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Izareth wrote:The best way I've found to parry is this.
Turn your weapon vertical slightly out from hip to shoulder. Sweep outward to meet your opponent's shot on the side you lined with your weapon. Simultaneously turn your hip to keep your arm in line with your body and push the tip of your weapon down to flatten yout opponent's weapon groundward.
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Drakkar wrote:Punch blocking? Wow, sounds like a way to exploit the rules to me. The way I see things is that we recreate medieval combat. We use foam weapons for obvious reasons, but everything else should try to have some realism. When have you seen someone blocking a sword with their fist in Braveheart, or Lord of the Rings? Never! I refuse to punch block because I like to think of the swords and other weapons as REAL, even though they are FAKE. As a result, I fight like they are real. I feel punch blocking is simply cheesy, unrealistic, and a form of legal cheating. many people use it and I do believe in ti's effectiveness, but I think it betrays the true spirit of the game.
Drakkar wrote:...but everything else should try to have some realism. When have you seen someone blocking a sword with their fist in Braveheart, or Lord of the Rings? Never! ...
Drakkar wrote:Actually it means I don't actively block with my hands, if you happen to hit my sword-hand I am calling hand and smashing you.
Elwrath wrote:depends...if i was in real combat i'd have an iron basket hilt and a gauntlet under it...so i could punch block if i had to. Kiss principle.
Melannen wrote:Drakkar wrote:...but everything else should try to have some realism. When have you seen someone blocking a sword with their fist in Braveheart, or Lord of the Rings? Never! ...
I do believe those are movies and not historical documentaries. Obviously some things were omitted due to the fact they didn't look as cool. A sword blade clashing against another sword blades looks and sounds a lot cooler than some guy hitting another dudes hand guard. I don't mean to be harsh, but in all honesty, next time you try to make an argument about historical realism, don't use a fantasy movie as basis of part of your argument.
Aside from that, I think punch blocking is great, especially if you have really nicely padded gloves. However, I find that more and more I'm blocking with the bottom 5-8 in of my blade than with my hands. It's not high enough on the blade to be to weak and possibly injure your wrist, but it's not so lo that you're just punching at your opponents weapon.
Also, I'd have to disagree with the order of blocking in certain situations. If you miss the dodge with a sword and shield and the blow is going to your sword side, it would be more beneficial to you to block with your sword rather than move your shield and expose your other side. It's not a huge deal, just my opinion on the matter.
tvetree wrote:Wow.I must be a real goof.I thought a punch block was a parry.And that a proper punch block did not land on your hand but somewhere right above it.
That punch blocking got it's name from the way you struck at the weapon you intend to block.Be it with shield/buckler/sword...
And a proper gauntlets most likly would not save you from a shot that was not slowed down before it hit(blade/hilt/basket)the fingers.
Not taking hands as targets is about safty and playablity.Using your hands(on a weapon) as sheilds is just bad form.
tvetree wrote:
And a proper gauntlets most likly would not save you from a shot that was not slowed down before it hit(blade/hilt/basket)the fingers.
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Big Jimmy wrote:Well yah, then they shouldn't punch block. It's not for everyone.
Olos wrote:My Century MMA gloves (well, just the right one, which I use a lot more) broke yesterday. Formed a slit along the side of the glove from pinky to wrist
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