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Fighting Resources [UPDATED 12/22/10]

PostPosted: Wed May 14, 2008 10:34 pm
by The Great Gigsby
Since I see a lot of repeat links, I figured it would be beneficial to create one super thread where we can share links to our favorite fighting resources. Please feel free to contribute and keep the BS to a minimum.

New pages are added to the top. As always, let me know if there's a specific topic you want covered and I'll see if I can't dig something up. I appreciate everyone's patience in between updates.

*NEW*
Flow Experience
Spyn's Basics
How to Kill a 3 Shot Lefty (Video)
Books and Writings for Skill Development
Grumio's Spear Fighting 101, 102, 103, 104 (Video)
Footwork Basics
Bel Sword and Board pt.1, pt.2, pt.3, pt.4 (Video)
SKBC Polearm with Axgar and Warblade pt.1, pt.2, pt.3, pt.4, pt.5, pt.6 (Video)
Polearm with Shadow pt.1, pt.2, pt.3, pt.4, pt.5, pt.6 (Video)
Archery Tutorial
Glaive Tactics (RTF)
SCA Duke Training (Video)
Timing (WMV)
Flat Snap (WMV)
One Inch Punch (WMV)
Duke Uther's Combat Training (Video)
Sword Grips

ESSENTIAL VIEWING
SCA Fighting
ARMA
Brennon's Videos (Video)
Magnus' Fighting Tutorials (Video)
SCA Melee Combat
Belegarth Fighting Articles
Tons of SCA Related Videos (Video)
Fighting Definition Videos: Round 1
Dragon Twister (Video)

BASICS
Bhakdar's Beginner Basics (Video)
Six Session Basic Training
Battlefield Tips for Beginners
Advancing Basic Shots (Video)

BODY MECHANICS AND DRILLS
SKBC 2007 Body Mechanics pt.1, pt.2, pt.3, pt.4 (Video)
Triangle Footwork (Video)
Step Drill (Video)
Plyometrics
1-6 Drill
Duke U Sword Drills pt.1, pt.2, pt.3 (Video)
Footwork in Belegarth
Amtgard Workout

GENERAL COMBAT
Targeting (Video)
Team Fighting SKBC 2005 (Video)
Defense pt1., pt.2, pt.3 (Video)
Range Control pt.1, pt.2 (Video)
Closing pt.1, pt.2, pt.3 (Video)
Feints & Baits pt.1, pt.2, pt.3 (Video)
SKBC Stabs 'n Feints 2007 pt.1, pt.2, pt.3, pt.4, pt.5 (Video)
Legged Fighting
The Box pt.1, pt.2 (Video)
Peter the Quick's Class Parts 1 & 2 (Video)
Closing at Range

SINGLE SWORD
Lief and Guy's Class SKBC '04 pt.1, pt.2, pt.3, pt.4 (Video)
High end single sword sparring (Video)
Same Side Single Sword (Video)

SWORD AND BOARD
Advance Sword and Board (Video)
SKBC Advanced Sword & Board pt.1, pt.2, pt.3 (Video)
Fundamentals of Old Castle Shield Work
Sword and Shield Technique pt.1, pt.2, pt.3, pt.4 (Video)
Advanced Sword and Board Class at Ragnarok pt.1, pt.2, pt.3, pt.4, pt.5, pt.6, pt.7 (Video)

FLORENTINE
Two Swords (Florentine)
Duke U Florentine pt.1, pt.2, pt.3 (Video)
Florentine in Belegarth
Sir Kyrian's Florentine Fighting Tutorial

GREAT SWORD AND POLEARM
Longsword Techniques (Video)
Stances
Great Weapons (Great Sword and Naginata) (Video)
Advanced Polearm pt.1, pt.2, pt.3, pt.4 (Video)
Poleaxe Article
Kyrax's Glaive Fighting Tutorial

SPEAR
Spear Tactics
Pamphlet on Spears (PDF)
SCA Spear Fighting (Video)
Duke U Spear pt.1, pt.2 (Video)

COMBAT ARCHERY
Archery Tips in Belegarth

HERALDING
Heralding in Belegarth

SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES
Stabs pt.1, pt.2, pt.3, pt.4, pt.5 (Video)
High Cross Block & Counter (Video)
Sparrow Seeks Nest (Video)
Shield Kicking (Video)
Close Range Escrima Fighting (Video)

LEFTY'S
SKBC 2006 Lefty Fu pt.1, pt.2, pt.3 (Video)
Fighting Lefties pt.1, pt.2 (Video)


TACTICS
OODA Loop
Roman Tactics

OTHER
Viking Sword Technique
Paradoxes of Defence
Renaissance Martial Arts The Web Documentary
The Trueswordsman (PDF)

PostPosted: Wed May 14, 2008 11:00 pm
by Roland Demox
Giggles you just made my freaking day. This is awesome, thanks

PostPosted: Thu May 15, 2008 12:29 am
by Derian
I <3 stickies.

Thanks, Giggles.

PostPosted: Thu May 15, 2008 5:06 am
by Hatchet
Red/Two Hander

Longsword Stances

giggles your a god for this.

PostPosted: Thu May 15, 2008 10:17 am
by Brennon EH
Is there anything else you guys want to see? Specific topics you want covered?

I'm not promising I'll be able to do everything, but I'll contribute where I can.

Also, you may want to check out the Fighting Forum over on E-Samurai: http://www.electricsamurai.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=22

There is generally something useful over there. We like other game systems, so feel free to let us know where you're from if you drop by.

PostPosted: Thu May 15, 2008 4:25 pm
by The Great Gigsby
Yeah, E-Sam's fighting forum is chock full of good info and many of the videos I included are copy/pasted from there. It's awesome how seriously the top notch fighters take education. My hope is that in the next few years, Belegarth can have as many instructional videos and opportunities to learn from our elite as Amtgard does.

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 7/6/08]

PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:04 pm
by The Great Gigsby
BUMP

I've updated the first post with 10 new links.

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 7/6/08]

PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:40 pm
by Ralimar
I watched the videos, but swordfighters are sooooooo boring!!

Mr. Giggles, what do I do??

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 7/6/08]

PostPosted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:40 pm
by Cib
Dude, I had no Idea all this was here! This is awesome!

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 7/6/08]

PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:18 pm
by Arrakis
No Florentine references yet?

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 7/6/08]

PostPosted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 9:08 pm
by Sir Thurat
Do you have any references for Florentine videos or articles?

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 7/6/08]

PostPosted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 9:22 pm
by Arrakis

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 7/6/08]

PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:16 pm
by bo1
who is giggles and when can i buy them a drink??

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 7/6/08]

PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:23 pm
by Derian
Peter's class at closer should be added to the list as well.

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 12/20/08] Florentine Edition!

PostPosted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 3:53 pm
by The Great Gigsby
Have an awesome solstice everyone. Lots of love.

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 12/20/08] Florentine Edition!

PostPosted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 5:28 pm
by Derian
****. Yes.

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 12/20/08] Florentine Edition!

PostPosted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 6:58 pm
by Brennon EH
Great resource. I threw a link to this on the E-Sam fighting board.

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 12/20/08] Florentine Edition!

PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:15 am
by Winfang
Giggles, here is a page with some other good stuff on it as well. SCA related, but good still.

http://www.midrealm.org/kith/kith/

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 12/20/08] Florentine Edition!

PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:33 am
by Aslaug
http://www.thearma.org/essays/armoredlongsword.html
I thought this one was pretty good

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 12/20/08] Florentine Edition!

PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:56 am
by The Great Gigsby
Winfang wrote:Giggles, here is a page with some other good stuff on it as well. SCA related, but good still.

http://www.midrealm.org/kith/kith/
Thanks for that. I remember seeing that site a while back and forgot to bookmark it. Good stuff.

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 1/14/09]

PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:04 am
by Winfang
Spyn of Amtgard fighting at Ragnarok. Makes a vet looks like he a first day newbie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNwJmugjGEo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRy4WKoqMyk

More of Spyn's videos
http://www.youtube.com/user/SpynThrift

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 1/14/09]

PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 1:05 pm
by gosta
Haven't seen this one posted yet. It's SCA Great sword, but I think some of it could transfer to our sport.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1466426597904054299&ei=63xzScPiN4uQ-wGTqrW1BQ&q=two+hand+sca&hl=en

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 1/14/09]

PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 1:30 pm
by p_quick
thanks winfang, I look like garbage in that other vid...

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 1/14/09]

PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:03 pm
by Winfang
I figured since you encouraged Physic to post that video of me getting my * handed to me in a SCA fight, I'll link you getting your * handed to you by a Dragonhood guy! :)

Can't wait till I see you guys at Wolfpack Opener. I'm bringing a video camera.

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 1/14/09]

PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:18 pm
by p_quick
hell yea i'm pumped for it too. and you are right i did have a big hand in getting that video linked =)

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 1/14/09]

PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:31 pm
by p_quick
also i did go 20 to 8 on him i didn't really get my *handed :unsure:

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 1/14/09]

PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:41 pm
by Winfang
Not compared to the beating Spyn delievered....

I counted 16 you, 10 dragonhood. So you didn't get your * handed to you...

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 1/14/09]

PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 3:25 pm
by p_quick
i think went like 1 of 20 with spyn if i beat him once at all. It was pretty humbling...

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 1/14/09]

PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:00 pm
by Sir_Mel
I think the workout in the last link is definitely worth checking out. That guy really seems to know what he's talkin about.

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 1/14/09]

PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:59 pm
by Derian
Updated with Bhakdar's newest video.

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 1/14/09]

PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 5:48 pm
by Solusar
Can we get Grumio's spear fighting videos that Chicken posted links to on this thread?

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 1/14/09]

PostPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 8:27 pm
by Solusar
Also I see references to SKBC handouts, are those archived online anywhere?

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 1/14/09]

PostPosted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:21 am
by The Great Gigsby
It looks like SKBC changed domains. I'll see if I can't track down an archive or cache of what you're looking for. If we're thinking about the same thing, they really weren't that important. Just notes meant to guide and supplement the actual lecture. If they're are any other 404's I'll try to fix 'em.

Update pending...

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 1/14/09]

PostPosted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 7:20 pm
by Physic
Is there a way to copy and paste the links from the original post? I will copy and paste them but they do not retain the links when I do this since they are imbeded in the words.

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 1/14/09]

PostPosted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 8:00 pm
by Derian
Yeah, if you hit 'quote' on his post, the URLs for all will be in there.

Alternatively, if you're using Firefox, you can right click on the link and select 'copy link location'.

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 4/29/09]

PostPosted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:51 am
by Winfang
The new videos by Brennon and Spyn are up there!

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 4/29/09]

PostPosted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:52 am
by Winfang
The Dukes within SCA are trying to do training stuff. Here is a playlist of what I've found so far. No all of it works within Bel (i.e. flat snap to the head) but plenty of good information.

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p ... 85A987C067

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 4/29/09]

PostPosted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:55 am
by Winfang
Here are 3 other videos that haven't seem to make their way on to here. These are made by Duke Logan:

http://www.ebonwoulfe.com/images/video/timing.wmv - Timing
http://www.ebonwoulfe.com/images/video/flatsnap.wmv - Flatsnap
http://www.ebonwoulfe.com/images/video/punch.wmv - One-inch punch

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 4/29/09]

PostPosted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:59 am
by Winfang

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 4/29/09]

PostPosted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 8:09 am
by Arrakis
Yay, Winfang!

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 4/29/09]

PostPosted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:00 am
by Kyrian
This was posted on Youtube this week. While it's geared towards the SCA, it demonstrates some drills that can be used in Belegarth:

1) Number drill on a pell
2) Slow work
3) Attack/defense


Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 4/29/09]

PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:12 am
by Loptr
Kyrian wrote:This was posted on Youtube this week. While it's geared towards the SCA, it demonstrates some drills that can be used in Belegarth:

1) Number drill on a pell
2) Slow work
3) Attack/defense



I am not getting any links out of your post. Can you post links?
Maybe its in the white box that work is blocking images from. A standard URL would be lovely.

thanks,
L

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 4/29/09]

PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:34 pm
by Kyrian

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 4/29/09]

PostPosted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 8:11 am
by Loptr
More video from Sword Knight Boot Camp.

SKBC 09 Polearm with Shadow.
I put part 5 first. It has good info that helps with the entire series.
Enjoy.

L


SKBC 09 Shadow polearm
Part 5
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 6

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 4/29/09]

PostPosted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 10:26 pm
by Prawn
All of these videos have been removed from youtube. Could you please remove them from the list?

General Fitness pt.1, pt.2, pt.3, pt.4 (Video)

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 4/29/09]

PostPosted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 10:28 pm
by The Great Gigsby
Thanks for letting me know. I'll get around to updating the list soon. I promise.

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 12/22/10]

PostPosted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 10:28 am
by The Great Gigsby
Thread updated. New links at the top. Enjoy.

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 12/22/10]

PostPosted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:39 pm
by Remdawg Killionaire
Some * Sword links to help people out.
By * Sword I mean * sword as in anything like min. red sword, hand and a halfers, long blue, samurai ****.
Here's the links for the technical stuff ie technique, theory and focus on the weapon style.

[*]Canadian Fortress Viadrina, * Sword Practice 1 Of 4 - Michael Fromberg (there's some pretty bad background noise, but worth the watch for sure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpyngcN5R5s

[*]SCA * technique
http://www.scabastardsword.com


Here's some Agility Training videos to help out with the style and any other I would assume.

[*]Outdoor Step Skip training, good conditioning for the brutal style needed to do good in * sword I guess.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7HFtnrE7RA

[*]Kendo footwork, also good for generally conditioning even if it might not be designed for terrain as it's mostly dojo-orientated
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr-y97j3ePQ&feature=related

[*]This one just for the lolz
http://www.wikihow.com/Win-a-Swordfight

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 12/22/10]

PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 1:25 am
by Kaimelar Morikayun
Might be for the lolz, but still good info there. Important info at its most basic level =) Tiny details many new people will overlook lol.

Re: Fighting Resources [UPDATED 12/22/10]

PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:01 pm
by Kobold Puck
Elwrath's aggressive shield work class!

Pt.1
Pt.2

Sorry about iffy sound/lighting.