#swordfighting

[lockedtombmemes]

What is both Gideon's greatest strength and her greatest downfall?

Fencing.

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[khanimus]

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[notcaptainjack]

#piratecore #pirate #pirates #pirate aesthetic #nauticalcore #sword #swords #swordfighting #rogue #rogue class

[mockingnerd]

Another one for the HEMA folks, or SCA or LARP or other collections of capital letters! It is available here if you are inclined to wear clothes or stick things on other things

If my clubmates would stop saying banger things like this I would be able to stop drawing piles of weapons and twisty banners. But for now it's a pretty fun challenge for my art so I'll allow it

#my art #hema #historical european martial arts #sca #larp #swords #longsword #rapier #halberd #sword and buckler #sabre #saber #smallsword #sidesword #love language #historical fencing #swordfighting

[mozziu-s]

[Pictured above is that of SkyWing General Sparrow and ex-captain Searing engaged in sparring with swords. They are highlighted by a lightning storm that rages around them.] (SFAU)

-Annual report recorded by SkyWing scribe, Secretary, to superior, Scalding, approx. 15 years after the War of SandWing Succession began-

"This war has afflicted the tribes of Pyyrhia in way no other disaster has. Every of them raked to their core fighting for the SandWings and their royal squabbles.

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The MudWings are nearly extinct. The IceWings sealed themselves behind their borders. The SeaWings have all turned to high-seas crime and piracy. The NightWings are only alive because they've enslaved most of the RainWings. (I hear their labor is used for making that awful thick and oily armor they wear) The SandWings themselves are all starving. I wonder what guilt they feel for the war they started? Any at all? The princesses better be sorry at least. I'm happy one is already dead.

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The SkyWings survive. Not that we dont have our own problems though. The Queen has gone absolutely mad with gladiatorial gluttony. Drunk on violence. Her generals, Sparrow, Vermillion, Bloodstone, and Peregrine have taken over in her mental absence, it seems. The rest of us train. We protect our border and fight with vicious vigor. Iron sharpens iron. Flame adds to flame. We spar to keep us in practice in the event we are attacked from a force on the outside, or within. We'll be ready nontheless. The SkyWings will not fall to this war. Not to anyone. Not even to ourselves."

-end of report-

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[personinthepalace]

Behind the Scenes Swordfighting Stunt Choreography with Lockwood and Co

for @charmquarkstrangequark - a compilation of all the bts swordfighting choreo we got for l&co. Hope you enjoy this :)

#lockwood and co #lockwood & co #lockwood and co netflix #Youtube #sword fighting #swordfighting #stunt choreography #lockwood and co video #lockwood and co behind the scenes #lockwood and co cast #philip d’orleans #rhianna dorris #cameron chapman #ruby stokes #ali hadji heshmati #paddy holland #rico vina #edits in the palace #videos in the palace #not a lot of footage out there sadly #but still the bts stuff is really cool!’

[ermaculate]

NAH BUT I LOVE SASHA SO MUCH EVEN WHEN SHE WAS KINDA EVIL

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[skara-da]

The most realistic swordfighting detail that Muir gets right in the whole TLT series so far is how Cam cannot bear seeing Harrow threatening them in a horrible stance and takes onto her to correct her grip

#tlt series #harrow the ninth #camilla hect #harrow the ninth spoilers #htn spoilers #swordfighting

[vertigoartgore]

Mondo poster for 2017's Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi.

#star wars the last jedi #mondo poster #reylo #rey #kylo ren #ben solo #snoke no more #throne room #red all over #great scene #action #swordfighting #lightsaber #dark side #guards #2017 #rian johnson #star wars sequel trilogy #2010s #star wars

[howtofightwrite]

Do you know what this style of blocking is called? Or even how to describe it? I'm not sure "holding sword parallel and using other hand to support it" covers the action.

Take this with a grain of salt, because I can't find the references right now, but I think that's just, bracing. Gripping the blade of the sword is often called, “halfhanding,” but by itself the term is usually associated with gripping the blade to assist with precision thrusts. (So, trying you'd halfhand your sword to thrust into a weak point or gap on your foe's armor.) Parrying, or blocking with a sword like this is a little unusual, and (without the full context of the original image) I almost wonder if this is an example of something you shouldn't do.

Now, with the image's detail as low as it is, it might be illustrating a very specific technique. In the case of single edged swords, the, “best,” place to parry an incoming strike is with the back of the blade. Where you've got a heavy chunk of relatively solid metal, without the danger of taking a blow on the flat of the blade. (I can't really tell, but it does look like the defender is wielding a falchion, which were single edged swords. That would also date this image to somewhere between the 13th and 16thcentury. Which, at glance seems right, but I wouldn't swear to that estimate. The design of the falchion would put it later on that spectrum. The design of the attacker's sword seems consistent somewhere in that timeframe as well, but it's genuinely difficult to judge, and while I know I've seen this picture before, I cannot remember where.)

On double edged swords, like the attacker is wielding, the best option for parrying an incoming strike is with the flat. Obviously, that's not ideal, because blows to the side of the blade do risk damaging it, especially when it's halfhanded like this and your opponent is performing a heavy hewing strike as depicted, but that's a risk. If you try to block or parry edge-to-edge, you will damage your sword, without fail. (Also, if you try to block an incoming attack edge-on-edge while halfhanding, you will injure your hand.) If you do attempt to block or parry edge-on-edge both swords will suffer damage called, “gouging.”

Remember that a sword is, basically a three to four foot long razor blade. So, while the blade itself is a relatively solid chunk of steel, the cutting edge is quite delicate and fragile. Gouging on the blade occurs whenever the sword is used against something significantly harder than a person (and can even occur from striking bone.) Abusing your sword will destroy it, and the conventional image of blade-on-blade parrying is extremely destructive to the weapons involved. This almost never occurred historically, and when it did it was either an act of desperation or incompetence.

That image of blade-on-blade parrying comes from theater. Ironically, flat edged props are much more durable than real swords, and blade-on-blade parrying is much easier and safer on stage than the historical swordfighting techniques they stood in for.

While it's not the case in this image, some specific swords (intended for combat) existed with unsharpened blades. The most famous of these is probably the Estoc (or Tuck.) These did not always have sharpened edges, and even when they did, that wasn't the important part of the weapon. Dating to the 16thcentury, these were designed to deliver thrusting blows that could (hopefully) punch through gaps in a foe's plate armor. In this specific case, blocking edge-on-edge (or even half-handing the weapon) wouldn't matter, because there was no delicate blade, (only the tip was sharpened.) Some surviving Estocs even have heavy ridges running down the flat of the blade, giving it a cross-shaped (or, in some cases, triangular) cross-section. This was specifically to improve the structural integrity of the sword while thrusting. Though it would mean that you could probably block or parry an incoming attack as depicted in the image while wielding one (though, neither of the swords in the image are estocs.) In this specific case, there wouldn't even be much downside to edge-on-edge blocking, because the estoc is unlikely to suffer meaningful damage, while the attacker's blade will likely suffer gouging.

So, if this was intended as a depiction of something you should be doing, I suspect it was to demonstrate how to parry an incoming sword strike with a falchion. Historically, falchions tended to be fairly cheap infantry weapons so this may have been intended for teaching conscripted infantry. With the image itself being for the instructor's benefit more than the conscript's. A lot of the surviving codices of late medieval and early modern sword combat were intended for professional combat instructors. So, it is reasonable to assume that this image is from one of these sources.

-Starke

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#howtofightwrite #writing advice #writing reference #swordfighting #Starke answers

[doctor-soot]

just a lil bink bonk from today's medieval festival

#plague doctor #plaguecore #bubonic plague #medieval #plague #plague mask #plague nurse #plagueposting #plaguesona #the black death #medievalfayre #medievalfestival #sword re-enactments #swordfighting

[archerinventive]

Prepping for this weekends faire by remembering some of the fun times and sights of old. ⚔️ 🛡️ 😊

Also,just a friendly reminder that you have until Friday at midnight (PT) to snag items from the online shop before I temporarily close it down and take everything to faire, so if you desire any of the Limited Edition items  this may be your last chance to grab them.^^

Thank you all again  for your support and kind words!

I hope you all have a wonderful rest of your week. :)

https://www.etsy.com/shop/ArcherInventive

Cheers to my roomie Rae in Image 01 ❤️

& Photography Credit to: Douglas Herring for Image 06.

#ren faire #renaissance faire #dame archer #merchant #vendor #fun with friends #rootbeer #swordfighting #shield maiden #camel #adventures #questing

[vidilpoge]

FFS I've being denied access to the iron tournament AND being explicitally said that I cant use my fencing jacket because I've put a colorful patch on it. I have to take it off. I don't really care for the tournament because I had an inkling they would not let me take part in it, but my plan for the patch was feingning ignorance about them not being permitted

Please tell me, fencers wolrdwide, are you allowed to personalize your equipment in your club or you have to stick to certain colors, models and brands?

I am talking of esthetical stuff, like painting the mesh of the mask, putting patches on the pants, embroider the back of your jacket, choosing some bright color or fancy pattern for your socks, so on and so fort.

Reblog for bigger sample size etc.

We have to wear all black, stick to a small hadfull of approved models and get scolded for anything out of place. The only free for all are the shoes.

#historical european martial arts #fencing #hema #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #german longsword #longsword #rapier #sidesword #swordfighting #sword and buckler #destreza #spadone #montante #greatsword #fencing gear #fencing mask #tumblr polls

[didacticchartographer]

People have described my new combat kit as having a "FromSoftware boss" kind of vibe.

#hema #longsword #historical european martial arts #dueling #sword #swords #swordfighting

[mockingnerd]

A silly little design I made for my historical fencing club! We’d been discussing mental health in HEMA and my clubmate said this banger of a quote and I had to immortalize it. You can get it on stuff here!

Turns out I do love drawing swords

#yes I drew my actual feder #my art #hema #historical european martial arts #swordfighting #longsword #rapier #historical fencing #buckler #sword and buckler #sword #sidesword

[theactioneer]

Chuck Norris & Richard Norton, The Octagon (1980)

#chuck norris #richard norton #80s movies #action movies #ninja #swordfighting