The Most Irresponsible Sword Incident I've Ever Seen!
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- čas přidán 7. 03. 2024
- Sometimes all you can do is shake your head in disbelief over what some people think is a good idea...
This is about a teacher who brought real (sharp) swords to a high school class and let the students have at it... with no protective gear and no instruction. Guess how that turned out?
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"Welcome to this film class about the movie Highlander. Students, you know what to do. There can only be one A+."
Best comment right here
HERRRRE WE ARRE
@@functionatthejunctionBORN TO BE KINGS
We're the princes of the universe
This made me laugh harder then it should have.
Incidents like this serve as stark reminders that swords were literally weapons of war for thousands of years, and should be treated as such.
Imagine if he had brought guns to the class, this would immediately have become an American culture war thing.
You need to be reminded? Hey be careful, fire burns.
@@FoxtrotFleetyou'd be surprised how many people don't seem to realize that ancient weapons will kill you just as dead as any modern one
@@TrueFork Some fucking people laugh at the idea of rocks being thrown as a serious threat. As if humans evolved above blunt force trauma.
Scarier still is the pen.
"Usually students only have to worry about getting shot, and not stabbed or slashed by a sword" is a sentence I never thought I'd hear
'Murica.
@@nigeldepledge3790 The risk is mostly in democrat ruled urban areas (or "containment zones", as enlightened Americans call them), and Skallagrim is only partially right.
While students in democrat run shithole schools usually don't have to worry about swords, knifings and shootings are pretty common (at least, among certain demographics).
That wouldn't be news worthy though, oh it's monday...
Well in the UK they're gonna ban them all so you'll all be "safe"...
Here in Albuquerque, that's a very common concern.
if the student had brought a sword to school he'd have been expelled and charged with a felony.
lol Yes, what a terrific role model that teacher is for his students lol :P "I only did it, cuz last week the math teacher brought in a Glock to teach the kids how to count." lol
And?
a bit excessive
People put 'sword' and 'fantasy' in the same category mentally.
You would think they'd draw parallel between not cutting their fingers off with a knife while preparing food and swinging around a much larger blade, but ignorance is more punishing than any weapon.
But-But- violence only existed in the world after the invention of guns!
Guns: evil, scary. Swords: whimsical, funny.
I do as well and still am able to understand that sharp object that I swing against somebody will hurt them. Fucking obviously. You do not have to be a chemistry teacher to know that. The saddest part is he is suppose to be the knowledgeable one.
You might be right, ever seen QVC Man Stabs himself with Katana Sword - Live ?
Wonders of human idiocy never cease
Only when you think you know how stupid people can be.
Truth is you can NEVER have a hope of a chance to even FATHOM the sheer depth of Human Stupidity.
Let's see if this tops the Russian (1/2)
axe swinging guy (2/2)
People wonder why I describe EMS as "the lifeguards for the shallow end of the gene pool"
Never underestimate the stupidity of idiots.
I remember we did something like this in our job the game industry. We wanted to know how real sword fight look like and feel. So one guy of us brought in 2 trained hema fighters. One teacher and his student. When they where fighting we had to stand far away, because shrapnels of metal could also fly around. The swords where blunt but you never know. We could touch the swords and hold them but they forbid us to point them at each other. They are weapons!!
This is how you do it in save environment. Not in a classroom!!
Still cool and safe :D
I had a finger cut open in Biology class when a classmate thought it was a good idea to mess around with a small but razor-sharp knife (a bunch of which we were supposed to use for examining samples of pig kidneys or whatever the topic of the day was). Half of the finger's nerves were damaged to the point I lost sensation from one side of it but luckily nothing worse. That was over a decade ago and the finger is fully functional but still feels weird and is a bit sore from the side that was cut.
Teenagers can turn any lesson into a lesson about first aid even when the blades are small and NOT meant to be pointed at each other. So, when big blades are purposedly twirled at fellow humans in the classroom, I'd consider it a miracle if all participants walk away uninjured.
"Teenagers can turn any lesson into a lesson about first aid" is an amazing quote
I got stabbed twice with a chisel that had just been sharpened when I was in school. The other kid was 'fake stabbing' me and grunting- while it was funny at first, it wasn't anymore once I noticed blood splattering on the floor and my sleeve being crimson.
@@candyvampire3393 classic High School/Middle School shop class moment lol
My girlfriend had a friend who lost his finger in shop class using the band saw....lol and my shop teacher showed the class how dangerous a lathe is, by wrapping my shirt up in the wingnut with the lathe off, but I now realize it was not OFF, he just didnt hit the on switch, he coulda hurt me....retard lol still plugged in 100% sure.
Sounds like a scalpel which is crazy sharp, and they’re lucky they didn’t do more damage. I’m sorry that happened to you, that’s horrific.
Honestly, I wouldn’t even feel comfortable letting a group of high schoolers handle blunted metal swords. Synthetic practice swords would be as far as I would even consider in that situation
I'm a fan of the Karlsson style of leather Dussack with synthetic scales. Tolerably cut and thrust safe (though you can still get a booboo if you get hit by the spine, or the scale, rather than the edge.
Fun weapons that shine when used top cut into a bind then wind or grapple to create a safe, controlled opening. (with an option to alternate long/short edge) to cut behind a 'good' pary, or to change through. They are light, short and 'fast' - so unless you are a master at distance control - just attacking with them, even from a good position will frequently result in doubles or afterblows before a retreat is possible if you are not careful to create safety on the way in. Positive (if fleeting) control of the weapon/hand is a really good way to deny any counter while making your cut(s)...
Even with synthetics, permanent eye injuries could definitely happen.
I'd go foam and bring in a real one and show them what it can do, but don't let them use it, lol.
It *might* not be bad with appropriate equipment and proper training on safety. (Whatever is considered the best practice in HEMA outside a high school classroom.) And somewhere there's plenty of space. And if you don't want to have every student get a shot, and just have a couple students demonstrate it, you could make sure to have a couple students you trust to follow instructions.
(Setting aside legal issues and school policy.)
Though perhaps better if there's another adult at the school who would be available at the time and willing to help demonstrate.
In some ways its safer than letting high school students play football, for instance. If done properly.
I am flabbergasted that in the 2020's a teacher thought this would be a good idea!
In 1973, my senior year in high school (in San Jose, California of all places!) we had an elective PE class for fencing. This was with blunted foils, no edges, no sharp tips. We used fencing jackets and masks. Since I had transferred into the school in the last quarter (ick) I had fencing two periods in a row so the (female) instructor would use me as her demo for the second class. One day, in the first period, we were drilling on en garde in sixte/parry 4/thrust/lunge. Over and over and over. In the second period, my instructor got me up in front of the class to demonstrate. She was only wearing a light t-shirt, and no mask. I was 17. She asked me to demonstrate en garde in sixte/parry 4. What did I do? En garde in sixte/parry 4/thrust/lunge. I made a perfect hit on her right nipple! I never recovered from a lunge so fast in my life. For about 15 seconds I was en garde for real! She was really embarrassed in front of a class of 17 and 18 year old boys. I don't think she ever made that mistake ever again. It could have been really bad! Between that and a climbing accident a few years later, I have a real bee in my bonnet about safety!
Thank God. I was afraid I was going to read about you accidentally putting your point in her eye. Never, ever would I feel safe in front of a kid with an epee or foil while I was maskless.
I wish I had had your class... The fencing class I took in middle school had one period of teaching us how to thrust, lunge and parry... and then it was sparring every day.
I really wanna know what her thought process was. Unfortunately she is refusing to comment and so is the school
I never met someone who wanted to become a teacher that failed to accomplish it. Becoming an educator is remarkably easy and there is such a shortage they'll take anyone.
@@strawpiglet I did that to my coach with a plastic rapier waster. We were mostly a longsword hema group but we were experiementing with different wasters. Without masks. He came up to me with a messer and told me to parry, and I wound my blade straight into his eye. His eye was fine, but he went into shock from the pain.
I know now that it wasn't my fault, and his responsibility, but it was a huge shock for me.
Not some drunk teenagers but an actual teacher in school? Absolutely horrifying...
The only difference between a stupid teenager and a stupid teacher is student debt.
The two things i never want to lose are tendons and nerves. That just makes my skin crawl knowing that in that moment he probably looked down at his hand, saw the gouge, and didnt feel the pain he should have felt from what he saw
Oh dont be confused, when you cut a muscle/tendon its excrutiating, it feels like a "cramp from hell" if your foot ever cramped in the middle, and was painful, times that by a hundred, it felt like my arm hurt more to keep still, so i moved it, blinding pain, but thgen holding it still was blinding pain, and when I tried to "move my hand" with my forearm muscles severed, it felt like someone was breaking my arm repeatedly, it was so painful. And if you cant see a surgeon when it happens, they literally just stitch up the surface skin, leaving the wound and severed tendons underneath, then the next day you get the surgery which you have to be fully put under for, and I have had permanent painful nerve damage ever since. It feels like someones stabbing me with needles when I brush my fingers over the scar. And thats 10 years of healing. Its honestly brutal. Half my left forearm is numb and feels like rubber (wrist to elbow)
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I've pulled all the tendons in my foot and that was 10x more painful then when I broke my leg.
@@realchilldude1271 very interesting! I imagine the pain must come solely from cutting the tendon; I once had a severe laceration on the outside of my forearm, which severed the nerves and muscles responsible for moving my wrist and fingers up and down; it was like the original commenter suggested, no pain at all in the area. It only hurt when i tried to use my arm. Yet it was still very distressing in a way that is quite hard to explain.
It's remarkable to me, that in an era where people are terrified of guns, they treat swords like little playthings that they can screw about with and have no consequences. I take mine out and cut water bottles and fruit with friends sometimes, when the weather is good, and there are typically two views toward the sword: completely harmless, or, "It'll kill me if I look at it," nothing in-between. I always have to have a pretty thorough safety talk with them before we start. These things used to be used to slice opponents into bits you know...
Of the populace were terrified of guns, they'd be banned
Give it a few years, that's the direction we seem to be going!
First of all, the arent terrified of guns, thats the problem
And 2nd, peoplenhave no fucking idea how dangerous swords are.
I had to hand one my sister to make her believe they are not heavy and cumbersome as fuck and you can only attack 2 times before your stamina bar is depleded.
I've "played" with swords since I was a kid, and always treated them with the respect owed. Nobody taught me. My dad just collected a few in his adolescence and didn't hide them as well as he thought with such a curious and tall son in the house. Once I knew they existed, i couldn't be stopped. .
But I never tried to use them on my friends, I did show them off unfortunately, but never let anyone play with them. I never cut myself, never even came close. I would go through the motions in the yard when nobody was home, and in my high school years even felt mild amusement at the sword bearers in the color guard who looked deathly afraid of the Mameluke sword they carried. Always angling their head away as they shouldered the blade.
Oh ! A nice suprise ^^
As crazy as we were as children, we use wooden "swords". And is still was traumatic sometimes.
Anything swordy was used for an impromptu duel, no matter what it was or where it was found. Would've used nuclear material had it just been laying around, likely mistaken for some weird variation of rebar, and never mentioned even as our hands ballooned days later for no apparent reason.
I remember having a lightsaber duel using those long office lights. It wasn't painful when one broke against me, but the addition of broken glass on the floor didn't make it any safer, let alone the gas and other chemicals that probably got breathed in. Great times though, foolish innocence.
''trauma'' from playing. spoken like a true soyboy
@@user-ms5qt1zq6dSounds like you haven't hit anyone with a wooden sword or been hit by one. You would know better if you had...
@@user-ms5qt1zq6d "In my time we were beating the crap out of each other, the winner was the one who broke more bones, AND WE LIKED IT!"
@@what4521 I mean my friend group in primary school were fans of medieval fights so we did actually fight with wooden swords - yeah, it did hurt but I can't say it wasn't fun
Skall your videos really have higher quality now, it is real fun again to binge them
Glad to know!
Albuquerque…
New Mexico…
Teacher…
Chemistry…
Almost sounds like a plot for a TV show 😂
I thought chemistry teachers in Albuquerque specialize in mind-altering substances...
They forgot their one rule; not trying their own product.
I've specialized in mind-altering substances, but Albuquerque schools won't have me! I might be a crazy person, but it's not like I'm crazy or anything. Whoooop whoop whoop!!
The teacher must have been on a mind-altering substance to think this was at all a good idea so it checks out
@@Victor.-.E its a breaking bad joke and now you look like you ate fent laced coke
Albuquerque has schools? 😅
Moral of the story …never bring a sword to chem lab
Now I have the imagine of a Chemie teacher getting attack with knifes or swords and improvising gunpowder.
Jessie we got to spar
I'll bring YOUR sword to MY chem lab! How much nickel you got in there buddy? Whooooop whoop whoop!!!
Don't bring swords to chem fight.
moral of the story ..bring chainmail and plate
Imagine interviewing for that guy's position after he got fired.
"So, tell us about your background in Chemistry."
"Well, uhh... I watch a lot of Nile Red."
"A very informative channel, but not what we would call a formal education, or certification."
"I won't cut off my student's hand with a sword."
"You're hired."
20 years from now in a bar:
Stranger - "Dude, how did you get that scar on your wrist?"
That Kid - "You're not going to believe this..."
so true
Only once did I ever see swords in school. A historical reenactment group was brought in for a demonstration on arms and armour. BLUNTED weapons only, and we weren’t allowed to play with them.
And thank you for giving a few examples of good gloves, it’s always useful to know.
Nerve damage is scary...
I got a lacerated tendon at work, hands are very delicate compared to anything steel, i dont think you can fix severed tendons, they are just little strings, real essy to cut
And permanent
Tendons are surprisingly strong against tension, but for the price of being barely living tissue. Once harmed, they heal poorly if at all. Nerves can heal, but need continuity. Even if wrongly reconnected, nervous system can figure out how to adjust. But regrowing nerve? That's rare.
@@fuzzynipplemanit depends, with lacerations yes, but with crush injuries you can recover. I had to learn to walk again about 25 years ago after a crush injury and I just have a little numbness now. I feel bad for the person in this case.
I had an approximately 1/4" long shard of glass stuck in my wrist about 20 years ago and I still have numbness.
I feel for the kid from personal experience.
Was stabbed in shoulder blade during work in a previous occupation.
Glad the kid came out ok.
Much Love, Brother.
I can't imagine how a teacher thought letting a 16 year old play with a real sword was a good idea.
My guess is 'arrogance and gross idiocy.'
Considering some of the other things going on in schools these days, I’m honestly not at all surprised.
I had a writing teacher who believed that Ancient Africans built the Great Wall of China. She kept talking about it class after class. The school system is horribly dysfunctional. Granted I also had some pretty amazing teachers over the years too.
@@neurofiedyamato8763 at least it's still better than the people who think people in Africa were too dumb to build anything grand so OBVIOUSLY the aliens built the pyramids
16 year olds used to go to war it’s not an issue of age it’s an issue of being retarded lol
Only a 2 hour wait for an ambulance in Nova Scotia? You sir have more faith than I do in our healthcare system.
It was longer than that, and they had to send an ambulance that was HALFWAY across the province. Idiocy.
This happened in the United States, New Mexico.
Not Nova Scotia, Canada. Look it up.
@@Hrrrrrrrrrreng check 3:40 in the video, Skal says "If it happened in Nova Scotia..."
@@HrrrrrrrrrrengHe was referring to an incident that happened in Nova Scotia, the province in which he lives, where an almost 90-year-old man had to wait on the ground in his driveway for hours until an ambulance arrived to treat his injuries and take him to the hospital.
@@HrrrrrrrrrrengHe's talking about the mention in the video, watch it.
Been following for 8 years man. You're doin great! Don't change a thing!
The first Video i dont have to seek out on your channel in one and a half years.
Glad your uphill battle payed off to some extent.
Great Video
Has that Chemistry Teacher been partaking in their own mind-numbing, chemical cocktails or something? How utterly stupid of them encourage their students to have a "sword fight" with metal blades! Even ones that are dulled (say use in fencing) They can still injure someone if they are not wearing protective gear!
Well, it *was* in New Mexico.
@@comradeborkAlberquieee too lol
There’s an amazing “You studied X while I studied the blade” joke in here somewhere
"While you studied the blade, I studied chemistry. I mean, it's obvious I know nothing about blades."
Your channel is very underrated and deserves more views!
For the Algorythm!!!
Good stuff, glad I found you again. Cheers.
Feels strange to watch this as a chemistry teacher who likes swords. Can confirm I have no plans to bring any into the classroom, and definitely would not ever bring sharp & pointy ones!
Halberds are still in the curriculum though, yes?
What about daggers? I am more of a spear fighter, long pointy stick that I don't need to worry about align or anything, just point it and thrust. 😅
Don't messer 'round, kids!
Oooooooo groaner!
Did you have to post such a swordid comment?!?
(Of course, I suspect other folks wanted to do so first, but you foiled their efforts, Khopeesh?)
Truly a rapier wit...
At this rate you'll be in a bind
@@jeffanderson8165 LOL! Thanks for the guffaw! I needed that!
Keep up the great work!
Great vid mate 👍
God this news made me angry at the sheer irresponsibility of the teacher.
It's not ONLY the teacher's fault.
Some school administrations have extremely WEIRD regulations on dealing with student injuries. Usually, school nurses, due to fears of liability suits, are not even permitted to TREAT an injury; all they're allowed o do is EVALUATE the injury, then call 9-1-1 if it seems to be serious. If it DOEN'T warrant a trip to the ER, they can only advise the student to see their own doctor. The TEACHER calling 9-1-1 may have been against school policy, as well.
Thank you for reminding the public that weapons were made to hurt other people. I say that non-sarcastically, since so many still need that reminder, evidently.
Right? We should next do a PSA about putting foreign objects in your mouth hahaha :P (thats a dig at the teacher not at the poster lol)
Thanks for sharing. I was feeling down about myself. Now... I feel much better!
When the chem teacher comes in and says, "Today we will begin our experiment on how human blood affects the oxidation of steel" you know he's going to be the most interesting teacher you'll ever have.
I would prefer a bit less interesting teacher. But that's just my personal opinion...
I actually got some stitches on the back of my head from a sparring fight lots of years ago. We got way to close, I'm going in for a grapple (essentially) when my sparring partner's sword was behind my head. When they tried to back off I got the cross guard in the back off my head between the "retaining bar" of the mask and the edge. I did not have a full cover on the back of the mask... I did not feel much at the time, it just stung a bit. Later, in the shower when I started washing my hair I thought "my scalp feels weird" and got my father to have a look. He said that we should go in to the hospital and get it sewn up. Luckily, there were a nurse/doctor in training that needed practice in sewing and instead of the ~1-2 hours of standard wait time we were out from the hospital in ~20 minutes. So after all it was rather undramatic and everything turned out well. I got a full cover for the back of my mask after that.
Use protection people!
Biggest regret with swords I have is I bought a couple swords as a costume piece back in college, and decided to order them sharp so I could test cut with them.
I knew next to nothing about HEMA at the time and had and never have had a sparring school anywhere near where I live.
A Halloween event had a “smashing pumpkin” part as an alternative to carving, with a tarp, pickaxe, sledge hammer, etc. and I wanted to chop it with my sword from my costume. A longsword chops a pumpkin very well, to the point people were a bit scared.
Now I have a fun-looking sword but also kids and I am trying to make sure I can put it out of the way enough they can’t reach/find it and won’t mess with it and hurt each other. They’re small, but I’m seriously considering giving it away, which I wouldn’t have to do with a blunt sword.
Good to see you in my feed again
Waltuh... put the sword away Waltuh
Jesse, we need to spar
Yo chill, BITCH !
If a professional uses safety gear, it's ALWAYS for good reason!! Never assume you'll never need it!!
Exactly! This is a science lab. The kids should’ve been wearing goggles, lab coats, and gloves. What if they knocked chemicals on themselves, during the sword fight?
Your stuff is always interesting
Awesome job as usual. Fun video.
A chemistry teacher. In Albuquerque, New Mexico. Who acted recklessly flouted the law. Walter White, is that you?
I immediately thought of this.
The surprising thing here is that you'd expect an incident involving irresponsible handling of swords would have been the fault of Florida Man. And yet, here we have the incident taking place in New Mexico
nope; just a pink haired DEI hire.
@@ShishouDzukiZaManako r/whoosh
@@FrozEnbyWolf150 ah... one of them is here.
Wow... just... wow. How did this total fail of a teacher expect a sword fight to teach any of these students ANYTHING about metallurgy or chemistry or smithing or any other related field, even including self defense techniques.... this is barely a step above an amateur knife fight to those kids! o.O
she has pink hair.... this is warning sign one.
NM is a dem state.... sign two.
the teachers were taught to be irresponsible.
they pass it on to the children... who were stupid enough to listen to the trolldoll cosplayer.
Like your work. Thanks for the video!
Thanks, I appreciate it. :)
Always great content!
You do GREAT content. Damn this algorithm though.
I sparred years ago without knowing really what i was doing with blunted steel swords.
One moderate crack on the knuckles and my hand was out of whack for a week. You can learn the hard way why armor is needed lol.
Its almost like swords are made of hardened steel 😂
Its ok though at least you learnt a valuable lesson and werent turned in to Anakin post-mustafar
@@dosidicusgigas1376 oh yah lol. Talk about a BITTER lesson that should have been obvious in hindsight.
Ha, swords can pierce armor with a slash 😂. Movies teach me that much.
I’m not sure how teachers like this exist in schools. How does someone who spends several hours every weekday with these students have this much of a disregard for their safety?
Because teachers are still human, and a cast majority of adult humans still give the impression that they are just older high school students
Maybe you answered your own question. What if he did it BECAUSE he spends so much time with them =P.
@@neosavior9305..and a *_vast_* majority....
The school system can't even filter out the pdf files, and considering how common those stories are I think that should be a higher priority.
She must have been completely oblivious to how dangerous swords are, how, i don't know since they are literal swords...
Great vids bro ❤
I love watching your videos!
Average public school experience
average private school experience
@@oscaranderson5719Nah, private school would have rushed to defend the guy who slashed the other guy's tendon and get the injured kid in trouble.
@@JohnnyWolfblood shit u right
Who ends up getting blamed, would depend on the relative status of the students in comparison to each other.
@@Raggart72 You must have been home schooled.
With all the talk of clam shell and lobster gloves,now I want seafood
Honestly, all the new videos skall has made recently have been really good!
I have been watching for about 10 years. If anything the quality of your videos keep getting better. I really look forward to seeing your videos.
I did both; European and Japanese fencing, and we were always made to wear protective equipment. In fact, the fist days, were always about the equipment; like what was needed, why you needed them, ordering your equipment and so on, before we even started learning how to use them. Anyone that does not press the use of the right equipment, or uses the real weapons, needs to be kept away from kids, as well as anyone else. This is a great show of why.
Highly agreed
I just heard about this story yesterday.
WTF was that teacher thinking?
They weren't
I legitimately cannot even imagine what they were thinking, it's so far beyond me that even as a teenager I knew to duel with sticks instead of katanas
@@cautemoc4624Hell, even as a kid playing with toy swords if we’d duel we’d use the plastic swords because those wouldn’t hurt as much as wooden swords. What kind of idiot duels with metal weapons without any protection?!
@@DanAndHoe I think unprotected dueling with sharps is stupid, but so long as everybody gives informed consent and knows the risks I'm fine with it, it just ain't for me. This didn't have that. I feel really bad for all the kids involved
Probably that only the strongest must live, like a real life Battle Royale, but on an incredibly tight budget.
Important that you put out these kind of videos from time to time. We all love swords and HEMA but safety must always remain top priority
Love your stuff man, keep up the good work.
A buddy who is NOT into medieval recreation or anything like that is the only person I know who has been in an actual swordfight. He had a drunken roommate who was trying to pick a fight with a mall ninja sword. My buddy was able to get the blade away from the guy, and then used it to hold off the now angry drunk, giving him a nasty gash on the arm. Once blood was spurting, the drunk got a lot less combative and was cooperative with the EMTs.
I have a cousin who on their way to their HEMA practice session, was attacked by a druggie with a stick (presumably trying to steal his bag of stuff)
The druggie backed off real quick when my cousin whipped out his practice sword (steel saber) and fencing mask.
(My cousin was running away while getting the gear out)
Luckily the druggie didn’t actually continue attacking though. A steel practice/sparring sword isn’t the most ideal weapon, especially to someone on drugs.
@@tricksterjoy9740Regardless of the blunt aspect, a steel saber with a trained user beats a stick pretty much every time. lol
There was an episode of COPS back in...late 90s, early 00s maybe. Dude broke into this woman's house, and she grabs her son's sword. Apparently it was either a wall-hanger or an outright plastic fake, but the dude was on meth and crazy paranoid, so all he sees is an Asian woman coming at him with a weapon, so he runs like hell.
Other cops catch him shortly afterward and it's actually pretty sad, dude thought his wife and daughter were in trouble so was running around looking for them, and turns out they'd left him way before because he wouldn't stop the meth.
@@wilburabrams6519 yes that’s true, but it’s still sub optimal, especially against a druggie.
@@wilburabrams6519 Yeah, but it looks REALLY bad for a legal self defense case. I can already hear the lawyers talking about how mentally ill he is for carrying a sword for self defense (yes i know he didn't intend that, but lawyers and DA's don't care. They just paint a narrative and prosecute.)
Honestly, my favorite content that you make is the longer form stuff. I don't know how well it performs versus these shorter videos, but I absolutely love the amount of insight you bring to every topic you address.
Always glad to see one of your videos.
Keep fighting the good fight, great channel
I like the attitude of: I'm about to do something dangerous. I'm going to take reasonable steps to make it safer.
"I'm in trouble. Delete the footage, NOW!"
I actually had a project in school on swordsmanship, it pained me to blunt and round the edges and point of the blade but that was the only way I could bring such a large blade to school and perform the demonstration. So no one got hurt, I got an A and went home with no incident. Of course this was 23 years ago...
Great Video man
serious videos like this are well appreciated.
High-School Physics teacher brought in a .22 rifle...to illustrate conservation of momentum.
Rifle suspended on wires, target (log) also on wires.
Fire the shot, measure the swing of gun and target...math and that good stuff.
1974 was a very different time...
Another time he lit the classroom using 'lime-light', gas-jets on some kind of mineral.
@pirobot668beta Even the 1980s were a "different time". I was 7 in 1974, so I was in Jr. High in 1980, and we had actual bows and arrows in gym class. Not the "Nerf" kind, either... you could go hunting with what we "played" with back then. Then again, it wasn't uncommon for older teens to drive their truck to school with a gun rack in the cabin, with at least one loaded rifle on it.
I've been a knife and sword collector for decades. The "pride" of my collection was bought for me by my first wife (she died of cancer in 2006).... a high quality replica of Excalibur designed after the one used in the movie of the same name. That thing is sharp as Hell, too.
But we were taught how to be responsible with such weapons growing up back then. They were nice to have, but "not toys" to be played with. Sure, we also had "toy" versions of guns, knives, swords, etc.... but we knew the difference between a toy and the real thing.
Oh man Skall. Hate to hear that, as swords already get bad press whenever they are brought into the greater public media. Absolutely folks are too cavalier with their blades and accidents will continue to occur. I laud you for very consistently being a voice over the years that has been willing to be 'playful' and show how much fun swords can be, yet never treat them with disrespect and ensure that there is a minimal chance for accidents to occur. It's a great model for others who are interested in getting into collecting to follow.
See it all the time with any object that's potentially dangerous. Guns are an obvious example. Another is an amateur using an axe with a short handle to chop wood (I say chop because they're using an axe rather than a maul).
Collecting or HEMA.
I have handled swords sharp enough to snick a hand off (snick being the sound a very sharp bade makes when it cuts very cleanly) No way in hell would i even dare do any sort of sparing with something like that i mean what the hell was this teacher smoking?
I have had broken bones from boken hits that did not even seem that hard and they sure did not look like it on video LOL
@@nanaki-seto just gotta connect in the right spot and lots of damage can be done.
Meanwhile in my country swords are looked at seriously as a potential threat, but also as a symbol of chivalry, bravery etc.
Yes, i'm from europe so we have a history of swords... especially sabers.
Everyone i know, they find it interesting when i tell them i train sword fighting.
your vids are so good
I love all your videos
Just wanted to say thank you for the always entertaining and wholesome content. Especially at a time when some "swordtubers" are going off the deep end...😬
Drama gets views, I guess.
Massively appreciate you and your work Skal! Thank you for being here
Great video, love the content, a pity it's been a few months since CZcams suggested any of your content to me. Damn man,
Love your videos bro
Slicing a nerve is no joke. I was a stupid kid once and grabbed an exacto-knife (box cutter we call them now) to take it out of my friend's hand and pulled a bit harder than I should have. I sliced through a nerve and a tendon on my index finger between the first and second knuckle [yes, I was a DUMB kid]. It was 10 years before I had full feeling in that finger. Nerves DO regrow, but at a painstakingly slow rate.
I was exceedingly lucky - Louisville, KY was home to Kleinert & Kutz, the leading experts in hand surgery (nerve and tendon repair, reattaching hands, etc) back in the 70s and 80s. But even with the best care available - yeah...10+ years before the finger stopped tingling every time I touched the edge of the fingernail.
Yeah, it's all too easy to do long-term damage... the human body is fragile.
I sliced a finger nearly in half between the second joint. I still get that tingly feeling after 30+ years so I’m happy to hear yours resolved in a little over ten. Hopefully mine comes back before I die in about 30 years😂
I was in boy scouts a day and an age ago, my neighbor was also part of my boy scout troop. One year when we were at camp together, my guy was whittling with a blunt pocket knife in order to get a totem made. He was doing a paring cut in his right hand while holding the wooden totem in his left. I kid you not this felt like it happened in slow motion. He hit a knot in the wood, the blade skipped and he gouged the webbing between his thumb and index finger. It was like an inch and a half deep, almost to the bone, And it got lodged in there. I immediately jumped into action, Alongside his dad who was sitting with us; he got the isopropyl alcohol, I ripped my shirt off and started applying pressure as soon as it was clean and the blade was removed. Paramedics were called, and he had to be medi-vac'd to a nearby hospital (we were deep in the woods in kentucky) luckily they saved the thumb, he lost all feeling in his first 3 fingers for years. We were just 9 and 12 at the time. I hope he's doing okay. 😅
0:33 that clip of the test cut going wrong literally made me yell, turn away, not look, and flinch LOL
Ive been trying to comment more. You are doing great !
At our club, we encourage a few cutting sessions with sharps once or twice a year, It really emphasises how little force is necessary to sever a close analog to a limb (plastic bottles with water, tatami, pool noodles with a dowel). It also really emphasises these are not to be messed with. Then in classes we use wooden wasters for newbies, probably for up to a year, or at least until we can trust them to train safely, and we don't feel at risk from them. But when graduating to blunt swords, we always use at least a light glove and gambeson. Masks when ever training against an active resisting partner, and gauntlets as well when light sparring. For competitions we call for some padding around legs and feet too, and will call a halt to someone using unsafe levels of power, we are only practicing blossfecten. We emphasis the armour is to just let us do it safely.
As much as I always lamented the fact my teachers would never let us fence with the metersticks from the physics department, if it means keeping my fingers and eyes, or in this case nerves, so be it.
Skall! What’s up, man?! I used to watch your channel everyday for years! All throughout high school, maybe before.
Glad you’re still posting videos!
Yep, still uploading every week.
@@Skallagrim I’m going to be watching.
Can’t believe I’ve been watching your content for around a decade!
I hope you’re still loving it, man! Good luck!
Good video. Thanks
Keep up the good work bro. Been subbed to your channel for years. Keep rocking it 🤘
When the Venn diagram between "That's METAL" and "that's stupid" reduces to a single circle...
Blunt practice swords are so easy to get and are so much less expensive. I bought them even 40 years ago when I was a teenager.
Enjoying the videos, and definitely can see the increase in quality. I hope to see more from you :)
super usefull video, thank you for the info mate!
Man, social atomisation sure is a thing when teachers just give their students a sword and then the reaction to one of them getting hurt is to *try and get the students to delete evidence of his fucking negligence*.
Your content has gotten me through some rough times, thank you for everything skall
Senpai, notice him
Hope you're doing better!
For goodness sake .... I got in a smidge of trouble at school for making wooden swords in high school... however my woodwork and metal work teachers had my back ...and nothing came of it.
Great video!
I don't know which video you did, but it was a video that broke down proper cutting technique for cutting tests. Thank you for that and the other safety tips.
I've cut down countless trees and shrubs on my property while practicing my sword cutting and haven't been injured once, thanks to years of practice, but also to Skall!
We have several HEMA clubs here in Albuquerque and even more fencing schools here so her just ordering swords off Amazon and having a fight club is even crazier
comment for the algorithm, thanks for the vids as always Skal!
Well said, keep it up man 👍
As an American
"This should be a safe environment"
That gallows humor is real man.
We feel it.
Joke or cry
Sometimes you have to pick the former, especially when you are calling something out.
Cartola has a song named "Preciso Me Encontrar" ('I need to find myself') where the chorus is that sentiment, "Laugh so as not to cry"
You're a libtard, so is this guy. Literally more likely to fall on and crack your skull than be shot but facts never matter to you types