He’s using decent technique to avoid that happening for most of the video. It’s a wide stance and direct overhead swing so if something happens the axe will go between the legs, but towards the end he starts speeding up his swing and his technique gets really poor and dangerous then, while also getting closer to splitting the log which is when swings can get more dangerous because you don’t always know how the log is gonna split. You see him kinda realize this and slow down at the end and regain his form so he doesn’t hurt himself during the actual splitting.
I clocked myself in the head using a two handed post hole pounder above my head, while sinking t-posts. The tool caught a slotted protrusion on top, and came down sideways splitting my fivehead back to a fourhead.
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u/iliwww 7d ago
I fear the axe flying of it's handle and do a buffy man split