Lancelot Sword

Important announcement

In order to increase the appreciation of the performance of Lancelot Sword, we now provide two sponsor programs for swordsmanship practitioners at mutual agreement and Lancelot’s discretion.

1st, for people who would like to test cut my kind of targets, we offer 3 forearm, 3 upper arm and 3 thigh targets, shipping included, which is 250 USD worth of sponsorship, in return for test cutting footage of every target cut. This is applicable to any swords you use to cut the targets with.

2nd, for the owners of Lancelot Sword's products, we offer 10 USD for each test cutting video performed with our products on the follow targets: any kind of tatami mats (with pipe core, bamboo core, wooden dowel core or not)any kind of synthetic realistic targets (PPR cored newspapers roll, fabric covered or not, or anything equivalent)

Please contact me if you are interested. Thanks.

What's Lancelot Sword?

The optimized fighting swords inspired by real life combat.

When your home is attacked by an unknown number of invaders, wielding whatever melee weapons and you have no way to retreat or escape. Plus, you are the only person who can possibly fight back, what do you want to have in hand? Any sword that would get stuck inside your enemy even if you land a hit, will be useless.

Why Lancelot Swords are so robust and hefty?

Pudao and polearms, the invaders' weapon of choice in China.

The robust grip helps disperse the shock of impacts from polearms attacks. You'll also needs extreme cutting power at the farthest reach, to go through multiple fabric covered opponents while staying safe yourself.

After all, you are your family only hope to survive the encounter.

In depth analysis of cutting power

Discussed about edge apex, edge plane geometry, blade geometry, rotatory acceleration, top speed before hitting the target, penetration speed, speed lost inside the target, reach and top speed relationship, reach and speed lost relationship and etc.

Optimized Fighting Swords - Swift AND powerful cutters

Lancelot's Supreme-Cutter™ - an Optimized Fighting Sword

Knife or death champion RJ McKeehan's review of Supreme Cutter Lancelot-Sharp™

Supreme Cutter Classic Lancelot-Sharp™ vs thick denim bag covered monster roll and single leg short cut thigh roll

Max Difficulty Cuts: Supreme Cutter Ultra vs Fabric covered Monster target

Edwin Chan with my design Musashi Odachi doing cutting up to thigh target, then switched to a Ming Chang Dao to cut fabric covered thigh. Then it was up to me to use Supreme Cutter Ultra to cut fabric covered monster target!

Supreme Cutter Compact cutting multiple fabric layers covered thigh target with new technique

Further pressure testing the Musashi grip powering technique. This time I used the lightest Supreme Cutter, the Compact version, to cut through multiple layers of fabric covered thigh target!!!

Knife or death champion RJ McKeehan's review of German Battle Sword

German Battle Sword 7 difficult strikes challenge

Master swordsmen skill compare episode 14. This time we take a look into different A-class movements. Upper left swordsman used hip movement to start the cut. Lower left one used walking to start the cut. I also used hip to start the cut, but added with high speed zone powered by Musashi grip. The upper left swordsman's speed is impressive in itself, and out-sped the lower left swordsman by a lot. They both cut through the same difficult targets. So the hip form of A-class movement allows a faster cut without sacrificing power. I out-sped the upper left swordsman's speed only because of the utilization of Musashi-grip powering the high speed zone. His hip movement is very impressive. This is how I compare techniques.

Master swordsmen skill compare episode 12. I totally lost the speed competition to master Kim in combo cuts in the past. So my student asked about the single cut

Skill compare with Toyama ryu headmaster

Hon Wing with current technique, compared to James Williams and 2016 me using traditional Chinese technique.

My student Desun Chan as the compare person, showing the skill is replicable and a heavier, longer sword, paired with the right skill, can be faster than the shorter and lighter sword.

My student Maxwell Leung as the compare person, showing the skill is replicable and a heavier, longer sword, paired with the right skill, can be faster than the shorter and lighter sword.

Requested by a sword friend, this is the third episode of compare. This time I explain how I do this clips, as well as what caused the speed difference in detail.

Right to left diagonal compare between master swordsmen. Using the same / similar sword, only the skill matters. The three masters I compared with are RJ McKeehan, Knife or Death champion and US cutting tournament champion, Phillip Martin, US cutting tournament champion, and 杉尾仁.

left to right diagonal compare between master swordsmen. Using the same / similar sword, only the skill matters. The three masters I compared with are RJ McKeehan, Knife or Death champion and US cutting tournament champion, Phillip Martin, US cutting tournament champion, and Isao Machii, Guinness world record holder.

Testing the techniques I taught students with high difficulty targets. Supreme Cutter Ultra vs thigh targets while on the move.

I and Hon Wing cut forearm targets placed low while on the move with Supreme Cutter Compact Lancelot-Sharp and Supreme Cutter Classic Lancelot-Sharp respectively. The lack of high speed zone issue in Hon Wing's cutting skill starts to show when tackling these high difficulty challenges.

I try cutting upper arm and thigh targets with Supreme Cutter Classic Lancelot-Sharp™ while moving side way to show the students who are learning the skill that how it should be done. Turns out I learned something myself too!

Supreme Cutter Compact Lancelot-Sharp™ vs low height forearm target with "High Speed Zone" only, on single leg This is a demo I did for a remote student, to show him how to use only "high speed zone" to do a cut. Many HEMA / Traditional martial artists / JSA practice cutting with maximum structural power and do not understand why I practice cutting in "weak" position. If you look at it in modern combat shooting, deploying the bipod and shoot from prone position provide the best accuracy for sure. However, why is it not done the most often? Because it takes a long preparation time, and lack mobility. Combat environment would limit its application. Instead, they practice shooting in whatever position they can, be it sideway, or on the fly. Basically the less constrain, the better. This is why I practice being able to cut limb targets with as little constrain as possible. So that I can do the cut without consideration and with way more freedom.

Highlights of Lancelot Supreme Cutter Ultra vs Kin Nodachi

Supreme Cutter Classic Lancelot-Sharp™ combo cuts monster target

Skallagrim's review on Lancelot swords

Skallagrim found Supreme Cutter Compact and Red Baron are so over-powered compare to the other swords

Skallagrim and the crew test cut with Lancelot Swords

Skallagrim mentions that Red Baron is the best cutting sword in his collection, with Supreme Cutter Classic close behind.

Answering frequently asked question 2: Why I do not use cross guard?

Answering frequently asked questions

Quality check for Skallagrim, setting a world record

Cutting cut-resistant kevlar covered target, which probably no one has done before.

History making: The Swords Battle Series

Supreme Cutters vs various swords

The combatants are:

Zsey Hira Zukuri Bo Hi Katana

LK Chen Military Dadao

LK Chen Crossbowmen Dao

LK Chen Wo Yao Dao

John Lundemo Divider

John Lundemo Little Cutie

John Lundemo Giant Silvia

Supreme Cutter Classic

Supreme Cutter Compact

Supreme Cutter Ultra

Skallagrim's First Impression of Red Baron

German Battle Sword thrusting test

Lancelot's Supreme-Cutter™ Compact batto cuts forearm targets

Lancelot's Supreme-Cutter™ Ultra skyward stance tip cutting

German battle Sword tip cutting double mats by Phillip M.

Phillip Martin tested the sword's tip cutting ability and find it extremely good, thus doing this double mats test cutting with the tip.

John Merrill comparing his tourney winning sword and German battle sword Lancelot-Sharp™

Sammy cutting tatami with Albion Principe and then outlet German Battle Sword Lancelot-Sharp™

Knife or death champion RJ McKeehan's opinion

RJ tested Supreme Cutters and German Battle Sword on various crazy cuts, and had the comment above to share about Lancelot Swords.

Giving advice to John Merrill who is about to review them

Phillip Martin's Review on Lancelot-Sharp™ Supreme Cutters

Supreme Cutter Compact indoor cuts

Putting the technique I taught student in Universal Swordsmanship Lesson 29 to test, cutting in cramped environment.

Pressure testing my new technique Musashi grip powering cuts with the big sword Supreme Cutter Ultra Lancelot-Sharp, on thigh target. The bigger the sword is, the harder to aim with it and the harder to accelerate it. So it will truly test the new technique's worthiness.

Supreme Cutter Compact cutting thigh target with new technique

Verifying the improvement of a new technique.

Supreme Cutter Ultra vs LK Ming Imperial Guard Chang Dao

My student brought in both swords to practice today, originally only going to cut with Supreme Cutter Ultra. However, I asked him to cut with the LK Ming Imperial Guard Chang Dao as well, to see if he could cut well with it with the improved high speed zone technique. Also, there was an accuser who claimed that particular LK sword would just do as good as mine. So we put this debate to rest once and for all through action.

Sammy test cutting upper arm and thigh targets

Sammy is a newcomer in test cutting practice, who bought the first Supreme Cutter Classic with Lancelot Sharp. He's a practitioner of one of the Hong Kong HEMA club. With this sword and my online tutorial that came with the purchase, he tries to cut upper arm and thigh targets.

John Merrill's review of Supreme Cutters

Sammy and Alan cutting day

LK Crossbowmen Dao, Niu Wei Dao, survival knife and Lancelot Sword Supreme Cutter Classic Lancelot-Sharp™ were used in the cutting against forearm, upper arm and thigh targets.

Red Baron Review by John Merrill

Red Baron double cuts on tatami mats by John Merrill

Lancelot Sword at Combat Con 2024

Hon Wing cutting fabric covered thigh targets with Supreme Cutter Classic

Supreme Cutters RSW in action

Using Supreme Cutter Compact, Classic and Ultra, and finally a spear against Anderson's naginata.

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