Intro to Cut & Thrust Longsword - Part 1

[@lyonmandan]

Great info, thanks 😊

[@TSDSoCal]

Also check out my videos on Calibrating Cuts and Thrusts in the SCA: kzbin.info/aero/PLCnPUXYzMI1begwkFKrnkX35SpqFOzZUl

[@tonyrenshaw3143]

vom tag from the shoulder needs to be put aside by Hema, it has lead to too many misunderstandings of what the primary cuts are and how to do them. go back to from the roof and wrath guards and start cuttling with the shoulder as the centre of the circle, large powerfull cuts that are used for entering into distance, always with second intentions, to make him move or else get hit, as you close and decieve him with craft and/or bind the motions get smaller, the centre of motion becomes the elbow or wrist, the arms still high with the descending cut, the elbow not going lower than the shoulder before reaching longpoint, along with continual stepping diagonally left or right, forwards , laterally and backwards, (it is not a linear system). but first its necessary to know how to properly stand. from standing how to move, how to spill the body weight in the direction you want to go. how to use the priciples of stretch, rotate, rebound to direct and redirect the weight of the sword using the whole body with muscular tension and relaxation. when, for example, you do your first rose techniques with a messer effortlessly, seamlessly and exactly as meyer describes, you'll be a happy man. p.s. like your understanding of meyers rapier, good stuff

[@tattershallschoolofdefense4517]

Yeah. I talk about triangular stepping in Part 3. Mostly my goal here is to give people a simple starting point to throw good, controlled cuts at an entry level for the SCA. Thanks.