Lindybeige

Rambling again, this time about medieval weaponry. Old skool, innit? Some points about double-handed flails (YouTube)

Happy New Year everyone! My new computer is due to arrive in January. Fingers crossed it will work, and I'll get more done on it. Some points about Caltrops (YouTube)

The 'shorts' experiment continues. No charge. Longswords are not what they say (YouTube)

One of several 'shorts' about weapons coming soon: In theory, these will make The Algorithm notice me again. No, I cannot change the thumbnail. No, you have not been charged for this. I made a bastard sword (YouTube)

A collaboration with Jason Kingsley, whom I visited a short while ago. We shot footage of me trying out a medieval saddle and having a tentative go at riding and fighting from horseback. That will appear on his channel. This, the archery, was for my channel. Field Archery - like normal archery, exce

I hit hot metal with a hammer a lot! I talk about this and that. Then more hitting! Ever met a journeyman? I have! Forging an arrowhead - plus digressions (YouTube)

More hitting people! I test my kung fu skills against longswords and arming swords. Who comes out on top? HEMA versus Kung Fu (YouTube)

Another video of experimenting with a weapon: Also, rare evidence that I have feet. The spadone - was it a longsword or greatsword or... what? (YouTube)

I have already made videos about spears, but now I have made something new, something different. Yes, this is ANOTHER video about spears. In this, some brave people test some spear-simulators I was sent, and no one is lastingly harmed. Also, my first on-screen cooking! The advert is annoyingly long,

And now, another video, with retro thumbnail: https://youtu.be/S5oDKhqka8Y TLDW: they should have just held the ladder.

I think the title describes this one fairly well. Interviewing re-enactors at two events in the north of England. Roman kit: featuring armour, swords, spears, artillery, rations, deckchairs, and of course shoes. (YouTube)

I was in Germany teaching at a HEMA camp, and while there shot this video with help from volunteers, showing one way that spears might have been used in formations - the commonest weapon combination of soldiers in the past. The fighting method of most soldiers: one-handed spear and shield (YouTube)

And now for more about hitting people: I possibly didn't need the subtitles all the way through, but I thought 'in for a penny, in for a pound'. I had to weigh up the distracting nature of constant subtitles, with the distracting nature of sporadic subtitles. How to use a poleaxe (YouTube)

A longish rambling one about bombardment, with a particular emphasis on the psychological effects of it. It includes live musical performance! Possibly inconsistent in tone. I think there might be a bit of 'too soon' about the Falklands, which is why in the edit I chose the end captions that I did.

For those of you who like the long rambling ones, this one qualifies on both counts!" Do better guns improve fighting effectiveness? (YouTube)

Bit of a click-baity title, possibly, but it is the subject of the video. Whereas the titles of YouTube videos tend to suggest authority and watch-this-and-then-you-will-finally-and-definitively-settle-the-matter-in-your-mind -forever, in the actual video, I tone it down a bit a present a 'strong ca

This is the same subject as the last, but in more detail, with lots of me talking to Matt Easton, and all of all the 65 bouts, with some more detailed breakdowns of how they went. Spears are better than swords (longer version) (YouTube)

I've done two versions of this, and they took ages to edit. This is the short version, with shortish intro, and most of the bouts are reduced to their concluding seconds. Spears are better than swords: scientific proof (YouTube)

Shot at the end of Fight Camp. I was a bit hoarse from all the shouting, camping, and beer. Alas, the venue was directly under the path of the aeroplanes landing at Birmingham International, and it was a bit windy on top. Broadsword and targe - how Highlanders fought (YouTube)

I had to think about the title to this one carefully. "The Third Reich's greatest killer" would have got the video banned for certain. I'm hoping that I get away with this one. You are seeing this a day before the riff-raff. The StuG III - Germany's deadliest AFV (YouTube)