Combat isn't just boom-pow-slash-bang.
These hand-picked resources will inspire crispier fight scenes, expand your imagination, and confirm to the FBI agent surveilling you that you're truly, definitely, just a writer.
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Why Wouldn't you Just STAB ME? The Bind: Pt. 5 (YouTube short, longsword, adds/resolves tension, possibly applicable to any arming sword) (Added 2023-08-04T13:59)
Why do people HATE these techniques?! (YouTube short, longsword, cut unguarded leg, long thrust, standoff, increase distance) (Added 2023-08-18T16:59)
Can a Smaller Sword Parry a Bigger Sword? Blade Mechanics! (YouTube short, longsword, rapier) (Added 2023-08-22T21:32)
The Iconic Sword and Dagger (blog article) (Added 2023-08-25T23:32)
I Handed a Sakabatō (Reverse Blade) to a Samurai Master and THIS Happened (YouTube video, reverse blade, reverse grip technique) (Added 2023-08-30T13:16)
How to draw a sword longer than a person is tall (YouTube video, very long sword, draw technique, Japanese) (Added 2024-05-29T18:11)
Poleaxe Buttspike (YouTube short, poleaxe buttspike stabbing, probing, fast, "light" attack) (Added 2023-08-04T13:59)
The PROBLEM with Halberds (and other Polearms) (YouTube video, examples of how a polearm user loses in a fight) (Added 2023-10-06T15:33)
Martial Artists Break Down John Wick’s Knife and Judo Skills | Scenic Fights (YouTube video, knife throwing, judo) (Added 2023-08-30T13:17)
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