How To - Farfalla Di Ferro - The Iron Butterfly - Longsword & Langes Messer

The Farfalla di Ferro - The Iron Butterfly - is a sword-handling drill invented by Guy Windsor. In this video we explain the full exercise and break it down to its different parts. We took the liberty to paraphrase all terms taken from Italian Longsword by Guy Windsor into corresponding German historical fencing terms. Please enjoy watching and have fun training! 00:00​​ Intro 00:20 Part 1 - Overthrown Oberhau 01:37 Part 2 - Doubled Unterhau 02:44 Part 3 - 1st Transition: Backward Turn 03:34 Part 4 - 2nd Transition: Forward Turn 04:30 Part 5 - Combining the Elements (Full Drill) ​04:42 Full Drill Sword 05:06 Full Drill Messer 05:31 Part 6 - Freeplay 05:37 Freeplay Messer 06:06 Freeplay Sword 06:50 Outro 07:06 Closing Messer simulator used in this video is made by Longsword simulator is made by Description “Farfalla di Ferro“ in Guy Windsor’s Syllabus Wiki: