German longsword application in freeplay

Chan Lancelot · Post by **Chan Lancelot** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 4:13 am

Here I was trying to put German longsword techniques into application when freeplay with a Taiwan Chinese Martial Artist with Miao Dao background. Whenever I was hit, I signal the opponent about where it was, so it is easy to tell who was hit. (eg. When I didn't signal, it was my friend)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbbBPOK4I8A

Fearghus Macildubh · Post by **Fearghus Macildubh** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:43 am

Cool video,
It looked like your opponent was letting you snipe at him. Your sword was honger than his, but he stayed out of his range, but in yours. I don't know it that is because of his style (I'm not familiar with the art you mentioned) or you were controling the range better than him.

One critique I do have is that it looked like you sometimes didn't have his sword completley controled or his line of attack blocked when you were one shotting him. It seemed like you were counting on taking him out, rather than taking control of the fight, then taking him out, if that makes any sense. Perfectly fine for friendly bouts and competition, but not good WMA practice. Might be the angle of the video too.

Chan Lancelot · Post by **Chan Lancelot** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 11:15 am

Thanks for your advice and I'll take note of that. Sometimes I performed a krumphau against his exposed forearm and I was moved a bit to the side, but I agree if he's determined to deliver a thrust at me, it would still hit as some kendoka succeeded in doing so. So your advice is sound and I'll pay attention to that. Thanks a lot.

Fearghus Macildubh wrote:Cool video,
It looked like your opponent was letting you snipe at him. Your sword was honger than his, but he stayed out of his range, but in yours. I don't know it that is because of his style (I'm not familiar with the art you mentioned) or you were controling the range better than him.

One critique I do have is that it looked like you sometimes didn't have his sword completley controled or his line of attack blocked when you were one shotting him. It seemed like you were counting on taking him out, rather than taking control of the fight, then taking him out, if that makes any sense. Perfectly fine for friendly bouts and competition, but not good WMA practice. Might be the angle of the video too.

freiman the minstrel · Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:07 pm

Chan, please forgive me. You obviously know more about this than I do.

It seemed, at first, like you were warming up. Your stances were sloppy, and it looked more like you were concerned with the fighting, rather than your own technique. That didn't come out right. It seemed like you were concerned with your opponent's sword, and things of that sort. I don't know how to put that well.

In the middle, the stances seemed to become more pronounced, as if you had remembered that they were important.

It seemed to come together some at the end, but it looked like you were getting tired.

I really envy you your ability to work with fighters from different traditions. it looks really cool.

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Chan Lancelot · Post by **Chan Lancelot** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:36 pm

Frieman also caught some subtle things that were going on too.

At first I didn't know how good he was with his weapon and was kinda "testing the ground". Once I know what I could do and still survive, I tried to demonstrate more varieties of technique and posed more good looking.

At the end it was a very hot day. The sun was just right above us and the black clothes didn't help at all in dispensing the heat. And you got me there....