Longsword Sparring

Clashing longsword action with Matt Easton and students from The Schola Gladiatora. This video features the medieval longsword and explicitly shows attack and defence in live sparring.
Actively keeping European traditional martial arts alive through practice and research the Schola Gladiatora specialize in;
1. the medieval knightly art of Fiore dei Liberi (c.1380-1410), covering longsword, grappling, dagger, spear and pollaxe, and;
2. the Victorian military fencing system of John Musgrave Waite (c.1865-1884), covering the infantry officer’s sabre and infantryman’s bayonet.

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medieval, schola gladiatora, fiori dei liberi, and longsword