Great fun with Greatswords: a workshop on the basics of fighting with two-handed swords

Events are starting up again and I'll be at Winterkamp this weekend. I'll be teaching an introductory workshop on several greatsword sources. Since paper hand-outs are nice, but usually are forgotten in fencing bags, I figured it would be fun to do a video hand-out of the workshop. This video contains all the material I prepared for the workshop with some general notes on the techniques and pieces that I selected.

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0:00 Intro
1:34 Basic rule I: respect the weapon!
2:00 Basic rule II: warm up!
2:17 Basic rule III: check structure!
2:41 Basic rule IV: move big, step small!
3:23 Figueyredo, basic movements
5:45 Figueyredo, battlefield scenario's
6:41 Dürer's 'sword'
7:03 Goliath manuscript: Zornhaw Ortt and Nym es Nyder




Fencers: Mila and Oskar


Music:

Deeper into the woods by Vindsvept is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... (   • Vindsvept - Deeper into the Woods  )

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