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VKFG weapons sparring. Check out vinlandknifefightingguild on Instagram for more !!!

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Viking Glíma style spear catching. A friend of mine, Antony Cummins, wrote an excellent book detailing how viking weapons were used in the Sagas, and one of the techniques with the spear is to catch a thrown spear and turn it on the enemy. Check out (@) vinlandknifefightingguild on Instagram for more content. If you’re interested in historical Viking weapons techniques, check out Antony Cummins book!

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In my last video on the subject of Historical Viking Martial Arts (HVMA?) (check out my hashtag vinlandknifefightingguild or the Instagram by the same name), I mentioned the step behind the front foot sets up a throw. Here’s an example of Lausatök Glíma against a spear. I start with a grab to control the point of the weapon, step in behind the foot and secure a grip with my second hand, and then twist on the spear with my body weight through my hips to execute a wrist lock, disarm and throw. The technique finishes with the spear at the throat to turn the tide on the attacker.

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Short video showing VKFG viking knife fighting, slowed down as a way of explaining technique without words. Follow vinlandknifefightingguild on Instagram to keep up with the latest in viking knife fighting.

Featuring @paranormal-scholar as attacker.

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More Vinland Knife Fighting content. Follow (@) vinlandknifefightingguild on Instagram for more! Notice how I step behind @paranormal-scholar front foot, setting up a Glíma throw with the knife.

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Here’s a gif of me and @paranormal-scholar practicing Viking Glíma! Check out (@) vinlandknifefightingguild on Instagram for more content. In a lot of ways, I’ve transitioned my online presence there and am trying to grow that page, but I’ve neglected my (significantly larger) following here to work on that project. I’m sorry guys, I hope you’ll forgive me and I hope I can make it up to you by posting more stuff more regularly

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Here’s something that incorporates one of the core Lausatök Glíma (freestyle/ combative Viking wrestling) combined with a knife disarm. This “scythe/ mantis/ reaper/ hook” grip, along with the foreword reverse blade grip, are the two grips Vikings most likely would have used based on archeological evidence (the way the knives are found being carried says a lot about how you’d logically draw it, there’s a video about this on Instagram, maybe I’ll post it here later, since you guys seem into this stuff ;)

This is another repost from my Instagram about Viking focused HEMA, (@) vinlandknifefightingguild

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This graphic is the symbol of my organization, the Vinland Knife Fighting Guild. My friend @paranormal-scholar and I created the VKFG after learning the Norse martial art of Glíma wrestling. We have over 30 years of martial arts training and experience between the two of us, a few “real life” fights, and countless sparring/ sport/ friendly matches in various martial arts. Our main background is Wing Chun Kung Fu, although we’ve also both studied Jeet Kune Do, Taekwondo, other styles of Kung fu, Jujitsu, systema and Krav Maga. We started studying Glíma and HEMA a little over a year ago, and when we had learned Glíma proficiently, we created a knife fighting system to compliment our Glíma. We’re now continuing to hone our Glíma, adding things from our other martial arts experience and elaborating on the system, and focusing on historical Viking weaponry. The logo is based on the raven flag, a flag which is postulated to be the first foreign flag in America, brought here by the Vikings who called it Vinland.

If you’re interested in this, definitely check out vinlandknifefightingguild on Instagram, where our content is publicly available. This logo was created by Valhyr on Instagram, who is an excellent graphic designer who should be sought out by anyone in need of the finest Norse graphics.

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