Meet a Real Modern Gladiator

Jan Krüger is a "genuine," trained in Italy, gladiator living in Germany. He also trains and teaches at Trier Germany's UNESCO listed Roman amphitheater.
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[@Emanresuadeen]

"After fight, we take together beer." Well, said! Well, said!

[@kitirena_koneko]

Spoken like a true German! ^_^

[@lupinthethird7059]

That's how fighting sports/reenactments shall always end ;3

[@guuriki1]

Would love to try this out if I had the chance.

[@perrywithcigar217]

Same

[@boredom1312]

i love ancient Rome, i need to go here

[@javanbybee4822]

LabesCaenumYT let’s make a time machine

[@tooyoungtobeold8756]

You need to get captured and enslaved first.

[@dylantennant6594]

@@tooyoungtobeold8756 You could make friends with Commodus, he was a gladiator fanatic. Then again, you could get shot full of arrows.

[@Ysumbruh0]

You gotta learn how to speak Classical Latin first

[@letitgogu594]

1:17 what was with that spin?

[@mcpartridgeboy]

didn't you know turning your back to the enemy is what wins fights !

[@letitgogu594]

+mcpartridgeboy i thought backflips and ninja poses were what wins the fight. oh well, you learn something new every day

[@mcpartridgeboy]

Let It Gogu no your right and I'm wrong, of course a front flip is the most practical way to get from a to b and those ninja rolls are obviously so much more practical than walking, obviously the more spins you do the more advanced you are !

[@dogukanozturk8547]

He spins to get rid of the net

[@chrisanderson6936]

@@dogukanozturk8547 And promptly gets himself stabbed in the neck. RIP

[@intelkek7655]

I'd love to get lessons for this

[@Gaibreel]

I'd love to train like a gladiator. Training is intense. This should be an Olympic sport. I could dedicate 2 years

[@he8094]

if i wasnt in the other side of the World i would be there every single day to learn how is to be a gladiator.

[@TheGmodParty]

this was a nice video, but gladiator is actually swordsman is latin, it comes from the word gladius

[@carrobis]

A DAGGER FIGHTER to be precise. Gladius - dagger, the larger would be known as Pompeian gladius or its original name XIPHOS. The large sword would be know as SPATHA.

[@Supermario0727]

What does that have to do with anything?

[@mummiedanser1609]

Nop gladius is a shortsword, not a dagger

[@jakep6660]

Gladius is sword or short sword, Pugio is dagger. Right?

[@mikaelh3246]

Provocateur actually, Real gladiators didn't fight in coloseum to the death, thats a common mistake. In truth it was a respected sport game like boxing, the only killing is accidental like 1/10 of the Time.

[@Rulytasho]

There's a lot of optimized modern fightstyles out there, so I think this is not a Self Defence fight style at all. but it sure is a good Workout disipline, looks fun, and what I consider the most value, in my opinion, is the Historical Knowlege.

[@Froot99]

Thought I was watching a Marc Felton productions video for a sec 😂

[@alessando97000]

1:16 did he just spin, with a scutum?

[@kestutisvaiciunas8663]

speen ATTACK tbh he was probably trying to get free of the net

[@yngvarofvanaheim6064]

It's called a pro gamer move

[@bobafett1877]

He got caught in the net so he spinned to get it off

[@omari2306]

It's due to kickboxing muscle memory, he imagined himself executing a kick. As a a pure boxer that wouldn't happen becauseboxers never give the back to the enemy or you will get rabbit punched.

[@LichlordKazam]

"We are fighting real" sees the wooden knife. rofl

[@PaulA-fp3vs]

+Lichlord Kazam Yea and his he is a real Gladiator. Not a reenactor. A real gladiator would be in prison right now dont you think

[@LichlordKazam]

Paul A yeah, but i mean they could rather use some metal blunt knifes and shortswords.

[@PaulA-fp3vs]

***** What I am sayin is why not just call yourself a reenactor if thats what you actually do. I dont see any problem with being a reenactor.

[@atic7910]

are you that stupid to think that they would fight for real?

[@NeonAstralOfficial]

Haha idiot, say that after you get your ribs broken by being stabbed with a "wooden knife". The only legal metal weapons allowed are only in M1 and Knight Teams Vs* and even then they are made dull and you are not allowed to stab only slash. The stupid ignorant OP bait Troll is not impressed huh

[@G31M1]

I live only a few hours way from Trier and I never knew this was a thing haha

[@GuroFerd]

I would love to participate in this training camp! So it's mostly held in Germany?

[@GuroFerd]

Man... it's stuff like this that makes me wish I live in Europe. Hahaha! Thanks!

[@hefeibao]

@@GuroFerd Same!

[@danielpalacio9146]

Más videos como estos, un deleite de ver en la tarde y con un buen te, me e canta

[@omc8872]

Nice way of keep fit and must be funny as hell!

[@james-ob9rz]

We need a lot of conditioning we need a lot of strange. Know the feeling I like me some strange as well

[@sunofpeter2]

Hahhahahhaah!!!

[@dusanradin5868]

You want strange? Try to piss,shit and run simultaneously.

[@gozer87]

I have been to their show in Trier during Brot and Spiel festival days

[@Vchevy]

That’s such an awesome amphitheater I went there with my family a couple years ago and it was an amazing experience to go under and see how stuff worked and how it would’ve looked back then.. Great video

[@AdventuresofaTravelButterfly]

Thanks! And glad you got to visit it too!

[@mummiedanser1609]

-_- I was here like 1 day ago with school lol

[@fergal2424]

Lol

[@lakbaymacatual5955]

i really love to be in that training

[@kbagnellart6812]

I would love to watch this even if they scored it with red paint... so cool

[@LesactivitesdeJehan]

Very good démonstration ! i am french, and i am in the historical reconstitution in the XIVe ! but i like the fighting of Gladiator ! very good work ! Sorry for my english who is bad. :D

[@LILREMAlNS]

your English is probably the worst I've seen on youtube.

[@santicheeks1106]

At first I thought it was a 3d animation his skin and armor looked so clean

[@gustavoargumanis1863]

I ended here after watching Metatron's video about gladiator classes.

[@TheSexhaver2625]

Same, I wanted to see the net guy in action 😂

[@MaxLohMusic]

Hi, what are the dimensions of the shields at 3:45 and what sort of shield are they supposed to represent from history? Viking shields were circular and Upright shields were usually held with a vertical bar grip -- I've never seen a horizontal bar grip so I'm wondering if there were any historical shields that did it that way.

[@2h4d0wDK]

***** Celtic shields and Roman shield were like that, hit it up on google images and get some good celtic shields, they're formed like that with the horizontal grip

[@fabianbockel5700]

Max Loh wich of the longer shield types are held with an vertical bar? The scutum is held by a horizontal bar and kite/drop shields are held by a straping on the back.

[@preddes6522]

Scutums had horizontal grips it allowed you to hold it hanging from your arm so it put less strain on the shoulders and arm.

[@aestheticzea]

This looks fun, I would love to try it

[@19Marcy]

OMG I WAS JUST THERE

[@ShieldOfTommorrow]

Thank you for making my point

[@mmiilleennaas]

From now on a million people will be following you down the road :)))

[@fernandoromero9906]

Are there more gladiator schools in Europe?

[@Kopa_Malphas]

I wish we had something like this here...I really do

[@Meow-ee9zo]

Were some of the students her Belgian/flemish by any chance? Thought i picked up some dutch/flemish

[@p.e.i.man-canada-1372]

never been in a sword fight in his life

[@Pecqu]

"real"

[@PillsBuryDoughBoy_]

What a mad man!

[@lazarzivanovic5210]

Damn , i wanna do this , hopefully i will get a chance

[@lari7647]

The net that guy is using is very very light

[@IamHueGraves]

+Cummajainen /// it has to be throwable and quick to use. What good would a heavy net be if it took a long time?

[@ElliFong]

I think the HMB or BoTN are pretty hardcore too, saw bunch of people with head bleed even in helmet.

[@riki65848]

I wanna go there

[@tomseler7348]

This have to be something special for all Ancient times fans :)

[@shadowdeslaar]

So if go to your gladiator ring Then can fight you with real weapons Not wood swords

[@foerdie]

Yeah but opponents are only allow to injure each others. No killings allowed ...

[@shadowdeslaar]

Slayer agreeable

[@ShieldOfTommorrow]

Sometimes it was out of the trainer's hands... the local magistrate or title-bearing person decided the fate of the defeated based on the mood of the crowd

[@2serveand2protect]

Treyr? That's AUGUSTA TREVERORUM - a former Roman colony, turned into a city over the centuries, right?

[@2serveand2protect]

***** Posso chiedere se "BARILLA" è il tuo "nick" o il tuo cognome? :) ...e comunque - sì - grazie! Lo sapevo era solo una domanda retorica. Quello che non sapevo era lo "spelling": "Trier"!... :)

[@aperson2591]

I would really like to try it.. But im kinda far away from germany

[@adlyhamilton8240]

We must bring thia back

[@wolfgangvonsusselhousencai4009]

what is the song in the beggining, it sound gripping

[@vehrkalia]

Those comments belows are embarassing. This is just a historical martial sport. Why they should hurt each others while fighting? Do the karatekas hurt each other? Or do the Kung fu or aikido fighters? Thanks God today there exist something called Human Rights, no one should get injured during sports, works, jobs, et cetera. Things happens, ok, but these are simply accidents. evolve yourselves, men. Wake up. The stone age is gone by so far! :-)

[@vehrkalia]

Man, you completely misunderstood what I meant. My compliments. XD

[@vehrkalia]

P.s. I'm an Archaeologist.

[@kiwyWinky]

vehrkalia gladiators should be brought back with real weapons and real death instead of some corrida shit torturing bulls that did nothing to deserve this... let humans fight if they want to see some freaking blood and poke sharp swords into eachothers..

[@sellingthesecondamendment.2954]

+vehrkalia What are you talking about? Sports injuries is a billion dollar business, doctors make FORTUNES treating everything from concussions to broken limbs. Do karate's hurt each other? You bet your ass they do. They're not punching air, they're punching and kicking each other. My brother in law has a black belt in karate, I have seen him with black eyes, he has also gotten his nose broken, and he doesn't even compete, these are injuries he gets while fighting other men. Human rights? LOL, this is SPORT, your goal is to defeat your enemy. Just because boxers hug each other after the match doesn't mean they didn't spend time beating each other up. "The stone age is gone by so far! :-)" Read some books, the Roman gladius is made out of steel. The Romans are history's #1 civilization, Rome is known as the eternal city for a reason. We owe the Romans a lot, and my only problem with this video is that it isn't real. A real gladiator contest might end in injury or death, here there's little chance for either.

[@THISISLolesh]

+vehrkalia Because he said "This is not a re-enactment group, we're fighting real!".. Now wouldn't you expect some real hurting and fighting if this is how they actually label themselves. "In the FIGHT we are enemies" shall I go on?

[@Crusader-Ramos45]

We need to use shields as melee weapons more often, right?

[@calebreutener870]

you score by touches?

[@wolverines_boneclaws5362]

I can't do these activities. I lose my temper sometimes and I always get dark in my mind.

[@tannerking8420]

Were do i sign up for this to real gladiator and fight with a real swords

[@nishilbhartiya]

I want to join this programme but I live in India

[@walterbell1529]

maybe one day we'll have a world wide international gladiator compitition.

[@lovefrompraha]

I would absolutely do this everyday for 12 hours

[@JP-ye1rh]

I like this

[@JonSmith-cx7gr]

You gotta love Krauts.

[@Saudyization]

Looks like your fighting with cast arm and leg.. Lol.. But this is awesome tho.. Those Helmets in days must be very weighty.. And you have any Gladiatrix?

[@lautaroalday7225]

I mean maybe hes not a real gladiator because they dont kill each other, but thats kind of a good thing like if you lose or make a mistake your not going to die and you can come back and keep having fun. but has others said earlier gladiator reenactor, not real one.

[@JurassicDavidy]

My brother stayed in Trier for 5 months

[@tjn2254]

For free?

[@martialartstips5177]

This is awesome as hell

[@321imperator]

Is something like this in Poland ? In Gdansk or so ?

[@alexcacares6547]

Look at that scar on his eyebrow. Did he get that from gladiator fighting or kickboxing?

[@sethreynolds8520]

Its like the art of stabbing joints has been completely forgotten.

[@2011LEDS]

WHERE THIS IS? I M CATALAN,HOW I CAN TO MEET THIS PERSON?

[@dhnguye1]

6 days a week at 10-12 hours? Do these guys not work?

[@maxlewin5903]

Everybody gangster till gladiator pops the Glock

[@maksymalnybul6145]

Big boys have fun as "gladiators" lol

[@OsakaOutlaw]

+Ace132 Ha-ha most correct comment I have seen on this subject ever.

[@jeremysnead9233]

He was using the net wrong.

[@ripclcze8845]

Epix

[@evolveplayer5]

I feel like going there

[@cracno1125]

Are they allowed to kill each other?

[@bobbob9427]

Sorry to say, but I don't think retiarius was fighting like showed here, and his net probably looked different ( with main rope around net , end kept between fingers to catch and bond oponent like lasso, and probably with small metal weights around net) . and they probably didn't wave net all the time, they kept it for ideal moment . sorry but waving net like that is a little bit useless, could be better to use spear or trident by both hands instead .

[@DonkeyFilms]

I want to do this

[@WagsCyber]

where is this.

[@AdventuresofaTravelButterfly]

Trier, Germany. In former (Roman) times, the city was called "Augusta Treverorum." It is Germany's oldest city, having archaeological records dating back to its founding, around the year 16 BC.

[@cuppaxnswonhrt3904]

+Wags Jr germany

[@1nf0calypse]

Not necessarily true. Trier (Augusta Treverorum) is a hot contestant for this title with three other German cities: Worms (Bormetomagnus), Kempten (Cambodunum), and Mainz (Mogontiacum).

[@henryn5445]

Are you not entertained!!!

[@collinweekley320]

Gladiators barely fought to the death. Time and money were put into them with gladiator schools so they were barely killed and thumbs down did not mean death

[@woupsead7536]

Most gladiators don't die. A gladiator had a 90% chance of living, mainly the slaves or prisoners of war died horribly with unfair odds

[@jordanboyle539]

Your fighting real ? So theres a risk of severe injury or death ?

[@wolfgangvonsusselhousencai4009]

WHAT THE FUCK IS THE SONG IN THE BEGGINING

[@dasheiligeimperiumvonkarim7085]

Ehrlich Oha

[@sdv4675]

gladiators weren't used in a war as he says they were good at man to man combat however the romans fought in a line of men so they only had to train them to thrust so they could make an army in no-time because training them for man to man combat like he also says takes a 3 years to become effective the roman training could get the same effecencie in months

[@gerardmjagroo]

Actually the gladiators were used in a civil war in the year of the four emperors. Otho did not have enough legions to face Vetellius so gladiators all over Italy were pressed into service.

[@kellengriffin254]

Wow this is cool man

[@katiehunter7313]

thats pretty cool man

[@niklask8753]

i wonder how hes allowed to use the scutum with the swastika in germany

[@kalemegdan6566]

Gladiator derives from "Gladius" meaning sword. So, originally they could have been "Swordsmen". 🤷‍♂️ But that's Latin, logic and history tied to words. 🤔 ☕

[@AdventuresofaTravelButterfly]

Fascinating observation! Thanks for that! :)

[@Hellbilly615]

Didn't gladiator fights have sort of a circusy or professional wrestling-esque amount of showmanship, or theatrics?

[@hugovader6727]

I LIKE THIS !!!!!!

[@amanwearingsuspenders7390]

SICK VID NOW I WANT TO DO IT!!!!!!!

[@atic7910]

"you be to slow" what happened with your english?!

[@1nf0calypse]

Let's hear your German.

[@atic7910]

Frederik Hirche lets hear ur spanish ._.

[@harbinger1633]

I love how you don't even see the irony within your comment.

[@boredom1312]

he is german

[@insanecuckooman8342]

i am also german native speaker and i still can speak english. weird huh?

[@maximusmeridio1970]

Bello il mantello marrone ce l'ho anch'io

[@masondann4866]

Went here 😱 and saw that guy

[@user-mr1zs1np7w]

Where can you buy this shit i want it

[@squatant652]

Nice sport

[@IqbalRailFans]

I like Gladiator

[@s.r.7477]

4:06 Are these guys Flemish, it doesn't sound German

[@le0shadow]

those people can actually kill each other ? is it lawful ?

[@epr8974]

It's a bit like Historic European Swordfighting. Of course they used blunt weapons and good protective gear. But injuries can still happen. Being hit with a thrust by that Retiarius trident is not a pleasant experience. Bruises will probably be pretty normal after sparring.

[@stepheninczech]

I feel like they need be eating more with large wooden spoons.

[@reinforcer9000]

yoooo I want to do this

[@RoGameReview]

in Germany...just imagine the irony

[@Kenshiroit]

+Dracusorul Alex why the irony? historically speaking the Germans were the greatest fan of Rome. Heh they even founded their own empire. The holy Roman Empire, who was neither holy nor Roman and not a empire, and guess what, it was held by a Kaiser (Caesar) who was not a Kaiser XD So it make sense that they have gladiators that are not gladiators in a arena that is not an arena :-P

[@odayaboukheir2505]

Wait so they fight to death ?!?!??!?!?

[@atrox4337]

Salve. I would like to fight once vs Jan