floyrish

[Dylan palmer]

i read someware on the arma site that there are only two floyrish's for the longsword. Can any explain these to me?

i am assuming that if there is only two of these then there will be varriations to each of them.

[david welch]

A floyrish is a free form type of practice with a long sword, and can be as many different types of strikes, in as many combinations as possible, for as long as you want to do it. So technically, there should be an infinite number of floyrishes. <img src="/forum/images/icons/grin.gif" alt="" />

While you should get good at making the first strike in long sword, you should immediately follow up the first strike with some type of combination of blows, and the floyrish helps practice that.

What I do is first I do 1-2 combinations. I make a wrath strike then immediately try to do a random follow up strike. Then try making random follow up strikes to that. Soon, you will be making four, five and six strike combinations. Then you can start chaining those together and make your floyrish as long as you want.

I like doing that, because it lets me find combinations that feel good and work for me. Then I save them and use them for sparring.

David Welch
ARMA East Tennessee

[Allen Johnson]

We do have a set 8 cut florysh and a 16 cut one that are kind of staples when we warm up and train. So that may be where the confusion is coming from. But David is right that there really is an unlimited amount of floryshes that can be done. Basically its like shadow boxing with a sword. Just going through different cuts and footwork as if you were fighting with intent.

[Dylan palmer]

i guess i shouldnt have been so vauge. i knew that you could make your own floyrishs as a means of practicing the vor and rapid follow ups to cuts. and i guess i already know one of the warm up floyrishs( the 8 cut drill) but how does the 16 cut drill work can someone inform me on how this drill is gone about?

[John_Clements]

"Two floryshes"? Nope. There are no "set" floryshes at all. It's not something pre-arranged or programmed (like in Asian martial arts). Though from time to time we have presented examples of florsyhes or offered our members sample practice routines of the most basic actions one should perform with a particular sword type.

A florysh is something that "comes about" when you have learned how to strike and how to step so that your movements combine naturally, with fluidity, energy, and meaning.

JC

[Dylan palmer]

i hope this dosnt come accross as offensive but i knew most of this if you look up a bit i refraze my question asking what the 16 cut floyrish is.

oh by the way thanks for the awnser. again i hope this hasnt come accross as discortious.

[Allen Johnson]

it just incorporates some cuts from the minor guards- both true and false edge.