Beware of FAKE sword masters and their 'lessons'

Two sword experts react to a FAKE sword tutorial that is presented as teaching effective functional swordsmanship.
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[FedericoMalagutti]

Thank you very much for mentioning me Shad, I greatly appreciate it.

[Oldpasam]

I would title it “cinematic sword choreography basics”

[robertjensen]

I bought a diamond ring on St. Patricks day, but I found out it was a fake.
They gave me a sham rock.

[laser]

This style has a name and it’s stage combat. It is by design 100% flash, 0% damage. You want it to look cool without risking hurting your partner.

[Siris]

Anyone else picturing Indy pulling out his revolver for this whole video?

[maryrose]

Weird. Shad makes a video about the algorithm burying his content, and suddenly youtube is recommending his new videos to me within minutes instead of days.

[danterrossini]

Finally, a Shadiversity video that gets recommended in my feed!

[timothykennedy]

How to look fancy while dying in sword combat.

[davidmorizot]

She is teaching for the modern Martial Arts competitive forms division in tournament competitions, often called the "Extreme Division" due to the acrobatic "tricking" and use of the martial arts weapon(s) in the performance of the forms. I don't think many of the Extreme Division competitive athletes actually "spar" with the weapons, so they have a mental "application" for the moves, but it is generally based upon what they want their form to look like, not what real combat would be. It definitely demonstrates a high level of proficiency with the weapon, but not in what most HEMA or those who train for combat would consider useful in a practical sense. You gentlemen are very polite and respectful, I find that honorable. Peace. #shadiversity

[GrumpyGil]

Shad: "One thing I really like is how firm her...her..."

Me: "Careful."

Shad: "...her footwork is."

Phew.

[galactigo]

Thank you algorithm for actually notifying me of this 😁

[patrickkenyon]

I would call this a form of dance.
It is Sword dancing.

[nicholasgarrett]

I can't help but to agree with Shads take on take! In Kung Fu, we trained with big stances and broad movements, but aknolaged that practical application will often be much more reserved in breadth of motion.

The noted difference between the flashy form practice (Wu Shu), practicing for practical application (Koa Shu).

[andrzejsamorzewski]

It's not martial arts, Shad is spot on it's "sword performative dance".

[nuclearmedicineman]

It's essentially baton twirling, but with a fake sword. Sure, it requires a certain athleticism, but it's really just cheerleading, not combat, not even martial arts.

[apedley]

This feels like the sort of swordsmanship that you'd see in tv/movies. It's not uncommon for people to make reels of their fighting/parkour/swordplay etc to build up a following in the hope of being picked up by a studio for stunt work. I feel like this might fall into that category?

[ManLikeKitch]

"We trained her wrong, as a joke"

[johnsullivan]

I'd title the video "Yoga pants: God's gift to mankind"

[ianrocha]

SHADIVERSITY

STAY ALIVE MAN!!! YOU GOT THIS!!

[CoffeeAcorn]

if you want to take lessons it's a big red flag if they don't say what style/type it is ie olympic fencing, fiore/meyer hema, iaido etc.