#sparring video

[melveres]

so was anyone gonna tell me Dyvims canonically bi or was I just supposed to find that out from a comment on a twitter post and be sent on a quest to hunt down the stream and timestamp where it got mentioned

EDIT: I gave up on recording the clip bc the audio kept getting messed up so here's the link to the stream! [timestamp 56:34]

Dyvim Whitehart bi king!!

[uppercut-athletics]

Sparring highlights 🔥

[carcarrot]

i really dont know anymore how i could explain sparks, especially in their modern incarnation, to an outsider

[novadragoness]

A builder who totally understands where X is coming from, collecting all those shinies for Coco, because she also likes shiny things, and has been secretly leaving pretty rocks on Unsuur's porch for weeks now.

[gummi-stims]

Could I please request a stimboard of Hwoarang from Tekken?

Here you go, hope this is alright!

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[we-are-knight]

That Time I Dodged My Friend's Sword And Realised I Unlocked The Dodge Feat!!

...and other silly anime names for this clip.

Not going to lie, however, this looks very impressive and I'm surprised I pulled that off.

[taistelutaide]

Anton vs Leo

[queen-scribbles]

I've had Nat sitting at Nathema Conspiracy for MONTHS waiting for it to be a season objective and her time finally came this week. :3 Endrali is jealous I got a good kiss screenshot here for them

[wrong-alien]

Okay, I don’t know this band long and I think I might have missed post about it but why no one’s talking about how Ron singing “Mid-Atlantic” and “This angry young man”? It’s so sweet!

[princessvicky01]

Another short clip of me and friend longsword sparring last weekend ⚔️

As you can see I don't do so well this time. Although I did get his hands, so small victory!

[robotsprinkles]

Finally seem to have something that's coming along kind of okay for once

[uppercut-athletics]

5 jab counters

[carcarrot]

so incredibly captivated by this german tv performance of the calm before the storm it deserved its own post

[historicalfightingguide]

“ Friendly longsword sparring (begin at 3.17) from W3 2019 event - Warsaw Poland.”

Just like in any other martial arts, combat sport or just generally athletic pursuit of some kind watching video of the activity we do, studying it for various details and generalities can help us learn and get better at said activity by informing our training approaches.

One way to do so for historical fencing is to look at the physical movements of the fighters and try to copy them through solo or paired drilling or sparring and get the hang of it more or less ‘mechanically’. Another is to try and observe the tactics they use - are they more often offensive or defensive? Do they parry-riposte or prefer single-time counters? Do they like to feint or go straight forward? Do they prefer a variety of techniques or a number of variations of a few particular ones? Can apply similar principles as they do in your own practice even if with certain adjustments? But also the way they carry inertia, manage distance, when do they seem to threaten and when do they seem to retreat? What are their opponents doing at this moments and how? Then we can do the same for the other fighter in the video as well.

We can also look at the way sequences may grow from certain exchanges.  Sometimes we see the same starting point diverge into several different endings, and sometimes we see differing starting points converge into a single type of situation due to the tactics and approaches of the fighters we’re looking at.

We can try and make gameplans to approach certain types of fighters and try to apply it in our training.

If we’re preparing for a competition we may even try to do so for specific opponents we expect to meet, albeit not to the same degree as professional fighters in fight camps for specific 1on1 event nights.

These are two very experienced fencers having a friendly session that you can go over several times and still keep noticing details.

For anyone who hasn’t yet seen the following links:

Some advice on how to start studying the sources generally can be found in these older posts

Remember to check out  A Guide to Starting a Liberation Martial Arts Gym as it may help with your own club/gym/dojo/school culture and approach.

Check out their curriculum too.

Fear is the Mind Killer: How to Build a Training Culture that Fosters Strength and Resilience by   Kajetan Sadowski   may be relevant as well.

“How We Learn to Move: A Revolution in the Way We Coach & Practice Sports Skills”  by Rob Gray  

Another useful book to check out is  The Theory and Practice of Historical European Martial Arts (while about HEMA, a lot of it is applicable to other historical martial arts clubs dealing with research and recreation of old fighting systems).

Worth checking out are this blogs tags on pedagogy and teaching for other related useful posts.

Consider getting some patches of this sort or these cool rashguards to show support for good causes or a t-shirt like to send a good message while at training.

And stay safe

[chromaji]

Gaile: Listen, Ain. I’ll go easy on you. YOU can have the first hit, okay🙄😏?

Zandiel: Oh, that’s so very kind of you, Gaile😊 I appreciate thaaat😊😊

Siegril: Ain. Kill her.

Zandiel: Siegril.

Enigma: Gaile, I trained you well in the dark arts.

Enigma:

Enigma: Rip his cock off.

Zandiel: 😨

Gaile: OH SAY LESS

Zandiel: 😰⁉️⁉️