Choreographing a Sword Fight in Fencing

Part of the Video Series Sword Fencing for Beginners

Viewing videos requires the latest version of Adobe's Flash Player.
Get the latest Flash player.

Learn how a fencing fight scene should erupt and how to choreograph a sword fight in this free online beginner swordplay video.

Contact: www.swordplayla.com

Rating:
Views: 13,803
Comments: 3 (read)

Favorited: 27 | Add to Favorites

Tags: acting
Bookmark at:

All Videos in the Series, Sword Fencing for Beginners

Member Comments

Posted by marjoriechavez on Friday, 25 April, 2008 at 11:04 PM

(mark as spam)

its good

Video Transcript

Choreographing a Sword Fight in Fencing
Hi, this is Tim Weske on behalf of expertvillage.com. In this sequence we're going to show you how we put together a fight with everybody having to be in certain places at certain times. If you would like to see more of this information please look at swordplayla.com. Ready everybody and slowly, action! At first we have a group that's massing together, they come together and at this point everybody starts splitting up and going into different places. Look and see how everything is timed, so again every sword move, every action that they are doing requires exact timing. The way that they remember is because they understand their footwork and their balance and they work all the time at it, it's something that needs to be worked at it's not just something that you just go out in the back yard and expect to do right away. We will show you the fight full out right now.

About the Expert

Expert: Tim Weske has worked 20 plus years as Hollywood's Premier Sword Choreographer. He has trained thousands of actors including Sir Ben Kingsley, Sandra Bullock and Natalie Portman. Read More