Lefty Combat

Category: Video

  • How to Throw a Stab

    I was asked once (318 days ago as of today) how to throw stabs correctly. Today, I have answered that question with a short five minute video. Hopefully you find it educational.

  • Less Than Ten Minute Lessons 1: Shot Speed

    This is the beginning of a new video series: Less Than Ten Minute Lessons. The first set of these videos will focus on shot speed; how you can become a faster fighter. This video is a good companion to the article on the perception of speed.

  • Video: Ten Shots

    This is a longer video, about twenty minutes, so it’s embedded via Youtube. It shows ten different shots for striking your opponent in their sword arm. These shots are shown lefty on righty, but most of them work in any hand configuration. The filming is done with a digital camera, so, as always, the appearance…

  • Video: The High Cross Feint

    A short video on drawing a known counter by feinting the high cross. The core concept is fairly straightforward. People like to throw the high cross. A lot. Eventually people, even silly righties, learn to capitalize on this and kill the foolish high crossing people. Once people have learned to counter the high cross, which…

  • Lefty Combat at the Movies: Samurai Swordsmanship Vol 2: Intermediate Sword Program

    If you have a Netflix account, you may have seen martial arts videos listed in their catalog. After seeing these myself, I decided to rent them and watch them, viewing them from the perspective of a foam combat fighter to see what could be gleaned from these videos on other styles. Having watched one in…