To me they the same thing modern fencing evolved from historical fencing both skills can be applied to one another the closest the same thing
@steveetches60134 ай бұрын
“This week Stu will be making duck noises for 2 minutes straight…” Thanks for the video, really useful
@thehemashow34472 ай бұрын
Glad it helped - Stu is currently floating about in a pond living his best duck life.
@therecalcitrantseditionist36136 ай бұрын
If you think that feels curved, you should see the deep curved version. They arent kidding about strong
@therecalcitrantseditionist36136 ай бұрын
Im generally a fan, it is my second favorite training sabre. But you're totally right about the guard with being narrow. Even a 12" red dragon barely fits. But i will say the guard is near indestructible. The blade is nearing the end of it's life but the guard barely has maybe a nick or 2. I also LOVE the grip. Another complain is that i wish it was slightly less blade heavy, and the blade was slightly stiffer in the middle, so it flexes more in the last 3rd. Otherwise a great sword, even if id still take a kvetun over it.
@petritzky9 ай бұрын
I have to wholeheartedly disagree. The Sigiswords are perfect for first intention fencing. If you want to work your Vorschlag, get one. Reason beeing: Not once in fencing you will feel bad for explosively thrusting anybody. It turns of the concerns in your head, which will make you thrust more, which in turn is gonna make a better first intention fencer. More than any blade with more stiffnes that ends up making you feel bad, because it hurt your partner.
@thehemashow34472 ай бұрын
I've fed back your comments to Stu, he is now crying in the corner. But as the editor, I agree with your statement.
@connorjensen96999 ай бұрын
on that note about the schilt angles, what's up with Sigi doing this to the extreme?
@thehemashow34479 ай бұрын
They saw that video where all the shapes go in the square hole and chose violence.
@simkoning464810 ай бұрын
I was going to get into HEMA, but having done traditional martial arts and modern combat sports, I've long since learned the value of combat sports, so I started modern fencing last week and will get into HEMA after a few years of training.
@thehemashow34479 ай бұрын
Fencing is a fantastic foundation for when you make the leap to HEMA!
@mikajlod2510 ай бұрын
On a serious note, there is not as much need for a government body for HEMA as you think. You said it a dozen time, "we don't know what we are bloody doing." That's you my man, I know what we are doing, I don't care what others are doing, and I sure as hell am not going to listen to someone else tell me what my club is supposed to be. I see your point in having regulations on gear, practices, insurance, etc, but without enforcement, it's all meaningless. Lastly, even having the distraction of what is sport hema and what is academic hema won't help anyone because most people are a mix of two. At least in my experience. And having those definitions won't prevent mcdojos and bullshido schools and clubs from opening and claiming the name. And what causes an instant pushback is the way you talk about it seems like you just want someone with the authority from the government to come in and tell people to run a club the way you do it or be fined, that's what it would come down to, and we won't have that.
@thehemashow34479 ай бұрын
I'm shocked people are still commenting on these, is there a TLDR version of this comment?
@leonhard.doerflinger10 ай бұрын
In our club there is a nice mix of approaches and interests, age groups (18 to 65), people from lots of different backgrounds... most are somewhat interested in the history of it, some more in the sport aspect. The German scene is growing, healthy and very diverse.
@Sk0lzky10 ай бұрын
People wearing sneakers/brand sports shoes for HEMA and using smartphones bitching about (unproven to my knowledge?) sweatshops in a niche, expensive and elitist (due to price of entry) sport is incredibly funny. Now qc is a whole different can of worms, even if 90% orders are fine (and reviews/ratings from random people online, not just youtubers getting specifically made-for-review gear, seem to indicate it) the risk of getting a sub-par piece of gear protecting one's health... Yeah that is a giant problem.
@thehemashow34479 ай бұрын
The irony always makes me giggle.
@Von_NoVa11 ай бұрын
I’ve found sup fen’s equipment better than spes. Although that’s partly due to spes becoming lower quality over the years.
@thehemashow34479 ай бұрын
Careful, the mob may come for you now :P
@andrewlitfin1977 Жыл бұрын
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@andrewlitfin1977 Жыл бұрын
Cheers to the editor, this one had me absolutely guffawing
@thehemashow34479 ай бұрын
I'm also the guy that replies in the comments... hence why this is stupidly late XD
@Daniel_D_King Жыл бұрын
Im actually extremely excited, iv just found out you guys have a club in my area and ill definitely be popping by in the next few weeks!
@osborne9255 Жыл бұрын
I've always thrown half the stuff I've bought away or destroyed it by chopping it up to try and make it work for me. I've wasted thousands over the last 20 years and have also had to change my 'perfect' kit out for an ageing changing shape and dump perfectly good items because my neck vanished or my gut doubled in diameter. LOL. So for me, HEMA has been an evolving (or even devolving) kit problem for the entire span. I don't think it stays static and from the whole pile of stuff here in my man-den, I draw nine different kits for different purposes. And with getting old, I now have to use a set of arming lists or I'll forget something. :-) As for this video advisory, well done there. I've been looking at current kit specifications and and been drifting about wading through all the stuff confused. This neatly does the job. Cool!
@thehemashow34479 ай бұрын
Thanks, appreciate the feedback!
@Nelikin Жыл бұрын
I'm 15 and I really want to get into HEMA but I don't know the age ranges for certain programs
@thehemashow34479 ай бұрын
Hi, depends on the club and what they will allow. All clubs will have different views on this. The best thing to do is find your nearest local club and reach out to them to see what they will and wont allow age wise. Failing that fencing is always a great foundation, hope that helps.
@tonyrenshaw8328 Жыл бұрын
Agreed, HEMA doesn't know what the hell it's doing. Suicidal peasants flailing around with swords. Without living traditions to learn from it was always an experiment doomed to failure. Still fun though
@thehemashow34479 ай бұрын
Deffo fun though!
@S-TSR Жыл бұрын
The whole "copying" take is everywhere in almost every hobby, sport, even in tech, and etc. To me SF is similar to Title in the boxing scene; tons of similar designs to very renown brands, while still being affordable and quality enough to hold their own, and now diverging to make original product. Companies copy each other all the time but if a big company copies a product from a small renown hobbyist workshop; that would cause a lot of bad tension in the community. In this case however, I agree with the notion that making the hobby/ sport more available for entry by via competent cheaper product is a positive thing. Just that bigger brands then need to step up to be the best of the best.
@WaybackFencingClub Жыл бұрын
My fencing club warms up with games that explore historical techniques then make those movements smaller and hyper-precise to see if they have applications in the sport. Sometimes they do. Sometimes it's just fun but the fun is why people come back.
@albertpolak786 Жыл бұрын
On a useful not you can get them for £40 with the club discount down from the £53 at the time I'm looking it up. The shipping cost does add in, but also the knight shop sells so much useful kit you'll probably be ordering something else anyway. Their shipping is actually quite expensive if I remember correctly so I wouldn't ever be ordering just one thing.
@tigersmart2000 Жыл бұрын
Great video Stu - all about those adult to adult conversations, also harks back to the founding principle of D-BAD!!
@tigersmart2000 Жыл бұрын
And includes your coach!
@corbridge Жыл бұрын
I R BESTEST
@ballisticsquid Жыл бұрын
Enjoy your videos! Keep them coming :)
@ShimmeringShamrockSharkey Жыл бұрын
I'm in Canada. Where is Hema?
@thehemashow3447 Жыл бұрын
Build it, and they will come.
@DecoyJayc Жыл бұрын
But has anyone asked: HOW is Hema?
@thehemashow3447 Жыл бұрын
No one has even asked "Why is Hema?"
@WoL0WizZaRD Жыл бұрын
SUPFEN are the best, period. Best price and quality. The thing about copying is bullshit... Gringos always want to complain about something. If a club is banning supfen gear then let them rot in hell. I dont care about those clubs... Nobody is going to participate in those events. You attack SUPFEN, you attack people with less means. Without supfen, people in south america simply wouldnt be able to buy gear... Those complains come from maintained people. if you make your own money, you spend it however the F you want. Fck U and your 2000$ gear.
@Overdrawn_ Жыл бұрын
We use them for thrust training because they are very soft and forgiving.
@dexterbelmain589 Жыл бұрын
We have a lot of SF kit in our club. Not only is it great value but we can get it customised to the hilt. Their more recent stuff is much more original than some of their earlier kit may have appeared. I own enough kit from various makers to see that there are similarities and differences in all of them
@rossgilbert7819 Жыл бұрын
Also, if you want a £30 sword that you can fight your mates in a t-shirt with, today we have Go-Nows. Which deform less, are less slippy in the bind, and give you less welts through your t-shirt and inadequate Red Dragon gloves while remaining £33.60 plus postage. Bit of a no-brainer, really.
@alskyfajardo7361 Жыл бұрын
I'm kind of late to the party, but I think it'd be important to consider that all the gambeson and protector designs are modern interpretations of the same pieces from 5 or 6 centuries ago.
@Sfourtytwo Жыл бұрын
Imagine you have a national governing body and all of a sudden a commercial self defense and bjj club joins to offer real fucking swordfighting (based on escrima). I dont have to imagine.
@velazquezarmouries Жыл бұрын
I make my own trainers and gear over the years I've gotten pretty good at making swords and if i get better i might start a club and try to disseminate historical fencing on my city
@thehemashow3447 Жыл бұрын
Stu had to look up the word disseminate XD
@velazquezarmouries Жыл бұрын
@@thehemashow3447 it looks sus but means spread
@velazquezarmouries Жыл бұрын
@@thehemashow3447 i sometimes use complicated words because English isn't my first language
@thehemashow3447 Жыл бұрын
Still better than Stu's hahaha
@velazquezarmouries Жыл бұрын
@@thehemashow3447 they teach us all the complicated words and a bit of grammar. i personally had to learn most of my grammar and conversational English by myself
@rossgilbert7819 Жыл бұрын
Great video for people getting into the hobby, our club basically recommends the same stuff. However I think it's worth mentioning false economy here, because it's an important issue facing someone getting into the hobby on a budget. Is your goal, as a cash-conscious new starter, to pick up a synth and get stabbing as cheaply and quickly as possible? If so, Red Dragon has you covered. However, there's another possibility - which is having the goal of reaching Steel level gear with the absolute minimum of wasted cash along the way. If that's the case, I'd skip over Red Dragons completely in favour of a SupFen bundle (which if you email them, they are happy to edit to your preference). As Stu says, the RD gloves are nonviable for Longsword. You need clamshells. The RD shins aren't exactly great either. The RD jacket (while safe) is something of a heavy horse blanket. If you only want to buy each type of PPE once, and you're certain your end goal is Steel Longsword - I'd skip the RD step completely. Side note: a lot of HEMAists run under-sock hockey shinpads (such as the Adidas Lux or cheaper equivalent) and KneePros with their fencing pants, rather than over-the-trouser shin options like RD and Supfen offerings. When you're on a budget, it's also good to know what order to get things in. For HEMA, it's "Weapon last. Protection first." because you can easily borrow a sword. You don't want to borrow sweaty jackets, masks or gloves. To take part in basic drills and light sparring with foams/boffers and synths - Mask, Gorget and Gloves. To do more intense sparring with synths, and drills with steel, add jacket, elbows and forearm plates. Once you've got that in the bag, get leg PPE (first knees, then shins, then pants, in order of importance) and a mask overlay to make you steel sparring ready. Steel sword last. No matter how much you want one, or how pretty they are. No point in owning a feder when you've got broken hands.
@Bluemaxx83 Жыл бұрын
can we all agree that saving money and swearing are some of the best things in life (and getting some great advise as well i guess) 😅
@thehemashow3447 Жыл бұрын
The youtube algorithm disagree's that swearing is good but Stu likes to argue with it.
@Sfourtytwo Жыл бұрын
I approve of the swearing.
@kierankennedy7162 Жыл бұрын
As a guy that believes everybody deserves to fence, I absolutely love this topic 👏 👍🙏
@crapsterface Жыл бұрын
Ya. I ordered a shield fro purpleheart. it was 110. but it was 350 CAD by the time it got to my door. I like purple heart stuff. but shipping and import charges + tax. Get you right where the sun dont shine. Id probly get something from US if shipping and stuff was more reasonable. for a full kit from supfen, shipping was like. 100 dollars. but its from pakistan. and I got some extra doo - dads too. not just a full kit. was still under 1000. i bet purple heart would be near 2500 or even more for what I got. not purplehearts fault. its Trumps lol. SUcks for them in a way though. But if I wanted a custom jacket id probly get AP NG coppy from supfen because they will customize for you. and id get what i want less then 50 percent of what the purpleheart verson sonst. because it dosent come form the US . at least thats how it is for canada
@corbridge Жыл бұрын
Used one tonight and it really felt like half way between a hema sabre and sports sabre. Really light and nimble, though I’d worry about beats and parry inertia. Think I might have to get one…
@KevanneSanger Жыл бұрын
I'd like to see a review of where sword fighting has been done really well, for comparison. It's where most people have their first introduction to it, so be good to hear thoughts on what people should and shouldn't take into account when thinking about joining a club and learning for themselves :)
@rossgilbert7819 Жыл бұрын
I know it's what all the cool kids are doing these days and probably helps with algorithms and channel publicity, but I really have no interest in 'reacts' or 'picking apart Hollywood' videos I'm afraid. Happy to just listen to Stu chat about things that are a bit more directly relevant to the hobby like kit reviews or topical discussion! Would very much look forward to some bout reviews though - tactics tried by the fighters and mistakes made, areas to improve for each of them etc.
@robnewton9895 Жыл бұрын
Great review, could you do trousers at some point please.
@thehemashow3447 Жыл бұрын
I've tried to convince Stu to wear trousers for years, still no joy. I'll do my best.
@stuartsmart6781 Жыл бұрын
Sure thing Rob! 👍
@verfugbarkite Жыл бұрын
Think it’s quite handsome. But it feels so slow- feels like I fence at x.75 speed. It does seem to rather terrify opponents in a cut, and binding/winden feels solid. Defence against helicopters is hopeless with this.
@chrissimpson8162 Жыл бұрын
😴 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚖
@darygirl16 Жыл бұрын
It’s officially the banana sword now 😂 tbh I thought the opposite in my hand, felt more straight but I guess that’s everyone’s different views on it 😊 I still want one!
@PoorMansHEMA Жыл бұрын
Would love them to keep the hilt design, but taper the blade a bit more and start the base width around 20mm.
@thehemashow3447 Жыл бұрын
I'm sure if you asked nicely they might be able to do that for you.
@daniels.5139 Жыл бұрын
Agree, i do for 15 Years Wing Chun with lots of Sparring and for 3 years now BJJ so.. In Wing Chun were using knifes as well but in a Knife fight you will get cut and even when youre good in boxing the fight often turns to a ground fight and under pressure youre maybe able to use 10% of your learned skills.. And with todays morality (opponend has hidden Knife or is bigger maybe also with martial arts Background or multible opponents with kicks to the head while youre on the ground...) only advise is be aware of the Situation.. Most Situations can be de-escaladed with your mouth better than with fists.. But there is 1 Situation where i might use a Wakizashi and tanto. . In the case someone breaks forcibly in my house with intention to harm my family, therefore i would Accept jail or death... Thank you for youre helpful content.. Id like to try hema here in Germany one day .. i think its an Interesting Sport with Interesting people
@Cikub1 Жыл бұрын
Oh and I can second the shout out for Tim's scabbard. I've several from him, and another in the works. Very high quality.
@Cikub1 Жыл бұрын
Sigi Gothic is a beautiful sword. I completely agree, Stuart, it's sweet spot is second intention from watching others use it. I've got one on order. :)
@orderoftheblade7321 Жыл бұрын
The way we train, we are seeing an influx from the re-enactment community who want to get more involved in the combat side, rather than be limited by their historical requirements. We are seeing a shift within our community towards a more "broad church" of practitioners and where mixed weapon sparring is the norm. The interest for us is to recruit and encompass a wider base of sword-enthusiasts of every variety, regardless of background and from there, we can have our folks interested in tournament share the space with those who just wanna muck about with "weird weapon #4" and for that to be a positive environment for all involved. The competition fighting side of things is interesting in that I can see a series of rulesets to emphasise different elements of fighting and see how different techniques or weapon sets interact with each ruleset. Id be interested to hear your thoughts on the different rulesets, particularly given your background in coaching MOF!
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wtf was it with ducks dude?
To me they the same thing modern fencing evolved from historical fencing both skills can be applied to one another the closest the same thing
“This week Stu will be making duck noises for 2 minutes straight…” Thanks for the video, really useful
Glad it helped - Stu is currently floating about in a pond living his best duck life.
If you think that feels curved, you should see the deep curved version. They arent kidding about strong
Im generally a fan, it is my second favorite training sabre. But you're totally right about the guard with being narrow. Even a 12" red dragon barely fits. But i will say the guard is near indestructible. The blade is nearing the end of it's life but the guard barely has maybe a nick or 2. I also LOVE the grip. Another complain is that i wish it was slightly less blade heavy, and the blade was slightly stiffer in the middle, so it flexes more in the last 3rd. Otherwise a great sword, even if id still take a kvetun over it.
I have to wholeheartedly disagree. The Sigiswords are perfect for first intention fencing. If you want to work your Vorschlag, get one. Reason beeing: Not once in fencing you will feel bad for explosively thrusting anybody. It turns of the concerns in your head, which will make you thrust more, which in turn is gonna make a better first intention fencer. More than any blade with more stiffnes that ends up making you feel bad, because it hurt your partner.
I've fed back your comments to Stu, he is now crying in the corner. But as the editor, I agree with your statement.
on that note about the schilt angles, what's up with Sigi doing this to the extreme?
They saw that video where all the shapes go in the square hole and chose violence.
I was going to get into HEMA, but having done traditional martial arts and modern combat sports, I've long since learned the value of combat sports, so I started modern fencing last week and will get into HEMA after a few years of training.
Fencing is a fantastic foundation for when you make the leap to HEMA!
On a serious note, there is not as much need for a government body for HEMA as you think. You said it a dozen time, "we don't know what we are bloody doing." That's you my man, I know what we are doing, I don't care what others are doing, and I sure as hell am not going to listen to someone else tell me what my club is supposed to be. I see your point in having regulations on gear, practices, insurance, etc, but without enforcement, it's all meaningless. Lastly, even having the distraction of what is sport hema and what is academic hema won't help anyone because most people are a mix of two. At least in my experience. And having those definitions won't prevent mcdojos and bullshido schools and clubs from opening and claiming the name. And what causes an instant pushback is the way you talk about it seems like you just want someone with the authority from the government to come in and tell people to run a club the way you do it or be fined, that's what it would come down to, and we won't have that.
I'm shocked people are still commenting on these, is there a TLDR version of this comment?
In our club there is a nice mix of approaches and interests, age groups (18 to 65), people from lots of different backgrounds... most are somewhat interested in the history of it, some more in the sport aspect. The German scene is growing, healthy and very diverse.
People wearing sneakers/brand sports shoes for HEMA and using smartphones bitching about (unproven to my knowledge?) sweatshops in a niche, expensive and elitist (due to price of entry) sport is incredibly funny. Now qc is a whole different can of worms, even if 90% orders are fine (and reviews/ratings from random people online, not just youtubers getting specifically made-for-review gear, seem to indicate it) the risk of getting a sub-par piece of gear protecting one's health... Yeah that is a giant problem.
The irony always makes me giggle.
I’ve found sup fen’s equipment better than spes. Although that’s partly due to spes becoming lower quality over the years.
Careful, the mob may come for you now :P
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Cheers to the editor, this one had me absolutely guffawing
I'm also the guy that replies in the comments... hence why this is stupidly late XD
Im actually extremely excited, iv just found out you guys have a club in my area and ill definitely be popping by in the next few weeks!
I've always thrown half the stuff I've bought away or destroyed it by chopping it up to try and make it work for me. I've wasted thousands over the last 20 years and have also had to change my 'perfect' kit out for an ageing changing shape and dump perfectly good items because my neck vanished or my gut doubled in diameter. LOL. So for me, HEMA has been an evolving (or even devolving) kit problem for the entire span. I don't think it stays static and from the whole pile of stuff here in my man-den, I draw nine different kits for different purposes. And with getting old, I now have to use a set of arming lists or I'll forget something. :-) As for this video advisory, well done there. I've been looking at current kit specifications and and been drifting about wading through all the stuff confused. This neatly does the job. Cool!
Thanks, appreciate the feedback!
I'm 15 and I really want to get into HEMA but I don't know the age ranges for certain programs
Hi, depends on the club and what they will allow. All clubs will have different views on this. The best thing to do is find your nearest local club and reach out to them to see what they will and wont allow age wise. Failing that fencing is always a great foundation, hope that helps.
Agreed, HEMA doesn't know what the hell it's doing. Suicidal peasants flailing around with swords. Without living traditions to learn from it was always an experiment doomed to failure. Still fun though
Deffo fun though!
The whole "copying" take is everywhere in almost every hobby, sport, even in tech, and etc. To me SF is similar to Title in the boxing scene; tons of similar designs to very renown brands, while still being affordable and quality enough to hold their own, and now diverging to make original product. Companies copy each other all the time but if a big company copies a product from a small renown hobbyist workshop; that would cause a lot of bad tension in the community. In this case however, I agree with the notion that making the hobby/ sport more available for entry by via competent cheaper product is a positive thing. Just that bigger brands then need to step up to be the best of the best.
My fencing club warms up with games that explore historical techniques then make those movements smaller and hyper-precise to see if they have applications in the sport. Sometimes they do. Sometimes it's just fun but the fun is why people come back.
On a useful not you can get them for £40 with the club discount down from the £53 at the time I'm looking it up. The shipping cost does add in, but also the knight shop sells so much useful kit you'll probably be ordering something else anyway. Their shipping is actually quite expensive if I remember correctly so I wouldn't ever be ordering just one thing.
Great video Stu - all about those adult to adult conversations, also harks back to the founding principle of D-BAD!!
And includes your coach!
I R BESTEST
Enjoy your videos! Keep them coming :)
I'm in Canada. Where is Hema?
Build it, and they will come.
But has anyone asked: HOW is Hema?
No one has even asked "Why is Hema?"
SUPFEN are the best, period. Best price and quality. The thing about copying is bullshit... Gringos always want to complain about something. If a club is banning supfen gear then let them rot in hell. I dont care about those clubs... Nobody is going to participate in those events. You attack SUPFEN, you attack people with less means. Without supfen, people in south america simply wouldnt be able to buy gear... Those complains come from maintained people. if you make your own money, you spend it however the F you want. Fck U and your 2000$ gear.
We use them for thrust training because they are very soft and forgiving.
We have a lot of SF kit in our club. Not only is it great value but we can get it customised to the hilt. Their more recent stuff is much more original than some of their earlier kit may have appeared. I own enough kit from various makers to see that there are similarities and differences in all of them
Also, if you want a £30 sword that you can fight your mates in a t-shirt with, today we have Go-Nows. Which deform less, are less slippy in the bind, and give you less welts through your t-shirt and inadequate Red Dragon gloves while remaining £33.60 plus postage. Bit of a no-brainer, really.
I'm kind of late to the party, but I think it'd be important to consider that all the gambeson and protector designs are modern interpretations of the same pieces from 5 or 6 centuries ago.
Imagine you have a national governing body and all of a sudden a commercial self defense and bjj club joins to offer real fucking swordfighting (based on escrima). I dont have to imagine.
I make my own trainers and gear over the years I've gotten pretty good at making swords and if i get better i might start a club and try to disseminate historical fencing on my city
Stu had to look up the word disseminate XD
@@thehemashow3447 it looks sus but means spread
@@thehemashow3447 i sometimes use complicated words because English isn't my first language
Still better than Stu's hahaha
@@thehemashow3447 they teach us all the complicated words and a bit of grammar. i personally had to learn most of my grammar and conversational English by myself
Great video for people getting into the hobby, our club basically recommends the same stuff. However I think it's worth mentioning false economy here, because it's an important issue facing someone getting into the hobby on a budget. Is your goal, as a cash-conscious new starter, to pick up a synth and get stabbing as cheaply and quickly as possible? If so, Red Dragon has you covered. However, there's another possibility - which is having the goal of reaching Steel level gear with the absolute minimum of wasted cash along the way. If that's the case, I'd skip over Red Dragons completely in favour of a SupFen bundle (which if you email them, they are happy to edit to your preference). As Stu says, the RD gloves are nonviable for Longsword. You need clamshells. The RD shins aren't exactly great either. The RD jacket (while safe) is something of a heavy horse blanket. If you only want to buy each type of PPE once, and you're certain your end goal is Steel Longsword - I'd skip the RD step completely. Side note: a lot of HEMAists run under-sock hockey shinpads (such as the Adidas Lux or cheaper equivalent) and KneePros with their fencing pants, rather than over-the-trouser shin options like RD and Supfen offerings. When you're on a budget, it's also good to know what order to get things in. For HEMA, it's "Weapon last. Protection first." because you can easily borrow a sword. You don't want to borrow sweaty jackets, masks or gloves. To take part in basic drills and light sparring with foams/boffers and synths - Mask, Gorget and Gloves. To do more intense sparring with synths, and drills with steel, add jacket, elbows and forearm plates. Once you've got that in the bag, get leg PPE (first knees, then shins, then pants, in order of importance) and a mask overlay to make you steel sparring ready. Steel sword last. No matter how much you want one, or how pretty they are. No point in owning a feder when you've got broken hands.
can we all agree that saving money and swearing are some of the best things in life (and getting some great advise as well i guess) 😅
The youtube algorithm disagree's that swearing is good but Stu likes to argue with it.
I approve of the swearing.
As a guy that believes everybody deserves to fence, I absolutely love this topic 👏 👍🙏
Ya. I ordered a shield fro purpleheart. it was 110. but it was 350 CAD by the time it got to my door. I like purple heart stuff. but shipping and import charges + tax. Get you right where the sun dont shine. Id probly get something from US if shipping and stuff was more reasonable. for a full kit from supfen, shipping was like. 100 dollars. but its from pakistan. and I got some extra doo - dads too. not just a full kit. was still under 1000. i bet purple heart would be near 2500 or even more for what I got. not purplehearts fault. its Trumps lol. SUcks for them in a way though. But if I wanted a custom jacket id probly get AP NG coppy from supfen because they will customize for you. and id get what i want less then 50 percent of what the purpleheart verson sonst. because it dosent come form the US . at least thats how it is for canada
Used one tonight and it really felt like half way between a hema sabre and sports sabre. Really light and nimble, though I’d worry about beats and parry inertia. Think I might have to get one…
I'd like to see a review of where sword fighting has been done really well, for comparison. It's where most people have their first introduction to it, so be good to hear thoughts on what people should and shouldn't take into account when thinking about joining a club and learning for themselves :)
I know it's what all the cool kids are doing these days and probably helps with algorithms and channel publicity, but I really have no interest in 'reacts' or 'picking apart Hollywood' videos I'm afraid. Happy to just listen to Stu chat about things that are a bit more directly relevant to the hobby like kit reviews or topical discussion! Would very much look forward to some bout reviews though - tactics tried by the fighters and mistakes made, areas to improve for each of them etc.
Great review, could you do trousers at some point please.
I've tried to convince Stu to wear trousers for years, still no joy. I'll do my best.
Sure thing Rob! 👍
Think it’s quite handsome. But it feels so slow- feels like I fence at x.75 speed. It does seem to rather terrify opponents in a cut, and binding/winden feels solid. Defence against helicopters is hopeless with this.
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It’s officially the banana sword now 😂 tbh I thought the opposite in my hand, felt more straight but I guess that’s everyone’s different views on it 😊 I still want one!
Would love them to keep the hilt design, but taper the blade a bit more and start the base width around 20mm.
I'm sure if you asked nicely they might be able to do that for you.
Agree, i do for 15 Years Wing Chun with lots of Sparring and for 3 years now BJJ so.. In Wing Chun were using knifes as well but in a Knife fight you will get cut and even when youre good in boxing the fight often turns to a ground fight and under pressure youre maybe able to use 10% of your learned skills.. And with todays morality (opponend has hidden Knife or is bigger maybe also with martial arts Background or multible opponents with kicks to the head while youre on the ground...) only advise is be aware of the Situation.. Most Situations can be de-escaladed with your mouth better than with fists.. But there is 1 Situation where i might use a Wakizashi and tanto. . In the case someone breaks forcibly in my house with intention to harm my family, therefore i would Accept jail or death... Thank you for youre helpful content.. Id like to try hema here in Germany one day .. i think its an Interesting Sport with Interesting people
Oh and I can second the shout out for Tim's scabbard. I've several from him, and another in the works. Very high quality.
Sigi Gothic is a beautiful sword. I completely agree, Stuart, it's sweet spot is second intention from watching others use it. I've got one on order. :)
The way we train, we are seeing an influx from the re-enactment community who want to get more involved in the combat side, rather than be limited by their historical requirements. We are seeing a shift within our community towards a more "broad church" of practitioners and where mixed weapon sparring is the norm. The interest for us is to recruit and encompass a wider base of sword-enthusiasts of every variety, regardless of background and from there, we can have our folks interested in tournament share the space with those who just wanna muck about with "weird weapon #4" and for that to be a positive environment for all involved. The competition fighting side of things is interesting in that I can see a series of rulesets to emphasise different elements of fighting and see how different techniques or weapon sets interact with each ruleset. Id be interested to hear your thoughts on the different rulesets, particularly given your background in coaching MOF!