Anonymous at Tue, 18 Feb 2025 08:48:35 UTC No. 224019

Anonymous at Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:28:00 UTC No. 224128

If you have the time it's worth watching the whole series, it goes in-depth on what was learned from the modern longsword community.

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Feb 2025 02:00:50 UTC No. 224411

>Instructor couldn't make practice
>tells me last minute
>asks me to run the practice since I'm the second most experienced after him
>just do drills and forms
>no one has the gear to spar yet cept me anyway
I'm sorry class. I barely knew what I was doing. I really need to work on the names of the guards and cuts as I'm flowing through them. God I was awkward.

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Feb 2025 13:54:13 UTC No. 224431

>>224411
Don't sweat it Anon, class would've been canceled if you hadn't stepped in. If they complain they can suck it. Good job.

>>224128
What did he mean by this?

Anonymous at Tue, 4 Mar 2025 17:02:15 UTC No. 225318

What are the advantages of Italian longsword over German? What about German over Italian

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 00:55:17 UTC No. 225333

>>225318
The advantage of German is that it looks rad as fuck. The advantage of Italian is that it works.

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 01:22:23 UTC No. 225334

>>225333
Greasy hands typed this post

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 20:23:29 UTC No. 225378

>>225318
I'm just a faggot on a Mongolian basket weaving forum, but German is has a lot of good fundamentals and simple actions to get the job done. Italian has some complex devices or moves that are very effective but are reactionary to your opponent. Im not versed too much in Italian but that's the impression I get from the videos and readings I've done.

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 01:17:44 UTC No. 225406

Longsword, Rapier and Dagger, or Saber?

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 15:19:30 UTC No. 225434

>>225406
Sidesword. Choppy boi like a saber, stabby like a rapier, footwork of a longsword and all the rapier's good looks on top of that.

Anonymous at Sun, 9 Mar 2025 00:15:48 UTC No. 225674

>>225406
Sidesword and Buckler. Don't be like Ricky Bobby over here >>225434 who doesn't know what to do with his offhand

Anonymous at Sun, 9 Mar 2025 18:05:52 UTC No. 225713

>check out local club
>nice and affordable, no elitist bullshit
>practices are relaxed, good mix of athletes and nonathletes
>then sparring happens
>every single fucking match is feathertouch handsnipe bullshit
>guys are just whipping it at their opponent's hand really quick and insisting they scored
What the fuck is the point
>if the hand was the only target I had IRL, I'd go for it
so you do all this practice with form, technique and bladeplay, only for your actual matches to devolve into smack the hand from as far away as possible? Seriously? the IRL excuse is bullshit too, because these guys are wearing plastic gauntlets so a feather strike wouldn't do shit

Anonymous at Mon, 10 Mar 2025 02:16:08 UTC No. 225737

>>225713
Hand strikes were very common and effective historically, so their prevalence in HEMA makes sense. Most HEMA clubs are representing unarmored fighting, so it wouldn't take much to damage the hand with that abstraction in mind. The gauntlets are a concession to safety and you're supposed to pretend they're not there.

Having said all that, what makes hand strikes effective is also the reason why there's an overreliance on them. They're (usually) the closest or only available target when you're at the maximum possible range where you can still hit them. People like to dance around on the outside and hit hands because it's safe and non-committal.

Anonymous at Mon, 10 Mar 2025 13:30:27 UTC No. 225750

>>225713
>the IRL excuse is bullshit too, because these guys are wearing plastic gauntlets so a feather strike wouldn't do shit
I mean, the way virtually everyone does HEMA we wear protectors so we don't actually get injured, but hits are counted as if completely unarmored. This particular thing isn't anything exceptional your dudes are doing.

Nothing but hand sniping is for gayfags, though. Fortunately for you, it's also easy to take advantage of when people do it predictably so as long as you stick to your technique lessons you'll eventually figure how to parry or strike out this faggotry and use it to beat them with blows to deep targets.

Anonymous at Wed, 12 Mar 2025 00:48:12 UTC No. 225826

>>225750
Fucking this. Learn to punish hand snipes like you punish the scholars mate. Watch them mald as you actually form strategies instead of
>going for the fingies
every time.

Anonymous at Thu, 13 Mar 2025 00:07:47 UTC No. 225861

So other than drills, what other workouts do you do for Hema? I picked up some weighted clubs and a mace for shoulder exercises. Shit feels good for a warmup and a break in the drills.

Anonymous at Sun, 16 Mar 2025 04:47:13 UTC No. 225988

>>225334
greasy hands wrapped around your neck

Anonymous at Sun, 16 Mar 2025 04:49:25 UTC No. 225989

>>225713
Hand strikes are legit, can't fight with a chopped hand, git gud scrub, meet me outside Bologna.

Anonymous at Sun, 16 Mar 2025 07:31:14 UTC No. 226000

>>225988
Reminder that any Fiorist who goes "well in the street I would just choke/joint lock you" would get murdered in a grappling match against any wrestler/judoka/bjj person.

Anonymous at Sun, 16 Mar 2025 09:32:23 UTC No. 226002

>>225988
>greasy hands wrapped around your neck
Harder, daddy

Anonymous at Sun, 16 Mar 2025 09:44:52 UTC No. 226003

>>225989
>t. Manciolino literally

Anonymous at Sun, 16 Mar 2025 20:35:28 UTC No. 226018

>>226002
Mama mia why a-German gotta be so a-horny
>>226000
As far as I know the most complete versions of medieval wrestling are Ringen-style, right? Ott? I've never read any...I like BJJ but as with all things HEMA if I wanted to do the Japanese version I wouldn't be here in the first place.

I think I could trick some of my fellow sweaty man-huggers into trying it after class as long as I had some plays to work with but I just don't know where to start.

Anonymous at Sun, 16 Mar 2025 23:23:27 UTC No. 226025

>>226018
>As far as I know the most complete versions of medieval wrestling are Ringen-style, right? Ott?
Thats correct, der Ringen des Ott Jud (literally The Grappling of Otto the Jew) was considered good enough that it was attached to several Liechtenauer lineage fencing treatises as the "wrestling portion". They apparently didn't see any point in trying to improve on it.

Anonymous at Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:15:39 UTC No. 226026

>>226018
>thing, Japan
:/
>thing, western Europe
:O

Anonymous at Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:23:16 UTC No. 226027

>>226026
This but unironically

Anonymous at Mon, 17 Mar 2025 23:30:11 UTC No. 226058

>>226025
>literally The Grappling of Otto the Jew
(((Grappling)))

Anonymous at Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:15:21 UTC No. 226061

>>225713
If they're doing a point system, go for chest/head afterblows/doubles and win on points.

Also learn to protect yourself from handsnipes.

Anonymous at Wed, 19 Mar 2025 14:23:00 UTC No. 226127

From the tryhard hema group. I can't believe they shitpost more than we do.

Anonymous at Fri, 21 Mar 2025 00:08:00 UTC No. 226210

>>226026
>t. seething zip

Anonymous at Sun, 30 Mar 2025 15:45:09 UTC No. 227278

Everyone must be actually training and going to tourneys. Proud of you faggots

Anonymous at Mon, 31 Mar 2025 17:55:34 UTC No. 227411

Any of you guys do Harnischfechten?

Anonymous at Tue, 1 Apr 2025 00:46:50 UTC No. 227486

>>227411
I can, but the group I'm in just don't practice it that much. Especially when 4 guys have to sit out since they haven't got the equipment. My group almost has every athletic body type and sharing shit just doesn't work.

Anonymous at Wed, 2 Apr 2025 18:12:56 UTC No. 227560

>>227411
I got a group that i practice with weekly. Shit hurts my back tho i reckon my leg armor is pulling on my back strangely
>>227486
Helmet, breastplate, gauntlets is really all you need to get people started, and those are pretty universal. If you can get them hooked they can start buying their own shit. Mild steel is nice for how easy it is to modify to fit each individual and it works so long as you aren't planning on trying buhurt.

Anonymous at Wed, 2 Apr 2025 22:41:11 UTC No. 227572

>>227411
For my part no, it's just too much expense for a 4000% increase in autism. It's probably just a local issue but around here the harnisch guys seem to be without fail the most autismal knight fantasy having neckbeards and even if I didn't mind being lumped in with them by others I still wouldn't want to deal with that to train a specific niche thing.

Anonymous at Fri, 4 Apr 2025 00:17:19 UTC No. 227685

>>227560
I'm not building harness for people who won't get mask and gloves. We just coordinate after practice to harness up and fight then.

Anonymous at Fri, 4 Apr 2025 16:05:29 UTC No. 227715

>>227685
Right i wasn't trying to suggest you buy harness for them, more that if you have a club its nice to have loaner gear around to give newbies a taste of fighting in armor. Sometimes they like it enough to go and start building their own kit

Anonymous at Fri, 4 Apr 2025 18:52:48 UTC No. 227727

>>224017
Hot take. I actually enjoy HEMA and practicing it.

Anonymous at Fri, 4 Apr 2025 19:39:35 UTC No. 227729

>>227727
Get out of here, you sick freak.

Anonymous at Sat, 5 Apr 2025 00:41:36 UTC No. 227741

are there any standardized or semi standardized rules for equipment in tournaments? I want to customize some of my feders

Anonymous at Thu, 10 Apr 2025 06:51:44 UTC No. 228191

>>224017
>leave another practice sessions with broken bones in my fingers
Hmmmmmmmmmmm, surely my bones will get stronger at some point and stop this inconvenience from happening

Anonymous at Thu, 10 Apr 2025 07:38:25 UTC No. 228192

>>228191
Get better gloves.

Anonymous at Thu, 10 Apr 2025 17:44:16 UTC No. 228205

>>228191
What the fuck kind of niggers are you fencing with that this has happened to you more than once? This literally has not occurred once in the last 6-8 years in my club, not since people put their fucking Red Dragons away for steel.

Anonymous at Fri, 11 Apr 2025 18:15:10 UTC No. 228253

>>228205
Stop blaming club members when safety is the responsibility of the individual fighter.
>>228192
What this guy said, get better gloves. If you're using the Vader gloves or red dragons you've had it coming.

Anonymous at Fri, 11 Apr 2025 21:19:31 UTC No. 228275

>>228253
>it is absolutely impossible to be a faggot who hits too hard
Found the autist who can't control his own limbs.

Anonymous at Fri, 11 Apr 2025 21:26:55 UTC No. 228278

>>225713
I don't even practice weapon martial arts and I'm shook you don't see the value of disarming

Anonymous at Sat, 12 Apr 2025 15:49:09 UTC No. 228346

>>228275
>Get hurt the first time
Hey don't hit him so damn hard
>Gets hurt again, same place
Where are those gloves made again?
If you keep going to practice and getting hurt, you gotta be mindful of what you're doing. Blaming others doesn't improve yourself.

Anonymous at Sat, 12 Apr 2025 20:21:52 UTC No. 228359

>>224017
Whats a decent cheap sword I can buy that'll take abuse

Anonymous at Sat, 12 Apr 2025 23:57:11 UTC No. 228370

https://www.woodenswords.com/product_p/vb.as.16.pear.htm
I use this. Holds up well.

Anonymous at Sat, 12 Apr 2025 23:58:11 UTC No. 228371

>>228370
Shite
>>228359

Anonymous at Sun, 13 Apr 2025 18:19:47 UTC No. 228431

>>228359
What kind of sword is it you need? Longsword? Rapier? Saber? Sidesword? Some other shit?

Anonymous at Tue, 15 Apr 2025 00:25:12 UTC No. 228543

>>227741
boomp