SPINNING WORKS?! Good vs Bad Sword Choreography #shorts #sword

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[moselzag]

The only timeline where a spin won’t be punished up close is if they’re off balance and their blade has been batted away, and even then, you could just flick the wrist to cut them rather than an extravagant spin.

[walkerx]

Before anyone argues this... If the character is a superhuman and is so fast that such a spin wouldn't put them in danger, then they wouldn't be spending so much time trying to take down this one guy

[JakobNorthblood]

"Have fun, but don't be dumb" is genuinely great advice for life.

[mysite]

Funnily enough, one of Anakin's favorite go to moves is that flourishing spin you did where he brings his saber behind him and back in front to perform a strike. Shadiveristy did a breakdown of the fight and talked about how that spin wasn't bad because it protected his back and led into a strike. Glad to see someone else perform it. It looks awesome, and semi realistic.

[JohnSmith-dofc]

Man. Hollywood really needs to hire you for literaly every fantasy movie.

[penndragyn]

This is a pretty interesting take, as the only difference from what's usually done in shows and films is a matter of distance. Making it part of the approach makes it almost a taunt to intimidate an enemy. Even though they're not in danger, it just says "I can turn my back on you and do this cool spin in front of you and you can't do a thing, now fight me!"

[jack_fruit]

Waluigi likes swords and how he uses them to conquer his enemies

[chikirin]

Basically that one Witcher 3 combat mod that only made Geralt use spinning attacks when attacking from a distance, increased immersion by a million and still got to see all the awesome animations.

[dragoknight]

There’s also those greatsword-style spins where you’re still offending your opponent a bit even with your back to them.

[mazingerivan]

That " I'm dead now" was the best part🤣🤣🤣

[selkiara]

I remember writing a training sequence for one of my characters once. They did a spin and their mentor figure CRACKED THEM ON THE BACK WITH THE TRAINING SWORD and asked why they were spinning like an idiot. So whenever there is an episode that addresses spinning it resonates with me

[Sykoze]

I would actually love to see a movie where they lampshade bad choreography like this. Like, where a character does a spin or flourish in the middle of combat like you see in some movies, but just gets cut down immediately rather than their opponent just passively letting them do it.

[hyperform]

"Have fun, just don't be dumb" is excellent life advice.

[toothhair]

proceeds to charge forward while their back is turned

[zonanimz]

“Add your spins, have some fun, just.. don’t be dumb.” My new fav quote 😂

[Skogstrollet]

I have pulled off one (1) effective use of a spin within melee range.

It was a bastard sword duel, and me and my opponent had locked guards with the blades squeezed in between us.
I still don't quite know *how* I did it, but I pushed him back and spun counterclockwise to free my sword from his guard, before I came down with a slash

[AvarFeralfang]

I kinda thought that Geralt's spin in the Blavakin fight worked. He was in close & his momentum was already carrying him that way. It ended up, at least seemingly, enhancing his dodge.

Granted, he's a witcher with supernatural natural senses & reflexes.

[TheRandomCrapSection]

My mans needs to get involved in a production that puts these tropes on their heads, where we actually see the flourishing spin get the dude doing it killed.

[Catacx]

I think you should have included doing a spin while in a bind. Maybe you could cover that? Like an attack coming in and blocking/deflecting with your sword and then doing a spin step around the other person while still keeping your own sword in between you and their sword. Idk if it would work, intuitively I feel like there aren't any major flaws but I also don't have anyone to test it with in any way. Would be really cool if you were to cover it.

[tk_the_onion]

The reason why spinning "doesn't work" is because none of them are announcing "I'M GOING TO USE MY SPIN MOVE" before spinning