Randall Pleasant wrote:

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Also when a video shows only two people it really not nessisary to refer to them by color, "man on left" and "man on right" are much better discriptions.

Another reason..... That I never thought until now.....for the "man on left" and "man on right" description is for the color blind.

Reinier van Noort wrote:

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The teeth angle backwards (just like in the images, only with much finer teeth). This means they cut mainly when you pull the sickle back towards you!

Thanks for the test cutting! This will help refine things a bit. Have you tried test cutting on cloth with the serrated Sickles?
I assume the teeth will snag and pull on the cloth when you pull back, but I don't have a serrated sickle to test this on. I would try a small saw but the saw is straight , not curved and I'm afraid it wouldn't give a fair test.

Good Job on the vids and practice sickles!

Chuck

Thanks Chuck; that's a good idea! I have some sharp sickles that I still haven't had a chance to blunt, and I have some leftover linnen. I'll have to try something with that soon! Thanks also for the compliments!

R :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw0vy2TIePg

I put a video online (In dutch unfortunately) explaining a little theory I have on why PH Mair shows blocks like this:
http://mdz10.bib-bvb.de/~db/bsb00006570/image...;seite=461

in sickle fighting, whereas that is often considered a good way to get your thumb broken and get killed.

What I am explaining during the video (more or less):

Video in Dutch (I will replace it soon in english) with a theory on why PH Mair typically shows blocks with an upturned hand in his sections on sickle fighting while in (medieval) dagger fighting such blocks are considered a sure way to break a thumb /and/ get killed.

The theory is that with a more conventional block, the opponent can easily twist his sickle around your wrist and cut deeply into your arm by pulling back (as is shown in pages 2 and 3 if I remember correctly). However, if your grab the arm from below with an upturned hand, he cannot do this.

This seems to be especially true for attacks from above where the conventional block would put the elbow far outside and make it an easy target. It might not apply to lower attacks.

Please don't pay attention to the exaggerated way I place my attacks in this video.



Enjoy!

Hi Reinier. Great video! I don't see the need to change it to english. I watched the video on mute I think I understood everything. You could just use the Youtube annotation editor to add notes in english. Why take down a good clip?

To replace it with something better...

But thanks again for the compliments. I hope the video helps you in your quest!

Just an update here.

Unfortunately, Youval and I have been way to busy the last few months to make any progress. However, last weekend at Swordfish we were allowed to give an unscheduled (for us as well) demonstration of our work. This has been filmed by one of the people attending the demo, and I hope we will soon acquire his material and that it can be put on youtube.

During the demo, after a short introduction, we demonstrated the plays described on pages 1,2,4,13,15 and 16.

More soon I hope!!!

The videos have been placed online by the filming person. They can be found here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/jadda72#p/u/4/3laG6n_1xAI


The whole demo has been split into 5 fragments. Enjoy!

R

I have just placed a video online showing a (very preliminary) interpretation of Paulus Hector Mair's Fustus Agrestus (Peasant's club or peasant's staff). This was only our second or so time working with this material, but I wanted to share it anyway. I hope you will enjoy it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy-9080epY8

Mark and I finally got around to playing with the big sticks again.

I have uploaded a corrected (though still preliminary) video of pages 3 and 4, and have added page 5 to it. Note that the footwork during the last attack of page 5 is wrong; I should end up with the other leg forward. That's something that needs fixing.

Without further ado, here it is; enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxrYdTmM_as