The Metatron Visits Schola Gladiatoria

[@AtomicPeacenik]

The Romans are back in Britain

[@kyomademon453]

Atomic Peacenik time to restore londinium and rebuild the wall

[@meri5012]

damn, too late !

[@callehammar2743]

HAHA Brilliant mate!

[@abdullahsameddemir8170]

That was pretty good.

[@Debilinside]

Make the druids pay for it!

[@NachoMartinezCapella]

Marvel: 'Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover event in history' Me:

[@manusiabumi7673]

Nacho Martínez Capella nope. no skall, no shad

[@HunterHerne]

Skall and Shad, together in person.

[@HunterHerne]

Yes, it was a good collab video. But it's still not the same as them being together in the same room. Which I don't think would ever happen, BrownBricks.

[@PerfectDeath4]

Skall and shad will make their appearance next time!

[@germanvisitor2]

Shad only if Knight Squire is there, as well.

[@daltoncook209]

Glorious hair meets glorious bald head

[@alfatazer_8991]

Historical KZbinrs... *UNITE!*

[@juanpablogonzalez8528]

they just need to get lindybeige, shad and skallagrim now and they can form a historical megazord

[@Marcusjnmc]

hzhahaha Juan

[@Pyrela]

Dyslexic KZbinrs.... *UNTIE!*

[@tutituti4344]

Make a timeline

[@ContagiousCure]

"Come to England eat sausages" - Matt 2018

[@amitabhakusari2304]

ContagiousCure Up you go, Sir.

[@Aalienik]

I thought they called them "bangers"

[@stephena1196]

Aalienik I've never heard sausages called bangers outside of the phrase, "bangers and mash".

[@beardedbjorn5520]

Stephen Ash we say bangers in Australia, but mostly with bangers and mash. We call they snags, Straya!

[@penttikoivuniemi2146]

That's what I did when I went there last summer.

[@praenomenXcognomen]

Top 10 anime crossover

[@JimGiant]

I'm waiting for top 10 anime betrayals.

[@oolooo]

I am just waiting for them to go to Australia and kidnap Shad .

[@JetConvoy]

The Unusual Stranger Shad is the absolute worst

[@germanvisitor2]

If they kidnap Shad, who will feed Medieval Review in his cage?

[@ryanwebb4045]

bruh thatd be waaaaaaaaay too fufillinh

[@PJDAltamirus0425]

He would be asking them constantly if they can go to a castle. Their would be awkward silence from ShAd every time they start talking about HEMA because of his problem with HEMA video.

[@G1NZOU]

Maybe once Shad eventually builds a castle he can invite all the other historical KZbinrs for a medieval feast.

[@alinalexandru2466]

5:09 "They're throwing swords at us!" Well good thing he didn't throw a pommel instead.

[@mrmoth26]

Good one, finally a funny pommel joke with context.

[@stekarknugen9258]

0:07 A WILD ITALIAN APPEARS!

[@andyblondeel4014]

and it's not a little plumber

[@Altrantis]

*Queues pokemon battle music*

[@lino5167]

Lloyd uses "Talking about local english cuisine" It's not very effective.

[@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841]

Great video guys! Hopefully Ben and I will make it out to Europe someday and we can discuss HEMA Harnischfechten ;) -Reece

[@TyLarson]

That'd be a great video!

[@TheCrusader1099]

Seeing two of my favourite youtubers together infront of the camera is always a little weird, but in a good way:)

[@velazquezarmouries]

The biggest crossover in anime history

[@KarlKarsnark]

ScholaMetatoria for life!

[@AlexanderWernerJr]

Subscribed to both of ya. Today is the day Matt met a Tron.

[@grayblackhelm6468]

Alexander Werner Jr This comment not having more likes frustrated me. By the way- “👍”.

[@AlexanderWernerJr]

Yeah well, I was expecting much hate and people shouting "boo!" for such a cheap word salad of mine, actually >:O). Maybe even getting kicked from KZbin entirely and the like.

[@sky4eyes]

i am not the only one see the title as The Metatron Versus Schola Gladiatoria

[@viridisxiv766]

id watch that!

[@beardedbjorn5520]

I did too

[@MiskyWilkshake]

Well yeah, Raph recognised that plenty of times when he got asked it on his streams. There'd really be no competition.

[@camilstoenescu]

It seems that Metatron is not so short as I thought.

[@sststr]

I always thought he was very tall. I realize Matt is pretty tall, but he makes Metatron look tiny.

[@MerlijnDingemanse]

I thought everyone south of the alps was a midget

[@Tom-se1em]

He looks about 5'8-5'9 here, if Matt's 6 foot. So he's a pretty average height.

[@stekarknugen9258]

He's sitting on Skallagrim's shoulders.

[@scholagladiatoria]

I am indeed just over 6 foot and Raff is about 5 foot 9 inches I think. Lloyd is about 6 foot 5 inches.

[@andrewshute9761]

Excellent video. You guys are great together. I liked watching people spar in the background.

[@rickansell661]

Metatron: TOWER OF LONDON! Then the Wallace Collection. Then the Gromit Museam.

[@CptFugu]

Two completely different people, but they gelled well and made for an interesting combination. Cheers.

[@Jazzman-bj9fq]

Enough talk!! Matt VS Rafaelo, Rondel daggers at the ready and... BEGIN!!!

[@William-Webb]

I'm glad all they were throwing was swords. If somebody had thrown a pommel, you'd be done for

[@wgk4845]

Underrated comment!

[@HunterHerne]

Overrated* Fixed it for you.

[@amitabhakusari2304]

You need a desolate island for that.

[@thatchannel195]

HunterHerne no

[@WordBearer86]

I believe it's called BANGERS AND MASH.

[@FedericoMalagutti]

It is nice to see you guys together in the same video :)

[@awoods9793]

We need a Matt Easton/Metatron buddy movie .

[@medieverse]

He said situation instead of context, then briefly looked proud of himself.

[@scholagladiatoria]

True.

[@MWM1476]

So glad you did this. Thanks a lot!

[@HeartFeltPuma23]

That little bit of awkwardness of the "first time meeting someone" is just so good to see hahaha! Love you both guys, keep up the great work!

[@CatholicismRules]

Now we just need the remaining SwordTubers to get together at a round table :D

[@bacon81]

Great to see you guys collaborating

[@andywilson8698]

Why didn't you let ralf borrow a super dry shirt , you guys could have matched.

[@chrish1657]

Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo and Ralf.

[@slenpaiwashere3599]

I thought we were going to see Metatron vs Mett Euston

[@alextrill5829]

I'm pretty sure Matt can beat other HEMA youtuber in a swordfight. He could probably take Skall, Shad, Metatron and Lindy all at once, Tower of Joy style.

[@fattiger6957]

No matter where matt goes, he is surrounded by swords. Are we sure Matt isn't from the Fate universe and unconsciously uses unlimited blade works?

[@TheLiamis]

Fat Tiger he is Gilgamesh.

[@carbon1255]

@@TheLiamis Absolutely xD Wait, does that make Todd Cutler Archer? xD TRACE ON! Damnit did I just give spoilers? xD

[@cdgonepotatoes4219]

"THEY'RE THROWING SWORDS AT US" QUICK! GET THE CATAPULT!

[@jordansblabbering6303]

Trebuchet!

[@thekenneth3486]

It's so fun to see y'all together! And I can't help but imagine that the Japanese writing on Matt's Superdry shirt says 'This is a blue shirt'!

[@filipjudar4781]

It was pure pleasure watching both of you. I hope to see more collaborations from you in the near future. Cheers, Noble Ones!

[@muskyelondragon]

You two are great together. Really nice to see and listen to you both talk about swordsmanship.

[@thelonerider5644]

Matt, @10:29 you finally explained the "right of way rule" in a way that made sense to me! Good to see Metatron in England. Now if one of you would just come to New Jersey...

[@Knight_Astolfo]

Sorry; wasn’t paying attention - what brought rise to fingering?

[@MiskyWilkshake]

Well, with those two handsome men in the same room, it really was inevitable, wasn't it?

[@VK-sz4it]

Damn, I thought only I heard that

[@heldaneurbanus5135]

A thumb up the back according to Matt ;p

[@londiniumarmoury7037]

Nice to see you 2 having a good time.

[@blacktemplar9499]

we need all the historical ytber together Metatron, scholagladiatoria, skallagrim, knight errant and Shadiversity

[@blacktemplar9499]

Marxiavelli24 damn i knew i forgot a certain englishman

[@MedievalGenie]

One day I'll join the list.

[@twirlipofthemists3201]

Plus Roland and Thrand.

[@TheLiamis]

Black Templar the horsemen if the apocalypse.

[@orsettomorbido]

We believe in you Pc Genie u.u

[@chrisrowley135]

Great video i love your collaborations be it with Toby or Lloyd and now Metatron absolutely fantastic👑

[@bengalvin71]

Have dipped in and out of both your contention past. Having seen you together have subbed you both. Really good content. Thank you both.

[@Trollvolk]

Love both of your channels and both of you seem to be very nice Guys I really love to have a talk with. Thank you both for all your videos, for sharing your knowledge and experience with us. Keep on guys, stay healthy and enjoy life.

[@KuronoCthulhu]

DON'T CROSS THE STREAMS! OVERLOAD!

[@bodeecabrito]

really enjoying the pragmatic approach to swordsmanship studies with these guys drawing from history and explaining for a modern audience. Just bought a dutch klewang and am excited about applying dussack drills to this venerable weapon (apparently the last sword issued for combat in the 20th C/ a kind of naval cutlass)

[@carebear8762]

There's a comedy video to be made of Matt anywhere on earth and always having a selection of swords off camera.

[@fredericc.laurin9389]

Dream come true. Thank you so much guys!

[@dmh0667ify]

Hooray! 2x of my favourite YT Content-providers, talking shop! (Where are Metatron's wings!

[@O_Ryodan]

Loved to see you both together

[@MedievalGenie]

Oh good, you did teach him some HEMA.

[@Peldrigal]

We're doomed!

[@isabellavonneissenau8417]

There are some movies from the 30s and 40s which tried out historical techniques for arming swords and longswords. A good example for this is the final fight of Knights of the Round Table from 1953: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJXNZHx5o8yVjaM . It's in no way perfect but in my opinion it's great for a time in which most medieval fencing treatises weren't published in high circulation numbers. P. S. : I would love to see a review of this fight! :D

[@JustGrowingUp84]

Oh god, I've seen that movie! It was fun, but mainly because of how silly it was. It's no wonder that people now think of knights as clumsy oafs... Although this fight is silly , it's not too bad. The earlier one between Arthur and Lancelot was hilarious!

[@isabellavonneissenau8417]

TheFilthyCasual I think we have to consider the time of this movie. In this fight we see two historical techniques whereas the first reprints of historical manuals are from the 1960s onwards (starting in 1965 with Martin Wierschin's publications). It would be interesting to know who choreographed this fight and knew of these techniques in 1953.

[@JmbFountain]

Raf really looks like Jon Snow in this shot...

[@pompadour_gagarin1723]

About the gaining reach with a different grip holding, one thing which is actually done in Katori Shinto-ryu is thrusting or cutting with the left hand only while taking away your right leading hand (just like Di Grassi does with the greatsword). In this tradition, it's said "cutting with one hand is gaining 6in of reach". It's not exactly like what was talked about, going away from the guard in the regular two-handed grip, but there's that. Aslo, kiaïjutsu is just great for breathing and at first building confidence. I know several people who were very shy and it helped them a lot to be able and taught to shout while fencing. In kendo, with all the target naming, it's taken maybe a little bit too far away from a practical budo perspective, nonetheless kiaï is terrific. Of course it scares the neighbors and make their kids laugh but flailing training swords around already does so...

[@MickeyCuervo36]

While he's in the country, it'd be neat if he could visit Lloyd.

[@scholagladiatoria]

Lloyd is in the extreme North unfortunately.

[@TheMan-je5xq]

Wow Metatron is a lot taller than I thought he was cause I’m pretty sure Matt is pretty decent height and he isn’t too much shorter than him

[@SpacePatrollerLaser]

Matt Easton is going to start addressing the "Nobel Ones"

[@roffels11-gamingandhistory69]

The biggest crossover event in history! ;D

[@yorkshire_tea_innit8097]

It doesn't always rain. It just rains on the weekend.

[@extrasmack]

Great video collab! Interesting thing about seeing you two side by side, Raf is much larger than he appears to be. Matt doesn't actually dwarf him as I had anticipated. The more you know.

[@maanavallampallam4864]

I'm a fencer(see pfp). I fence foil and my coach places a huge emphasis on recovering after an attack. In fact, we have many drills that center on an explosive attack and quick recovery. Also in competition if you don't recover quickly, you will get hit by the riposte.

[@dansharpe2364]

A hairy man and a smooth man........

[@raphaello5898]

swords are more popular in post-medieval history(16-19century) than in the medieval era or before it.

[@Tombombadillo999]

Awesome utube cooperation. Great videos!

[@xmaxdamage]

LOL as an Italian the "sabre" gesture at 1:00 was perfectly fine (I mean I literally didn't even see it happening) but then Matt totally made it come out and I felt so embarrassed ahahahah! and I bet Megatron felt the same way since he locked his hands behind him xD

[@ramibairi5562]

What about answering our questions 😀?!

[@scholagladiatoria]

That's coming :-)

[@usArrr3]

What a great collab! And with all the people criticising minor mispronunciations all the time, let me mention that your pronunciation of Scheitelhau was perfect (with regards to modern German anyways, that's all I can say) :)

[@scholagladiatoria]

Well I am part German :-D .... (from 150 years ago though). Thanks.

[@hugehappygrin]

To me the coolest thing would be for Metatron, Matt, Shadiversity, Lindybeige, and Skallagrim all in the same room.

[@Breadman-k6d]

Never seen The Metatron so humble

[@blackdeath4eternity]

@ 12:07 matt looks to see if the wings have indeed spread.

[@Tito_Viera]

For God sake, I hope Matt gives to Raff his pasta daily requirement. Is like the sunlight to Superman, or spinach to Popeye.

[@kronoscamron7412]

The wrist flip you refered to is called (tenouchi) is done at the end of a cut it's not a kendo exclusive technique. we do that in kenjutsu as well.

[@theassening4563]

*reads the title* *mind explodes about the context*

[@cuteshadow]

It isnt always rainy, sometimes its foggy!

[@macacofrito]

now fight! :)

[@KevDaly]

That was really interesting, thanks guys

[@scojo6373]

This was a lot of fun to watch

[@kronoscamron7412]

The V grip is also in kenjutsu btw.

[@Cysubtor_8vb]

You just happen to casually bring up two things I've been pondering lately. The main one is sideswords; it comes up every so often as a point of reference of hilt evolution for other swords, but how does one compare to later straight sabres like the Patton? Is there a reason other than fashion or tradition that militaries straightened a sabre to allow thrusts vs switching to a double-edged, swept hilt sidesword? The other (and this one is more theoretical) is using an extremely low grip, which I've wondered about the katana, actually, as it actually balance out in reach with a sabre when gripped at the lowest most point. The balance would be terrible, but I have heard of a technique existing of performing a "surprise" lefthand thrust to make use of extra reach, which, with Samurai mainly being calvary archers then moving on to slashing pole arms, could the extra long tsuka be to allow that use from horseback while retaining a shorter blade for carry among civilians? Then again, I also ponder if it was merely because they really like strong two-handed chops or just wanted to match the asymmetrical ratio of their yumi longbow, lol Anyway, I've grown quite interested in sideswords all a sudden and, due to the nature of it being a modern term for a wide range of swords, haven't really seen much content on it. I hear it lends well to both rapier (though the point isn't as agile) and sabre (though the lighter tip likely doesn't cut as well) styles while also possibly pairing with a buckler, so was it just too much of a jack-of-all-trades to remain fashionable?

[@grimmriffer]

Someone describing kendo scoring to me described a slightly nebulus concept where a point is only awarded if the exchange that led to it was "good". I'd that definition of good includes being prepared to defend (or actually managing to defend) a riposte to a point then kendo rules would also be addressing the after blow..?

[@bobh9492]

Fantastic video...

[@95DarkFire]

Seeing this makes me sad I am not in the UK, because I would join Matt's class immediately. :(

[@lordenkidu1876]

I’m so happy, heroes!

[@Satanthony]

The Metatron has spent his sky miles.

[@reddotshooters]

Cool video guys

[@Lamawalrus]

Nice when you get some back and forth in this sort of video, it is not as nice when it's relatively one-sided. This particular one was pretty decent in that department

[@fengxuezhou]

The Kendo screaming could be quite scary to people who never scream in their swordfight before. But maybe in ancient duel, people also scream?

[@oneparticularlysmartape]

"Infinity War is the most ambicious crossover ever" *reads* 《Metatron Visits Schola Gladiatoria》 I don't believe you, Marvel...

[@connalmaccon1652]

@Metatron, what about Sicilian scherma di coltello? Wouldn't this count as somewhat historical martial art?

[@lights8811]

I was wondering...I'm from Hungary and there are quite a few schools here that are more focused on the shall we call "steppe nomad" way and recreations of the infamous Black Army of Mathias way of fighting and using their weapons...what I cannot seem to find is any practice with flails. I know it wasn't the most popular weapon throughout history, but do you have any information on techniques or way to practice safely with them. I think the latter is the real issue, I can think of soft materials to manufacture some practice flails but that won't be anywhere similar to a real one in weight and the recovery is very different on a missed attack. Any info would be much appreciated. :)

[@MrBrentles]

9.42. Borat meets Swordsmanship

[@AeolethNionian]

I'm offended that you didn't mention the thumb on the flat grip in arming sword.

[@Riceball01]

Somebody totally needs to start a GoFundMe or Kickstarter to get funds to create a HEMA (KZbin) con, a convention featuring all of our favorite historical arms and armor KZbinrs. Invited Skall, Lloyd, Raph, Matt, Shad, ThegnThrand (and others) and give them each a 1/2 hour to an hour for a panel on whatever they want, then, maybe on the last day, have a panel with all of them in the same room for a panel. I'd also allow them each one table I the dealers room so that they can sign autographs and/or sell merchandise. It would be epic, but alas, I have neither the money nor the organizational skills to pull this off, otherwise I'd do it myself.

[@JohnRaptor]

It reminds me of calling your shot in pool.

[@WozWozEre]

Interesting video but the sound quality over the background fencing is atrocious. A nice idea to have the activity in the background but a different sound setup/boom etc would make it so much better.

[@scholagladiatoria]

The mic was inches away from my mouth - I'm afraid that this was the only chance we got to film that evening and the mic could not have been any closer to us.

[@thatchannel195]

scholagladiatoria *puts mic in mouth*

[@alepiresjr]

Marvel: “Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover event in history.” You:

[@alexanerose4820]

Cross sparring video between you two. When? When? Most importantly, WHEN?!?!?

[@grayblackhelm6468]

Alexane Rose NO! MOST IMPORTANTLY.... Context.

[@alexanerose4820]

+Gray Blackhelm And stiff shafts. Don't forget the stiff shafts

[@yugen]

I don't think Metatron would want that footage shown publicly.

[@ryanwebb4045]

greatest crossover ever

[@NoahWeisbrod]

Raff's accent changed pretty quickly.

[@Alejandro-te2nt]

Nice SuperDry shirt!

[@damienlbphant]

Two thumbs up!