Sword vs Bayonet | Roworth & Mathewson [HEMA]

[@Kamamura2]

1:40 Wonderful how she waits while you step forward and grab her weapon - which would of course never happen, there was time to do two more thrusts into that guard change. That's the problem with this sort of "techniques" - the opponent won't obediently skip a tempo so that you can do something esthetically pleasing.

[@historyandsabre]

Well, yes but it seems to me like you might have misunderstood the context of this video. These are the techniques as explained in the manuals and interpreted by us. It's like assembling IKEA furniture. This video is the part where you look at the manual, unpack all the different parts and screws and lay them out flat on the floor so you can see everything at a glance. Of course this video isn't the assembled and finished product. Rather, it's what you need to get down before you start practicing the techniques. Watch the following video if you wanna see me get stabbed a lot by Max while trying to defend myself against the bayonet. I get hit a lot but the strategies work as outlined in closing the correct lines and giving you a chance to grab the barrel: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZbOl3pnnKtlnZI Also, I'll be teaching an international workshop on these exact techniques if you happen to be at the Dreynevent in Vienna next weekend where people can try it at speed.

[@TahUbermensch]

Your sparring partner has the prettiest hair I've ever seen, good for him!

[@historyandsabre]

Just showed him your comment, he says thanks! :)

[@michaelcarey3105]

Good points covered well! Excellent video! I need lots of techniques against different weapons so I subscribed!

[@TheTavernKnight]

Super cool. Not surprising, lot of this is similar in some rapier and earlier smallsword manuals, too. :)

[@historyandsabre]

Yep, I can imagine! It's all very much related when it comes to defending against polearms.

[@aronnemcsik]

Nice video! Also that is some magnificent mustache

[@historyandsabre]

Thanks and thanks!

[@jasonjames9836]

Glad to see you put out a new video. And nice breakdown of basics from the swordsman's perspective. That ceding parry from Mathewson as part two is really interesting. Have you had any opportunity to do play with any of the bayonet vs sabre in more of a melee/skirmish, rather than one on one? I'm wondering how that might limit and modify your options. I'm sure there are implications on where the sabreur should be... are any explicitly addressed in your sources. And again great to see another video from you ;)

[@historyandsabre]

Thank you, glad to be back also! No, not really. We did melee style events based on historical accounts a few years back but we didn't think to add musket and bayonet back then. It's on my to-do wish list, though. Cheers!

[@thescholar-general5975]

Very nice! Those second and third Roworth techniques are also found in Chinese dao systems against the spear.

[@ambulocetusnatans]

I was thinking the same thing, but you beat me to the punch. The Mathewson technique is also similar to a move from Tai Ji Jian.

[@historyandsabre]

Thanks, I always appreciate it when you point out similarities or parallels to Chinese martial arts! Cheers.

[@MendocinoMotorenWerk]

Body- and bio-mechanics is quite independent of time and culture. It's always fascinating when similarities are between supposedly quite different fighting styles are pointed out.

[@maritimeswordschoolmoncton6513]

Good stuff! i was hoping you'd become active again!

[@historyandsabre]

Thanks! Lots has happened this year but I'm easing into it again. I've never stopped in my mind :)

[@maritimeswordschoolmoncton6513]

@@historyandsabre Well your return is most welcome!

[@mjsuarez79]

Are there any drills that you could do for the bayonet?

[@historyandsabre]

With the exception of Gordon, there are no British bayonet manuals for the Napoleonic era. Later manuals offer great drills, though! Check out Angelo (1857) for a very good later method. There are plates/illustrations for earlier bayonet fencing and I intend to cover that in future videos! Cheers!

[@mjsuarez79]

@@historyandsabre Oh, I’m aware. I believe that I actually have a digital copy of that. It was really a suggestion for a future video.

[@historyandsabre]

@@mjsuarez79 Oh, right. I misunderstood. I will cover that at some point!

[@bodhi1762]

это относится к Калашникову?

[@historyandsabre]

No, not really.

[@Leonardo-ni6sw]

Sword si pvp. Spears 20vs20