That was a good exchange, it's good to see the shield used more proactively. Shame more people don't appreciate the use of a heater shield. Best overall shield IMO. Good vid

@FedericoMalagutti

3 жыл бұрын

SelfRighteousBasterd thank you!

@kurtschmidt5005

11 ай бұрын

The Viking era shield still looks the coolest though…

Having opponents with different weapons is always a fun exercise. Some thoughts from someone who started fighting with medieval weapons in 1990: Shieldman (Federico, right?): keep your shield arm tucked like a boxer's forward arm with your elbow close to your hip. You should be looking over the top of the shield with the top angled about 30 degrees. You defend your head with the front corner of your shield, ducking away from the incoming blow as needed. You should be looking past the right edge of your shield if your opponent strikes your left side. You only need to move the shield a couple inches at most to cover any part of yourself from mid calf to the top of your head. You defend your leg by squatting. Very occasionally, you will need to rotate the shield's bottom corner to protect farther back. You can step out to avoid leg blows, but stepping IN is generally better, because you want to close the distance anyway; this will automatically move the shield into a defensive position because you are engaging the higher forte and hilt of the longsword rather than the much lower tip. You can jab with your shield edge, but that should be intentional, such as when attempting to bind the opponent's weapon. Keep it quick and precise. Longswordsman: distance and time are your friends. Circle and be ready to retreat and reestablish range. You have no incentive to close distance, and a lot of incentive to let your opponent's shield arm get tired. If the shieldman does close the distance, use the shield against him. Grabbing it near the lower point and forcing it up is incredibly effective, but practice this VERY carefully, because it can be dangerous and you can easily injure your shieldman's shoulder. Possibly not legal in your system. Pushing on the shield, especially if it then entangles the sword arm, can also work. If he continues to punch his shield out as much as he did here, step left and punish him for it--especially effective if you are willing to reverse your hand positions (eg, fight left handed). A left handed stance is actually a good idea all around, because it helps you negate the benefits of the shield, especially when thrusting. Good footwork and a careful consideration of range, however, are key. For both: Just because there is a shield blocking your view does not mean the targets are gone. Visualize the targets that are hidden; you can still hit them if you remember to work around the shield. Slow motion work will help a lot with this. Fun video guys! Always looking forward to more. :)

@FedericoMalagutti

4 жыл бұрын

John Everett thank you for the extensive review ^_^

@Sionnach1601

11 ай бұрын

Good points. Terrible action in this video. Slomo wasn't needed as it already was so terribly slow and pathetic. However in real-life YOUR advice seems to make great sense. 👍

How rare for a HEMA video to have such satisfying *clang* noises! Almost like you dubbed it with the most pleasing sound effects.

@FedericoMalagutti

3 жыл бұрын

It's all natural stuff! Ahah ;-)

I'm happy to be subscribed to your channel. You deliver an awesome amount of solo drills that I dont see anywhere else. Especially since my country hasn't gotten its shit together during COVID

@FedericoMalagutti

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Michael!

Always enjoy your sparring videos. Would love commentary by either you or your opponent during some of the exchanges about what you were thinking and trying to do.

@FedericoMalagutti

4 жыл бұрын

Jason James I will think about doing a video like this in the future! Thanks

Thank you for posting this video. I always get excited when i see you have posted another arming sword video. All the ones you have done so far are excellent!

@FedericoMalagutti

4 жыл бұрын

koester joshua thank you!

Thanks for this video. It seems, if you handeling a longsword against someone with shield and sword, you would be better off keeping your distance and use the longer range of the longsword for your advantage. This way you can strike at your opponent, without giving him the opportunity to strike at you. It's just a matter of keeping the right distance...

Thank you very much for showing this experience. I really needed to see an idea of what it at least should look like. Yes, I am saying it almost a year since this video was uploaded, but hey, that's what makes it good, right?

Your videos are so awesome explaining everything you got my sub and i hope you grow fast because you deserve it.

@FedericoMalagutti

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

This really shows the superiority of the shield + shorst sword. Cool video man

Ho scoperto da pochissimo il tuo canale, per caso, e da allora mi ci ritrovo molto spesso nei momenti di pausa per guardare qualcosa. La scherma storica era uno dei grandi sogni del me bambino, ed il solo vederti praticare mi fa tornare indietro nel tempo, placando un po' questo mio desiderio represso.

@FedericoMalagutti

3 жыл бұрын

Sono contento che ti piaccia! Grazie mille per i complimenti! Comunque non è mai troppo tardi per cominciare ;-)

@Vindrows

3 жыл бұрын

@@FedericoMalagutti Dato anagrafico a parte, per realtà così di nicchia il non vivere in una grande città purtroppo ti preclude qualsivoglia corso o accademia. Ed è per questo che i complimenti nei tuoi confronti sono meritati, non hai niente di che ringraziare.

Good one bro.

I am writing the end chapter of my newest book and did a lot of extra research to make it enjoyable. Thank you for that video!

@FedericoMalagutti

23 күн бұрын

You are welcome!

once losing the distance, shield and single hand sword has absolute control

Cool to watch. I’ll take the shield and 1h every day of the week, looks like a really fun fight style.

Great stuff! Epic double kill, lol.

@FedericoMalagutti

4 жыл бұрын

bird bones lolol

Guy with the blue shield has excellent footwork really appreciated him keeping his form

Very good 👍👍👍👍

J'aime beaucoup cette écu.....😁

I really like the slow mode so you can see better where you or your opponent hit

I see what swords you were using in the description, but where is the shield from?

Well, I feel validated. I started to put together a heather shield fighting system based mostly on the early bolognese rotella, and this looks very similar to what I came up with. Some thoughts: Man, it definitely sucks to be the longsword guy. Without armor being present, it's a definite disadvantage. Speaking of, heather shield without armor would be a weird setup to see historically, that shield is exclusively a battlefield weapon, and even trials by combat usually specify that if it is to happen according to German custom, it is to be with round shields (strapped or centregrip, the charters don't say). That definitely changes things, because stuff like a slice across the neck or light hits will be stopped or mitigated by even a gambeson - let alone if it is paired with a mail coif - and helmets will be present as well. It's certainly something to think about. As for shield technique, I'm really happy to finally see the active use of it, people have held it passively in front of them for far too long. Longsword, well, my first word of advice would be to use the high hand positions sparingly, they tend to not work as well against shield as they do against longswords - it is pretty easy for the shield to press against your hilt a lot of the time. Don't leave them out entirely, though - a good way to think about it is to thinks as if you were going against someone who really, really likes to grapple. Second advice, use unterhau/sotto more often, try to undercut his shield - heather shields are especially vulnerable to this when compared to round or kite shields. Feint high - cut low is a time-honored tradition in shielded fights. As for fighting lefty for the longsword, it sounds good, but doesn't work all that well. Not only are you not used to it, the shield guy will adapt to it, and you leave yourself open to a nasty case of edge of the shield to the face.

hi Federico A video that I really want is great :) , but is it useless to confuse the opponent's head by making more verfliegen or rinde techniques with a long sword ?

@FedericoMalagutti

4 жыл бұрын

EMRE ALTUN sorry I’ve not understood your question!

I wish there were open competitions where people could use different weapons like this (within reason)

This really fun to watch. I would definitely like to see a good vr game for sparring but the tech is still far away from simulating this kind of experience.

This is just me spitballing... but I feel like a slightly more vertical grip to the shield would allow you to have more surface area against you arm. Which I would think would help keep it from flopping around so much when struck.

What are your main sources for shield combat? Are you using I.33 inspired techniques?

@FedericoMalagutti

4 жыл бұрын

I mixed some I.33 with some Fiore one handed sword actions, the rest is my personal way of fighting. Some movements (like the leg void, which here is only partially right sometimes) are my natural Longsword conditioned movement which I can't simply avoid doing.

Great Vid, Man! I'm just wondering if different strategic attitude could improve the work of the Longsword guy... I feel he loses many exchanges searching to enter in the short distance

@FogmanS2N

4 жыл бұрын

True, I was still figuring out wtf I should do in that matchup :'D

This shit is the coolest

the shield used like buckler is not that helpful. Try to keep it closer to your body, the opponent will not target where you are protected and you can use your one hand sword to protect the other parts of the body. Once closer you get the advantage of a shorter weapon and then find an openening, but this is already told by others. If you want to use the shield actively just wait the right time then point to opponent grip and run to him pushing it back with the centre of the shield, it will make the longsword less dangerous for you, then enjoy your short weapon hitting him by thrust.

I've been trying so hard to keep track of the point but i didn't suceed good video though. I got 9 to 8 for shield guy

I like the dynamic that plate armor brings to the exchanges of the era. It makes the shield relatively obsolete. By the late 1400s only civilians really still equipped them. Still, the technique using a shield is very cool to watch.

@mrp4trick477

6 ай бұрын

i dont know why tho tbh u can never have to much defense i guess and most of the time a fight between 2 knights would be more like wrestling anyway so the sword was just prestige maybe back then

😂the red black attack charge so he cant hurt blue corner🤣

Use taekwondo and muay thai and leg slashes and feints and jump kicks and tackles. Simple. Gotta use martial arts blunt full impacts against shieldman. Ghost of Tsushima, and you are wearing backplate and leg armor. Safer.

He should have just press L2 with appropriate timing

Why does that building have fake windows?

Would you say the result is S&S is definitely stronger than longsword in 1v1?

@FedericoMalagutti

3 жыл бұрын

Well to do a proper comparison I should fight at least 3 or 4 opponents while switching weapons, because experience level and preparation of both fighters are the main difference. I personally prefer the Longsword for a variety of motivations, but with equal experienced fighters probably SeS shield has an edge.

@venkayoung2987

3 жыл бұрын

I personally think in 1v1 situation, S&S is superior. Because S&S have two weapons to attack and defend. The advantage of longsword is reach and agility, but it requires more skill to bypass the defense from shield.

@sonneck12

4 ай бұрын

in my case i prefere larger shields and different shapes these also makes a difference in use and effectiveness. with a war door u could ram your opponent while hiding behind it bit it makes u slow . also there are many versions of shield that have different grips like the kite u could wear it like the shield in the video but also horizontal which is the way i prefere it

@saltysocks1074

11 күн бұрын

​@@FedericoMalagutti While I know this is a pretty old comment thread... Do you think a false edge cut along the edge of the shield could get past hit the man behind?

This is making my brain hurt. The heater guy doesn't understand how to use a heater to block with. He also doesn't have very much skill in using a sword with one hand. 😢

@FedericoMalagutti

4 ай бұрын

Shame on him!

Sword must control longsword THEN take with shield. You also must let the longsword start their attack. Shield cannot push forward away from the center because that gives the longsword a lane of attack. Sword and shield person needs better control of his footwork. Still fun to watch.

@FedericoMalagutti

4 жыл бұрын

I wasn’t able to parry only with the sword due to the huge difference in leverage. It was also my first sparring using this set of weapons against longsword.

if this was two knights with armor none of those glancing blows with the longsword would have done anything, a shield and mace or spike hammer seems the best arms for medieval fighting

Basically this is South Paw vs Orthadox in boxing. The Longsword is the SouthPaw trying to out manuver and out range the Orthadox combatant. (basically out boxing or in this case out fencing the opponent) The Sword and Shield is Orthadox, he can close the distance and be aggressive as he has a shield. (basically relying on aggression and close range attacks)

@samblack5313

Жыл бұрын

Boxers have a right and a left hand, regardless of stance. Being a southpaw doesn’t make you a more technical fighter… being a more technical fighter makes you a more technical fighter. I’m 100% certain Floyd is more technical than Manny, and that Manny hits harder than Floyd. Floyd = orthodox Manny = southpaw

Just watched a vid by Dequitem, Profight duels showing the same weapons, my god the difference in quality between you (genuine martial artist) and they(untrained thuggish twats) is enormous, you are years ahead of many of these so called hema experts(and I include some of the well known ones)

Vikings shield is best for offense and defense.

the longsword is lefti

Hmmm I'd like to see how changing the grip on the heater shield to something like this pin.it/3r3ooaR would change the fights...

@FedericoMalagutti

4 жыл бұрын

Sadly I only have one set of straps on this and I can use only this way ;-)

Keep in mind you guys, this video doesn't technically "prove" or "disprove" anything except reveal that the two-handed long sword user might need more practice fighting opponents who are carrying a shield 🙂

@ben6089

Жыл бұрын

To me it proves it's a good idea to try take out the shieldsman's legs

That shield is REALLY small

@ortwinvomschildberg4717

4 жыл бұрын

That is a late medieval shield...times when people wore plate armour...shields from the 11/12th cent. were bigger

@FedericoMalagutti

4 жыл бұрын

Ebefren Revo I’m also 1.9 meters tall, to be fair!

@GV_Spain

11 ай бұрын

Frederico, great video! very interesting. Regarding the size of the shields, what size is the one you use?

Shield guy seems way too slow. And doesn't coordinate defence and attack well

@FedericoMalagutti

4 жыл бұрын

Timothy Dahl he probably is not really experienced in that kind of weapon!

@jedi77palmer

3 жыл бұрын

@@FedericoMalagutti haha

the guy with the shield is using it very shittily

@FedericoMalagutti

5 ай бұрын

Yeah he is crap! Well said bro