Sword and Shield... Turning your Opponent or getting around them

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[@dmorty72]

Excellent vid! I really like the "leg shot to high cross gaurd/fake to oppasite leg shot" a lot. i feel for my fighting style in Bel/dag that movement would be a very natural shot for me to chain together. Your kit looks SCAdian, are you allowed to shield bash/charge in your sport? Cause i feel when you are in the high gaurd on the upswing, if someone tried to capitalize on the exposed arm, a natural response for me would be to twist and shield check. Curious on your thoughts?

[@medievalswordandshield-bil5631]

Thank you for your feedback. I'm glad you like that leg and head shot combination. I fight both in the SCA and EMP. EMP allows for full grappling and shield bashing. 3 counted blows or ... a single thrush to the face or very hard blow. In the video, I mentioned the vulnerability of the arm coming out. Especially on the cross attack to the offside leg. You have to do something to distract the person before you go there. A fake to the offside head will usually get them to tighten up the defense around the head area. What I do is first throw a couple of probing shots to see how people react. Very new Fighters sometimes just start swinging wildly. In that case there's no need for a complicated shot. I'll just let them throw a few shots and then safely counter to an opening they have created . Some people will back up if you throw anything at them. If I see that they create an opening when they back up I will pursue and attack that opening. If not, I will attack into their attack. This way I know that they're coming forward and where they're going to be. You might have somebody that immediately counter punches. That tends to be a very programmed shot. So they'll counterpunch to the same quadrant. So that's information that you can then formulate a plan around.