#longsword

[ovoid-ovvie]

A couple weeks ago my HEMA instructor referred to inviting someone to attack you as a "pickup line" and the first thing that came to my mind was

"Hey baby," *performs a mediaeval longsword technique, killing you instantly*

[we-are-knight]

I teach honourable fencing and chivalrous combat.

Yet somehow, I raised a dagger fighting rogue, that can beat swordsmen with her dagger.

[chainymail]

the best part about studying italian longsword is that if you lose to a german school fencer you can always remind them that fiore was a little more concerned with self defense and real world tactics of murder so his methods just aren’t allowed to shine in the way they could when confined to a strict and prescriptive tournament setting. and if you beat a german school fencer you can say mama mia bitch get fiored !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[m3dieval]

[Video - Norwich HEMA Society]

[brella-boi]

Hunter camaraderie ✨

Feat Blu from @scout036

[vvizardbone]

Longsword: Balanced and flexible steel make for both an elegant parrying tool and sudden death dealer. Taken in both hands and by the blade, one prods and clinches for access points through harness in which they can drive the blade.

[victusinveritas]

How are you doing today?

From the London Longsword Academy's Facebook page.

[knightofthegarden]

Today I learned that my roommate's cat loves swords!! Observe

(note: this is a practice sword, it's completely blunt. the cat is perfectly safe)

[garnetdawn]

My Sword builder resource is up!

This is a mix-and-match longsword base with a lot of premade parts and combinations. Comes as a PSD file. You can play around and create very fancy sword graphics in minutes with it!

Up on my Ko-fi shop for $5!

[phoenix-of-termina]

I’ve given up on all the other socials so here we are crawling back to tumblr

Photography: @zethofhyrule

[elmushterri]

(There’s been some confusion, I’m a real fencer, not a cosplayer 😭😭)

My friend and I took some amazing and edgy glamour shots of me in steel fencing kit holding a steel sword yesterday, I’ve just been playing about with them.

The red band around my arm would signify who I am in the tournament (You’re either Red Fencer or Blue Fencer, they don’t call out your name during a fight), and well, my best friend’s steel jacket is already blue so that makes me Red Fencer. And fits with my Jupiter persona—

They’re very album-image-esque. Me, getting into music? No wayyyyyyhhhhh unlesss (I don’t just foreshadow nothing!) (Don’t worry I have a musical background + bits of musical theatre too, I promise I’m not a YouTuber who just decides they’re a singer 😭😭😭) For fun, anyway.

Side note: Not all the guards I did in those shots are real fencing guards, sometimes we just wanted a good shot.

Credit for for original shots: @ashrimpyshrimp

[cottagesapphic]

i’m going to become a cavalier!! i was so inspired by the dueling and swordsmanship in the locked tomb that i searched out historial european martial arts groups near me and i just signed up for a beginner class- intro to fiore’s longsword!! I AM SO EXCITED! i did fencing for a little bit when i was a kid so hopefully i have a little muscle memory from it lmao. i’ll try to take pics and videos and upload them here!

[sacksofpotatoes]

I can vaguely hear my great-great-great ancestors mumbling their compliments at my enthusiasm for learning the sword.

I am, after all, my great-great-great-great-great-great grandsire's great-great-great-great-great-great grand daughter.

Jokes aside, there are many differences between the striking arts and HEMA swordfighting, but one thing remains constant...

Footwork

Is

Key

To

Everything!

Train yer feet to fight well. 🫡

[m3dieval]

Forestland Photography

[we-are-knight]

Art by Graham Turner