Tutorial Films
This is the core of this site! It contains small films with basic instructions over how to do different techniques!
Remember that this is an art, not an exact science, so some techniques could be different from what you are used with, or what you have learned earlier, The ones shown here, works fine for the fighter that describes them, but are not guarantied to work for you!
The basic idea is to give you a perspective over how other people do different techniques, not say that right and wrong!
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We have added a Stars system to Vitaporten.se, the stars are connected to the films but they do NOT messure how good the film is or how good the instructor is! The stars is there to help you sort out what films to start to learn first!
One star is often one single movement, and more stars is several steps to compleet the teqnique. Its not said that the one star is the easiest moves! Its more like the ones you
should start to practise at first!
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Sword And Shield Basic Forehand (1100 kb)
This film shows a basic forehand blow with sword and shield.
This type of blow is one of the most basic blows in SCA fighting, and one of the first things you should learn to master in all its forms.
Best training form:Single or pell,Pair
By:Vicomte William of Richwood, 2005-12-30 | Basics of a Fast Backhand (691 Kb)
This film shows the basics of a fast backhand blow.
Best training form:Single or pell,Pair
By:King Sven Gunnarson, 2006-05-25 | Pushed Backhand (1092 kb)
This film shows a pushed backhand. This is a great Start blow if you are fast enough! Combined with good forehand blows this can be deadly.
Best training form:Single or pell,Pair
By:Vicomte William of Richwood, 2005-12-30 | Basic forehand (2294 kb)
Shows the basic forehand for the combo further down.
Best training form:Single or pell,Pair
By:Sir Brendan the Tired (KSCA), 2006-07-15 | Basic backhand (1116 kb)
The second step towards the "backhand/forehand" combo below.
Best training form:Single or pell,Pair
By:Sir Brendan the Tired (KSCA), 2006-07-15 | Backhand/Forehand Combo (1657 kb)
A combination of the two shots shown just above.
When you see this it becomes clear why things are done in the manner they are!
Best training form:Single or pell,Pair
By:Sir Brendan the Tired (KSCA), 2006-07-15 | Wrap exercise - Mowing the lawn (3096 kb)
This exorcise is a good way to train the natrual movement of your wraps!
Let the arm do the work for you, feel where it turns natrually instead of try to force the teqnique.
Best training form:Single or pell
By:Sir Brendan the Tired (KSCA), 2006-07-15 | Shield Hook (681 kb)
A great way to use your pommel when fighting with two weapons. The idea shuld work fine with axe and sword as well.
Best training form:Pair
By:Crown Prince Michael die Zanderzunge von Essen, 2006-05-25 | Leg Wrap (890 kb)
This film shows the basics of a leg wrap. This blow is kind of slow, and not that good to use as a start blow, but when engaged in close combat and shields are placed high, it often proven a useful blow. Learn to do this fast and with good precision, because you will have a hard time to see where you hit, so precision is important here!
Best training form:Single or pell,Pair
By:Vicomte William of Richwood, 2005-12-30 | The Rotique (4118 kb)
This tecnique is a backedge forhand that can be used in many different ways and is especially good at real close quarters!
Best training form:Single or pell,Pair
By:Sir Brendan the Tired III, 2007-08-03 | Followup on Rotique (3196 kb)
This is a possible followup for the Rotique teqnique.
Its quite obvious where to go from it, but the film gives you some more details.
Best training form:Single or pell,Pair
By:Sir Brendan the Tired III, 2007-08-03 | Leg block with two weapons (861 Kb)
This teqnique shows two ways to end an opponents devestating legblow into something good for yourself.
Best training form:Pair
By:Crown Prince Michael die Zanderzunge von Essen, 2006-05-25 | Faked Wrap. (1237 kb.)
This is an example of a faked head wrap that turns into something looking like a pushed backhand. When you Master both the Basic Forehand and the pushed backhand, this could be a good trick to train.
Best training form:Pair
By:Herr Björn Sneskägg, 2005-12-30 | Aim high, Hit low (458 Kb)
This is an easy to learn, hard to master feint that can practically be used with any weapons. The basic idea is to make your body start one movement and let the opponent se it, then twist it into something else.
Best training form:Pair
By:Lord Keldor DeGeer, 2006-04-15 | Aim low, hit high (336 Kb)
This is an easy to learn, hard to master feint that can practically be used with any weapons. The basic idea is to make your body start one movement and let the opponent se it, then twist it into something else.(same as above, but done in the oposit direction)
Best training form:Pair
By:Lord Keldor DeGeer, 2006-04-15 | Kneeling legshot (1.3 mb)
From your knees, faking a high forehand hitting the opponents leg.
Best training form:Pair
By:Viscount Kotte and Sir Padraig, 2007-02-25 | Short advantage (662 Kb)
This film shows an excellent advantage of being a shorter guy. Use your height as something good for your self, and something bad for your opponent and you will have changed the odds of the fight for the better.
Best training form:Pair
By:Count Cadogan, 2006-05-25 | Backhand from kneeling when crowded (0.9 mb)
If you opponent has stepped in on you, one of your options are to throw a backhand. But you need to raise your arm straight up before initiating the blow so that the blade goes over you opponents shield.
Best training form:Pair
By:Viscount Kotte and Sir Padraig, 2007-02-25 | Example of Strong positions (1592 kb)
There are a lot of talk about "strong positions" and this film shows examples of such possitions with a single sword.
Best training form:Single or pell
By:Vicomte Bengt Knutsson, 2005-10-10 | Low wrapshot on kneeling fighter (0.8 mb)
Most kneeling fighters are aware of the standard attacks against them. They know that a wrapshot is the most likely shot to hit them when the opponent is standing on top of them. Therefor they raise their shield to protect the head exposing the belly. By taking advantage of that, this clip shows how to set the kneeling opponent up for a low wrapshot aimed towards the exposed belly.
Best training form:Pair
By:Viscount Kotte and Sir Padraig, 2007-02-25 | Wrap from kneeling (0.8 mb)
How to throw a wrap when kneeling.
Best training form:Pair
By:Viscount Måns & Sir Padraig, 2007-02-17 | Christian style - Feint and thrust (2.7 mb)
A basic feint and thrust using the christian style.
Best training form:Pair
By:Sir Padraig & Vicomte Måns, 2007-02-12 | Backhand from kneeling on advancing opponent (0.8 mb)
When you are fighting from your knees there is usually a backhand-slot when your opponent advances on you.
Best training form:Pair
By:Viscount Kotte and Sir Padraig, 2007-02-25 | Slow-work exercise (1845 kb)
This is a great slow-work exercise with a single sword. When you master this, you can train it with any types of weapons, the idea is the same!
The basic idea with this exercise is to always end up in strong positions.
A strong position is a position where you can attack your opponent directly, without doing a movement before the attack.
Best training form:Pair
By:Vicomte Bengt Knutsson, 2006-01-01 | Simple combination (3171 kb)
This is a regular combination, backhand/forehand, Right, you already know this one, but look at this, its probably not how you had imagined it! The first blow is a low offhand backahand, to lure the enemys shield to go down, the other shot is trown from leaning to the left, but hits on the right side, simple enough, but useful.
Best training form:Single or pell,Pair
By:Sir Brendan the Tired III, 2007-08-03 | Disengage from dangerzone (535)
Now when you have learned to step into your opponent and hit him, you also have to learn how to step away. The basics of this exorcise is to do your series of blows, and then move away from the opponent in an angle from where you attacked. When you fight sword and shield guys, a good last blow would be one that higher the shield, so the opponent looses the sight of you while you start to retreat, and when fighting a great weapon, go for the legs so they have to lower their guard, from this position its harder for them to follow you directly.
Best training form:Pair,Group
By:Lord Keldor DeGeer, 2006-04-15 | Kill a christian style fighter 1 (853 Kb)
The first way in a school of three over how to kill a christian style fighter
Best training form:Single or pell,Pair
By:Prince Brendan the Tired, 2006-05-25 | Second film in school of killing christian style fighters (964 Kb)
Second film
Best training form:Pair
By:Prince Brendan the Tired, 2006-05-25 | Third part of Kill-A-Christianstyle-Fighter (844 Kb)
Here it goes..
Best training form:Pair
By:Prince Brendan the Tired, 2006-05-25 | Scorpion for a long fighter (495 Kb)
This teqnique can be used with great advantage for a long fighter.
Best training form:Single or pell,Pair
By:Baron Jorulf Från Valle, 2006-05-25 | The scorpion if you are short. (649 Kb)
A version of the scorpion that can be used if you are shorter than your opponent.
Best training form:Single or pell,Pair
By:Lord Atli, 2006-05-25 | Tight Wrap (1833)
This film shows how to throw a wrap at real close range. Two different styles of this teqnique is shown, mainly to illustrate how to confuse your opponent.
Best training form:Single or pell,Pair
By:Lord Atli, 2007-02-18 | Hard Body Thrust (619 Kb)
Detailed film over how to make a hard body thrust. Bodythrusts are seldom taken by fighters if they are weak enough, so if you are going for one, you better lurn how to do them hard enough.
Best training form:Single or pell,Pair
By:Prince Brendan the Tired, 2006-05-25 | Feint 1a (1545 Kb)
This feint is the first of three shown here by sir Hartmann.
Best training form:Pair
By:Sir Hartmann Rogge (KSCA), 2007-03-03 | Feint 1b (655 Kb)
This is the second feint shown by Sir Hartmann.
Best training form:Pair
By:Sir Hartmann Rogge (KSCA), 2007-03-02 | Wrap Return (1519 Kb)
This short film shows a way to return your wrap over your head instead of the way it came. This can be usefull as a block and to get yourself into possition for another blow.
Best training form:Single or pell
By:Sir Hartmann Rogge (KSCA), 2007-03-02 | Feint: Rising Snap (2595 Kb)
This is the third and last in the series of feints from Sir Hartmann
Best training form:Pair
By:Sir Hartmann Rogge (KSCA), 2007-03-02 | Thrust after a wrap (1334 Kb)
This thrust is based upon the "return over head" teqnique shown in the film above this one.
Best training form:Single or pell,Pair
By:Sir Hartmann Rogge(KSCA), 2007-03-02 | Using the shield (326 kb)
This is one way to use your shield in combat. The main idea is to lock the opponents shield with yours, creating space for your o hit your opponent. Please note that its FORBIDDEN to hit your opponent with your shield. (At least within Drachenwald)
Best training form:Pair
By:Lord Keldor DeGeer, 2006-04-15 | Shield Lock 2 (Another usage of your shield) (388 kb)
This is a similar lock as the above one. But here you use your shield to move the opponents shield instead of locking it to his body. This also provides you with a gap where you can hit your opponent.
Best training form:Pair
By:Lord Keldor DeGeer, 2006-04-15 | Lock opponents shield (692 Kb)
The special thing with this teqnique is to lock your opponents shield with yours so he cant move it into possition when you strike.
(Egils note: I have not got hold of Baron Brian to get him to confirm this film, so if ANYONE of you lords and ladys meets him, please ask him to confirm this to me via the guestbook on this site! The film will be taken away if he so likes as soon as he tells me to do so.)
Best training form:Pair
By:Baron Brian O´morchoe, 2006-05-25 | Do and dont when it comes to thrusts.. (1090 Kb)
This film illustrates how to avoid injury when doing a Trust in Heavy Fighting. The regular fencing thrust can be dangerous as its bends your wrist.
Best training form:Single or pell,Pair
By:Viscomte Benkt Knutsson, 2007-02-18 | The Whip (604 kb)
I have no idea over what to call this teqnique but it works a little as a whip.
(Egils note: I have not got hold of Baron Brian to get him to confirm this film, so if ANYONE of you lords and ladys meets him, please ask him to confirm this to me via the guestbook on this site! The film will be taken away if he so likes as soon as he tells me to do so.)
Best training form:Single or pell,Pair
By:Baron Brian O´morchoe, 2006-05-25 | Spinshot (3612 kb)
Ever seen Conan? Then this is for you. This is more a trickshot than a winning teqnique, but if you do land this one, the people around the list will cheer, thats for sure!
Best training form:Single or pell,Pair
By:Sir Brendan the Tired III, 2007-08-03 |
 | Two WeaponsBasic usage (892 kb)
This film shows one good thing with two weapons, and that is that you can use one to lure your opponent to move his weapon or shield and then strike fast with the other one.
Best training form:Single or pell,Pair
By:Lord Geiri i Hrauni, 2006-04-15 | Feint with TW (470 kb)
This film shows you a basic idea over how to do an effective feint with two weapons. Here the left stick is used to start something that looks like a blow, but the thing you realy do is to move it infront of you into a guard possition while the other sword swings around and goes for the helmet. IF the opponent desides to strike at you, your left sword is in possition for a block already.
Best training form:Single or pell,Pair
By:Lord Macarius of Novgorod, 2006-04-15 | Christian style defense (3.6 mb)
Shows the importance of the position of the sword/axe/madu that you use when fighting.
Best training form:Pair
By:Sir Padraig & Vicomte Måns, 2007-02-12 | Christian style defense against wraps (6.3 mb)
A clip that demonstrates how to protect yourself from wrapshots a small bonus attack is included ...
Best training form:Pair
By:Sir Padraig and Väpnaryngel Kotte, 2007-02-17 | Counter a wrap with a Cristian stick (1372 Kb)
This film shows both how to lure the opponent to do a wrap, and how to counter it. This teqnique could be used with sword and shield too.
Best training form:Pair
By:Lord Atli, 2007-02-18 |
 | Great WeaponsDifferent Guard possitions (1065 kb)
This short film shows the basic guard possitions with a two handed sword. The mid-Guard and the High-Guard(even called "the Falcion" by some)
Mid-Guard should be used mainly, while the High-Guard makes you a treatening but still tempting target.
Best training form:Single or pell
By:Jarl Peregrine Mackay, 2006-02-19 | Three different defences (2400 kb)
This film shows three different defences with the two handed sword.
Best training form:Single or pell
By:Jarl Peregrine Mackay, 2006-02-19 | Warding (2410 kb)
Warding is a type of block where you let the energy of the enemys weapon continue past your own weapon, even speading it up in some cases!
Best training form:Pair
By:Jarl Peregrine Mackay , 2006-02-18 | Warding block and strike with twohanded sword (950 Kb)
This film shows how to do a warding block with your twohanded sword, and use the force to throw a blow of your own. This teqnique can be used in many different combinations, but are here shown in one single movement.
Best training form:Pair
By:Viscomte Benkt Knutsson, 2007-02-18 | Thrusts with two handed swords (2828 kb)
This film shows basic thrusts with a two handed sword.
Think about the force you deliver with your trusts!
Trusts against the face should be delivered gently and always considered "GOOD" blows, this is to prevent neck injuries.
Best training form:Single or pell,Pair
By:Jarl Peregrine Mackay, 2006-02-19 | Good Block / Bad Block (932 kb)
This file shows the difference between a good block and a bad block. The main idea is to keep your weapon close to your body, and ready to strike even when you block.
Best training form:Pair
By:Jarl Peregrine Mackay, 2006-02-19 |
 | PolearmsVertical Defence with Polearm (547 kb)
This film show you the idea of vertical defence with a pole arm(or great weapon) With this kind of defence you are practically safe in close combat.
Best training form:Pair
By:Lord Macarius of Novgorod, 2006-04-15 | Blow from Vertical block (698 kb)
When you have mastered the vertical defence, you also need to learn how to do something useful from that position. This Blow is really powerful and you should be careful when training and using it so you don’t hurt your opponent.
Best training form:Single or pell,Pair
By:Lord Macarius of Novgorod, 2006-04-15 | Feint with Polearm (487 kb)
This is a basic but working feint with pole arm. This one works with spear as well.
Best training form:Pair
By:Lord Macarius of Novgorod, 2006-04-15 | High Buttspike thrust (593 kb)
This movie shows you the usage of a butt spike on your pole. There are hundreds of ways to use it, you just have to be creative in how you fight with it.
Best training form:Single or pell,Pair
By:Lord Macarius of Novgorod, 2006-04-15 | Low hit with buttspike (633 kb)
This is another way to use the butt spike on your pole arm.
Best training form:Pair
By:Lord Macarius of Novgorod, 2006-04-15 | Short body Thrust (461 kb)
This blow can be done from the vertical block. The idea is to get the weapon between the opponents shield and helmet, then push it backwards and then turn it into the helmet using your body force. Use CAUTION when doing this kinds of blows, they are really powerful and can throw your opponent of his feet’s.
Best training form:Single or pell,Pair
By:Lord Macarius of Novgorod, 2006-04-15 |
 | SpearSpear positions (409 kb)
This film shows the guard positions with a spear
Best training form:Single or pell
By:Lord Anton Heillirsson, 2006-02-18 | Calibration with spear (1131 kb)
This film shows how you can train your calibration with your spear. This type of training is important to prevent injuries on the battlefield! A spear can cause permanent neck injuries if used improperly.
Best training form:Pair
By:Lord Anton Heillirsson, 2006-02-18 | Target Practice with spear (1321 kb)
This film shows a target practice that can be done with 2 or 3 members. the idea is to become faster in hitting an upcoming target.
Best training form:Pair,Group
By:Lord Anton Heillirsson, 2006-02-18 | Thrusting with spear (528 kb)
This film shows some basic thrusting with spear.
Best training form:Single or pell,Pair
By:Lord Anton Heillirsson, 2006-02-18 | Blocking with Spear (1084 kb)
This film shows some basic blocks with Spear.
Best training form:Pair
By:Lord Anton Heillirsson, 2006-02-18 | Feint With spear (817 kb)
This film shows 2 basic feints with spear.
Best training form:Pair
By:Lord Anton Heillirsson, 2006-02-18 | Thrust with a short spear (427)
This film shows a basic thrust from a wide angle.
Best training form:Pair
By:Lord Atli, 2006-05-25 | Faint with short spear (825 Kb)
This is a quick followup if your enemy blocks your initial thrust. Notice how the spear works as a shield while you are in possition to make your wrap.
Best training form:Pair
By:Lord Atli, 2006-05-25 | Fake flatsnap, shortspear thrust (560 Kb)
This teqnique shows how you can fake a regularblow, or miss it, and still end up with a winning thrust.
Best training form:Pair
By:Lord Atli, 2006-05-25 | Wait, wait, wait.. strike! (448 Kb)
This is a faint based upon the fact that when a shieldguy higher his shield, he looses his vision of you, this can be done with other types of weapons too!
Best training form:Pair
By:Lord Atli, 2006-05-25 | Strike, wrap, with shortspear (627 Kb)
This teqnique shows what you can do when you have dimed the vision of your enemy.
Best training form:Single or pell,Pair
By:Lord Atli, 2006-05-25 |
 | Misc | FunnyCivilwar2007 (4,7 mb)
A smal edit of the Civilwar2007 cenario. Sir Brendans army meets up with The barbaric horde from finland, and their leader was Lord Makarius.
Best training form:Single or pell,Pair,Group
By:Lord Egil, 2007-09-29 | Civiwar2007 (29 Mb)
This is a longer version of the CivilWar movie. 7:40
Best training form:Single or pell,Pair,Group
By:Lord Egil, 2007-10-03 | Doublewar 2006 warfilm1 (1195 kb)
A film from Doublewars 2006. This has nothing to do with educational filming, its more fun to watch!
By:Lord Egil Dragonhead, 2006-05-27 | Doublewars 2006 warfilm2 (830 kb)
A film from Doublewars 2006. This has nothing to do with educational filming, its more fun to watch!
By:Lord Egil Dragonhead, 2006-05-27 | Doublewars 2006 warfilm3 (1707 kb)
Another warmovie, This one shows a sucsessful breaktrough in a bridgebattle
By:Lord Egil Dragonhead, 2006-05-17 | King commands (1107 kb)
This is a crunch from one of the Viking raid battles during double wars 2006. The shields from Frostheim get the command to charge and do so without hesitation. Check out the numbers of weapon swinged at them when they charge, fun fun fun..
By:Lord Egil Dragonhead, 2006-05-17 | Fighting in Snow (2089 Kb)
This is not an instruction film, its more of an advert for winterfighting!
It was kind of fun to do:)
By:Lord Egil Dragonhead, 2007-04-14 | Use Protection (799 kb)
This film shows why you should ALWAYS wear a CUP! Even if it does not seem to help that much!
By:Lord Asulf Klo, 2005-12-30 |
 | FencingStarting Position (2324 Kb)
Your basic starting position, shown with heavier blades in order to make it more visible.
Best training form:Single or pell
By:Lord Fardäng Skvaldre, 2007-09-10 | Basic Parry (2242 Kb)
How to parry the most basic thrusts, shown with heavier blades but the technique is the same with light blade
Best training form:Pair
By:Lord Fardäng Skvaldre, 2007-09-10 | How to move (1647 Kb)
This is your basic advance and retreat moves, shown with heavier blades in order to make them more visible
Best training form:Single or pell
By:Lord Fardäng Skvaldre, 2007-09-10 | Basic fencing thrust (3325 kb)
This is a short description of how to make a good thrust with light blades.
Best training form:Single or pell,Pair
By:Lord Fardäng Skvaldre, 2007-10-07 | Step,thrust and parry (2749 kb)
Here is a combination of previous films about step, thrust and parry.
Best training form:Pair
By:Lord Fardäng Skvaldre, 2007-10-07 |
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