Love your videos man!

@JustaBug

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Thanks and thanks for the support as always!

Very nice sparring! I've been following your channel for a while and I can only encourage you to keep sparring with hema practitioners as it will help you adapt to the style. The longsword is a very versatile weapon so adds to the difficulty, Also sparring against an instructor is not an easy thing. Big props to your footwork. I think it's pretty goof and you move pretty well, which is a great tool to get in or out of many circumstances. Also, I noticed your guard it's a bit static, making it harder for you to block or attack in different directions. I love your content and look forward to watch you improve. Cheers!

Try again and again😇👍

Hi, if you would allow an observation and short analysis by a Kendoka who cross trains in HEMA (Liechtenauer LS) as to the reasons why your opponent had such a dominant performance. 1. Pressure It became immediately obvious that you were overreacting to pressure and unskilled at applying it. The stance that your opponent used most frequently was Alber, the one with the blade held loosely and pointed to the ground. Against this stance, I would 'break' this guard by pressuring my opponent into exiting the guard. In the transition between Alber and the next stance is an instant or 'Indes' (as it is known in the Liechtenauer tradition). That is the moment in which your opponent is vulnerable to an attack and it is the only moment in which an attack is advisable. Simple example: Against an Alber fencer, one could transition into longpoint/Chudan while stepping into distance to apply pressure or seme. As your opponent transitions into a different guard, eg. Vom tag or Jodan (which exposes their centerline), you thrust into their throat. If they transition into longpoint which occupies their centerline, you continue applying pressure by moving your point further towards their throat along the centerline until they are forced to beat it aside or go 'hard' in the bind by exerting a lateral pressure on it. This transition opens up their hands and forearms at which point you strike at these openings. Advice: There's no quick fix to this. The only way to improve on pressuring is by approaching sparring with the mindset of assimilating as many patterns of responses to various stimuli from your sparring partners as possible, formulating causal explanations/hypotheses to these responses, and applying these explanations to create openings. 2. Distancing The reason why your opponent landed so many thrusts on you was due to your underestimation of your opponent's distance from you as well as his effective range. I also observed your poor distance awareness with regards to excessive distance in instances such as 2:42 where you flinched in response to a provocation that occurred way, way out of measure. Thus, you are led to wrongly believe that openings which are in real danger are not valid, whereas those that are not endangered are valid. Advice: Distancing is mostly instinctive and can be improved in a sparring context by simply sparring more. Alternatively, you could practice a drill where you have to chase a partner around and hit them with the strikes you wish to improve your distancing on while your partner does not parry or attack (my club uses this drill). I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors in the historical fencing sphere.

@akkeriworkshop

Жыл бұрын

Great points! It doesn't (or does?) help that Stu (the instructor here) is just so damn good at applying pressure and exploiting distance, in both obvious and subtle ways.

Just found your channel. I deeply appreciate what you're doing. It looks like you have an understanding in kendo and HEMA. How do you feel are the differences from the Jedok Geom style to HEMA? I know this is a bit of a nebulous question given the nature of Muyedobotongji right now. But would appreciate some insights.

@JustaBug

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Thanks for watching my videos! I think jedok geom is quite similar to HEMA, at least my interpretation of it. However, a few differences I've noticed compared to German longsword - the feet are different. We fight in a more square on stance with the weight on the balls of the feet, they fight more side on with the weight on the heels. Also grip changes aren't a thing in jedok geom. They also tend to thrust more, they have better point control due to the pommel so they can make small disengagements off the bind to thrust whereas its much harder with the jedok geom. There's probably a lot of other differences but those are the main ones I feel when cross training with them

Out of curiosity where did you get your training sword?

@JustaBug

Жыл бұрын

It's a custom from blackfencer

does your sword got similiar length or you got longer sword compared to that long-sword?

@JustaBug

Жыл бұрын

Mine is a similar blade length with a slightly longer handle

@foderator8277

Жыл бұрын

idk about the sword weights but looks like you got weapon range advantage there, but still Long-Sword got the center of mass/point of balance near the handle, that's why its basically faster and easier to control and that Instructor really know well about keeping distances

@JustaBug

Жыл бұрын

@@foderator8277 The other thing is the instructor's stabs come in line with my eyes so its hard to notice theres a stab coming until its really close. Thats one thing that is hard to appreciate from a non first person video

@foderator8277

Жыл бұрын

yeah typically on a sword fight/fencing are "you can't see the sword" things are moving so fast especially the sword tips, but you can always keep focusing on the opponent head+body and keep you distances, the swords maximum reach is still depends on the person's head position, well unless if they throw the sword away lol great content btw, it's cool to see more sparring clips

@JustaBug

Жыл бұрын

With longsword people they throw the sword first, then the body to reduce the time from reaction. A very tricky technique

Did they put you against a student of similar skill or was that an instructor?

@JustaBug

Жыл бұрын

That's an instructor trying not very hard and still beating me

@outsideiskrrtinsideihurt699

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@@JustaBug only upwards from here, keep at it 👍

@JustaBug

Жыл бұрын

@@outsideiskrrtinsideihurt699 thanks man!

1: You are freezing Your movement has pauses inbetween, you freeze momentarily, maybe its because you are trying to interpret what is happening -- regardless this is not useful. A fight should be viewed as one continuous movement, a flow from one position to the next, without freezing momentarily. You can incorporate this into your 'shadow sparring', do not do strike and suddenly stop because you have completed that strike, but instead continue flowing and follow up with more footwork, more strikes and movement. 2: Consciously alternate your speeds from slow to fast If you move really slow and relaxed, but maintain preparedness - Then explosively strike at an opportune moment, it will make it harder for your opponent to defend against such a sudden change in tempo. 3: Feint your strike, to examine the way your opponent reacts If your opponent sets a pattern of blocking a particular way, you can lure them to block in said way, and strike them down another way Best of luck my friend :-)

@JustaBug

Жыл бұрын

I'm well aware of my flaws but thank you. It's one thing to know what to do, it's another to be able to do it, especially against an opponent of another style

@lastfreemen

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​@@JustaBug The best style is no style. In the sense that you adapt your style to each individual opponents style/strengths/weaknesses/habits/patterns. And to do this you need to be present, and be able to see their mind(spirit) as this is what controls their body. A technique i would do, to help see the spirit of others, is sit down in a crowded place like a shopping center and watch people as they walk past, really trying to perceive their state of mind. Then i would apply this to fighting.​ We are all on the path of self-improvement.

Experience in actual doo pool are is important, but it seems you were relying too much on your swords length ad as an advantage, your sword is too long for dueling . Also you telegraphed your strikes by only doing regular cuts…stepped into striking zone because you boy do regular cuts