McCamey Medieval Combat

I joined the rapier round robin at the end of class, though I entered with my broadsword. This puts me at a disadvantage as the rapier is generally much longer and lighter. I went on to win eight rounds in a row. We're only scoring a torso or head stab or cut.

In this match I am using a combination of Arming Sword, Dagger & Cape against a Saber and Buckler. We're fighting to 10 points, with head strikes counting as 2 and all other strikes counting as 1.

This Friday we did a round robin match with rapier. Each fighter was also permitted either a cane, or a parrying dagger. I stuck with a single rapier, which is a weapon I seldom use as I typically favor the broadsword. I had 15 turns and won 10 of them.

Had to reupload this one to fix an issue with the health bars, so here's take two! This video was fun for me to make. Saturday we had some additional members of Youngstown Historical Fencing join for some Saturday training. We did 2 hours of drilling and lessons followed by 2 hours of sparring. For the sparring we did a round robin, fighting to five points. This video is in two parts. The first part shows our five fighters against each other. The second part begins once all five have had a chance to fight and now I join in to fight the last man standing. For part two, I defeat all five fighters without any rest between matches! All the training is really starting to pay off.

This weekend, we're joined by other members of Youngstown Historical Fencing join us to train and fight. In this video we see the first half of our mixed weapon round robin. This fight includes arming sword, dagger, spadroon, broad sword, saber and longsword.

This match is from our fourth week doing a Saturday morning training class to specialize in arming sword, saber, dagger, and shield.

In this round robin we're using arming swords and a Hutton style saber. We're fighting to five points with headshots counting as two and all other hits counting as one. Each fighter has a starting post. If they push their opponent behind their respective starting post a point is gained. A point may be gained by safely crossing the opponents starting post, however points do not stack. No score on double hits, light touches or glancing blows.

In this round robin, we're fighting with arming sword and Hutton saber with a round shield.

Each fighter is playing to 5 points. Headshots are 2, all other hits are 1. No score on double, touch, or glance. Each fighter may carry a dagger and may use it 2 times per match. It may be drawn after the onset of a round and must be returned to it's sheath after each round ends. Fighters get a point if they push their opponent past their respective starting post and may also score if they safely pass as well. These points do not stack with each other or with other hits in the same beat. Permitted Weapons: Side Sword, Messer, Broadsword, Arming Sword, or Back Sword paired with a Dagger as a side arm. We are a part of the Youngstown Historical Fencing club.

In this one Tim is trying out the basket-hilt broadsword for the first time. Admittedly this one has the skinny blade, which is something I mean to upgrade as soon as funds allow. This ended up being a great match and a great example of the difference in protection the basket makes versus fighting without one.

We decided to do a few matches with the arming sword and round shield.

In this one we decide to bring in the round shields for some Viking and Highlander style of fighting.

This is our second week of training focused on arming sword. After several hours of drill and technique building, we finished the day with a few round robin matches.

This is our second week of training focused on arming sword. After several hours of drill and technique building, we finished the day with a few round robin matches. Here is the first of them.

In this video I'm using my basket-hilt broadsword against Babej's rapier. He has a reach advantage though mine has more speed. It ended up being a fairly even match-up.

Here is my first time cutting paper with a sharp arming sword. This is also my first time wielding this specific arming sword. Some of the guys were having a hard time getting clean cuts out of it, but using proper structure from Joachim Meyer's first rule, I didn't seem to have too much trouble. I really enjoyed this weapon and would love to own a sharp arming sword of my own to match my longsword someday!

Here is my warm up session on the paper roll after trying my first roll of tatami. Started off a little rough, but got more clean across the day. This was my 2nd time ever attempting to cut a paper roll.

This was my first time cutting tatami. I tried my first roll without satisfactory results. After the first roll, I spent about an hour doing paper cutting with various weapons before returning to try my second roll. Round two went much better!

With a fresh edge on the Bosworth and a cutting demonstration approaching this afternoon at Youngstown Historical Fencing, I decided to do some practice cuts over the weekend in preparation.

Here are my favorite exchanges from this match. I can see the pell work starting to pay off, but still need a lot more time on it.

I'm using my arming sword against Llewellyn and his messer. A very fun and relatively even match up.

In this video I'm joined by Scott from 2 Ravens Hema for a fun match to put my new arming sword against the curved saber. I love the feel of this weapon and the more I use it, the more comfort I'm starting to find with it. I can see my longsword getting jealous.

This weekend we joined Rubber City Historical Fencing for their birthday event. We had a great day of burgers and battles. Here was a fun game using some of the environment. We have 2 defenders versus 3 attackers, with mixed weapons. The defenders must defeat all of the attackers before any of them make it over the 'finish line.' Both teams must stay within one step of the path, creating a narrow field. Defenders are cycled out every two matches. Defenders may hit attackers anywhere for it to count as a 'kill' whereas the attackers may only 'kill' a defender with a hit to their head or torso.