Long vs Short Swords: WHO WINS?! #shorts #sword #martialarts

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[bassforhire]

Short sword: I'll close the distance and jam you up! Haha!
Long sword: steps back a little
Shortie: wait thats illegal

[Cpt_Corsair]

That’s why spears are just over all my favorite, and in my opinion, the best medieval weapon. Just stab them with the sharp stick before they get close to you.

[kinzrvt]

I'm surprised with the amount of content that you've put into this short video, it feels like I'm listening to years of practice in under 60s.
Thanks.

[SaganTheKhajiit]

And that's why I only use short swords in games, where I can be slashed 20 times before my health is down to half.

[SeanLaMontagne]

I unintentionally discovered this today playing lightsabers with my sister.
She had essentially a pole arm thats 60% lightsaber, and I had a short lightsaber. No matter what I did, I just couldn't close the gap without getting hit.

[andrewjohnson]

It should be remembered that this is colored by tournament rules. Not all hits are equal and taking a hit in order to get a kill was often part of the calculus of fighters. Dan Inosanto once said that anyone who gets into a knife fight is going to get cut, the expert is the person who gets to choose where and how deeply they get cut.

[Ovasiig]

It’s so hard to fight at such a massive disadvantage. I was helping a friend who was in his late 50s work out but I wanted to handicap myself so I didn’t hurt him so I only used a tanto and gave him a practice katana. He’s never picked up a sword and I’ve trained for 13 years. I can’t remember the last time I fought that hard to overcome such a massive disadvantage

[Saint_nobody]

Cue the minstrels singing about Brave Sir Robin...

[Stachelbeeerchen]

Thats why our pointy sticks got longer until we invented projectile weapons that made them obsolete.

[gcvrsa]

I think one of the factors that people fail to take into account is that in confined spaces, it’s often not possible to use a longer weapon to its full potential, giving the combatant with a shorter weapon the advantage, or at least equalizing the disadvantages. When you have reduced an opponent to only being able to thrust, it is much easier to get inside the range of the longer weapons and negate the advantage of length.

[Commanderflynn]

Kinda why I always love Spears. Just ultimate stabbing at long ranges :D

[sevensatori]

I genuinely use this channel to help me write accurate medieval fights, and my god knowing all this information makes re-reading such a joy

[freddyaxebear]

Reminds me of a conversation that came up at a D&D table, that a rogue in D&D would do much better with a longer weapon since rushing someone with a longsword while the rogue has a dagger would probably get the rogue killed if not severely injured in the exchange. One person tried to point out "just side step and stab him, he would be slower, " one of our guys had HEMA experience and just shook his head and pulled out his gear. Next 20 minutes we were all laughing at each other was we all took turns of daggers vs a longsword.

[eksno]

One thing people often fail to mention is... The opponent can also move, backward, and fast. So rushing in, although most likely your best chance, will still probably lose to someone that also moves and tries counters. Even someone without knowledge can run backward mindlessly swinging at you with greater range.

[josephlongbone]

Alternatively, throw the knife, it might be a more dangerous idea for sparring and it won't surprise them twice, but in the context of a real duel you would only need it to work once...

[mr.husbandoeu]

*Pulls out a gun*
"Parry this, you filthy casual"

[osmacar]

"or is it? Hey! Vsauce, sellsword here. And what is the best way to defeat a better opponent?"

[xavierburval]

To give an analogy, imagine you are a soldier with a close range pistol, and you know there is an enemy soldier with a guided RPG across a field. Sure, you could try to run at them fast enough before they can get you, at which point you can win because your pistol fires much fast than a rocket launcher, but the guy with the rocket will probably just blow you up as your coming towards him. Same concept applies

[Moomow]

In my younger year Skyrim made me fall in love with the idea of dual wield daggers, that is till I did a bit of larping with my brother who had against my daggers a nice hunky great sword. A great smack to head made me convert to heavy weapon on Skyrim

[bw]

I feel like when a shorter blade is all you have, you just do your best. But I see what you're saying. A longer length allows folks to dismantle your with far more comfort.