SwordTube, En Garde!

Endless Thread

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Reddit, Technology

4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Sword influencers abound on YouTube. Those who specialize in the historic European martial arts, or HEMA, have gained legions of fans showcasing the fantastic, bladed techniques of yore.

But talk of parries and pommels has recently given way to bigotry. Endless Thread's Ben Brock Johnson speaks with co-host Amory Sivertson about one valiant influencer fighting back.

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Credits: This episode was produced by Ben Brock Johnson and Dean Russell. Mix and sound design by Emily Jankowski. The hosts are Amory Sivertson and Ben Brock Johnson.

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1:00.0	Ungard?
1:01.0	On guard?
1:02.0	Hmongard. Unguard? On guard. On guard.
1:03.0	Do you know what Hema is?
1:08.0	Nope.
1:09.0	Historic European Martial Arts.
1:19.0	European Martial Arts, that's not a phrase that I have maybe ever heard in my life. Yeah, it's weird.
1:20.0	Hmm.
1:21.0	It's weird, right?
1:22.0	Since you made me watch a video about sword fighting,
1:26.0	are the European martial arts equivalent to sword fighting?
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