A Weekend Reenacting the English Civil War with The Sealed Knot. Ensign’s POV”

Added: 2026-05-11

[00:00:01]No. Well, technically yes, but not in the context.

[00:00:08]Still snapping off.

[00:00:10]>> Join the Newcastle regiment.

[00:00:20][music] [music] >> [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Heat. Hey, heat. Hey, heat.

[00:00:59]>> [music] [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat.

[00:01:18]Hey, hey, hey. [music] [music] [music] [music] >> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> into his thing, poured himself a whiskey and a Coke, took a sip.

[00:02:40]little accident. [music] There's no such >> thing as [music] we in it. Anyway, >> that was something.

[00:03:12]>> That wasn't using the knife. You broke that with >> bowling.

[00:03:40]window chocolate.

[00:03:52]>> Danny's on a mission for chocolate.

[00:03:57]>> Wait, does that count?

[00:03:58]>> Yeah.

[00:04:07]begin people too soon by nature. We're >> on to two dice now.

[00:04:23]We've got >> Oh, yeah.

[00:04:59]But absolute banger of this lovely.

[00:05:17]Yeah, definitely.

[00:05:19]>> What?

[00:05:19]>> What's this?

[00:05:26][laughter] >> I'll catch it. I'll catch it.

[00:05:40]>> Some of you older people might remember that this song was one that they did at Gate Bieber. Yep.

[00:06:06]>> Only one way.

[00:06:26]Hi, how you doing? Hello, fellow horse rider. How are you?

[00:06:34]>> Hey, he's working. Unfortunately, he's coming to the lake. He can't do this one.

[00:06:44]Lovely.

[00:06:59]>> Go for the corner.

[00:07:07]>> Not [ __ ] again.

[00:07:23]>> I'm sorry.

[00:07:26]>> Wow.

[00:07:33]>> [laughter] >> much better to have a punch bug.

[00:07:54]>> One, go.

[00:07:57]>> [laughter] >> I actually wasn't as good as I thought I'd be.

[00:08:10]>> You were.

[00:08:13]>> You're addicted.

[00:08:14]>> No.

[00:08:14]>> You've literally just said you'd stop for 50 quid.

[00:08:16]>> Yeah, but I don't want >> So, I'll give you 50 quid if you stop. I don't want to stop.

[00:08:20]>> If I wanted to, I could. When are you going to stop? When are you going to stop?

[00:08:38]down, back up, and then rest on your shoulder.

[00:08:42]>> Absolute run of the worst luck.

[00:08:44]>> Yeah.

[00:08:45]>> And that that's it.

[00:08:46]>> And then and then you can slide it about until it gets above. That's your long distance march.

[00:08:52]That's it. Oh, and so if you go back to the advance, slide it up, >> right? Goes to lift it. Right goes underneath the foot again.

[00:09:05]>> Hands. That's it.

[00:09:07]>> Come on with [music] your >> [music] >> On your own backy dring.

[00:10:01]Best dressed pikeman contender Nathan Eden. Give us a twirl, Nathan. Wow.

[00:10:10]>> Thank you.

[00:10:21]Yeah. All right. Itchy.

[00:10:23]>> I'll get it.

[00:10:24]>> Oh, I washed my shirt. Oh, second time in eight years.

[00:10:34][music] >> [music] >> Heat.

[00:10:48]Heat.

[00:10:51][music] >> [music] >> Heat. Heat.

[00:11:08][music] >> [music] >> Sanders away.

[00:11:32]Don't kick the assiding.

[00:11:47]We are brigade four. So we're last in the order of mark. I say 2:00 and I mean 2:00 you please.

[00:12:06]Make sure you got a clear line of sight.

[00:12:08]Listen up.

[00:12:12]Leave some temp. Make sure you've got a clear line of sight and puddles.

[00:12:16]Cuddles drive for hole.

[00:12:23]>> That's it. You put it under your hand, it gets a bit more comfortable there.

[00:12:25]And if you turn it in, it just kind of like put the handbrake on. Yeah.

[00:12:34]>> So, we're at compport now. So bring that across to here and then put your hand under your chin. Lovely. Like that.

[00:12:39]That's it. And then luckily you're not going to spend too much time here before you lean on the guy's back. And I bet the weight goes on that, you know.

[00:12:46]>> Yeah. Keep your elbows in. Yeah. Nice and tight.

[00:12:48]>> That all makes sense. It all makes sense.

[00:12:50]>> Closest order.

[00:12:52]>> So you So closest order is you want to be touching him but not pushing.

[00:12:56]>> The idea with this is keeping your torso up and unlocking your knees. It's all in the knees. All in the legs. There you go. Now push forward. There you go.

[00:13:04]There you go.

[00:13:21]>> We'll do that. There's another one doing that and we'll hit him.

[00:13:24]>> We just got to push him over. That's it.

[00:13:26]That's the whole sport. Yeah, >> at that point the front will stop pushing back and you will all go forward as one block.

[00:13:36]>> Sounds easy. And then you've got the same coming towards you.

[00:13:39]>> Point tip of this is locking shoulders with the guy next to you as well. You don't want to create gaps because if I'm the opposition on the front rank, I'm looking to exploit gaps like this cuz if I shear these two off, that's two less men in the pike push. Anyone on the sides, you're pushing to the center man.

[00:13:56]Hey, at this point, >> get as low as you can. Put your face on his back.

[00:14:02]>> Get low when you drive >> and you stand up.

[00:14:05]>> Got your swap.

[00:14:07]>> Yep.

[00:14:08]>> Right hand marker.

[00:14:11]>> You might have to be quick about it.

[00:14:15]>> No, I'm just I'll jump on the back.

[00:14:23]steps.

[00:14:26]>> Step step [screaming] back in cover and pack in pack.

[00:14:54]at the back.

[00:15:08]>> Yeah, >> that's better. That looks a lot more solid.

[00:15:18]>> Reform your color marker. That's it.

[00:15:22]That's it. We're not doing anymore.

[00:15:24]>> Yeah, that looked a bit energetic.

[00:15:28]>> That looked a lot better.

[00:15:30]>> I don't know if this is still recording, actually.

[00:15:32]>> All right, let's have some water in and then we'll go on.

[00:15:44]So you guys at the back >> I'm trying to hold it one hand and you can feel just circle make it tighter.

[00:15:53]>> The drums here are um doing a little bit of rather fancy counter marching. Very nice. Thank you very much.

[00:16:02]>> You'll notice that the beat is quite slow. So this is this is the kind of part that will be used to travel place to place. So there's no intention of any kind of rushing that's going on. So it's keeping everything going.

[00:16:25]You can see now at the back of the ball that you can see that they started to flourish the colors. This flourish in the cup of colors is a way of demonstrating that you are here and you are ready to take part in whatever combat is wanted. It's a way of saying come and have a go if you need your harder. These colors are really important. They are both a way of finding your regiment in a army where everybody's pretty much resting.

[00:17:01]Yes.

[00:17:18]I've had three How you doing?

[00:17:46]>> Call it three.

[00:17:53]>> Also, I think One, two, three down.

[00:18:05]>> Yes.

[00:18:06]>> Mullet handicapp [laughter] one point. Who's next?

[00:18:34]>> What do you mean?

[00:18:42]>> One, two, three. John, that's you.

[00:18:47]>> Oh, there. I saw the video.

[00:18:51]>> Two, three. Down.

[00:18:57]One, two, three. John, that was boring.

[00:18:59]But all the right >> Oh, I like that lead. I don't mind that at all, you know.

[00:19:20]>> I don't mind that at all. That's nice.

[00:19:22]>> You have to go.

[00:19:23]>> Yeah, I like that. Thought you had to go.

[00:19:26]>> You just have to get it up to advance.

[00:19:28]>> That's good.

[00:19:29]>> One, two, three, down.

[00:19:31]>> Yeah. Four limit on this.

[00:19:33]>> As it gets heavy too.

[00:19:36]>> It has to be quite in the air.

[00:19:38]>> Yeah.

[00:19:45]>> One, two, three. Good.

[00:19:48]>> Right. Uh, Caleb.

[00:20:01]Have the camera, please.

[00:20:03]>> Yeah. Oh, don't stand that end of it.

[00:20:05]All right. Come over here.

[00:20:08]>> One, two, three.

[00:20:16]>> Easy.

[00:20:18]Look at my left hand. I can't get it.

[00:20:20]Quickly.

[00:20:21]>> One, two, three.

[00:20:25]>> Alan [laughter] behind, please.

[00:20:32]>> Just can we get Can we get the >> Everyone Everyone take a step backwards.

[00:20:36]>> Henry, I need you to step.

[00:20:38]>> Oh no.

[00:20:40]>> Such a weed.

[00:20:43]>> You given a spelling like sniffing cocaine now.

[00:20:46]>> Oh yeah. Great. When everyone is finished, you can take the last go on the three.

[00:20:54]>> Go on, wake backwards.

[00:20:56]>> Get it up there. Go on.

[00:21:01]>> One, two, three.

[00:21:05]>> Good. Good.

[00:21:06]>> Yeah. My re >> Where's the salts?

[00:21:09]>> Yeah, that is heavy, isn't it?

[00:21:10]>> Yeah.

[00:21:10]>> What are you doing?

[00:21:12]>> Uh, I just I >> Whoa. Hand at the back.

[00:21:17]I cooked it at the back.

[00:21:18]>> All right. Right. All right. Sorry.

[00:21:19]>> I still I need to get it up with my hand.

[00:21:22]>> Up to advance. Up to advance first up.

[00:21:25]Right. Down from there from there.

[00:21:27]>> Come on. Here we go. Hold it further.

[00:21:31]>> One, [screaming] two, three.

[00:21:34]>> Good lad. Good lad. Well done.

[00:21:36]>> Does the Does the Does the new one count as two parts?

[00:21:39]>> I struggle with heavy is it? That's why I close.

[00:21:43]>> That was my fourth one. I would go for this one next >> or these two nearest B.

[00:21:48]>> Once we get to four, can we get it up?

[00:21:50]One, two, three. Nice one, John.

[00:21:54]>> It's he's for it up randomly basically.

[00:21:56]>> Right. So, we're going to have one more attempt.

[00:22:00]>> Come on, Alan. Come on.

[00:22:02]>> Good.

[00:22:03]>> We like to drink with Alan.

[00:22:10]>> You got it. Just brace it. Brace it.

[00:22:12]>> Get it steady. Get it steady. Ready?

[00:22:15]>> Hold it. Hold it. Hold it.

[00:22:17]>> Whoa.

[00:22:20][screaming] [laughter] >> Should we insert Charles at the top then for the first one? See?

[00:22:34]>> Yeah. Go on.

[00:22:37]Do the four.

[00:22:43]Charles is sporting a new technique.

[00:22:46]So you actually do that. You >> got to do that.

[00:22:50]>> Well, the tre the trebuche method proved quite effective as well. Don't you remember that from last time?

[00:22:55]>> Was that the one I did?

[00:22:57]>> That was where your face off.

[00:23:01]>> James going to join in.

[00:23:06]>> Two light.

[00:23:13]It's slung from there. So you >> It's an interesting one.

[00:23:23]>> One, two, three.

[00:23:28][laughter] >> Make it harder. You You do.

[00:23:33]>> You picked up bigger lumber bits than this.

[00:23:37]>> Come on, Nathan. Slow and steady.

[00:23:39]>> Come on, man.

[00:23:40]Don't rush it.

[00:23:42]>> Be the pike.

[00:23:43]>> That's it.

[00:23:44]>> I love that technique.

[00:23:45]>> Can you all just >> Oh, yeah.

[00:23:49]>> If you're not used to being hit on the head by wooden pikes, please step back.

[00:23:54]>> Come on, mate. Here we go. Slow and steady.

[00:23:56]>> Try and parry. You don't have to try and block. You can dodge.

[00:23:58]>> Cut the pipes.

[00:24:01]>> Come on, Nathan.

[00:24:02]>> No, you don't. No, you don't.

[00:24:04]>> I want to.

[00:24:04]>> We want you on the field, not on the floor.

[00:24:07]>> Rolling on the floor.

[00:24:10]the give a little pop up into your hand.

[00:24:12]>> There you go. Slow it down. Control it.

[00:24:16]>> He's got it. Well, >> control the sticks with me >> there. Hold it. Hold it. Hold it. Hold it.

[00:24:31]>> Nice.

[00:24:36]>> This is a charge for squirrel. It's a wig one method. [laughter] >> This is a new one we haven't seen before.

[00:24:46]>> I don't even know pointing this in the right direction.

[00:24:48]>> That's it.

[00:24:52]>> Ah, a two pin split.

[00:24:54]>> It's a mess. It's a messy pickup. But can he recover?

[00:24:59]>> I can.

[00:24:59]>> This is lowering a score. [laughter] >> I just went like this.

[00:25:05]>> No. Extra points to salvage.

[00:25:10]got >> big hands. It's easy.

[00:25:12]>> Come on the boy. Come on the boy.

[00:25:16]>> This is your hand. I got that.

[00:25:20]>> Here we go. Slow, slow, slow, slow, slow.

[00:25:22]>> One. Get it down.

[00:25:25]>> One, two, three. Down.

[00:25:28]>> It has mate. It has to be at that point.

[00:25:31]>> Wash it off.

[00:25:32]>> This is also a positive masculinity.

[00:25:34]>> Can everyone just take a step backwards?

[00:25:36]Fair. We also accept women. We had Allan in here.

[00:25:44]>> At your leisure.

[00:25:46]>> One, two, three.

[00:25:50][cheering] >> Use those muscles.

[00:25:55]>> I've done three in.

[00:25:58]>> Yeah.

[00:26:01]>> Competition.

[00:26:03][laughter] >> Oh, he's just going for it.

[00:26:05]>> Lower. Oh boy. Come on.

[00:26:08]>> One, two, three. [screaming] >> Yeah.

[00:26:11]>> Hell different before.

[00:26:13]>> I like it.

[00:26:14]>> Professional, isn't that?

[00:26:15]>> Yeah.

[00:26:16]>> Oh, no. [laughter] >> Your five pipes upwards.

[00:26:22]>> I swear it's >> officer. [laughter] >> When everyone's command.

[00:26:30]>> Yeah. You when everyone's number four, you get [laughter] pull. That's how it works. I do watch >> kick them up.

[00:26:42]>> No, I've done my first day. I'm happy with that.

[00:26:47]>> That's actually You can't do that.

[00:26:49]That's against the rules. You're just trying to get them to >> Well, they're off the ground. [laughter] Come on, [laughter] >> just seems to start to do [laughter] >> that.

[00:27:13]>> Come on. Here we go. That's it. Get your hand under it.

[00:27:16]>> He's got the hand under it, I think.

[00:27:20]>> Yes. There you go. There you go.

[00:27:27]>> Tension. Tension. Tension.

[00:27:31]>> [applause] >> Great effort, mate. Great effort.

[00:27:34]>> Your legs.

[00:27:35]>> I'm an early adopter. [laughter] >> John is so strong.

[00:27:39]>> Yeah.

[00:27:41]John needs to see those two at the bottom, dude.

[00:27:49]>> Are you able to reset?

[00:27:50]>> I'm I'm fine with a reset. Just don't I dropped the bikes? Yeah. I think he might reset.

[00:27:56]>> Intentional drop.

[00:27:58]>> Control.

[00:28:00]She kind of kind of >> one, two, three. Good.

[00:28:22]>> This is amazing.

[00:28:22]>> Nice. Nice recover.

[00:28:25]>> You can do this.

[00:28:27]>> Come on. Come on. James.

[00:28:31]>> Come on, James.

[00:28:33]>> Oh, that's crazy.

[00:28:35]>> At your leisure, sir. Charge your pipes.

[00:28:38]>> Go on, James.

[00:28:40]Go on.

[00:28:40]>> Nice.

[00:28:41]>> Oh, man.

[00:28:43][applause] >> Good effort. Too heavy.

[00:28:46]>> That's half a division.

[00:28:52]>> That's That's the half. Whoa.

[00:28:54]>> There needs to be a new competition. How many pipes do you trail at the same time? That's just going to be whoever's >> here. All you mate.

[00:29:02]>> Comfortable. Comfortable.

[00:29:05]>> Squing down. That's it.

[00:29:06]>> A push.

[00:29:09]>> Go for it.

[00:29:11]>> I'm too impressed by this to not hold.

[00:29:14]>> No. [laughter] [applause] >> How many of you doing six?

[00:29:20]>> Yeah, I can do. I can do it. [laughter] I believe >> brother the pike got me little chicken legs.

[00:29:28]>> You >> got no salt.

[00:29:31]>> He's grunty.

[00:29:32]>> I believe in your brother.

[00:29:37][laughter] >> He's grunting.

[00:29:40]>> Hello. Talk to the >> pipes. Put him off.

[00:30:00]Blood is [music] the gun work.

[00:30:15][music] Give it a spin.

[00:30:52]Oh god.

[00:31:04]Heat.

[00:31:13]Heat.

[00:31:21]Heat.

[00:31:23][music] Heat up here.

[00:32:05]>> [music] >> find youwhere there. There's no point looking for the top.

[00:32:40]>> Sorry. Sorry.

[00:32:41]>> You did miss it though.

[00:32:44]>> But Sean came for an interview.

[00:32:46]>> Sean came for an interview.

[00:32:48]>> How are you feeling today? Yeah, fine.

[00:32:50]>> Yeah, fine.

[00:32:54]I am fine.

[00:32:58]>> Yeah, fine. How are >> you?

[00:33:24]Yeah.

[00:33:40]Heat. Heat.

[00:34:04]Heat.

[00:34:11]Heat.

[00:34:15]Heat.

[00:34:19][screaming] [music] Heat.

[00:34:40]Heat.

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[00:35:05][music] Heat.

[00:35:09][music] Heat. [music] [music] Heat.

[00:35:45]Heat. Heat. [music] [screaming] Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. Heat.

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