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The book illustration/art history blog BibliOdyssey has some great scans of a 16th century German longsword fighting manual called Der Fechtbuch that features s
by benbreen 12y ago
The book illustration/art history blog BibliOdyssey has some great scans of a 16th century German longsword fighting manual called Der Fechtbuch that features some of the moves seen in this video. As well as some that really surprised me, like the opening illustration of two combatants fighting with reversed swords (hilt to hilt rather than blade to blade) which was apparently an actual technique used for bludgeoning.
http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2012/06/der-fechtkampf.html http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2012/06/der-fechtkampf.html
- nacho_weekend 12y agoI remember an old post on /r/askhistorians about medieval fighting, and this article was referenced. There was even a video of two re-enactors emulating the style. It was vastly different than everything I'd come to expect from films, but it makes more sense when you think about it. Armor could be extremely effective for taking a direct sword hit, so the strategy was to almost wrestle your opponent up close and wedge the blade in between the plates, using both hands as leverage to slice.
- bane 12y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwuQPfvSSlo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwuQPfvSSlo