Learn Sword Fighting 1: Basic Attack

Welcome to our sword fighting tutorial for beginners. We will show you the basics of medieval european swordsmanship. Let's start with the so called Oberhau - a simple strike from above.

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[chainuser]

First step: To learn how to sword fight
Second step: find a pen that turns into a sword

[manban]

*Me trying to learn how to defend against my mom's slippers*


Edit: a year of training has passed. Tommorow, at dawn. I fight my mother. Mark my words. I will win this.

Edit: I lost. But this does not meet the end of me. I am now learning the ways of a long stick with a pointy edge, this might be my last update.

[Mr_Humanperson]

Me: *Runs into the Nerf war with a sword* fools. When you were busy aiming and reloading I studied the blade.

[keeysOST]

anyone else here to learn some stuff to write a fight scene

[giannycrazy]

Can we appreciate this man teaching us sword skills for free

[Sophie-scvf]

I love this. I really wanna learn sword-fighting, I always have. I've looked for classes over the years but they're all fencing and such. I'm looking for stuff like this.

[JohnSmith-zflq]

Usable, well presented, and well explained. All round fantastic keep it up.

[mlembrant]

they all even look like sword dudes.. Do I also need to grow beard to be able to master long sword? :)

[raibarufumetsu]

me: I can do this!

Me 15 seconds later: where are my legs?

[Koup]

I wish there was a awesome sword fighting class like this in the USA :(

I’ve been wanting to be thought in the ways of medieval sword fighting for the longest time but all the ones I find around here don’t know what they are doing and or haven’t picked up one in this life and try to act like it’s normal. I have a zweihander I’ve been really wanting to brake into but have no idea how my form and strikes should be.

Videos help but it’s not the same as real learning from people like this

[cazicazi]

So im assuming that if your left handed its just inverted?

[shahjahansharif]

Everybody coming here to impress school friends after quarantine

[malloryiskindadumb]

ah, i bought a sword two years ago (i mostly bought it cause it came with throwing knives, i learned how to use those) and now that we're still in quarantine i finally gonna do something with it. I always keep it next to my bed but never learned how to use it. Thanks for this!

[JohnDoe-onru]

0:45: Hey, he brought guns to a sword fight! No fair!

[BagPussHerobrine]

It's interesting how techniques develop because they're effective, watching this and he does the slight sidestep when he comes in reminded me of doing just that in Halo 3 Energy sword fights, no one else did it and I was always the best but I never really thought of why, it was just something I did that I found to be effective!

[dioliza]

Thanks for teaching me this basic attack, i recently made my own wooden 2 handed sword and i was really eager to learn how to use it, i will now proceed to subscribe to you and practice this move everyday, thank you

[slaughterhound]

It's good that you guys are posting tutorials on here starting with the most basic information. Not everyone is already familiar with sword techniques.

[voren_]

Who else training with a ruler because you don't have a sword?

[jinxx]

I'll just stick to using a bow and arrow...

[ryanwood]

I’m just starting this hobby myself but with it being this time of year and bad weather and not being able to afford the proper equipment right now I’m practicing using wood swords (for stances), blade and sorcery (for fun and trying realistic fighting styles) and when the weather isn’t raining I’m using a machete in the garden with some plastic bottles etc. Since I’m only doing it at home and laws in the UK are awkward with swords I take what I can get but I like this channel because not many people go through the full basics for beginners and when they do they try to make it super fancy and over the top but I like this. Simple, effective and most importantly shows you all you need to know and the attack is on display so you can see it properly executed