How to Spin a Sword like a Jedi (and not look like a Dork)
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Niko, Jake, and Jordan C. are joined by master swordsman Luke LaFontaine to learn how to spin a sword just like they do in Hollywood movies!
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00:00 How can we swing swords like a jedi?
00:52 We are sword padawans...
02:57 The master shows us how to spin a sword.
05:55 Sponsored Segment ft. Jordan
07:22 Luke demonstrates the full spin.
09:02 The gang trains their newfound skills.
11:46 Demonstrating what we've learned.
13:53 The two sword style!
16:02 Spinning Swords (with style) - Zábava
I love how well Jordan has mastered the goofball sponsored segments, the perfect person to fill in for Jake
She should have more screen time because she has a great screen presence
Did anyone else feel sad when they showed star wars kid and alluded to him looking like a dork?
Brought back all the memories of the severe bullying and how we all memed it to death. Bit of a downer moment :(
The apprentice has become the master.
@@VikingTeddy i'm sure there's a cup somewhere for you to cry in
@@popovski4385 Grow up.
Jake just keeping his skills low key, he's the complete package
I heard he has two blades. One made out of steel, one silver
Jake is a force to be reckoned with!
Have we considered he might be an incognito superhero?
He is just texan 😂
Also he used to be fat, & looked like a nerd, now he looks like a total chad.
Can we all agree how Jake is just too natural at almost everything 😄
Yeah, those are the benefits to being in shape and constantly working on your body's conditioning. SHOCKING!
no need to be condescending @@mymomsbasement69
@@mymomsbasement69 What you have just said is complete nonsense. One of my best friends is jacked. He is an absolute specimen. And he is one of the clumsiest fuckers you will ever meet. You could try train him to do this and he would stab himself and you.
Being in good physical condition absolutely helps but if you have no aptitude for something.......you just aren't going to be able to do it well.
But the real question is… can other Jordan do it faster in CG?
NEWP.
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Honestly I always loved the over-the-top lightsaber choreography in the prequels. I feel like if you are using a weightless sword, have super reflexes, and can see the future a tiny bit, that is enough of an in-universe reason for it to look nothing like a real swordfight and still work for me.
Nerd fact of the day: Imagine the blade of a lightsaber as a thin, tube-shaped, gyroscopic force-field that can cut stuff (not literally LIGHT blades). If you've ever held a spinning bike wheel while it's in motion, think of that (it resists motion from it's rest-state). That's why the actual canon lightsabers have weight/pull, and why lightsabers can "lock up" in duels.
TLDR: "Lightsaber" = "Electromagnetically-contained plasma-jet sword" plus a lil space magic. If that makes it feel any less silly, that's how they treat it in-universe/canon
@@keoshemusic3306thanks for making the point i excited to make but in much more informative way. Another reason why it makes sense for lightsabers to have weight or inertia is the massive amount of energy in the blade.
@@keoshemusic3306 I've always liked the "gyroscopic" reference for the lightsabers. That is why they DO take some effort to use.
I love the choreography of those fights. It like they're dancing to the epic score.
The prequels did absolutely right the best. If they're Jedi, they should do crazy quickly tight sword fighting. They're masters.
Meanwhile the sequels make it look like medieval very heavy swords by not so good fighters. Not good.
8:25 Niko just saying “Yes!” like a little fanboy is just the purest of all things. I love these videos!!
you mean 8:30 ?
@@mreggs3731no, 8:25 was correct. at 8:30 you miss what he's reacting to.
@@mreggs3731that time stamp is skipping the context for what the reaction is a consequence of. Is it not technically wrong, it is just to make sure we get "the original comment" experience for why this moment is a highlight.
"There's no hope. You're gonna do." - The most inspiring thing I've ever heard in my life.
i can relate. this had me on the floor. Gonna be my next inspirational tattoo. :D
Nikos reaction when he mentioned spinning TWO swords. So pure! 😂
Luke is probably one of my favorite guests that you've had on the channel. I love seeing him every time he's in a video.
So glad to see Luke back for another video he was my favorite guest you guys brought I’m a fan of his work he’s an incredible swordsman would love to learn some lessons from him one day
1:18 I remember from a behind the scenes in the OT that someone had said that lightsabers actually weighed a decent amount and that that's why Luke slowly transitions from using 2 hands to sometimes using 1 hand as he got more and more skilled
Also if you are physically stronger than your opponent you can overpower them if you put some weight in your attacks.
also in the lore, these things get lighter the more you are attuned to the blade, the opposite is true as well
He says in the video that they are made out of light, which isn't true, they are actually made out of plasma which can actually weigh a good amount depending on the material.
Lightsabers are not weightless they can actually be very heavy depending on the user its like Kanan said after Sabine found the saber heavier than she taught “Energy constantly flows through the crystal. You're not fighting with a simple blade so much as you are directing a current of power.” and that emotions of the user flows through the crystal and becomes a part of the blade and it becomes lighter as the user connects with it. We see this in the BoBF and Mandalorian as well, as Paz Vizsla struggles even lifting the saber off the ground.
God I wish I could get just one 5 min session with this guy. He seems like he’s got a lot of expertise to share and I just want to absorb as much knowledge as I can take.
Here's a fun exercise: If you stepped in to an elevator and (your Hero or favorite person) was the only other person in it... What would you say? Think about it... It may actually happen some day!
@@jedironin380 Not if I successfully avoid all elevators!
Luke is so dope. His wealth of knowledge and love of his craft come through so much. Plus he seems like just a cool dude in general to be around. I love when Craftsmen like him come on the show and share their movie experience and knowledge of their specific craft. Especially when it's something as dope as swordplay, and sword history. As a major fan of the old Samurai films, and especially the old swashbuckling adventure films of yesteryear like Errol Flynn, Tyrone Power, and Douglas Fairbanks flicks, this inside knowledge is stuff I just eat up. Thank you so so much Luke, for sharing your skill and experience with all of us. I learn something new every time. Now excuse me while I go pretend to be Captain Blood or Zorro and practice my new sword spins lol
One of my teachers once said, "You don't have to be a Jedi to use a lightsaber." (Han cutting the taun-taun.) You do need to be a Jedi to use a lightsaber and not cut your face off!" (The Obi-Ani spin!)
@@jedironin380 Yay I'm a jedi! But jokes aside I just mastered looping that spin over and over. Soon it will be muscle memory. It's so satisfying to pull off.
Good job guys. Very satisfying to watch. Happy to see Jordan in another video. She always dedicates 100% to what she needs to do.
I just want to say you guys have been killing it recently
Is this Jordan's prep for "To the Death 2"?!
LOL the ending was pure perfection. the retrowave & sword montage with the thumbs up at the end 😂
It's true the blades weight nothing - but they make contact, they don't pass through each other. So I would think it's less about the weight of the sabre and more about trying to force the other person back. After all if you can force the blade back against the component it's automatically going to burn them.
Yeah that def would be a major factor i'm sure
There's also situations where the blades are not weightless. The dark saber has tangible weight and resists the user (seen in Star Wars Rebels and The Mandalorian). It's not too farfetched of an idea that normal sabers have a smaller inertia effect like the dark saber.
I don't know why everyone mentions Luke reasoning for weightless blades, but I barely ever see anyone saying that you Jedi could physically overpower an opponent if they are stronger. As you mention, the blades still clank.
I be down to see a "To The Death" sequel with Jordan fighting
Such an awesome teacher. So patient and positive. It doesn't matter what this man chose to teach, he would be great at it.
Loved when Jordan was making light-saber sounds, and getting scolded, hilarious! More Jordan content in the future please. ❤
I literally shouted "Nooooo!" at the screen when I saw the swords stuck in the ground, and received instant gratification from Luke pointing that out!
I love Luke LaFontaine! So glad to have him back! Also, I would LOVE it if Jordan continued her story and joined the school.
Amazed they didn't already learn this by replaying every prequels fight a dozen times then practicing with a Swiffer handle for days like I did at 18. Jake has the Force tho.
Gotta love how you guys always do something new and exciting
This was considerably better than I was expecting.
Reminds me of old NODE vids! I love the nerding out over weapons; we are all dorky and none of us should care. Thanks!
I have some kali sticks from a while ago and I may have followed along, thanks for the free lesson Luke!
One of the most fun videos. The Corridor Crew just having fun learning some sword work. Love you guys and gal!
I love when these people in the various industries of Hollywood or in Effects just come out and have these fun videos. Super cool to see
1:20 There's an explanation for that. Mandalorian season 2 explained it quite well with the dark blade. The energy that flows into the plasma blade of a lightsaber makes it feel quite heavy for the one wielding it, especially when you consider that lightsabers are supposed to have a magnetic effect. There's a powerful field generator in the hilt of a lightsaber, it creates the force field that contains the plasma blade. The high-speed oscillations of the field have a side effect of giving the weapon a resistance to motion, an apparent mass. This resistance shifts as the orientation of the blade shifts, allowing a master of the weapon to perform some lightning-fast moves if he can work with the blade instead of against it - but this feature of the weapon can also lead an incautious wielder to harm themselves.
Also the fact that the emitter is made of metal😂😂😂
One of my favorite corridor vids in a while. Masterfully done. A little confidence can carry you through anything new.
I'll assume that since jordan is here y'all are making a sequel to the realistic lightsaber duel video. which is good, because it's one of my favorite videos from you guys!
I am bing watching all your videos since 3 days.! Stumbled onto your channel and.. I am just stuck here. ❤ .. Literally. Played your podcasts ..corridor Crew +Corridor became my favorite CZcams channel period.
There’s just something about Jordan… 😍
Loved the video guys! Even the square space add. 🤣 many ceiling fixtures will be broken today.
Jordan my gurl not yurs so keep back ore elze
@@CodyTalton English?
Love seeing Luke! Such an amazing guy
Love it! I do fights at renaissance faires, and I love to flourish and moulinet like nobody's business. But this looks much more practical than the flailing around I tend to do. I am inspired!
Luke's a good teacher. i mean, it's kinda what he does. :D - This is coming from someone who's been in the martial arts scene for 33 years. Love just about anything with a blade/edge, same goes for blunt and flexible weapons. They improved quite a bit in just a couple hours.
Watching this video, I went in being able to do it on one hand and a half. I practiced as I watched and walked out being able to do it on both sides and BOTH AT ONCE! I've been trying to do that for a while so thank you for being my final piece too figuring it out!
I love when Luke is on the channel! Great video as always!!
This was so much fun to follow along with my bokken sword! Luke is awesome 😎.
What an inspiration! Really wants you to train along with this video!
This was awesome. I loved it!!
The "Ani/Obi" sword spin is so cool. It's super easy, but looks so good.
Can’t wait to see this pattern show up in a video!
Still waiting for the Saber school sequel with Jordan as a student.
dude yes forreal. That vid was so dope, a sequel to that could be so awesome seeing her work her way up through the school and hone her craft
Great video! I want to try it myself. Also, Jordan is awesome in the sponsored segment!
Now they can make that sequel where Jordan goes to the sword fighting academy.
thank you guys for making the video we all really wanna see
This was the perfect video for you guys to make atm 👏 after binging most of the netflix One Piece show and getting wooden replicas of roronoas swords recently in the mail, I'm gon be training using this video
I missed these kinds of videos, keep it up!
loved the ending sequence!!
A video of pure fun. Enjoyed the hell out of it.
I am crying at seeing swords stabbed in the ground like that..... btw, the interesting thing about a light sabre, is because the blade is made of light, you could not do half the tricks the jedi do, you need the weight of the blade for momentum, no blade weight means the centre of gravity changes, so you cant pivot it round your hand, it would just fly off.
Its just circles, you can step round a circle and you connect vertical circles with horizontal ones, ones your mind realises that, you can keep flow going indefinitely, and change direction quickly and easily (give them nunchaku, getting hit in the nads or head is a great learning tool to get it right!)
The fun bit is when you cross weave different (but compatible) patterns in either hand, then you really need to understand flow ratios and planes of motion.
I love these real-life videos so much, they're like the opposite of the videos where the choreography is covered up by cheap AI filters.
great work Jake!!!
Jordan in ad: gears up to metal music and sharp twing and clang sfx
Also Jordan in ad: does a Mario jump
That was great! More please.
Fantastic! The retro ending majestic! XD
I would LOVE a series where you guys hit up some of your connections to teach you guys a new skill over the course of a video, like different stunts & swordplay. I'd also appreciate it being a more casual setting like this than a produced show, it's very fun.
Good job crew, pretty cool to see.
I've watch some sword training techniques and this guy knows his stuff👌
Love it guys good job
This is such an Awesome video. I need to find a Sword and watch it again.
Aight the square space intro plug was fire. Well done
I'm holding out hope that this is the first training session for the eventual release of To The Death 2 (Two The Death? Eh.) I really loved that video - great idea and well executed - but whatever the story might be, future Corridor lightsaber/sword videos will always be welcomed.
My real question about the spinning as an actual technique, is how the sword isn't just knocked out of your hand when make contact with something without a solid grip on it.
As Luke mentioned at the beginning, the moulinet is a real technique used with Sabres to parry and riposte quickly. The moments where your blade will impact your opponents weapon or body you have good biomechanical structure and a solid grip so there’s no risk of being disarmed when done properly.
When you flourish in a pattern you sacrifice grip on the sword to make the movement look more smooth. Flourishing (sword spinning) is not a technique for combat.
its for the flow of course you dont grip it loose but you also dont restrict its flow.with muscle memory you hold it tight just before the impact and the grip isn't on whole handle. its just to generate force on intended direction.
You have to use the force. Do or do not, there is no try.
- Yoda
-Cody Talton
You usually don't need a "hard" grip so just adjust the grip as needed. So you let the hilt rest againt your fingers/palm and squeeze when you will make contant.
Also its not a "loose" grip, those only happen if you are doing something specially special. Which is easily punished if done wrong.
Deflecting takes way less power than blocking. Same thing in hand to hand martial arts stuff someone can throw a straight up knock out punch and if you can time the deflection right it's the same force as shaking someone's hand. So if you're deflecting while spinning it's not gonna knock the blade out. A straight up block much more likely knocks it out of hand.
Such a good video lol loved the retro ending with the city in the backdrop😂😂
Love how you even used the same picture of as in your earlier collab
I just realized now that I've been able to do this pretty much my entire life. Never had any formal training. Learned all through observation and practice. Grew up watching a ton of martial arts movies and watching my cousins and older brothers do it throughout the years. I literally twirl around broomsticks at work during downtime. Now I need to practice the double blade twirling. Time to develop a new skill.
Jake is that guy who lets everybody else get extra homework because he's so smart lol
It's fun to see Niko geeking out 😄
Oh this was so fun!
Jake is one god damn impressive guy. A form beauty is excellence, and this dude has a lot of it. Respect.
I spent years with and teaching these exact moves in the SF Bay Area doing lightsaber fight re-enactments, so this brought me back. I haven't done it since Covid, but I still have one lightsaber. :) One of my last performances is my biggest video (100K views!), so that was a good one to go out on.
Nice. And the 80’s part at the end. 😊
I want more Luke!
We will watch your training with great interest.
You all should review fight scenes from old CZcams videos. One of the best I saw 10+ years ago was Ryan vs Dorkman. I think those videos still hold up quite well.
I love that Luke actually has a grasp on swordsmanship he doesn't just throw out a technique like sword spinning just because it's flashy he recognizes that it is a valid technique that can be used in real battles and even gives some background info on these techniques and examples of how and why they're used.
When I was studying kali the two handed deal took me a hot minute. I wasn’t learning that spin specifically because it was practical, I was also learning practical stuff, but I wanted to learn party tricks as well
I love all the positivity!
I've never scream at my phone so loud before, "YOU GOT THIS JAAAKE!!!!" when my guy was trying to complete the double blade loop! 😂 The house turned into and NFL stadium quite quickly! Lol Awesome vid guys.
Cool video idea. Good job on the dual wielding, Jake.
A sponsor spot I enjoyed watching, jeez yall are good!
This was so awesome, and makes me want to try with my renn faire sword
Luke is the kind of teacher I would’ve loved to have in high school, would’ve definitely paid attention in class and learned a lot. Also, Luke is such a badass 💯
That end shot was cool
Omg i need more retrowave content from corridor 🙏🙏🙏
This episode shows the worth of a valuable teacher!
Jake, when using 2 blade I find it easier to lead with one your dominate hand and follow with the other instead of trying to concintrate on both hands doing the same thing at the same time. This should help to train your weaker hand into doing the motion. Then after enought time, the muscle memory should kick into making it easier to to the move symmetriclly
When doing weak hand stuff, i will switch it up to lead with the weak hand so i can concentrate on it bc the dom side has already got it. But i find anything with training the body (and CNS) needs switcging up
I see you've studied the blade
@@DoctorNemmo if you can trick with it, I have probably studied it. 😌 but when it comes to swords, it's all about 'Fire Contact Sword'. That's all the funds right there.
Once the pattern is confident each hand should take turns in leading depending on the movement. Initial block and cut should be strongest move, while the spin behind the back isn't as strong so follows the leading hand. The lead hand is determined by where you are facing/attacking. This also helps direction, waist turn, tightness of movements and emphasis.
Shoutout to those of us that are able to watch and recreate moves.
After watching the Originals in the 80’s I was doing Prequel sword moves. It was nice years later seeing others fight like that. People were telling me it wasn’t possible.
I knew if you could pull it through the air then you could swing it better.
EPIC outro montage ❤
LOVE the sponsor spot lol awesome
I want more of this
this guy is literally the best
that's frickin awesome. i wish i was as much of a jedi as niko
Thanks Guys this is one of the funnest things I've ever practiced
Jake and I are in the same wavelength. I learned how to do both hands easily. But the way I could best explain it, is that one hand follows the other. Once you get that down it is so much easier to do other maneuvers with both hands.
That's called the "Obi-Ani" spin. Props to Jordan for using a "lightsaber" for it, too! Several great videos are on CZcams teaching this technique as well. ;)
And to second Luke, PLEASE do NOT stick the blades into the ground!! aarrgghh! LOL
Retro wave outro was a very nice touch.