Writing fight scenes made easy

In this video I am going to share my thought on writing fight scenes and even if you are not a writer, I think you will find parts of it interesting.

Especially step 2, it's a bit gory, so if you have a weak stomach you might want to skip, but since you are subscribing to a fantasy channel, you are probably going to be fine.

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[acomicbooklook]

Jesper this video is fantastic. I appreciate that you're challenging viewers, players, and writers to take an honest look at actions taken (in this case, a fight scene). Excellent presentation in this video - keep it up! -JonOnDemand

[PandaPuppyFTW]

great insight! thank you for making this!

[caladran]

Great video, and informative with lots of details! Now I have to think over some battle scenes I have planned for my book.

[trozaach]

I think religion has a place in this story. I don't think the ancient Greeks and Roman religions had the same 'Thou shalt not kill' message as judaeo-christian religion does, so the people who had to do the killing perhaps didn't feel so bad from doing it. They were also as you say, normal people, but as normal people they fought for their land and their livelihood, so were perhaps more likely to be willing to kill to secure it.
Bayonets may not have a huge place in modern warfare, but they are not totally unused. They featured in the Battle of Mount Tumbledown in the Falklands War.
And you're absolutely right about the effects that the kind of face to face fighting has on troops. I have heard third hand stories (a friend of the soldier told a friend of mine) about tunnel fighting in the war in Afghanistan where soldiers were basically crawling through tunnels and having to knife enemy fighters to death in the dark, over and over. They required a lot of counselling when they came home.
I think that being a fighter with a sword/axe/spear etc. in a fantasy novel would require a lot of depersonalisation; conditioning to think of enemies as either animals or meat (easy to do with another race, but nor so much when fighting against your own) to allow yourself to kill them with a clearish conscience. Either that or always knowing that it was them or you. The latter might help to some extent, but i don't know how much. Having this all backed up by an unforgiving religion could allow a character to keep fighting and killing in face to face combat without needing psychological help.