My appearance on TV for Historical Swordsmanship

[Das Bill]

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.

[Sir Brian]

That's freaking awesome! I can't wait to get home from work so I can watch the video! 

[Sir William]

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.

[Sir Edward]

Hey congrats! The show actually was pretty good. You're a naturally good speaker, and presented it very well. Awesome.

[Sir William]

I was going to say the same thing...Bill's quite loquacious, it made for easy listening- very cool!

[Sir Gerard de Rodes]

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.
G.

[Sir Brian]

Hear hear! I just finished watching it and you did a fantastic job Bill! Well done indeed!

[Sir Wolf]

wow your famous can i have your autograph?

[Das Bill]

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!

[Sir Brian]

-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!

[Sir Edward]

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.

[Sir William]

Like medieval ninjas, no?  LOL

[Sir Brian]

No in this case it is more of a Liechten-ninja

[Sir William]

There you go, I stand corrected!

[Sir James A]

Congratulations Bill. I still haven't had time to check the video, hopefully soon.