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VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION – Movie sword training course tip one how to choose your practice two-handed long sword equipment and gear. That’s what we’ll answer in today’s video. Hi my name is Dillon Wilson with CBT Stunt Alliance. Train hard, perform easy. We help actors, stunt performers, filmmakers and content creators on professional stunt training for use in film tv and live action entertainment.
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Okay, so we get a lot of questions about movie sword fight training techniques and tips so we’re going to share a few things with you now I’m actually an experienced stunt coordinator current director. This is something I plan to do from the beginning of my career up to and including even attending and graduating film school as a director along my journey, I learned that being a stunt coordinator made me a better director as well as being a director made me a better stunt coordinator. So how this benefits you is i can share with you insights and experience from both sides of the camera as well through all stages of production when we thought about what would benefit you the most, we decided to put together this free six-part video course that shows you the basics of two-handed long-sword so you can use it to put together your own choreography for your own reel you know for auditions and even your own content for actual performances and highly competitive auditions. You need more training by what we offer in our movie sword fighting master course.
Why does this work because for self tapes sword auditions and performances you just have to look like you know how to use a sword the reality is if you’re not the lead or a featured fighter you’re going to launch anywhere from zero to two strikes and you’re gonna get killed watch this clip from the series the Witcher to see more. yeah now how many sword strikes did each guy get to throw in that action sequence exactly. So in this video, we’re going to cover the two-handed long sword training equipment and gear that you need to start your training now we place a premium on safety.
Movie Sword Training Equipment Gear Tip 1: Body Protection
So the first thing we start out with is our protective gear and there’s two items that you must get and one is some type of eye protection and one that offers eye protection degrees not just a pair of sunglasses that don’t provide any protection to the side of your eyes. The second thing is it’s kind of beating up get a protective cup and this is something that actually goes here to protect your uh crotch area this is for both guys and ladies. No one enjoys getting hit in the crotch with a weapon of any type so the basic is this and we use this because we use more pvc pipe and other things when we’re doing starting movie training. Yet if you’re going to do hema or sca then you’re definitely going to need a fencing mask of some type and these aren’t cheap right so if you’re going to do hema sca or something and they’ll even tell you this you’re going to need some type of fencing mat with the way that we do it though literally just these two are fine just the uh protective eye goggles and some sort of uh groin protection and that’s the the safety equipment that you need. movie sword training equipment gear, atlanta, GA, philadelphia, US, UK, USA, USMC
Movie Sword Training Equipment Gear Tip 1: Your Training Movie Prop Sword
Alright, the next thing to get second thing to get is your actual training sword. So we’re going to share with you some options because everyone doesn’t have a whole lot of money to go out and buy some expensive dollar sword or sword. So here are some some good options. The first one which a lot of people like to do are plastic swords because they’re realistic. The good ones simulate the weight of a two-handed long sword and this is actually made of plastic if you can see it right black plastic this is another type of two-handed long sword again made of plastic. You see how thick it is, how wide it is, so it’s perfect for uh for training right. So these are two you also can use wooden swords and here’s a couple of wooden swords either old you know wooden style uh wooden sword with or without the handguard on it here’s another one this is a shinai, it’s actually made of bamboo another popular type of wooden training sword right though more people tend to like this one more because it feels more like a real weapon than this one.
So these are wood though again safe say a few more now there are also foam swords as well pricier than you would think they’re not cheap uh and people use them when they’re playing larp and other things that they’re great for training right so they have enough weight to it where you can get some practice with it and once again with a foam sword you can just wear the goggles and the protective cup all right some other ones here we go you wouldn’t think of this this is actually what we like to start people with pieces of pvc right this is pvc pipe and why this is so great is you’re going to see in a moment it’s easier for people starting out to see it as it’s moving to follow with your eye as opposed to you know if you have something like this see this is a this is an aluminum sword you see so for a beginner trying to track this is much more challenging than keeping track of this and so because it’s so light in color it it catches your eye and it helps you develop your reflexes.
So this is why we recommend you know everyone starting out with a piece of pvc they’re also very inexpensive you get an eight foot length of pvc for like you know three or four dollars and that’s you know at least two swords right so if you have a partner you know like four bucks three or four bucks you got a sword for each of you right now these besides the pvc depending on where you are in the world if you don’t have pvc grab a piece of bamboo right you could also grab you know a tree branch it could be a broom or mop handle and all you do is just break it down to the size of a of a two-handed long sword that’s how you can practice so you don’t have to go and save up your money and buy something if you have a paint extender a broom a little broom an old mop you know three branches outside or something all you need is something like that that you can cut down or break into the length of an actual two-handed long sword.
Now something else that you can use is this is actually a two-handled battle axe the thing is uh not the real long one that’s a different different type of weapon yet for a battle axe of this length you could the same techniques that you learned with two-handed long sword you can use with a two-handed battle axe if you have a character that you’re going to be playing or you want to play maybe a viking character or any other character a lot of cultures use these axes the same stuff that you learn with uh with two-handed long sword also applies with this weapon as well so some people just like to you know get a plastic weapon you could go online and find these you know different people who sell them and it does make a difference you know in when you’re training with something that feels like an actual weapon as opposed to when it’s pvc yet in beginning like we said start with this then later on you know you can you can change other weapons one of the things we don’t recommend that you do is you should not start with a metal or aluminum blade I’m going to show you both of these you can get one when you have a good grasp of the basics so this is actually an aluminum sword this these are the type of swords you actually use on set right and if you notice you can’t tell the audience wouldn’t be able to tell that it’s aluminum if you see here it’s actually dull here because it’s not stainless steel so it’s not sharp and because of that even if you hit somebody it doesn’t cut them there’s no there’s no way it can really cut them movie sword training equipment gear, atlanta, GA, philadelphia, US, UK, USA, USMC.
It can still stab the metal it’s still got to sharpen a point yet aluminum aluminum swords are good for performance because that’s what you’ll use on movie sets yet do not start training with them because they’re far more dangerous to you and if you’re training with a partner dangerous to them the other option like we mentioned before is stainless gold stainless steel is actually an african sword from ghana another two-handed sword remember it doesn’t matter what culture the sword is from as long as two hands can comfortably fit on it it’s still considered to be a two-handed long sword right and if you notice you know this is the blade this is dull so it has not been sharp and i have other blades you know from ghana razor sharp i would never i would never even want to touch it even though this is the proper way of testing sharpness on the blade yet the uh for a long time this is what people use for swords now they’re they use you know there’s also wooden swords there were now they’re resin swords as well yeah for many years and even still now dull stainless steel blades are still very common not just in film and tv but also even for stage combat yet this again is something else if you notice you see how it’s moving it’s hard to track that right as compared to compared to this or your eye just can’t seem to lose it right so this is why we have you start with this so do not get a upgrade and get a stainless steel or aluminum sword until you have a good grasp of the basics and you’ve had a competent instructor assess you it’s nothing for someone to look at you and be able to tell that you have a good grasp of the basics speaking of which check this out let’s take a sneak peek and look inside if you’re serious about learning two-handed long-sword movie sword fighting.
Movie Sword Training Equipment Gear Tip 3: Make Your Sword 3’ – 3.5’ long
And one last caveat if you’re making your two-handed long sword out of pvc or wood, cut it so that it’s about three feet to three and a half feet long. And the reason why is this simulates many uh katanas. I’ll show you and european style long stores quite well so here’s a katana and this is actually three feet that’s why you could do three and a half feet as well see how long it is so it could be three and a half feet to be the exact same length. And this is a a Japanese katana. This again is a sort from Ghana Africa, see the same thing so this is a little shorter than the uh than the European long sword. That’s why this is three feet three and a half feet about right there so anywhere from three to three and a half feet is going to be good for you to be able to start training and practicing with. If you cut it to that length once you have your movie sword fighting training equipment and gear plus your practice movie sword you’re ready to start training. movie sword training equipment gear, atlanta, GA, philadelphia, US, UK, USA, USMC.
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Lastly, if you’d like more information on our highly popular two-handed long sword master course go to movieswordfighting.com or click on the link below this video. Again my name is Dillon Wilson with CBT Stunt Alliance. Train hard, perform easy. Don’t miss our next video, we share with you another movie sword fighting tip. See you next video.