Longsword Sparring - March 2024

[@skeleleleton]

As a noob trying to learn HEMA things, the voiceover was a HUGE help in comprehending every little thing that happened so fast. Big ups for this one

[@skeleleleton]

Also I love how gracefully you support your opponent's plays as well as yours. If he did something well you point it out so we can learn from your wrongs and his rights. That thrust at 3:05 was nice :D

[@nickpiovesan4361]

Same here, much appreciate this kind of content

[@thedavidwalker]

Same here.

[@genossinwaabooz4373]

Narration is so helpful!!! Now I can put terms to what all skills we'd been working on. So cool.

[@samshalliker575]

The VO is a big help :)

[@Moridin69]

Seriously without it it's all just cool sword swinging for me

[@seacucumberable]

As someone who loves watching your videos but I don't know much about sparring, the narration is really valuable and really helps me watch the whole thing without becoming disengaged. Thanks Robin!

[@KickinItStudios]

Love this format and great fencing!

[@patrickardagh-walter6609]

The voiceover definitely adds value, it helps keep track of the action and lets us know what you were intending to do, rather than just seeing the end result once the plan has made contact with the enemy, as it were. Great video as always!

[@dirtbones3694]

the narration is super useful for people who don’t know a lot about the technique behind it (me) awesome job!

[@johnnypowers2489]

i'd like to imagine someone walking home late at night and then seeing two guys fighting with swords lol

[@thereforedragons]

I think the voice over is great. I really enjoy the added perspective, and I think the insight is instructive.

[@spartanhawk7637]

I started off coming here just to say your style in your other videos is impeccable, now I'm just sitting here enjoying some HEMA exchanges.

[@JTadeo128]

Very cool. Some people just run right into each other, but you guys spar like it's a real sword duel. Awesome

[@thedavidwalker]

This was brilliant. Love the voice over. Very helpful. Even a little slow mo would be great to better see the strikes and parries more clearly. Thanks for sharing it this way!

[@stuffystuff5775]

You two are so talented! The commentary helped my understand the intricacies of each situation a lot more than I otherwise would have. Amazing work! ⚔️

[@daveOnYouTube]

This was really cool and I'm glad I found it. I enjoyed the voice over and the education throughout the sparring session. Please continue!

[@slixkkdemon17]

this voiceover multiplies the engagement i feel from the video 1000x, it’s so intriguing and interesting to see and hear you break down everything going on! also i love the laughter in the background, i can only imagine how much fun this must be for you both!

[@Chibi_changa]

I keep coming back to this, your flow is fantastic. Constantly moving from one action to the next without stopping or pausing in between is something I've been trying to practice, so I keep stealing bits of your footwork and follow-on actions to try out in sparring.

[@jeffbutler1614]

Dig the voiceover. Also love the distance management, no wild collisions. Very clean fencing!

[@JanHoos]

yes!! the voice over is so helpfull to get a better grip on the techniques and level of training involved. It stops being a “cool fight to look at” and starts being a lot more :)

[@Hulloder]

Really great and helpful voiceover!! Thank you!!

[@VASM160689]

I love this format! My group hasn't been training so I've been training by myself sometimes. The narration helps understanding what is happening and just watching these allows me to learn a few things myself! Please bring more of these!

[@jonharker9028]

Definitely a fan of the voiceover - noting the plans you had for the night and seeing the intentions behind each exchange are a cool new layer. I’m also appreciative that you show your sparring partner’s good hits, too. And great fencing from both you and your sparring partner, keep it up!

[@sayrins6196]

The narration is great and really helps to visualice what we’ve seen in static training situtions Also hearing the “i miss a beat and i run in to the point” made the video for me, so unexpectesdly funny

[@xCorvus7x]

That was very interesting. I have to rewind often to really see everything you bring up, your explanations make the footage all the more insightful.

[@BraydenTerpening]

The narration really helps my understanding of how to use different techniques, please keeo it up

[@rowanashton5490]

This is so cool! It makes much more sense with the voice over explanation. Good learning tool

[@douglascolquhoun8502]

Thank you for the narration. It really adds educational value and clarity to the video.

[@lycandula]

The narration is perfect. Anything you mention that I don't catch the first time (which is a lot, I don't practice this art), I can rewind to see what I missed! I know it's a bit more work, but the voice over is very helpful for info.

[@justinnewman13]

Like many others, I had no idea how complex this practice was. With your videos like this I get a chance to see respectfully created historically accurate sword combat

[@jimmyfairfield3289]

Loved to hear your voice, it adds a lot to the fencing you look amazing. keep it up!

[@Mikebloke]

Would love more of this. Can quite happily watch this all day.

[@sandpirate1662]

Really liked the voiceover!

[@ilasdad2875]

Very helpful to hear the commentary. Thanks !

[@demingzhang7204]

we should all review our sparring, this is the best way to find faults and improve. Gotta get pass the embarrassment of failure

[@juliusEST]

More of this

[@StarBoundFables]

Great voiceover & demonstration! I'm going for a sparring event, at my gym, in an hour, & wanted a refresher vid. This was perfect

[@danjohnston9037]

It works

[@qoup22]

This is really cool, thanks for the voice-over!

[@zhillsdaniel]

Haha this is sick. The narration is cool so we can see the techniques. Sparring and sword combat is interesting.

[@jhonpayne1747]

This is the most interesting!! It’s awesome.. it all interesting but this is gold!

[@MrBOBOCHOCHO]

Awesome video!

[@meursault7030]

Super interesting! Please keep the format

[@Laura-wh2qj]

It was really interesting and the voice over really helped.

[@misterwin2393]

Seeing you explain the moves in a short is pretty good, but hearing you call out the move as you do it against a live opponent is a HUGE help in being able to understand what the moves are and how they work! I feel like I'd spend all my time practicing things like the Zwerchau(?) and then spend the whole match hand sniping lol

[@Prededator777]

Voice over is great!

[@Grimprospect]

Excellent video, I can't wait to get into this sport

[@thehumbledude]

You both are very great to watch when you guys spar, both of you guys are skilled and yet both of you get better as you progressed, I hope you guys get into one of those renaissance fair battle contests. You both would make a great team, and tbh you'd probably win too.

[@ianvolz-price7653]

As someone who does foam, this was great! thanks!

[@andyedwards9222]

Some lovely exchanges and the voice over was great.

[@MrBillyt291]

Narration helps a ton. Thank you.

[@rawsama1513]

Voice over was peak thanks!!!

[@veg0machine]

Definitely appreciate the voice over

[@Branchtail]

Yes please keep up with the voice over!!

[@Kodiac]

Love the Voice over, love the video !

[@veronica9634]

love the inclusion of the voice over!

[@peterhausamann5923]

Cool to see you in action.

[@emiach]

The Cake vs The Rake

[@LeRoyt97]

The voice over is nice.

[@Champion_14]

Good stuff, love the VO

[@owen-fv1xb]

me and my friends have recently been getting into longsword sparring with homemade foam swords, and this was a really fun watch as i now get to see how bad we were at it (in comparison to this)

[@Jasongy827]

Amazing

[@CurtisJensenGames]

Wonderful video!

[@daviddelange1958]

The VO was very useful, made me really think about doing this as a training/review tool. I liked the way you had added the hits with Xs, is there a simple to use tool for doing this?

[@robinswords]

I add them in with my video editing software. They're easy enough to do.

[@emmtropy]

I very much enjoyed the voiceover! Definitely learned a lot. (When you said "got my second wind" my brain immediately went to DnD and said "oh so he'd be a Fighter" 😂)

[@greywinter24]

VO was neat, I've never seen your stuff before, or any fencing content at all until now. Took me half of the video to figure out which one you were. Would recommend mentioning that in the beginning or some on screen text maybe? This is really neat stuff though, will continue to watch your videos. Love finding new stuff

[@StuffGong]

Really nice exchanges !

[@MoluskToeCheese]

Maan these sword clashes make bad ass noises

[@DJ_Z_2004]

I got halfway through this seemingly very confusing video until I realized I was looking at the wrong guy

[@BobbyJohnson-n4u]

This is wild.

[@zerrrp]

I can't remember whether you changed your youtube profile picture or not but it's the cutest thing ever

[@victorcharles27]

400k subscribers 🎉

[@STVODVIL]

Awesome. Good outro jazz.

[@eternaldreamerofsleep]

I don’t know much of what fencing is, but this was really cool!

[@Scottish-Batman]

Great stuff! ^^ wp the pair of you!

[@veteranhoplite]

Yes! Do more voice overs, please!

[@paulgrimes818]

The voice over is great! Please continue. 😅

[@octagram2955]

Dope

[@palatonian9618]

This video is invaluable to fantasy nerds like me

[@gold_terran]

In Game of Thrones sir Barristan would cut off hands, legs, heads of Garphia's sons

[@chrisaguirre4771]

thank god for armor, fights would be over in a second

[@alirzayolc4711]

I like the voice over. İt's more educational

[@Theknightman-wg1dz]

I wanted to just point out a difference I noticed. I saw that when you stepped, your feet got closer together while at my club, I learned to step so they got further. I thought it was interesting seeing how interpretations differ.

[@jacobheckman1444]

Great idea, yes, more lol

[@spupergames7771]

3:37 is my favorite

[@CyberZ1lla]

I’m interested in learning do you have any recommendations on where to start for example some sort of classes or something

[@mrbeefal0]

Badass. Next time do with sharp swords pls so we can have different opponents every time :)

[@WhiteStripesStripiestFan]

Swordfights irl are actually scarier than gunfights, imo. But that's just my opinion.

[@soliderofgodrick]

You should check out For Honor’s New Warden Animations!! (Hilt strikes)

[@peterl9022]

Great vid! Random question, is there a weapon equivalent to a beer keg? My friend's and I used to play Brush v Keg and we are split on which should win consistently with trained fighters. I'm a brush man myself. (sweeping brush)

[@pravaris]

Love the voiceover. It's my first time seeing any kind of sword sparring so I would have lost interest within the first minute without the commentary. One more note, I didn't know which person was you until I inferred it after four bouts. Would be helpful to new viewers if you briefly indicated which one you are.

[@Robert040867]

where is your stab when it is wide open? just a 56 old Dutch HEMA fan that came arcoss this video! I am out there since 2019 so still learning!

[@Ser-Vex131]

Man i really, REALLY want to get into HEMA but i''ve had a look around my area and i've seen barely anything to help.

[@nicopetri3533]

Have you tried Hemaalliance?

[@Ser-Vex131]

@@nicopetri3533 I did not, thank uou very kindly!

[@Kable_TV]

How does one get into sword sparring I did fencing as a kid and it was really fun

[@56ur4]

That felt much longer than 4 minutes

[@solarupdraft]

do you have any material on using footwork to simultaneously deceive a cut and deliver your own cut?

[@PhoenixJ-rk3me]

Hey, I am interested in swordfighting, but i did not understand the difference between hema and fencing and signed up for fencing classes. If i were to switch to hema after my 9 week class is up, how well would any skills transfer. Very insightful and entertaining video, by the way.

[@robinswords]

Sport fencers making the jump usually do really well, though with only 9 weeks, it won't make a huge difference either way

[@Uncle19]

Where do I start learning this immediately ?

[@clydecox2108]

Voice over good.

[@antigtohighlights1079]

how do you think you would fare vs an unarmored kingsguard or william wallace from braveheart or Ragnar Lothbrok?

[@pan8319]

Hey fellow warrior, May i ask where can i get the sword? I would love to get started!

[@akdele5]

I tried longsword with soft swords recently, but didn't like it. Still this looks very interesting

[@janedanchinova7072]

Soft like for larping or polypropylene? Cause polypropylene allows to work with thrusts, while larping swords are like sausages

[@akdele5]

​@@janedanchinova7072 in Russia it's called Modern Sword Battle and it's definitely not the larp swords. I was told only the sabre allows for thrusts because it bends

[@janedanchinova7072]

@@akdele5 oh, I get it. SMB is fun but too unrealistic. While we have larp community in Russia most fencing is on swords with fiberglass blades. I actually have one longsword made out of fiberglass. It has weight behind every blow, it acts almost like real thing. Yet thrust are forbidden since blade doesn't bend and fencer is risking fatally stabbing their partner. Fiberglass swords are more common for field role-playing games. We also have HEMA or reconstruction clubs in most of regions. I recommend you to try them out - those are good

[@akdele5]

@@janedanchinova7072 I'm going to try out HEMA, but I've still yet to get equipment and get good with the techniques. I still don't understand why you'd do a windup attack with a sabre though, isn't it more effective when you just extend your arm from the guard? It makes the attack twice as fast

[@janedanchinova7072]

@@akdele5 it might look like that. The purpose of winding up is to set chain of blows, mostly 3 or 4 in a row. It almost impossible to hit experienced fencer with one blow since their reaction time is on par with one of a cat. Knowing that you try to manipulate opponents blade in place where it can't block your next strike