Roman fencing - Protection and attack technique

Hi everyone! I apologize in advance for errors in the English language, which I’m just beginning to learn =) This video demonstrates roman fighting stances. For the base we took metops from Trophy of Trajan ... Many years of experience of using these stances in our club Legio V Macedonica (Russia) allow us to tell about its advantages and specific. This stance is very useful when enemy is pressing you, attacking actively, pricking by sword, spear or shield, hacking, trying to break the line. 1. Torso is half-turned, shield lays on the calf muscle and the shoulder, also it is handed by handle inside. As everybody knows, muscles soften hits and protect bones. The knee is turned inside, head is in some distance from shield. 2. In this stance, as i said, shield lays on the outer side of leg, it excludes any possibility of its thrust on the knee. If your knee is touching shield or simply looks forward, then in case of hit trauma is very possible. 3.