Why half swording though? I can't imagine holding the blade while attacking with the blunt grip would be practical in battle.
Actually, that's a very effective way to deal with heavily armored opponents. What a sword can't cut, can still be smacked to death with the pommel and handguard.
The sword is an amazing weapon - the blade for cutting and thrusting, the handguard for hooking riders off their horse or trapping enemy weapons, and the pommel for bludgeoning the shit out of everything else.
Why half swording though? I can't imagine holding the blade while attacking with the blunt grip would be practical in battle.
With the weight of a sword being centered around the hilt, half-swording essentially turns it into a hammer. May not be able to cut the armor but you can sure as shit cave it in.
Why half swording though? I can't imagine holding the blade while attacking with the blunt grip would be practical in battle.
Change from pierce and slash damage to concussive. If you cannot penetrate the armor you can transfer the force of the blow through it provided its not defected.
I learn something good today about Half swording. Thinking about, it is quite brilliant and a shame that you don't always see such a thing in action with swords, especially in anime and manga.
I remember reading about Katanas and Samurais there are many techniques where the Samurai will thrust parts of the hilt and handle, as well as punching the opponent and knocking them off guard before striking with their Katana. It's very interesting.
I learn something good today about Half swording. Thinking about, it is quite brilliant and a shame that you don't always see such a thing in action with swords, especially in anime and manga.
I remember reading about Katanas and Samurais there are many techniques where the Samurai will thrust parts of the hilt and handle, as well as punching the opponent and knocking them off guard before striking with their Katana. It's very interesting.
Well with the game For Honor out we might see a little of it from the gameplay at E3, though it looked more like a finisher than combat but you never know they might flesh it out
And if you miss? A very good probability that you'll unable to fight back.
This picture is made in reference to a video. I referenced the running gag on the channel where an old training manual said a way of fighting an enemy is to unscrew the pommel on your sword and throw it to "end him rightly." Just a little joke, though I don't see how you won't be able to fight back. You're just missing a pommel.
This picture is made in reference to a video. I referenced the running gag on the channel where an old training manual said a way of fighting an enemy is to unscrew the pommel on your sword and throw it to "end him rightly." Just a little joke, though I don't see how you won't be able to fight back. You're just missing a pommel.
depending on the design, the handle would fall apart sine most pommels are caps to keep it together
depending on the design, the handle would fall apart sine most pommels are caps to keep it together
Although if the sword is made well enough, then the sheer friction will hold it together long enough. The "unscrewing the pommel" part is the real problem since it will take too dang long to get the bloody thing off.
I learn something good today about Half swording. Thinking about, it is quite brilliant and a shame that you don't always see such a thing in action with swords, especially in anime and manga.
I remember reading about Katanas and Samurais there are many techniques where the Samurai will thrust parts of the hilt and handle, as well as punching the opponent and knocking them off guard before striking with their Katana. It's very interesting.
There is a little bit of half-swording in the Anime Maria the Virgin Witch
Ragon said: There is a little bit of half-swording in the Anime Maria the Virgin Witch
I think the animators of Maria the Virgin Witch deserve special props, since they make a point of featuring actual Medieval combat techniques and tactics in their combat scenes, and not just in the OP.
Why half swording though? I can't imagine holding the blade while attacking with the blunt grip would be practical in battle.
Guys, guys, this isn't half-swording/Halbschwert. When you half-sword, you grip the hilt with your dominant hand while placing your offhand halfway up the blade (usually on the ricasso, or the unsharpened part of certain blades). This lets you thrust more forcefully and precisely into the gaps of an armored opponent, or to apply more leverage in sword-'wrestling' or grappling/locking techniques.
Kaymarx said:
With the weight of a sword being centered around the hilt, half-swording essentially turns it into a hammer. May not be able to cut the armor but you can sure as shit cave it in.
More like a shortspear or quarterstaff.
Inverting the sword by placing both hands on the blade and striking with the pommel/crossguard (like an improvised warhammer) is another technique, called Mordhau (Murder-hew), or alternately Mordschlag (Murder-blow)/Mordstreich (Murder-strike).
