How To - Farfalla Di Ferro - The Iron Butterfly - Longsword & Langes Messer

The Farfalla di Ferro - The Iron Butterfly - is a sword-handling drill invented by Guy Windsor.
In this video we explain the full exercise and break it down to its different parts.
We took the liberty to paraphrase all terms taken from Italian Longsword by Guy Windsor into corresponding German historical fencing terms.
Please enjoy watching and have fun training!
00:00​​ Intro
00:20 Part 1 - Overthrown Oberhau
01:37 Part 2 - Doubled Unterhau
02:44 Part 3 - 1st Transition: Backward Turn
03:34 Part 4 - 2nd Transition: Forward Turn
04:30 Part 5 - Combining the Elements (Full Drill)
​04:42 Full Drill Sword
05:06 Full Drill Messer
05:31 Part 6 - Freeplay
05:37 Freeplay Messer
06:06 Freeplay Sword
06:50 Outro
07:06 Closing
Messer simulator used in this video is made by landsknechtemp....
Longsword simulator is made by blackfencer.co....
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Description "Farfalla di Ferro" in Guy Windsor's Syllabus Wiki:
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www.freifechte...
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DISCLAIMER: The content of this video is for entertainment, research purposes and recreational historical fencing. It does not constitute as self defense instruction or advice. When practicing any kind of martial arts, always make sure to have control in all your actions and wear proper protection gear.
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Music: 'Adventure' and 'Wintersong' by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
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[@andyedwards9222]

That is the best explanation/description I've come across. Brilliant.

[@die.freifechter]

Thank you for the warm words. :)

[@The1Trollmonkey]

Thank you so much for this! With your easy to understand instruction, I was able to figure this out in a single drilling session, though admittedly not nearly as elegantly as your demonstration.

[@die.freifechter]

Glad we could help!

[@rachelfrater6623]

not me trying to nail this in my uni kitchen at 2am😂 thank you for this though, this drill has been bugging me for a while:)

[@paulmurphy216]

Thank you. Myself and friend just practiced this up at the park. Takes some trial and error but we got there in the end although I doubt we looked quite as polished. This is a very useful drill and a terrific warm up for the relevant muscles.

[@die.freifechter]

Absolutely, great to hear you're making progress and glad to be of service!

[@dlackovic13]

This is a fantastic breakdown of how to do this drill. Thank you for sharing.

[@die.freifechter]

Thank you!

[@danielsos9824]

Thank you for this!

[@die.freifechter]

Thank you for watching. :)

[@porta_di_ferro]

Nice! Thank for step by step explanation.

[@die.freifechter]

Thank you, glad to be of service!

[@mnordman2007]

Nice! Thanks for putting that all together piece by piece. I've been wanting to learn how to do that, working up to it, this will certainly help push me through to completion of that learning process :)

[@die.freifechter]

Glad to be of service. :) Good luck, and let us know how it goes!

[@neverseemstoAsh]

holy shit those movements are buttery smooth, great vid!

[@BernasLL]

To my eyes, it looks a bit like Figueyredo's Memorial Da Prattica do Montante, Regra Composta II, with extra footwork and flourishes. Nice!

[@VIRTUHEMA]

very clear demonstration, great work!

[@die.freifechter]

Thank you!

[@janedagger]

Thank you sooo much

[@brettgattinger3338]

This is going to be so fun to learn!

[@die.freifechter]

Feel free to reach out, should you have any questions.

[@ironDsport]

Nice i like it..

[@timxtiger]

Bowman: boink... x_x