Master your footwork!

[@fabriceclement6587]

“We’ve covered a lot of ground today” 😁 Thanks! That is great material!

[@NickRossi]

Preach it from the rooftops! It's unfortunate that a significant number of HEMA clubs don't give footwork enough attention.

[@resolvedinsteel]

We all grow together

[@brianmoran1176]

I’m writing a story where the antagonist primarily uses a rapier, these videos are a GOD SEND thank you so much

[@resolvedinsteel]

Happy to be of service. I truly appreciate a writer that's willing to look into the details of the art! So many books and movies are clearly written by people with no idea how a sword is supposed to be used.

[@brianmoran1176]

@@resolvedinsteel writing it and these videos have gotten me so into the weapon as a whole, it’s so amazing

[@iPlayGamesITA]

Footwork is so important that the whole school of Marcelli is based on it

[@resolvedinsteel]

If you can maintain your measure. it is YOU who gets to decide when you engage and when your opponent can or cannot engage. That's a strong position to be in.

[@iPlayGamesITA]

@@resolvedinsteel Exactly! Staying in "Larga misura" also allows to play with the opponent at a safe distance

[@Ian-ib4uf]

The most challenging thing is to program the muscle memory to move laterally under stress. In the heat of the battle, even though my brain knows I should take lateral steps, my natural instinct forces me to only take vertical steps. It's so frustrating because I'm practicing Destreza which involves a lot more lateral movements than the Italian.

[@ricardocampos2305]

This is superb 👏 👌. My club mostly focuses on Silvers work and covers this in its foundation grades and continues on throughout them with advanced techniques. We use slightly different names, but other than that I recognise all the moves.

[@resolvedinsteel]

I have read much of Silver but never made a dedicated study of his system. Definitely one I need to get back to. Cheers!

[@RobertAgarHutton]

My fencing days are long past - although I still have a Leon Paul 'steam' foil and its bag that are almost 50 years old :) I liked foil, loved epee and was OKish at sabre - Your video was great as a reminder of some of the things I was taught although a couple of things were new to me. Thank you.

[@resolvedinsteel]

I remember as a child sneaking into my parents closet to "borrow" my mother's old fencing foils. Many games of pirates with my brothers and those foils is probably the only reason I'm a fencer today. They're probably about 50 years old as well!

[@heilmodrhinnheimski]

Footwork is how I’ve won many fights before! I’ve done Olympic foil fencing for a few years before I switched over to HEMA and sometimes I feel it has given me a true edge over some of my pure HEMA peers. Many attacks I needn’t even bother blocking because through my footwork I can be secure in knowing the attack will miss

[@resolvedinsteel]

I also got my start in Foil. Just the training in footwork and the lunge is really quite useful for HEMA.

[@solsroles]

Solid advice, nice stuff

[@horserider7263]

Hmm, so use the Retreating Crossover lunge when sparring YOU Nathan! The Feint Master!

[@resolvedinsteel]

Worth a try 😂

[@Grahemeleroy]

Great video!

[@resolvedinsteel]

Thanks! : D

[@KaVeikiaSimas]

Very nice content, indeed!

[@resolvedinsteel]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@thisisliterallymemaybe9260]

Its great to see more educational HEMA videos out there! Are you planning on making more basic/beginner lessons for people coming into the scene of HEMA?

[@resolvedinsteel]

That's certainly the plan. At the moment I'm mostly making reference videos for major parts of our curriculum to aid our students in studying. But they've proven to be far and away my most popular content XD so yes! There's much more to come.

[@agumm8198]

Great instructional! 🍻

[@resolvedinsteel]

💪😎👍

[@malahamavet]

I like this video I'm here thanks to Federico Malaguti I'll sub because I like how you explain and show the movements

[@resolvedinsteel]

Gotta love Federico 😎

[@timothyedward6147]

Talking about footwork... what are those shoes?? I want them XD

[@resolvedinsteel]

Look for Futsal shoes, they're the best.

[@Henchman34]

What brand of shoes do you fence in?

[@resolvedinsteel]

They're Puma futsal shoes.

[@makotheshark3365]

Waiting for R34 to animate these lessons :)

[@resolvedinsteel]

ACHIEVEMENT: "Corn".

[@porta_di_ferro]

The steel should came first. Not simultaneousely with the feet, and even not after them.

[@resolvedinsteel]

Indeed! But I think people often mistake by how much. The sword should move before the foot, and the thrust should land before the foot. More than that and I feel like we're losing efficiency. Cheers!

[@gatocles99]

Fancy foot work means nothing when slogging through mud or trapped in a small room.

[@resolvedinsteel]

Yeah, you'd probably want to use other things in those situations. But In the situation you're in the open and fighting with swords... Footwork good!

[@Rogue_Zero]

But like wrestling/grappling still has footwork involved So I don't think we should really not do any footwork practice since it usually even in cumbersome terrain will bring opportunities

[@gatocles99]

@@Rogue_Zero You are try-harding.

[@Rogue_Zero]

@@gatocles99 was looking for good argument or learning knowledge but found none Thanks a lot

[@gatocles99]

​@@Rogue_Zero You were looking for a good argument... toxic. Vampiric. Yeah, I don't give out free knowledge to people who are too lazy to train or do any research on their own.

[@AKlover]

With the exception of the lunge I know all these movements from kickboxing and grappling. ................. Nothing new under the sun.

[@resolvedinsteel]

It's so true!