This video is a continuation of the Slow Work Series and Snap Training.  This is a demonstration of how the weight of your body should move to your front foot as your sword moves forward during a snap shot.

So you saw in the last video the rotation of the torso while the head stays in the same spot and you said to yourself I don't do that and probably never can.

Well, this video is for you.  It is an exercise where when your body rotates, you throw your sheild hand back at the end of the rotation.   It isn't something you would do in a fight, but it will help you get used to rotating your body for your sword blow.

This video demonstrates how the head doesn't move during a normal flat snap.  Observe the rotation of the torso as well.

Sorry for the delay in posting new training videos from Duke Paul of Bellatrix and his School of Bellatrix fighting style, but last week on Thursday October 11th, 2007 my wife gave birth to our third child.  Parker Mathew Elswick.  He weighed in at 7 lbs and 11 ozs at a length of 20".

Look for more videos starting on Monday, October 22nd.

 

Richard

This one demonstrates the slow work involved for how to move the sword foot around to the shield side, during a return, where the shield foot is planted and pushing forwards, and the sword foot is pushing.

This one demonstrates how to do a slide step with the sheild foot during the later prat of a side return, when the sword is again moving forward , and the sword foot is pushing.

This one demonstrates how to stride foward with the sword foot upon return of the sword arm.

There are 4 more videos for the slow work series, but they are specifics.

This movement demonstrates how to recover your back foot after you have slide your other foot foward on an attack or in the case as Duke Paul demonstrates just after a strike.

7 of 7 on Slow Work.  There are some more, but this is the conclusion of the Slow Work videos.

Keeping it slow, follow the rhythmic movements and swinging of a full free form slow drill.  Keeping in mind the movement of the sword, shield and footwork as well as the body during the drill.

Look for 4 more video's next week on some more specific Slow Work drills you can do to incorporate various movements into the drills, especially the last 2 of this series.

I hope you all are enjoying these and that they are usefull to you.  I know they are too me.

Visit the Armour Archive Forums to Ask Duke Paul directly for interpretations or visit his School of Bellatrix Fighting Website for details about his training methods.

Okay, so now we are ready to move to more of a free form movement, which is more indicative of what you will see in an actual contest.

You will want to watch this one several times as there is quite a bit to watch.

Richard

Now we transition from moving forward to moving backwards all in one motion.  Smooth movements and continous swinging.  N

Key here is the movements are all SLOW... yet can easily be applied at a higher level.  These drills can also be done out of armour!

Enjoy!

Building upon the motions added in the 3rd video, movement of the feet and body is incorporated into the motion.  Notice how the blows come as the opposite foot of is moving.  (my observation)

Good stuff!

Enjoy!