My Adventures in learning: To FLOURISH a SWORD! [from Living Anachronism's video]

[@chrismiksworld]

Seeing your mistake will 100% help others learn from them especially those struggling with the same issues.

[@davidbarnkow5595]

Your enthusiasm is infectious! Thank You.

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

My pleasure!

[@jeffersoncarlisle3125]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

Thanks for watching!

[@traveling47]

This reminds me of when I was younger. A groupe of us used to pretend we were jedi's in training, in the woods working on our saber technics. Great video.

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

I use to do that too! but practicing this and realizing as an adult how often I am clipping myself with my own sword (plus knowing how much more dangerous than even a live bladed sword light-sabers theoretically are) gives me a whole new level of respect for any Jedi who made it through training without loosing at least one limb LOL

[@traveling47]

@@IodoDwarvenRanger Yeah that's so true. I imagine padawan's might have seen their fair share of time in the bacta trank. Even in my own fan fiction the main character lost an arm and half a leg to saber combat. I was actually just given an old practice sword, I might have to give these moves a try. I know I'm super rusty.

[@alanthompson2063]

So right, this looks like what became known as the Obi-Ani roll with a lightsabre, and its not easy...

[@2OldGeeksTalking]

Watched this with my granddaughter and we both enjoyed it. Now she wants me to get her a sword.😀

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

you should totally get her a sword ;)

[@Silatham]

Very interesting video (always excited to see a new upload), all the flourishes look really cool.

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

Thank you very much!

[@middleway1885]

Fun times! Keep at it! You got this!

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

Thank you! Will do!

[@paulhelberg5269]

Iodo my dear, you have learned the first lesson on flourishing a weapon. CONFIDENCE! Flourishes rarely serve a purpose in sword battles except to intimidate an opponent. A flashy flourish with a sword can place your enemy on notice that you are someone to be reckoned with if you can execute it with panache. You are well on your way dwarven ranger...

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

Thank you :)

[@MrMulan58]

Great video, sword flourishing looks cool! you should do a video on walking staff flourishing as well!

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

Thanks, and that's a good idea ;)

[@enviticus]

I love your channel.. you're a smart young man that deserves a million subscribers in my opinion

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

I appreciate that, thank you :)

[@garyashford]

Interesting point about where you 'look' while flourishing, musicians face the same problem. A guitarist on stage that looks at his/her fingers all the time 'looks' like they need more practice, where a guitarist that looks up and makes eye contact has more perceived presence and confidence. I wonder how many other aspects of life that applies to? Nice one! Keep up the good work.

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

Very true, I hadn't thought of the guitar analogy, but you're right, thank you!

[@raykung8881]

Nice

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

Thanks

[@neoaliphant]

Flourishing always looks cool....

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

Thank you :)

[@columbiariverpussycat3769]

Granny seems like one rad lady

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

LOL, Thanks, I'll tell her :)

[@jonanderson3050]

great work, I recognized your Welsh sword!

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

Thanks! and yep ;)

[@vma2031]

I'm learning this too :))

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

awesome :)

[@FritsvanDoorn]

it looks like you want to go fast. Teachers teach students that want to go fast to do it slowly, like in slow motion. Keep your shoulders down, most beginners raise one or both shoulders. Try to relax in the movement and keep the sword a bit away from you. Train every in the morning and the evening. Every move three times. Do it slow and with intent. You will get there. Some moves took me a long time to master. Have fun and thank you for this interesting video.

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

Thank you for the advice :)

[@paulkopacz5051]

Iodo, you actually did the flourishing pretty well when you were aggravated about the car and the look on your face was priceless!

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

Thanks, I noticed that too when watching the playback, it's almost like it looks better when I'm not trying to hard

[@tonystoops7802]

Don't forget Kramer is also a trained dancer, that is huge advantage. But you'll get there.👍

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

of course :) I think I have to be one of the worlds least coordinated people LOL, getting this far with this was a real challenge

[@rossprinz6701]

@@IodoDwarvenRanger keep it up. You are young enough that working at it now can actually make you more coordinated as you get older. Do some Tai Chi with your grandmother!

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

@@rossprinz6701 I sure will, and I use to practice the Ti chi sword form with her some years ago, but we stopped over covid and I can't remember the whole routine now, your right, I should go back to it

[@TwoHelmetsDC]

Nice!

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

Thanks!

[@TwoHelmetsDC]

@@IodoDwarvenRanger Granny's cameo deserves a shout out, too

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

@@TwoHelmetsDC LOL, Thanks 😀

[@d.v.robertson]

Haha that's so silly I love it! It's really nice to see people who are enthusiastic about these "things". Btw, what kind if futhark did you used to write your name? Edit: found it, it's Anglo-Saxon one, right?

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

Thanks :) and yep, you're right

[@SurvivalSavvvy]

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[@HistoryOnTheLoose]

It's actually quite endearing to see your efforts and successes. I have no interest in this pursuit, as I like watching the how tos. But this is fun. My years of bo staffs, stick fighting, etc. are way behind me, but, if I may,....you seem, if not nervous, then a bit too worried. This manifests in stiffness and rigidity. While staying strong is essential, looseness and being relaxed are essential to fluidity. No joke here. Try having a couple drinks 15 minutes before practice. Probably one drink for you. Just enough to loosen you up, but not enough to lose your feet. Also, once you've gone through it enough to understand the move, close your eyes. You're concentrating too much on what you see and how you look than on how it feels. Close your eyes and feel the movement. Meanwhile, as demonstrated, you've got a future in hedge trimming if nothing else.

[@TexasJack1886]

Great video I love what you do, bloopers especially. That's a pretty good point you make about looking at your sword. There's a similar phenomenon in the Cowboy Action Shooting/Reenactment community regarding drawing/holstering a pistol. P.s. Let's just hope the ents don't come after you if you keep swatting their trees like that! Lol

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

Thanks :) Don't worry: no trees were harmed during the making of this video

[@neoaliphant]

I remember doing a dane axe floursh once with a daneaxe in each hand, now that was tricky.

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

it sounds it LOL

[@AndersWatches]

Heya! I found you while looking into ruana cloaks, and (I hope this isn’t patronising, I don’t mean it that way 😅) find you adorable and your enthusiasm infectious. Also I’m envious of all the cool stuff you can do. Can I ask what your pronouns are? I don’t want to accidentally misgender you even in my head. 😅 much love!

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

Glad you like my channel :) and no worries about that, she/her people get it wrong because short hair and not bothering with makeup etc... I'm use to it

[@claybarry9636]

I noticed that much of your gear is very close to what the Norse and Dane peoples used to wear. Is the character of a dwarf closely related or jist your gear choice?

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

ummm... all my gear is designed to go with a Middle earth dwarven persona, and Norse and viking were Tolkien's inspiration for the dwarves, however it is fantasy so I don't try to hard with matching the historic stuff. A lot of the time it's just thinks I like the look of

[@marcusfridh8489]

The dwarves of Middle Earth was inspired by the dwarves of Germanic and norse mythology. I really recommend to read or listen to some of all the norse mythology sagas the one that is most prevelent when it comes to dwarves is the story of when loke cut the hair of sif, is the same story their got mjölnir and odin got draupnir which was the inspiration to the lord of the tings and the real tolkien rings of powers, aka not the amazon crap. ;)

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

@@marcusfridh8489 cool stuff, thanks for the info :)

[@marcusfridh8489]

@@IodoDwarvenRanger no worries, as a Tolkian fan, southern Swede, history nerd and part norse pagan. It is always nice to find references and inform and teach others about it without any biases or supremacist undertones. Becourse unfortually the norse culture has been adopted by racist supremacists for the about 200 years by now, first from the early 19th century romanticism, over to national romanticism, and on to nazism. But not all Viking enthusiasts are nationalist supremacists. And i allways tries to be a good inspiration to the intrests of norse paganism and culture, and put the emphasis on the multicultural inspirations and explorations of the norse from the bronzeage to the medieval ages.

[@fintonmainz7845]

Do a youtube search for Cossack sword dance.

[@fintonmainz7845]

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[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

I just did! That is just spectacular, I can't believe I've never come across that before, if that were a thing in the UK I might have been inspired to take dance at school LOL, Thx for the heads up ;)

[@fintonmainz7845]

@@IodoDwarvenRanger The women dancers look amazing. I've sent off marriage proposals to a few of them but for some reason I haven't received a reply yet.

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

@@fintonmainz7845 maybe one day one of them will reply LOL

[@treelore7266]

I always felt too clumsy for this but now I might give it a try. Sometimes I sort of do it with my fingers while nocking an arrow but probably it's only cool in my head. Looking bad is the same as watching at your own feet while dancing, I guess.

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

you should give it a try, let's face it, if I can do it anyone can LOL

[@katanadeath]

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