicks if you wanna use it in combat, there are weak, put you hips a little back, and do a short leap at the same time that are you streching your front leg , it push a much more harder that way

[@alexandrosgrivas4406]

+Yapuru There is only one stance which you use a kick so there is no reason to practice it

[@TesticularDancer]

This fantastic display of martial arts..and that's what you point out? Freaking idiot.

[@dragonslayer2729]

Yapuru This is just a demo, they weren't actually trying to kill each other.

[@texasdrifter4544]

I wish you guys lived here in Texas I would love to learn that type of fighting style, I do know how to fight in the Japanese style of kinjutsu and iaijutsu. However I do have a German Scottish and Irish descent in my blood I want to learn that type of fighting style.

[@yeoldebanjo5470]

HEMA is all over the place. Look up groups near where you live. I'm sure you'll find something.

[@Vitadoc01]

The video is awesome... except for the Sound and FX. Sorry guys but this aint the 90ies... less is more.

[@ポジティブ-q1p]

投稿再開しろーーー！！！！

[@ObserverObserved24]

If you dont have a club near you.....make one. Taiwan did!

[@MutsuKazuma]

that footwork has nothing to do with hema, that's showboating due to modern rubbersoles for an audience, if you tried that with shoes they wore back then you'd sit flat on your ass after the first step

[@glugger3479]

DEUS VULT!

[@Patryk....]

Looks cool, but no one would fight like this in life and death situation.

[@dragonslayer2729]

Patryk_O People did in history. These sequences are based off of historical manuscript that teach fighting for duel, self defense, and war.

[@Patryk....]

+DragonSlayer Hahahaha....Get proper understanding what real combat is, then we can talk again.

[@dragonslayer2729]

Patryk_O What is you're understanding of fighting? Trying to push grandpa off of you in the middle of the night?

[@dragonslayer2729]

Patryk_O If you're actually serious then put up a link to actual fighting. If not then stop wasting my time.

[@Patryk....]

Do not do it to your grandpa, kid.

[@SCOOBYDINGO]

looks really stupid haha