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"ground the spear and receive a charge" is spear knowledge 101 in HEMA communities. A butt-spike helps. It works so well that you're generally not allowed to d

"ground the spear and receive a charge" is spear knowledge 101 in HEMA communities. A butt-spike helps. It works so well that you're generally not allowed to do it in the full contact rulesets, because it's counterproductive to break your opponents today; you can't fight them tomorrow!

soperj 2y ago
What does HEMA community refer to?
- octopoc 2y ago
  Historical European martial arts
  - vonrosen2000 2y ago
    Can be used on bears too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5rhOfa8Woc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5rhOfa8Woc
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krick 2y ago
Not to argue with anything, but after observing it for a while, I cannot treat HEMA seriously. And this is true about most of the "reconstruction" stuff. The problem is, that guys who "do" it are almost exclusively not the guys who would participate in city-level wrestling or even powerlifting competition. To say it bluntly, most of them don't have the most basic fitness level. The point of that entire activity is to learn by experience what is doable/not doable with some historic tools, and hence derive, how these tools were probably used. But their learnings aren't very valuable, since it's pretty evident they aren't anywhere near of strength and coordination of a trained person. I would bet a fucking (professional) figure skater would beat them with a stick. And this is super important, because the supposed original users of a given tool are almost exclusively supposed to be people trained to wield it daily from the childhood. Not to mention they wouldn't spend much time in front of a monitor ever.
- hprotagonist 2y ago
  Lots of people say this. Then they come to fighter practice, and when they can walk again, they tend to rethink their position. The overall fitness level of reenactors isn't great! Granted freely! but: skill does mean something. Mostly, also -- the people doing the most historical research tend to be the fittest. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afqhBODc_8U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afqhBODc_8U, e.g. are a pretty athletic bunch.

soperj 2y ago

What does HEMA community refer to?

octopoc 2y ago
Historical European martial arts
- vonrosen2000 2y ago
  Can be used on bears too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5rhOfa8Woc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5rhOfa8Woc
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krick 2y ago

Not to argue with anything, but after observing it for a while, I cannot treat HEMA seriously. And this is true about most of the "reconstruction" stuff. The problem is, that guys who "do" it are almost exclusively not the guys who would participate in city-level wrestling or even powerlifting competition. To say it bluntly, most of them don't have the most basic fitness level. The point of that entire activity is to learn by experience what is doable/not doable with some historic tools, and hence derive, how these tools were probably used. But their learnings aren't very valuable, since it's pretty evident they aren't anywhere near of strength and coordination of a trained person. I would bet a fucking (professional) figure skater would beat them with a stick. And this is super important, because the supposed original users of a given tool are almost exclusively supposed to be people trained to wield it daily from the childhood. Not to mention they wouldn't spend much time in front of a monitor ever.

hprotagonist 2y ago
Lots of people say this. Then they come to fighter practice, and when they can walk again, they tend to rethink their position. The overall fitness level of reenactors isn't great! Granted freely! but: skill does mean something. Mostly, also -- the people doing the most historical research tend to be the fittest. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afqhBODc_8U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afqhBODc_8U, e.g. are a pretty athletic bunch.