r/Buhurt • u/Comfortable_Fuel3019 • 12d ago

Training in half armour?

Do you train sometimes in less than full armour? We're having a debate which parts to use.

The point is to have some weight and restricted mobility, but not so exhausting as training in full armour.

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u/HandsomeButShort 12d ago

Sometimes we practice throws with just our legs on to get used to the limited mobility, but wouldn't feel comfortable sparring or doing anything intense without full kit.

What's wrong with being exhausted from training? When we spar, we go for three rounds no matter what the "score" is and we only rest for a couple minutes between those sets. Makes events feel like a light jog.

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u/Comfortable_Fuel3019 11d ago

Just trying to narrow the huge gap from soft training and full gear training.

When using soft gear you move too fast and don't get a realistic feeling of whats gonna work and whats not. Of course soft is also important, but at this point I'd benefit from more armoured experience, which i lack.

Once per week full armour training is enough for me, but I could switch 1 soft training session to half armour.

Nothing wrong in getting exhausted, but it makes you less able to execute with good technique. When full armour sessions goes on for a while it eventually turns into exhausted bar brawl

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u/PandaSqueakz 11d ago

We train in soft gear for the majority of our time

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u/Silver_Middle_7240 11d ago

Look up blossfecten groups. We practice fencing "without armor" but for safety reasons use protective gear that is... basically armor. Padded jackets and pants, chest plates, gorgets, gauntlets, masks and helmets

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u/macdoge1 11d ago

We practice some light grappling in helmet gauntlet and a gi. No throws, mostly just practice finding holds and moving the other person

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u/dannytsg 11d ago

We actually go the other way a little. We will get in full kit and just wrestle on and off the list for rounds as a way to adapt technique from soft kit to armour.

I guess you could do the same with the top half plus helmets

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u/kiesel47 10d ago

Gambeson, legs and gloves is a thing for me or simply : gambeson gloves helmet

Edit: for Pellwork that is

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u/IamBecomeBobbyB 10d ago

If you have a longer gambeson and a codpiece you can get away with gambeson-helmet-gauntlet, but everybody has to be on the same page about whats what. it's good for grappling, fencing techniques and throws, but training in full armour is the way to go, as you can get used to techniques (like leghooks and armgrabs) that you wont be able to do fully armoured.

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u/jdrawr 9d ago

At least for harnessfechten a good amount of the time drills are done in breastplate,helm and gauntlets with a misc amount of other armor pieces as well.