How Sword Fighting can be like Chess

In this video HEMA instructor Xian Niles and I try to give you an impression of the strategic decisions and misdirection that can happen in sparring. In this case with longswords, but it applies to other weapons as well.

Controlling the fight and keeping yourself safe by forcing the opponent into defending instead of threatening you is crucial. Certain guards and techniques do that, by causing a response that allows you to spring the trap, so to speak.


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