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Three uploads explore provocation, facing an armored knight and writing sword fights without sacrificing the spectacle.
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Would Taunts Work in a Real Sword Fight?
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Can you talk someone into losing a sword fight? Skallagrim's answer depends on who's holding the other blade. An experienced fighter can ignore the bait; a hot-headed novice might rush into exactly the opening you wanted.
In "Would Taunts Work in a Real Sword Fight?", he tests the theatrical side with beach-sparring sketches, then turns to Miyamoto Musashi's psychological tactics. The outtake offers a less imposing hazard: forgetting your own insult halfway through. Viewers bring their own reference library, from role-playing-game tanks to Monkey Island's insult sword fighting.
It was the most watched of his three uploads this week, reaching roughly 77,000 views. "A Way to Even the Odds Against a Knight" drew almost as many, considering how circumstances might help someone facing an opponent in full plate armor.
The newest upload, "How to Write Realistic (and GOOD) Sword Fights", has the strongest daily momentum of the three. Skallagrim approaches the question as a historical martial arts enthusiast rather than a professional writer: how do you keep a duel grounded without draining away the fun? His sources include longsword demonstrations, choreography by Adorea Olomouc and techniques shown by Sellsword Arts and Federico Malagutti.
Across the channel, daily views are a little above their usual level, while subscribers held steady. Nearby-sized TAOFLEDERMAUS is having a much sharper viewing surge. Skallagrim's own continuing archive draw is September's "History's One-Way Weapons: Ingenious!", whose arrows are designed to make returning fire rather less straightforward.
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"Would taunts work in a real sword fight?"
Only if you're a tank.@sazalamel4749See it on YouTubeTaunts are probably the reason you've got into a sword fight to begin with.
@kutalyl7153See it on YouTubeIn the game *Monkey Island*, there was also a swordfight where the characters taunted each other. It has cult status.
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Sword fighting is a mental game so being able to get in the way of that with little use of energy is a free gamble
@walterbrink5391See it on YouTubeI imagine taunts would work better if the person making the taunts know full well that he wasn’t going to lose or that his opponent was already weakened.
@snowlocke1See it on YouTubeGreatest duelist taunt?
"I'm not left handed"@DH-xw6jpSee it on YouTubeSticks and stones may break my bones but vicious mockery does psychic damage
@CobdabeastmanSee it on YouTube
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The videos drawing views on Skallagrim right now
- Channel
- Skallagrim
- Subscribers
- 1,630,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 487,958
- Videos published this week
- 3
- Video published
- November 11, 2026
- Video views so far
- 77,334
- Views on its first day
- 59,001
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Which Japanese swordsman features in Skallagrim's discussion of psychological tactics?
The video uses Musashi's duel with Sasaki Kojirō to illustrate psychological provocation.