Comments by "Evan" (@MrEvanfriend) on "What You Need To Know About Medieval Fighting Techniques" video.

  1. I wonder how much this stuff would apply at full speed in an actual fight. The closest relevant experience I have is in the Marine Corps, where the martial arts program teaches you a bunch of moves that can be diagrammed out in manuals, but then as soon as you get in an actual fight, even for training purposes, most of the diagrams go out the window - some of the fundamentals you learn may still apply, but the more elaborate the moves, the less likely they are to work at full speed when the other guy wants to get you and avoid getting hit himself. Unfortunately, I see no safe and ethical way to determine this, and these manuals, as imperfect as they are, appear to be the best we've got.
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  2.  @EvidensInsania  I'm not so much concerned with that as with the efficacy of this kind of stuff when the other guy is fighting back instead of just allowing you to demonstrate moves.
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