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My appearance on TV for Historical Swordsmanship
« on: 2011-11-22, 18:01:33 »
Earlier this month the local television show Virginia Time Travel contacted us at the Virginia Academy of Fencing to do an episode on the historical swordfighting techniques of medieval and Renaissance Europe. David Rowe and I went out to demonstrate for them.

It was a fun (if rushed) experience, where we showed up, did a bunch of techniques with different weapons, and did an interview. The official airing will not be until January, but they've just put up a lower quality version on YouTube.



They were so excited by the episode that they were talking about the possibility of inviting us back to do an armored combat episode. So be sure to "like" the YouTube listing so as to encourage them to do so. :)
« Last Edit: 2011-11-23, 15:13:27 by Das Bill »
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Re: My appearance on TV for Historical Swordsmanship
« Reply #1 on: 2011-11-22, 19:05:36 »
That's freaking awesome! I can't wait to get home from work so I can watch the video!  :)
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Re: My appearance on TV for Historical Swordsmanship
« Reply #2 on: 2011-11-22, 19:42:56 »
Bill, this is awesome!  Watching the YT clip now...now I can point to the TV and say "I am gonna learn how to fight with swords from that guy!  ;)

That's interesting, I've never heard of the show.
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Re: My appearance on TV for Historical Swordsmanship
« Reply #3 on: 2011-11-22, 20:10:46 »

Hey congrats! The show actually was pretty good. You're a naturally good speaker, and presented it very well. Awesome.
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Re: My appearance on TV for Historical Swordsmanship
« Reply #4 on: 2011-11-22, 20:27:32 »
I was going to say the same thing...Bill's quite loquacious, it made for easy listening- very cool!
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Re: My appearance on TV for Historical Swordsmanship
« Reply #5 on: 2011-11-22, 22:42:36 »
Brilliant !!
What a fantastic and informative interview.
 Bill, you must be one of the most enthusiastic ambassadors for the W.M.A. scene I`ve heared for a while.

Well done.
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Re: My appearance on TV for Historical Swordsmanship
« Reply #6 on: 2011-11-22, 22:45:24 »
Hear hear! I just finished watching it and you did a fantastic job Bill! Well done indeed! :)
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Re: My appearance on TV for Historical Swordsmanship
« Reply #7 on: 2011-11-23, 02:33:59 »
wow your famous can i have your autograph?

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Re: My appearance on TV for Historical Swordsmanship
« Reply #8 on: 2011-11-23, 15:17:07 »
Thanks, guys!

It was a fun project to do, but it was very rushed, and we had very little space to work in. You can't really tell watching, but the set was very tiny, and David and I were terrified of destroying one of the expensive cameras! So if there's a next time, we know:

-practice in a very small space
-don't wear all black!
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Re: My appearance on TV for Historical Swordsmanship
« Reply #9 on: 2011-11-23, 15:23:25 »
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-don't wear all black!

Yeah that was the only critique I could think of because I couldn't really see the moves you two were making. - Take every learning opportunity you can get is what I'm thinking! ;)
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Re: My appearance on TV for Historical Swordsmanship
« Reply #10 on: 2011-11-23, 16:17:53 »

I noticed that they blasted out the contrast a bit. I'm guessing this was done intentionally so that all the dark areas would just be black, and you wouldn't see the darker off-stage areas. But that had the added "benefit" of making you guys disappear into the shadows, except for the more reflective bits.
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Re: My appearance on TV for Historical Swordsmanship
« Reply #11 on: 2011-11-23, 16:23:59 »
Like medieval ninjas, no?  LOL
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Re: My appearance on TV for Historical Swordsmanship
« Reply #12 on: 2011-11-23, 16:25:54 »
No in this case it is more of a Liechten-ninja ;D
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Re: My appearance on TV for Historical Swordsmanship
« Reply #13 on: 2011-11-23, 18:16:23 »
There you go, I stand corrected!
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Re: My appearance on TV for Historical Swordsmanship
« Reply #14 on: 2011-11-23, 20:20:25 »
Congratulations Bill. I still haven't had time to check the video, hopefully soon.
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