The 4 Core German Longsword Guards

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I discovered this channel recently but it really looks like it's gonna be a great ressource when it comes to drawing swordfighters

Arya-dbyd

Damn, you taught the basics of the core guards better and faster than any of the teachers I learned from. Props for that

wolfflamekindl

I have been sent here by sellsword arts.

TimeskipCronos

Saw a guy dressed as a gentleman while offering his opinions on best melee weapon for the zombie apocalypse, and have been hooked/subscribed ever since! XD

spaceemperorkarl

If i had to describe the 4 guards:

Vomtag: offensive guard sacrificing sword presence (i.e. pointed at the enemy and not outwardly defending the body.) This guard is offensive due to how its able to make counter strikes or deliver a really strong zornhau to the head.

Both ox and plow are defense guards that provide the business end of your weapon to the enemy to gently dissuade them from being overly aggressive. Strong thrusting presence and the blade coverinf the body make this more defensive than offensive

The fools guard, like vomtag, is an offensive guard, sacrificing defense to focus more on a parry/ripost style, also can be deceptively fast to cut upwards, while not as devastating as the others, catch a finger with that ipward cut and they wont want to be holding a sword anymore.

The important thing is that every guard provides both offense and a measure of defense at varying efficiency for what its designed for.

Vomtag is great for ending a fight in a single hit with very strong biomechanics and powerful counter options.

Ox is a great high guard and counter thrusting tool

Plow is a strong defender for the torso and the thrust is hard to react to from this guard.

Fools guard is a high risk but very high reward since you cant afford to miss a single parry or else you lose.

Im not really a sword master or anything, but these guards are the basis for understanding both biomechanics of swordsmanship and footwork. Pay attention to the feet when robinswords goes from stance to stance and you should see what i mean

reapordeath

This man out here killing it and educating fans. Needs more attention.

dakotalane

In eskrima with the short curved blade or stick there Isa "fools" guard with weapon very low to the ground and possibly 2nd weapon held back. This allows you to swipe up and block while circling away from enemy weapon allowing a follow through to turn into a downwards slice with both hands. It's tough but has won me 3 different competition matches(padded stick) against very good opponents. It was learned early on in blue belt and most people ignore it when learning advanced techniques but most times it feels perfect for me. I'm also a big guy so a swipe down has a lot of force and my mobility is lower so I need good opening opportunity. Thanks for these videos I am absolutely loving this.

disequalone

I just found your channel and I’m loving how much I’ve been learning.

As an artist and character creator + someone who’s always been interested in swords and sword fighting, your content is incredibly useful for research. I’m hoping that through your content I’ll be able to create an interesting and dynamic move set for a character I’m currently working on and more in the future =3

luciellawliet

I love that they're so intuitive; I mess with a plastic practice sword and I've done all of these without knowing that they were real techniques

sebastianallen

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ekkeekie

discovered this channel through a recommendation by Sellsword Arts, definitely glad I subscribed

zephyrstrife

It's way too hard to find a video that summarizes these guards for a beginner, and you just did it amazingly, so thank you

uncreativename

I am just starting to learn hema and found your channel entirely by the algorithms grace

garrettcolon

Interesting. I briefly studied Italian longsword back in the day, and it has a bunch of guards (as I'm sure you know). I wonder if I still have my old manuals somewhere...

NevTheDeranged

TLDR: You can take principles of completely different styles and apply them within the context of your own discipline to come up with something really unique that remains effective.

When I got into epee fencing I basically had no idea what a small sword was but I had been watching YouTube videos about long sword for a long time.
So much of my early development in fencing is essentially just me trying to figure out how to adapt fool's guard and wrath guard into epee.
I was relatively successful at this although when my first tournament honestly my most successful move really was more of a false edge saber cut. But at that meet I fenced an instructor who was shorter than 6ft for the first time. She taught me how exposed my hands were and how to counteract that.
So now I, a 6'5 man fence with an epee like a 5'4 woman with a long sword. Which works pretty okay, unless I'm fencing my 6'7 instructor who bases his technique on German rapier.

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