Fighting Robert Childs (Rank #1) HEMA

[wayfaringman]

Rob can judge measure better than most; he ate my lunch and took my supper home earlier this year. It was great to see you match so well against him. Well done!

[zaboobebop]

Holy fuck what a tense fight (for me at least). Your first point against him was nuts. His supreme sense of measure along with his rigid sort of position really allows him to capitalize on any open line at a moments notice

[legend-killa]

I played 1:31-1:37 in 0.25 playback speed. It was beautiful. Chefs kiss.

[cozzfromaus]

The lunge form is so funny, almost looks he's triping into you.

[mohamedyusuf]

It is strange, I thought it would be rapier vs sabre. I know Childs for his rapier stuff. When I saw him with a sabre I thought you would win. This really shows that their are things that are in swordsmanship that are universal and in our era you can be the best in multiple disciplines. Good effort though you really made Childs work for it.

[ultimomos]

Not to discredit Rob but i think GF afterblow rules and finals pools (survivability rating determining winner) would really change the way this match went.

[LadyNari]

the camera angle doesn't do full justice to how cool the point that you got was with that false edge cut
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i was looking at it from the other side of the circle and it looked so sick, i was one of the

[BernasLL]

Damn. This was far dirtier with doubles than I expected. Childs didn't parry once and yet he's extremely hard to beat in most rulesets.

[mikeymarshful]

Always appreciate you showcasing yourself fighting less known fencers to the rest of the world outside of HEMA. Gives us a better idea of the prowess within the HEMA circles. I'd like more of that. Good work.

[IPIay]

That parry, counter at 1:35 is INSANE!

[Brennon-xy]

Yall have to do it again, that was cool 👍

[AJLStunts]

Sick exchanges! That was super fun to watch!

[spenle]

you can tell that childs is a rapier specialist. even with a saber, he's fencing with the tip of the blade instead of the edge

[jasonallen]

Outstanding, man! I can’t wait to see and bout with you sometime! Thanks for your channel

[JackEspadas]

Guys remember that robbing is wrong, specially childs. But the rest of the video is awesome

[tatumergo]

They should run these events consecutively with Olympic fencing competitions or near their venues...

[koloblican]

Your point was excellently done, Josh!

[ATxPrime]

That was fantastic work! I hope you get to play together again. Thank you for sharing!

[obaidaserdar]

Rob square stance and lounge is absolutely fantastic are really Great it was s very close match

[demingzhang]

I think Josh gave Robert a run for his money though. It was a honorable defeat.