Learn the Art of Combat - Halberd Fighting Fundamentals

Halberd fighting basics from Joachim Meyers book about the knightly art of swordsmanship - 1570 A.D. The description of the chasing hews can be found on page 32recto (XXXII) to 33recto (XXXIII) in the last chapter of the original book found here:

PS: Obviously NOT exclusive for formation fighting. Meyers manuscript shows mostly techniques for a duel! But you can use many of the concepts also for formation battles like thrusting or striking in a tighter way.

[cosmiclive]

Hey Hollywood. This is how you make something look impressive while having it remain effective fighting. Also put more halberds in your movies.

[Interrobang]

These types of videos are invaluable to writers and roleplayers, not just aspiring recreation fighters.

[josephwagner]

I wasn't even looking for halberd anything when I stumbled upon this gem under my recommendations, nice tutorial of the basics.

[WM]

People used to spend their entire living trying to buy a book about halberd arts and to buy a halberd.

Now we can just watch it when we're trying to sleep. How times had changed.

[barebius]

Thanks for bringing polearms to the masses. I'm sick and tired of sword's monopoly.

[sanitarycockroach]

Long pointy sticks are the best. Even better when they come with choppy bits!

[ducere]

YouTube “want to watch a beefy man teach you how to swing a halberd?”
Me a tiny 5’5 lady with the strength of a wet paper bag “yes, I can finally be deadly”
Subscribed because I’m a nerd with beefy fictional characters that actually need to swing a halberd, nice for drawing and writing

[ArtStyleJ]

Not sure if anyone has made this before, but here goes
Handling 1:11
Guards 1:37
Footwork 3:07
Thrusts 3:47
Strikes 4:57
Summary 9:07

[lordcecilix]

Just needs to scream "Ad Morten Inimicus" while doing the wrath hew, and it'll be perfect.

In all seriousness, when all those moves were put together fluidly, it was beautiful to watch, and looked deadly.

[lau_taro]

Alright but can we appreciate how skilled this man actually is? Big fan of this stuff, definitely subscribed

[Minotaur-eylg]

Wouldn’t want to break into this man’s house.
Cause of death: Halberd.
Haven’t heard that one in a while.

[gregbeeman]

"Can't touch" those pants. Nice fluid work, looks like the product of careful study. Thanks for sharing.

[narusawa]

Everything for beginners and drills, plus your perfect body mechanics as reference.
What a treat!!
Thanks again Björn !

[ezeepeezee]

Man, look at the speed that the head is moving through the strikes. Very intimidating. Thanks so much for this!

[Ruizg]

Halbred is my absolute favorite thing to spar with. I made some trainers with ash poles and leather heads with some foam in the spear part for some stiffness and kydex in the blade and hook for rigidity when hooking. They worked great and as long as you trust your partner, you could get the intensity pretty high while still keeping thing safe and controlled.

One thing I've noticed that carried over from quarter staff was that to perform rucken in a way that was effective and felt correct was when in straight partying, bring the butt up into your armpit, almost like shouldering a rifle. This is shown in some of Meyers quarter staff plates and I believe in some of his halberd plates as well.

I'm absolutely thrilled that you're posting halberd videos and am eagerly looking forward to more!

[TheAequitas]

Rollo got sick of the Viking life, became duke of Paris. Rollo got bored of the duke of Paris, began teaching Germans halbert techniques on YT.
Git you some, Rollo!!!

[NamelessAidan]

I fell in love with polearm weapons and specifically the halberd through DnD but it got me curious about their history and how they're realistically wielded and used. I'd love to get more into recreational fighting, it looks like a lot of fun and a decent workout too. This video is an awesome jumping-in point!

[theguyrightthere]

Really glad I found this video, halberds are such underrated weapons in modern medieval culture

[JoeNathanWhite]

Id like to imagine a parallel universe in which we have the internet but for some reason no guns and people frantically watch these quickguides to catch up before the battle tomorrow 😂

[TheIgorPWN]

Nobody:
YouTube at 2am: Halbert fighting
Me: okay
Great vid bud