Military sabre guards lesson 1

The first three guard postures of British military sabre according to Rowarth, and their basic uses as parries.

[jgrepshire]

Thanks for making this video. I've been training in 17th c. backsword, and Victorian military sabre as those are taught near me (and are good fun, too), but Georgian is exactly where my primary interests lie. I read Rowarth's treatise a few months back in order to start thinking about how that looked and worked; it is great to see it demonstrated here by someone with more experience to make it clearer in my mind.

[blackmixen]

Fantastic. Clear audio and positioning, very informative. Keep em coming :)

[xgoodvibesx]

Nice video! Next time you film, could you perhaps film at maybe a 75° angle rather than 90°? I felt some of the technique was lost in this one due to the oblique view.

[erzal]

Thank you Sir. I just start to learn your lesson today.

[victorfelixcolonnunez]

Hi, can you tell me were i can buy those practice sabers?

[matthewpham]

Why is the outside guard (the one for parry three) the most common? Likewise, why is the center guard considered useless?

[TTfoley-phzh]

enjoyed the video, great information and interesting.

[rasmusskaarup]

What are these guards for? is it an engaging guard that you use when moving in to distance, before you throw a cut at your opponent? Or is it an actual block?
As a block it looks rather week, and it does not look like he is even close enough to actually cut you. Are these guards intended to block faint attacks that can´t actually reach you?
What is going on??

[jonathandbeer]

Thanks for these instructional videos. Can I ask about the final exercise, the dead parry without footwork (and, now that I watch it back, with the lunges as well). Although you close the distance a bit, the attacks were still outside a distance at which they would have hit you had you not parried. Is this intentional, as a means of safety because you aren't wearing helmets, or should practising pairs be close enough to strike if the parry isn't made?

[Degrees_]

Where did you buy the trainer swords you use in this video?

[bryantblanco]

wow thank you for this video I'll to my nephew to watch this.

[Lite]

It's a little hard to hear, but otherwise I find this very informative!

[Sotrudnik_fonda]

Товарищ слева бьёт по сабле, а не по голове оппонента. Если он встанет на шаг ближе, то сабля будет задевать голову.
Хотя может быть я не прав. У нас защиты ближе к корпусу и рука всегда согнута в локте.

The comrade on the left beats the saber, not the opponent's head. If he gets a step closer, the saber will hit his head, through the guard.
Maybe I'm wrong. We practice guards closer to the body and the arm is always bent at the elbow.