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Many people claim under my videos that maces, warhammers and axes are more effective than swords against armor. In the video of Matt Easton argues that maces are easier to use than swords only when it comes to armored combat. I disagree to that statement and i wanna share with you some points about maces and swords in armored knight fights.

The original video from Matt Easton of scholagladiatoria:    • Is a medieval MACE easier to use than...  

Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:20 the statement of scholagladiatoria
1:17 maces in unarmored combat
2:56 mace as a shorter weapon
3:27 swordblade in armored fights
3:38 blocking swords and maces
4:23 the only target of a mace
4:50 Matts problem with swords against armor
5:39 maces and swords in buhurt
8:02 how to kill an armored opponent
8:41 difficulty of the long guard
9:15 maces for knockouts and capture knight
11:01 The difficulty to hit the target and defence yourself
14:56 maces vs joints of armor
15:40 close combat with maces and warhammers
16:40 striking power of swords and maces
18:17 conclusions and disagreements harder to use in combat
19:45 outro