KENJUTSU vs GIANT SCYTHE

#Thresher #Scythe #kendo

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[wisdomax]

i love how he grabs and pulls with the scythe. feels very sekiro.

[eriktarte]

That hook on the pommel held him back the entire fight.
Also impressed that our kendoka didn't start taking this personally until 3 minutes in. He seems to have gotten more patient over time, and that's real nice to see

[Gianno_]

3:25 the speed on that strike was sick

[saldiven]

A scythe is made into an infinitely superior weapon by straightening out the angle of the blade, making it kind of like a bill hook. I believe that the later guisarme was based off of the scythe where the blade was made as more of a straight extension of the pole. Gives it more reach, allows thrusting and swinging attacks, while still keeping the chopping strength of the conclave blade. The Chinese Gou Lian Qiang is like a somewhat straightened out scythe blade with a spear point added.

[robbabcock_]

Very cool! It was interesting to the Kenjutsu guy not having any idea what to do at first but kind of figuring out how to take away some of the advantages of reach the Giant Scythe had. Excellent stuff!

[JC-frmi]

Although the scythe was amazing to see in the hands of a skilled master, both practitioners showed beautiful on-the-fly adaptations to each other's current approaches. This channel has always been a treat to watch!

[K-tsoi]

The kendo-ka is not bad actually but just the giant scythe is too strong 🤣

[PiiskaJesusFreak]

Really nice fight!

Being repurposed farming tools, scythes are not exactly ideal as weapons. But if you made one from scratch for fighting, you could:

1) have the edge aligned with the shaft
2) sharpen both sides of the blade, so you could attack effectively with pokes
3) have a bit thicker blade to make it more durable
4) have an oval shaft for easier edge alignment

[xavier]

The little scythe on the back that he is constantly stabbing himself with is hilarious

[KlausBeckEwerhardy]

Pole- weapons have been equipment standard through history for a reason 😉 Very nice demonstration.

[fukounayuki]

What surprises me is that over the many discussions regarding the viability of non-war scythe type scythes, I've never heard anybody (except maybe Skallagrim with the examples he worked with) talk about the many parallels that scythes share with historical weapons. Namely:
The Horseman's Pick
The Bec De Corbin
The Lucerne Hammer
The Gē, or Chinese Dagger-axe
The Bellbeaker Halberd
All these except the latter two examples are just scythes if the blade was thickened, shortened, and not meant to cut. Whenever I see scythes used in fiction, it always makes me think that piercing attacks are what would be most effective with a standard scythe made for combat without turning it into a glorified glaive with a convex edge. Just put a spear head on the thing like examples 2 and 3, and we might be on to something there for a somewhat viable weapon. Of course, the composition of the blade may still be up to question (how long do you make the blade, how thick should the blade be, would keeping the edges sharp be unnessecary for the job it's meant to do, would the examples listed here make a scythe outclassed for a niche other than unarmored/lightly armored opponents, etc.), I'm just wondering why everyone is so focused on the cutting aspect of the scythe when its ability to piece appears much more apparent. The examples I listed should at least show that there has been precedent for weapons with the scythe's general body plan.

Edit: I think Shadiversity talked about the parallels between scythes and bec de corbin, or at least something to that effect.

Edit 2: Apparantly, many people in the comments here are talking about what I mentioned, so I guess my commentary on the matter was just superfluous.

[williamheinbuch]

Honestly, you guys do such amazing videos, they could be used for reference in animation for pretty much anything or even some really great film choreography.

[jax]

I love at how unexpected this Battle was with a Scythe being used. Bloody hell I enjoyed it...found it different and exciting! 💪😎❤️❤️

[PronteCo]

That was really interesting to watch!

I think the schythe has a huge "experience" advantage in that a schyte user trained how to counter a sword (common weapon), but a swordsman didn't train much in how to counter a schythe (rare weapon)

And indeed the swordsman starts getting a lot better in the second half of the video after he gets used to it. Too bad in a real encounter he'd be already dead :)

To make a parallel, it's similar to lefties in fencing - at least at a beginners level: they have an advantage because people are used to fighting righties. At advanced levels it evens out because there are quite a few lefties

But still.. I feel if a swordsman was properly trained against a schyte he'd be able to exploit a lot of weaknesses (shcyte is heavier, cannot stab, and opponent can grab the shaft)

[jasonn]

The scythe user actually looks like he knows what he's doing.

[vipercrane]

I’ve personally thought about designing my own scythe based off of criticisms of it.

A spike at the top of the pole would make it more of a threat instead of purely relying on the scythe blade.

Or perhaps a smaller scythe blade behind the bigger blade, kind of like the hook on a hammer. It would give more opportunities to hook and disarm, while giving a counter balance to the broad forward blade. The extra weight would also make a fearsome piercing weapon.

I wish I thought about the smaller hook at the bottom. I love how he used it to hook around weapons and propelling the blade in a single motion.

[datyeen]

I feel like this scythe weapon would have a very lopsided weight with the round handle and angled blade. It would probably be difficult to effectively fight with, as you can only cut by pulling inward. Id like to see an actual war scythe in use at some point.

[NamMonn_]

“Do you want to go to hell with me”
Yeah, i heard grim reaper said that

[overlord]

That was pretty cool, I like how towards the end the kenjutsu-bokken user smartened up and would parry, block, grab the scythe then stab.

I would have used both the sheathe and the bokken if I had to go against the scythe user myself.

You can't go traditional against an untraditional bout.