MMA with Medieval Armor and Blunt Weapons

Every year there is a medieval style combat tournament that takes place in a castle in Europe; that means swords, full body armor, and shields. This past year we followed the American team to the event to get a sense of how intense the competition is. We saw major injuries, the kind of patriotic pride you see in the Olympics, and sparks fly - literally.
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[@JoelMarioMX]

“What are the Rules ref?” *Don’t Die.*

[@nickgoley6138]

Surprisingly enough no one has died from this

[@donut025]

Simon got reeaaaaal fucking close though

[@qymaenjaisheelal6552]

Ha Ha! Epistula tua valde faceta!

[@polarbear9772]

one of the rules is actually no stabbing allowed

[@395leandro]

There are actually a crazy long list of rules in this sport, most of them concerning safety.

[@philiptucker6119]

I have seen a lot of things in life, but I've never seen a cowboy in medieval armor drinking a beer.

[@BakedTerranaut]

You hadn't lived until that moment

[@bloodyfx1065]

Welcome to our everyday shit!

[@trentarnold7226]

They're called cavalry and it's called ale, duh :p

[@jpjp6077]

Patriotism Intensifies

[@0Turbox]

I'm drinking beer after a recipe from 1644, so the beer part shouldn't be that impressive ;)

[@AyusoEnjoyer]

Finals: England vs France 100 years war: aww shit, here we go again

[@ClawsofNeon0468]

Lol, good one

[@rupedo1]

But England won, hurrah!

[@theonlybass8947]

the only thing missing from that final is a couple hundred longbowmen

[@anonymousstout4759]

@@theonlybass8947 hey this isn't Battle of Agincourt

[@NoneofMyBusiness0]

Why Jeanne d'ark dead?

[@Amigo21189]

Normally not a wear-the-flag type of American myself, but that tabard is fly.

[@MT-jt5uo]

Seriously lol never expected to see an American Tabard but goddamn it's beautiful. I'd love to do this and wear that Tabard.

[@Jamhael1]

The Texan Knight facing its foe: " Thou hast yee'deth thy last haw, you filthy heathen!"

[@jackwilliams4181]

Omfg I’m dead bruh

[@DavidSchiess]

I am literally crying 😂😂😂

[@Jamhael1]

Cowboy Knight phrases: "Howdy, m'lord/m'lady" "We shall then cross our blades... AT HIGH NOON!" "Noble knight, where thou comes't from? - asked the princess. A small fief on Texas, where Lord Pa and Lady Ma had inherited by right of blood and honor for generations - answered the knight while chewing tobacco"

[@SynMusique]

I'm dead.😂

[@cjmartinez8318]

Only if the U.S existed in the middle ages this would be a thing.

[@xavierjackson1518]

The most magical thing I've ever seen is a man in knight armor and a cowboy hat drinking a beer

[@minhvisual4265]

dilly dilly

[@Dr.s3RTH]

Medieval american knights

[@TheFIoridaMan]

@Batty Steve Texas* 😂

[@alexandrejose8362]

For now on whenever I play CK2 After the End this will be how I imagine the Texan knights' appearance.

[@bathoryaria4127]

Or seeing a lady in a tunic, headdress, and circlet shouting "U.S.A! U.S.A!"

[@memesouls8653]

Now imagine if they added this to school PEs around the globe. That would be a spectacle to behold.

[@sirteddyIII]

That would be cool, sadly arms and armor are way too expensive for schools (and families) and given the tendency to grow at that age range would mean you would outgrow your armor.

[@memesouls8653]

Sir Teddy I get your point but if they added a junior sport with cheaper materials like rubber armor instead of steel and plastic staffs, swords, axes, etc. (not like cheap plastic, pretty sturdy plastic) then I think this sport could be doable.

[@sirteddyIII]

@@memesouls8653 I suppose that's true. There are some other things that will probably hold it back but one day maybe we will get to see extracurricular clubs at some schools in the future.

[@memesouls8653]

Kannon Cole Thanks for the comment bro. We all crusaders around here!

[@memesouls8653]

Sir Teddy Yeah totally. If that happens I think it will be a good way to get students stamina, endurance, and overall psychical shape up.

[@Levi_52_336]

It's weird to think that American knights weren't a thing until the 20th century.

[@HeadhuntexGamer]

No one is trying to be 100% authentic, maybe we should only allow European countries then?

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

@@HeadhuntexGamer It’s just interesting (for me) how a relatively young nation with no tradition of knights (in fact, they even do away with noble titles) managed to beat France, the nation that basically gives the word chivalry. It’s quite ironic how the world works.

[@HeadhuntexGamer]

@@alexanderchristopher6237 There are no real knights nowadays, the vast majority of these "White Americans" are ethnically Europeans so they also have "knight" blood /ancestrals if that is your point. But none of them receives the training necessary to be one like it used to be so this makes no sense. So it's more about being better at the sport than being of certain nationality

[@iamjacktwo2567]

You are actually right

[@buttered__toast_2899]

@@HeadhuntexGamer I’d say unless you’re trained in Hema it’s basically MMA with armor. My guild did drills, dagger combat, wrestling, and reconstructed manuscript techniques under the guidance of people who have been fighting for decades. That’s as close as it gets these days

[@Kevin-fj5oe]

"So, what makes you a good history teacher" *arriving with a knight armor* "YES"

[@churchson1048]

What makes me a good history teacher? IF I WERE A BAD HISTORY TEACHER, I WOULD'NT BE IN PORTIGUL BEATIN SOME FOOLS

[@ALTAI38]

European history teachers be like: PRAİSE THE SUN! PRAİSE THE LORD!!

[@essewaxegard9423]

Fuck yeah dude

[@petrosspetrosgali]

There is nothing historical about this.ive seen no weapon or real grappling skills in this video.

[@amandag.6186]

@@churchson1048 darn you beat me to it

[@keatoncampbell820]

it didn't seem to realistic until I heard steel on steel and five different European languages being yelled around.

[@DerDoppelsoeldner]

Che was a homophobe

[@caleb1031]

No shit, it's the early-mid 20th century.

[@keatoncampbell820]

@@DerDoppelsoeldner lol that's gay

[@DerDoppelsoeldner]

He killed gay people. Google it.

[@caleb1031]

@@DerDoppelsoeldner So did many Abrahamic religions. Some still do.

[@talaverajr391]

America: *It's you guys again* England: *sO fRaNcE dIdNt CoMe ThIs tImE hUh*

[@ironpatriot6053]

Buzy making baguettes

[@charley2714]

They know we won't pay them back this time

[@luketornblad4605]

They're still figuring out what went wrong in 1415 during The 100 years war

[@supersayan8951]

We busy finding who took our baguettea

[@Kitchissime]

@@luketornblad4605 The Brits are still busy figuring out what went wrong in 1066, amaright?

[@thesolosurvivalist2436]

Can we talk about how intimidating the US longswordsman looked? My man was dripped TF up!

[@armoredghost1610]

They also have a Twitch channel called TheKnightsHall if you want to see more fights

[@raddestroyer8851]

Imagine a 7 foot 6 300 pound bodybuilder wielding full armor with a massive battle axe

[@therealyewest4417]

@@meshman4236 in a competition like this , that guy would be 100% unstoppable unless it was like 1v4 and they were literally trying to grapple him to the floor

[@Apodeipnon]

I really enjoyed all the cool armor, helmets, and colors. Really really cool stuff

[@gordonlekfors2708]

uhm it looks awful. 1:50: looks like 2 kids playing. that guy straight up whacks his sword into the ground 😂 big no no in any form of swordsmanship. also, dripped up, really? 🤦‍♂️

[@95DarkFire]

"Despite their best efforts" *Americans in armour covered in Stars and Stripes:* "Are we medieval enough?"

[@phantomwarlock5002]

Everyone gangsta till a tomahawk flies in and impaled somebody

[@oofergang9197]

Gotta represent

[@ragingsalamanderstudios7278]

@@phantomwarlock5002 yeah. I was thinking, "what if the native Americans had medieval armor?" the whole time I was watching the american team.

[@scythescythe884]

@@ragingsalamanderstudios7278 they actually did before colonization. but they ditched it due to bullet wounds being a thing(its better to be naked due to infections) it was mostly gambeson like garbs and oil boiled leather plates or splinted bone.

[@ragingsalamanderstudios7278]

@@scythescythe884 a yes I know out the armor THEY wore at the time... I meant like if they had been left alone a few more years maybe a few decades? Would they have... you know, made a more (is modernized the word?) Type of armor.

[@mphatsolanga8168]

This For Honor dlc is insane

[@nathanmalone1047]

Jeez, people mostly picked warden

[@mr_pineappleaffogus8602]

It's actually pre-alpha gameplay

[@jessefoster5861]

I'm the kinda guy who would use an axe like raider's and shout his zone cry and highlander stuff mid fight

[@kiwivolante2650]

it's called advancing 'murica

[@guiltytrinity6016]

Jesse Foster man Im a shaman taking bites

[@Frankensteinfurter]

A cowboy knight...Yeehaw m'lord.

[@skipst101]

Chris Heard I laughed way too fucking hard at this

[@oldgoblin7312]

Same haha, i had the stronghold guys voice in my head

[@PeachDragon_]

The holy land is automatically ours

[@france4339]

Makes it even perfect with a cowboy hat and a horse with a 19th century gun screaming “YEE HAW M’LORD”

[@df36367]

you made me chortle...lol

[@EnFyr]

As a European i actually think it's really cool that the states made their own identity and banners as knights when they don't have any historical references. Go USA! Good job.

[@EnFyr]

@@alanmyerscough4449 Haha!

[@danny_decheeto8300]

2:05 a cowboy and a knight He is too strong

[@kellynolen498]

And a captain in the us military

[@sheeb3325]

Pulls out revolver “Howdy peasant”

[@kellynolen498]

@@sheeb3325 "parry this you Fucking casual"

[@danielawesome36]

@@sheeb3325 *Pulls out laser targeting system* "Howdy, thou fair [Beep]."

[@Joshua-hb7cs]

@@danielawesome36 underrated comment

[@chrisboz8423]

So how did you meet your husband? Woman: Wacked him with a long sword.

[@mimikurtz4061]

Yup, if smouldering looks don't catch his attention that certainly will.

[@shovel20]

Betrayed the tribe is what I did.

[@slimetank394]

"daddy how did you get to know mommy?" "She beat me with a sword"

[@Iron-Waffle]

"You want a piece of Nord wisdom..."

[@maximosiatis9084]

Love at first strike

[@mayuyumiwazaki8769]

"I'm a high school history teacher.", Why can't all history teachers be this awesome!!

[@bogustoast22none25]

Imagine a cop pulling you over while going to work on a school dressed as a knight.

[@alaskaball188]

Mine just complains about racism in the US

[@bogustoast22none25]

@@alaskaball188 Go full patriot. Like talk about how amazing the US constitution is, tell him about how we have moved into a more civilized society. Do your research regarding slavery on the US, the Jim-Crow laws, arm yourself with knowledge of history and then debate him on it.

[@Tombombadillo999]

Echo lmao

[@bogustoast22none25]

@@alaskaball188 I'm not saying racism is gone. Like all bad things, it exists. But the difference, mainly and importantly, is that the institution, the government itself, had racist laws, laws specifically created to discriminate against other races. As it stands today, there are no such laws and in fact there are laws that are inclusive (whether or not that is in of itself racist is a debate for later) and attempt to bring different races together. Your professor knows shit about laws, nothing of perspective and treats the exceptions to the rules AS the rules.

[@legionaryprimedecanus4081]

Id love to see a version of this where 2 countries spec ops or military have an international airsoft match

[@brycaman658]

yes

[@Kebbab.213]

Damn bro

[@Jamhael1]

Now THAT would be entertaining!

[@bearieroblox6451]

They would prob use chalk rounds instead

[@ErnestJay88]

NO FULL AUTO IN THE BUILDING !

[@arivas4846]

I like to think that the Texan guy wears a cowboy hat underneath his helmet at all times.

[@flaminggorilla909]

A Rivas YES

[@jonathanmccree6404]

Dude I've lived in Texas my whole life and I know like one maybe two people who actually own a cowboy hat lmao

[@snowman3066]

Joromix you never see them in the cities. You go to smaller towns like mine or out in the sticks you start to see more of them. I hear people when they get to Houston "where are all the cowboy hats?" Lol

[@snowman3066]

Of course he does, it's the source of his power. Like Darth Vader's helmet, when you take off a Texans cowboy hat he slowly starts to die. Those who wear the hat shower with the hat, sleep with the hat, love the hat.

[@mikec8086]

yep, rural areas have alot more cowboy hats or sombreros in use. I personally prefer the som, it provides alot more shade imo.

[@celticwind4122]

Dude gets an axe to the face, blunt or not thats gotta hurt. brutal.

[@briandeaton5048]

That made me cringe

[@Sisteelin]

The only reason to make the weapons blunt is so if any freak accidents happen where a blade goes in a gap in the armor no one dies. Axes and swords sharp or not are not going to penetrate armor.

[@Rucky888]

@@Sisteelin But how doesn't the crushing motion break collar bones and ribs? How aren't they immediately concussed?

[@Sisteelin]

@@Rucky888 That's why they don't use hammers and maces, and the axes they use are pretty thin, so they are for light armor or flesh, not metal armor.

[@lucazzlol]

@@Sisteelin I saw a lot of maces in this vid, 2:21 and 4:46 for example

[@WhatsTheDifferenceTV]

This look fun as fuck

[@Crytica.]

I dont think the armor can block a missle.

[@aaronkhan14]

Nahodakk they are being invited, not unvading

[@frankcastle974]

who invited them? the people?

[@willofdodge1]

or an easy way to break an arm

[@officerdonut7066]

id love t get hit in the face with a mace

[@Mattsimilate]

Everyone: *Fighting with swords, axes, pole arms, etc.* Guy at 8:27: *I CAST FIST*

[@augistry5439]

its like medieval MMA, all strikes are allowed, you can punch, kick, elbow, headbutt, slam people, its the craziest shit man lmao

[@antoniojoaquin2425]

He literaly has a mace and yet he used his fist. That guymust have been strong.

[@evelynfarfellwooosh1219]

@@augistry5439 No thrusting

[@augistry5439]

@@evelynfarfellwooosh1219 indeed no thrusting

[@_TestBot]

Whoever designed the US suits and colors did a wonderful job of making it both super American and super medieval. Fantastic.

[@patwilliam543]

_TestBot No, it's just gash and garish, very American.

[@User0768]

Except that, for a "medieval" design, garish is sort of the point.

[@drawingmaniacsterben7144]

cuz america has mediavel history

[@MrWayne-zs3gs]

tristan vander-molen You are just mad because you are probably tired of Americans winning at everything. If I was British, no lie, I probably would be too. I mean Americans have just about dominated in everything since about, what is it 1776? Its understandable that you don't want them near a WORLD medieval tournament.

[@mankn9098]

_TestBot >American >Medieval Pick one

[@zhouwu]

"Not to the death, but just until they fall over or something".

[@bloodemprince1337]

But what if they dont fall over til they die? 😲

[@zhouwu]

@@bloodemprince1337 Good question. Ask the cowboy 🤠.

[@funstuff2006]

That's why I find this pretty lame. I've watched some of the batshit crazy east european matches, and it's basically just a moshpit encased in metal until people fall down. Obviously falling down in historical combat would be deadly (trampled, or finished off), but this just seems aimless.

[@bloodemprince1337]

@@funstuff2006 So to the death would be better? Lol

[@user-bs2vb2sr5w]

@@funstuff2006 it's a sport it is literally pointless but it's more for entertainment

[@kromezer28]

They need to televise the shit out of this asap. Idk how this is not one of the most popular sports around the world

[@nathanc939]

PRICES. An armor is easily 3-5k $.

[@LukeGeoDude]

5k? For real?

[@nathanc939]

Borbali Yes 3-5k $ if you want it to be well fitted or you can go with approximatively fitted armor for around 2k :P.

[@Gakulon]

Nathan Carrier Not even mentioning the weapon prices. Depending on the quality, that could easily increase the cost by a lot.

[@ryanukulele6607]

We do pay football players millions just to play in the games though, I'm sure a host company could pay for their team's equipment if the sport got big enough. $5k isn't too bad, considering one football game could pay to probably suit up every single person who attended at this tournament.

[@elijhathunderson9297]

the part when he said he was a history teacher made me wheeze "today class i brought my DANE AXE! and my armor!"

[@gordonlekfors2708]

wheeze, really? slightly amusing as it might be, you were literally laughing so hard you couldn't breathe when he said that? jesus mate

[@ispoopthereforeiam5604]

One thing that I believe many people are failing to realize is that these fights are not attempting to emulate actual battles or duels, but they are emulating tournaments. Many people commenting say things about footwork, or the lack of thrusts or halfswording, but the point of a tourney is not to kill the opponent, but to beat the everloving shit out of him/her. So really, this is a good deal more accurate than what many people are making it out to be.

[@NewYorkKnightsCombat1]

Hear, hear!

[@branksonplays8455]

I Spoop,Therefore I am might be but if you get while hitting the other person it's not good technique and everyone could do it

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

There's a chronicle saying that, after a tournament, Sir William Marshal's helmet was bent, and wouldn't come off. The blacksmith had to use a hammer while Marshal was wearing it. PS: I don't think they're allowed to thrust, it might reach the body.

[@gordonlekfors2708]

uhm no. it looks awful. 1:50: looks like 2 kids playing. that guy straight up whacks his sword into the ground 😂 big no no in any form of swordsmanship.

[@loserlemby7273]

@Gordon Lekfors You're the kinda guy who watches MMA and tells them to "stop hugging each other and punch" aren't you?

[@vanillaphysics7739]

A fully armored knight with an American Flag Surcoat. An aesthetic I never knew I needed

[@Oscar-j6b]

I have to admit. The American flag is one of my favourite looking flags in the world. Put at on a knight and you got a seal of approval for badassery.

[@xaagripha7326]

Just wait they will be reared by the south and the stars and bars soon after. They can't just let Thouse Yankees win Europe to.

[@minotauruskt]

nah, knowing it has no historical reference it's an instant no for me

[@xaagripha7326]

@@minotauruskt this isn't supposed to be a reenactment its supposed to be a place where you hit people with medieval junk while there wearing there medieval shit. If you want a history lesson go open a book.

[@semiautothanoscar9612]

The maryland flag looks medieval

[@heraclius1045]

Thank you KZbin, this was exactly what I wanted to see.

[@murad0139]

And you got rekt by desert ninjas

[@jubbatravel4037]

Heracilus suffered an astonishing defeat by the arabs of the desert 😂

[@ButterBallTheOpossum]

Imagine how bloody, insane and brutal real battle was back in the day.

[@sarahbezold2008]

at least in cases of high status people, people would go out of their way to not kill them outright but instead capture them and ransom them back. the levied peasantry though? yeah they'd get cut to ribbons

[@Danger-Tater]

I mean its just this but instead of its until they "fall down or something" it until they fall down and not get back up

[@sarahbezold2008]

@@Danger-Tater not quite. in a mortal fight in armor there would be a lot of thrusting into gaps and visor lifting. and single handed swords would be almost completely disregarded in favor of hammers and daggers

[@jordangraupmann9494]

@@sarahbezold2008 actually single handed swords would do better in mortal combat because then you can actually use it to thrust into people with the tip which obviously is not allowed here, but that’s like half of the point of single handed swords, especially in duels. blunt force weapons seem like they would be the best choice for this friendly competition because actually thrusting a sword straight into someone is not allowed

[@BIGRED47]

would of looked nothing like this cause people wouldibt smash swords into plate armour repetitively

[@universal1014]

This should replace figure skating in the Olympics

[@dothedewinme]

Avery Hunt I second that motion

[@slantslicky984]

Ya fuck that boring shit on ice

[@garkeinen7034]

What else?

[@kenkaniff4078]

Avery Hunt this on ice would be hilarious lmao

[@unknownperson-qm1eu]

Or curling

[@zack-xb8kv]

are we really surprised that England is really good at this stuff?

[@TroyMS06]

Shouldn’t France be a god at this too?

[@randompheidoleminor3011]

@@TroyMS06 basically every _white_ should be good at this

[@Nali07]

@@randompheidoleminor3011 well, only "White"people participated, so we do not know.

[@Silverfish-qv8ig]

@Anglo Commando It was really weird they were wearing Eastern European armour and Germanic flags... Maybe the Poles were helping them out!

[@keldhar8791]

@Anglo Commando laugh in patay

[@l_doppio1912]

The teacher at 3:40 must be the coolest history teacher ever. He can litterally show the students how knights fought.

[@Zarafin]

Holy cow! The coolest teacher ever.

[@samarkand1585]

No he cannot

[@MT-jt5uo]

Metatron would be a awesome history teacher to have too but I'd love to have had a history teacher like the knight dude.

[@rockagamez7704]

hell no dude, these guys are just whacking each other with blunted weapons right on top of the armor. There were real techniques used to get your weapon under armor to kill someone. They arent doing that at all

[@naptime4foxy]

My Computer Science teacher is in this video 😭

[@Matdrox]

*When you're American and have visited Europe once*

[@haliax8149]

@Josh Knights Absolutely. Even your own bullshit makes its way into our textbooks: "Longbows could pierce a knight's heavy plate armor, rendering knights useless and giving the longbow the nickname of the "machine gun of the middle ages" by historians. [insert more english propaganda]"

[@motivationallizard6644]

Josh Knights only a few half the people I know probably don’t know what chainmail is only swords and plate armor

[@matthewbittenbender9191]

Matdrox Renn Fest is usually enough for most people.

[@AnneWest_]

America is made up of immigrants lol, we know everything, America has no history with knights, but many of our ancestors do

[@ProfitPower13]

I think the Russians invented this sport.

[@Amadourrr]

-daddy, how did you meet mommy for the first time?... - oh well i met you mother in a medieval tournament, we fought against each other, we were throwing blades and hits at each other. She hit me in the face pretty hard enough for me to fall in love with her..... Then i threw my pommel at her and you were born.

[@tomercory2203]

Jean-Patrick De La Sainte-Bite j

[@scarynightcrew]

still a better love story than twilight ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@bigidiotdumbstupidguy9329]

She ended me rightly

[@gianlucanoyumi9598]

U deserve an Oscar

[@Amadourrr]

i deserve Jerusalem... ok maybe that's too much i'll take the oscar.

[@atomicdynamite1631]

Knight, Captain, AND Cowboy. How's that for a resume?

[@anthonyalvarado5194]

Maybe he's also an astronaut😳

[@thewinterstyrant4192]

@@anthonyalvarado5194 might as well go for it at that point

[@xaagripha7326]

And played football through each one,USA for the armored tackle,16 on 16 USA

[@LthematadorG]

Right!? I was just saying that to myself!🤣

[@bogustoast22none25]

"Sir, the enemy has declared war on us, they have sent their champion to duel us." "Son... What time is it? "11:55, the duel is set 4 minutes from now." *Walks out with a military uniform, a broadsword, revolver on the waist and an M16 on his back and a cowboy hat* "I got this, son."

[@manuelfriend4060]

Frickin couple changed their name to ironside. So metal.

[@tomoswilliams2827]

Where is the pommel throwing competition at the end of the week to end it rightly?

[@low4299]

Tomos Williams hell yeah

[@dantheman4421]

Skallagrim!

[@brandywinebridget]

Dear god, people, get some new material

[@ServantofBaal]

Nah, steel is still the best for pommels and their swords

[@MrDUneven]

Making pommel throwing a sport is same as wanting baseballs be replaced with grenades. Madness.

[@cortarelva]

This happened in my country and I have to find out about it on vice?!

[@chris-tx2sw]

cortarelva you do live in Europe. Europe is huge as fuck

[@visitkotor9663]

I also live in Eurasia and can confirm is fucking long to go by car to Mongolia from Balkans.

[@maximsavage]

Europe is not a country, it's a continent. This person means they live in Portugal, the country where this event took place.

[@inco9943]

lol Europe is a continent buddy

[@sergioralmeida]

Infelizmente sim. Apoios foram muito poucos, felizmente houve a ajuda da câmara municipal. Patrocínios foram muito poucos, principalmente água de uma marca conhecida (que mesmo assim não chegou para todos os dias). Apesar de os media terem sido contactados, na TV as referências foram muito poucas, nos jornais apareceram apenas artigos muito pequenos. Online a presença também deixou muito a desejar. Isto não é futebol, por isso o público geral tem um interesse limitado. De qualquer forma, para mais informações visita facebook.com/LigaPortuguesaDeCombateMedieval/

[@MattNeufy]

8:35 I love how even the medics are dressed in period appropriate uhh...medievalpunk

[@samuelbhend2521]

let's just hope their bag and treating utensils/medicine isn't that medieval too....

[@Fransenn]

@@samuelbhend2521 wounded guy: Help i got an dislocated shoulder! Henrith: HANS! GET ME THE SAW! Hans: but he only got an dislocated shoulder? Henrith: WHO IS THE DOCTOR HERE?!

[@jynxbron2620]

@@Fransenn bruh I'd be like fck this shit am out🤣🤣🤣

[@eliteaesthetics5170]

So this is what the algorithm recommends when you've been playing Age of Empires 2 and watching MMA

[@yahyagannour8486]

11

[@brownjatt21]

Age of empires 2 is the SHIT!!!!

[@PrimusSwallows]

Of all the things that I thought I'd see in my life, a 21st century knight with the american and texan flag on his armor, wearing a cowboy hat, was not one of them. Not to say that's a bad thing.

[@austingx8295]

Carlos José Duarte Casillas tis be ya boi

[@DarthKraytofKansas]

*tips hat* Aye, We beat you to the moon, we'll see you on Mars. :)

[@CircleOfSteel]

Looks like some shit were gonna see in the walking dead now

[@Rasmus1603]

Cyber Knight it fucking is. leave medieval european armours and weapons for ourselves. and go back play baseball

[@apacifistmachinegunner669]

Faulokomo bitch we’ll own that like we do our ancient homeland! You’ll just give it back to the Nazis anyway

[@StevenTheAristolianNerd]

Nerdiness and Masculinity just had a child...

[@TheCompleteMental]

Or rather, manliness became nerdiness, then became manliness again

[@dramalexi]

Right. If you think that this is nerdy then you must think that UFC is nerdy as well. This sport with its plate armors must be exhausting as hell. In my opinion it takes much more guts to step in this almost deadly massacre than to step in the octagon.

[@JimmyTAus1]

Yeah the part where one guy was on the ground and the other dude pummelled his face with a sword hilt was brutal. Definitely a sport that isn't for the faint of heart.

[@archivehans]

@Blood Eagle 88 Yeah dudes acting like knights is not nerdy at all.

[@Prince_Content]

@@archivehans i agree with the last guy that commented on your reply and also did you not hear that they said people break shit ???

[@tee1up785]

This is crazy AF! I was in the military and when you take leave ‘vacation’ you have to fill out paperwork where you are going. I could not imagine someone taking leave and it getting approved for this. Haha!

[@europeansovietunion7372]

Well, I can. - I'm going to fight some French knights to bring glory to the American Kingdom. - **pause for a moment** ...M'okay... **stamps paperwork**

[@tee1up785]

@European Empire Lmao!! Good luck Sir.

[@kellynolen498]

Well he is a captain so I imagine that helps

[@skelitalmisfit12]

Proper ORM

[@reedabuke9205]

Hes an officer

[@darkninjacorporation]

It fills me with a strange sense of pride knowing that Americans have their own team of professional knights wrecking shit overseas, and one of them is a military officer from the Lone Star State.

[@galacticbananastopmotions7292]

Merica! It is always weird for me seeing the American and Polish team fighting as my family is from Poland. Its like who do I root for lol

[@analyticalmindset]

​@@galacticbananastopmotions7292the least imperialist country... Poland .. duh

[@iiRoot_]

@@analyticalmindset the poles have conquered land aswell, everyone has yall just cant stop hating america

[@analyticalmindset]

@@iiRoot_ least imperialist...

[@iiRoot_]

@@analyticalmindset dang you got me😭

[@samward9294]

Finally, a sport England will be good at, certainly have enough practice

[@willybigshow1042]

English people are going backwards. Give it 5 years they will be relagated. Fighting the likes greenland canada and latvia

[@gabrialgu3905]

Till a Japanese Kendo team joins the game

[@cyril6574]

Except if they face a virgin girl (Joan D'Arc) 🤣😂

[@Pear_chan]

@@gabrialgu3905 And the Kendo team gets absolutely battered because the style they fight is totally different to this

[@endousclarifroar2193]

@@Pear_chan and don't forget the pommel strategy. Unscrewing the pommel of your weapon and throwing it at your enemy is the best strategy. Imagine the Japanese just see pommels raining from the sky

[@salvador0919]

I didn't see any pommel throwing. filthy casuals.

[@Ganbalf]

End him rightly Damnit!

[@inco9943]

lol good to see some of Skall's lads making it over here

[@salvador0919]

Jed Car We are Skallegion! Expect us!

[@CondemnedGuy]

Pommel finishers are too brutal for these matches lol :D

[@rhyzvanic3660]

But this is a tournament, not a death duel! Are you crazy!

[@aj339]

Never in my life expected to see a cowboy Knight

[@H_O_E]

I’m not disappointed

[@atomicbuttocks]

En guarde partner

[@Brentisimo]

Yet it is so fitting to see one.

[@Brentisimo]

I noticed how fast they move in one-on-one fencing. The armor can tire a person more quickly, but medieval combat was a lot more agile than many people think. A longsword, for example, was only about 3 lbs and very well balanced.

[@namethefifth7315]

Actually more around 2.5 ilb

[@aeiou1738]

@@namethefifth7315don’t know if you’re the right person to ask, but how did the swords withstand so much impact while being so light?

[@namethefifth7315]

@@aeiou1738 because its made of steel wich is strong enough to withstand getting hit by another weapon. Its not like its a shitty plastic sword. Steal is very durable and lightweight when its thin but still flexible. Plus swords are made with the meatel runs through the haft so its actually part of the hilt so it won't just snap off

[@alexlloyd6112]

@@aeiou1738 its a common belief that swords were rigid, but they were designed to be massively flexible, to the point they would bend quite far without snapping. Combine that with being tempered and hardened and you have a flexible weapon able to withstand impacts and take minimal damage. As the guy above me said, the metal continues from the actual sword edge all the way through to the pommel, and the metal underneath the grip is known as the tang, which allows the weapon to take more impacts without snapping at the hilt. Take a look at some KZbin videos that show how swords were created, just ignore the "Damascus" videos and focus on imitation European medieval swordsmiths

[@randomguy3281]

It’s worth noting that the weapons used in BuHurt are significantly heavier and beefier than real historical swords. While BuHurt does have a lot of historical similarities, it’s definitely a lot more on “smash them silly” side of the spectrum since the goal is to get your opponent on their knees, and not legit kill them with with a dagger through an armor gap. HEMA is more based in historical fighting technique, but focuses mostly in in-armored dueling techniques, kind of like Modern Fencing but with more historically accurate swords.

[@harrydambrogio2]

What do you want to be when you are older? A medieval blunt weapons fighter

[@excalibirb9204]

Why blunt when it can be sharp

[@johnbernal7996]

Blunt bashes heads

[@Sir_knight_trooper]

Excali BirB my group fights with sharp weapons

[@kenai8445]

*cough* *cough*... You ever heard of hema? It's cool too, and more like real sword techniques :D

[@redjaygaming9757]

@@kenai8445 you can use real sword techniques in this too

[@timbednarchuk8908]

If there is a Japanese team, I’d be disappointed if they aren’t samurais

[@Dr.Nantiwa]

I was actually thinking about making a team of smurai😂

[@matttravis284]

@@Dr.Nantiwa I would love to join, I've been training with a sword ever since I was a kid, the one I have now is perfect for it

[@drhumbult8289]

Problem with samurai is the katanas would most likely break on the steel especially if they are blunt. Also I’m not sure how much protection their head armor would give against pole arms. Edit: And yes there is a Japanese team

[@LockheedC-130HerculesOfficial]

they would get smacked

[@funstuff2006]

Japanese armour against European shield/weapon tactics would result in hella internal injuries.

[@maxjenkinson1116]

the first thing I'm gonna do if I ever try this is just run to a corner... unscrew my pommel and throw that shit unleashing such incredible force their whole team will of course be ended rightly

[@thenobletaco4232]

Max Jenkinson another skallagrim subscriber

[@hanspeter731]

See you on battlefield. i´m standing in the other corner ;)

[@alexmccart2566]

Legends say the Universe was created when two pommels struck each other.

[@michaelnurrenbrock7845]

Max Jenkinson a skallagrim reference?

[@TheManyMan]

Skallagrim should enter

[@OceanPotion77]

General MMA Junkie : " I do MMA" Man in Armored suit and blunt weapon : "That's nice"

[@gordonlekfors2708]

MMA is more demanding than this clumsy attempt at historical fencing will ever be. those weapons are blunt and the armour is thick.

[@namethefifth7315]

​@@gordonlekfors2708 buy it is not an attempt at fencing it is a tournament. They literally call it a mele at one point i don't understand why you are being a snob. You can't even be correct in your critique

[@mafioz333]

3:37 This is a good history teacher

[@kellynolen498]

He looks so proud when he says yeah they do know

[@AFatAznKid.]

The host looks like i hit the random button on Warband character customization

[@SqwidsCity]

xD

[@MrNocilla123]

Holy shit so underrated

[@BanditsLair]

lmfao

[@Ganttura1]

Lmao! I always go with random looks and after a while I realize that my character resembles something that you might find in Mordor :D

[@MrNobleskull]

Nice haha

[@aasisch]

2:10 medieval knight with a cowboy hat and a Texan accent. Now I have seen everything.

[@neravarmemesandareumadbro9790]

There's probably not a single sport out there I'd care to wa-

[@valendir1]

I think you meant to participate in.

[@ASmartNameForMe]

@@valendir1 no they meant watch

[@adamromero]

@@ASmartNameForMe he got killed before he could finish the comment

[@sidvs8816]

@@adamromero nah if he did he would write aaargh on the cave wall

[@jonathanrogers897]

@@sidvs8816 Well maybe he was dictating?

[@6hughmungus9]

"What's your fighting style?" "Ahh, nerd rage." Lol XD

[@axemaster]

glad you liked that!

[@6hughmungus9]

Simon Rohrich Are you him? Good to meet you sire ;)

[@Carcaroff87]

Fuck this shit, i played so many vg and whatched so many videos i'm pretty sure i would do very well in a fight with a shield and a mace/warhammer.

[@axemaster]

that will work, plus intense cardio, strength training and pain tolerance

[@alflurin]

I've done it for a year and got injured for a year and hopefully soon I'll get a training.

[@qu1s3]

"Why are we not funding this?"

[@JohnDoe-pt7ru]

Fuck football. This should be America's sport along with MMA.

[@josephzugel1360]

"How'd ya meet mom dad" "Ah well son, she came at me with a sword and it was sparks from there, or from the collision, I don't remember."

[@arronross0418]

Me: hey man what’s your hobby? Friend: brain damage

[@gabemerritt3139]

Well Americans do that alot, football, boxing, mma...

[@lucian5389]

@@gabemerritt3139 not really much in mma but boxing and football yeah

[@smith1008]

@@lucian5389 well yeah there is alot in mma compared to like tennis

[@lucian5389]

@@smith1008 yeah but someone who does mma as a hobby prob wont ever get brain damage

[@jalenbelen8969]

Love how the dude at 8:28 forgets he has a mace and just punches the shit out of the guy lol

[@JohnDoe-pt7ru]

Funny enough, hand to hand is just as important as weapons in this. Punches and throws are sometimes better in a situation.

[@yankochin631]

@@JohnDoe-pt7ru Yep, it would take too much time and effort to swing the mace up to get it fast enough, rather than just decking him in the face

[@oscarkilby4033]

@@revbladez5773 there's a great vid somewhere of a dude dropping his shield guard and getting his head kicked in lmao

[@truffeltroll6668]

The Americans are just tackling enemies

[@nosajimiki5885]

@@truffeltroll6668 Turns out American football and medieval combat are more or less the same thing

[@CJC196743]

How you gonna tell us they do a 30 on 30 at the end and not show it

[@DarkSerris]

300 vs 300 on a hill side

[@flaminggorilla909]

Colin Faulhaber that's what I said

[@peternrskov7310]

USA in this sport? Its like if They joined the eurovision

[@siegfriedpintar]

Peter Nørskov All the guys on the American team are white and are probably at around 100% European ancestry. Their ancestors fought in medieval combat just as yours.

[@AnnaMarianne]

Peter Nørskov Azerbaijan and Israel join in Eurovision... Plus "the colonials" aren't any more distanced from our shared medieval ancestors in terms of time or number of generations than us whose parents stayed in the old lands. And frankly, the modern Western European cultures are much closer to US than to the medieval Europe. So trying to shun them would be just pointless snobbery that limits radically the number of people who can contribute to the community.

[@TheSimplyJJP]

I think the American flag armor fits really well. Stripes weren't uncommon designs. I've never seen pentacles on any knight before though.

[@MG-dc9bh]

*Father watches Son play Mordhua once* "Hold my beer Timmy"

[@timtecson9216]

No i wont hold you're beer

[@afrikayt]

@@timtecson9216 next level beetlejuicing

[@randomblacktemplar738]

great great grandfather: hold my beer

[@A2017JSCR]

Indiana jone style

[@ibanganimeboys]

"What is your fighting style?" *N E R D R A G E*

[@Jan_Iedema]

Seems about right

[@Lucardini]

The american knight's armour design and pattern looks sick

[@-Archeus-]

Our nation may not have existed during medieval times, but *damn* do we know style.

[@quickattackfilms7923]

Just the stars and stripes on a full suit of armor... so badass.

[@-Archeus-]

I know right? I get eyegasms just by looking at it.

[@SonnyKnutson]

+Quick Attack Films I'm not even from Murica and I thought it looked nice :D Though I thought many nations armours with their flag colours on looked nice ^^

[@brynf4377]

none of them are knights

[@Aiikolo]

Now imagine what an actual brawl like this would’ve been like with sharpened weapons in medieval times.

[@sarahbezold2008]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zn-men6AZrWsppY&ab_channel=MedievalSwordsmanGuildofKansasCity the tactics change quite a bit when lethal techniques are allowed and your life is on the line. it becomes all about working into gaps in the armor

[@olivergehr1552]

Yuck

[@youwantmyname9208]

I'd imagine armor getting crushed, some died because of suffocation, decapitated or exhausted

[@gordonlekfors2708]

1:50: not as awful as this, that's for sure. that guy straight up bangs his sword into his ground 😂 looks like crap

[@bigsmoke7759]

The level of sportsmanship here is insane.

[@ayylmaotv]

Loaf Of Bread lots of honor

[@lestrike2707]

wtf? they brainlessly hack and smack and slash. WHAT SPORTSMANSHIP truly amazing!

[@karlkarlsson8826]

But they stop hacking and slashing when the referee tells them to, they stop when someone signals or is down. That is what was meant by the Level of Sportsmanship.

[@lestrike2707]

Karl Karlsson they hold s.o. And ramm an axe into his face while he is wearing a helm with a lack of face-protection. Another idiot aimed for the hamstring of a combatant - a move which EASILY disabled s.o. for life! So tell me again: what sportsmanship? All I see (and can tell from experience) is that it‘s a bunch of brainless obese children, not thinking about what they‘re doing while lacking discipline and body control - heck they don‘t even learn how to properly wield their weapon. Additionally they use weapons which are TOO DANGEROUS to be used even in armoured combat (maces, bardiches and such - inflicting blunt force trauma through the armour) and then they wield these weapons infuriatingly unresponsible

[@karlkarlsson8826]

Very Well, I was merely trying to guess at the intended message of the poster before me.

[@nfkhalifa7896]

When you have 500hrs on mordhau

[@nickstersss]

DODGE THIS YOU BASTARDDDDDDDD

[@ULTRAWIDE.]

*DOOM LUTE INTENSIFIES*

[@13lack_Rose]

The dung covered peasant convention is that way 👉

[@chillynix9126]

Thy defense hath more holes than thy mother's Swiss cheese!

[@thebigchip1711]

They do be playing mordhau irl

[@giovannicarrasco147]

It must still be a really cool experience going into a sword battle with a military leader giving you a talk beforehand

[@hippityhoppityyourchildiso8803]

Everyone: Omg football is so painful! I don’t wana get tackled! These guys: P a t h e t i c

[@ac1281]

Nah getting stepped on when the dudes wearing metal cleats is worse lol.

[@estellauwu6023]

@@ac1281 I'm assuming you've never been whacked by a two-handed axe by a brolic Norse looking fellow

[@Rainb0y2k]

@@estellauwu6023 true🤣🤣🤣

[@jawwwp428]

BeserkUGS Sunbro I’m assuming you have

[@atomicbuttocks]

Ngl as long as you're not the back it's pretty fun running headfirst into people, worst case some one steps on you

[@brohan914]

This would be so great to tailgate for

[@axemaster]

truth

[@AzWanderers]

hey simon good shit in the video. how do you get "out" in this? is it if your knee touches the ground or just when you get the shit beat out of you and you give up?

[@axemaster]

knee has to hit the ground or pain compliance

[@AzWanderers]

Simon Rohrich thanks for replying. party on

[@NewYorkKnightsCombat1]

Knee or anything else that is not a foot. I'll bring the hot dogs.

[@mentaldisabilities1882]

This is quite possibly the most badass thing I've ever seen and will ever see in my entire life.

[@Llominous3495]

Medieval Europe is such a vibe

[@t.j.7347]

Medieval Europe IS the Vibe.

[@viktorsilva4017]

"What's your fighting style ?" "_*NERD RAGE*_"

[@shockwave6213]

Medieval combat outside the treatises and manual are not clean fights. Its quick and dirty. Following a manual or treatise depiction WILL get you killed on the battlefield.

[@antolak1590]

@@blooperman1997 you are correct. I saw a statistic from a video that said only 15% of men in a medieval battle would die in the battle. Then 40% would die during the rout. The rest manage to survive to fight another day.

[@gabemerritt3139]

@@shockwave6213 It's all techique that's good to use if the opportunity presents itself. Same with mma.

[@MrJuanduenas]

@@RyanBanman 100% wrong.

[@MrJuanduenas]

@@RyanBanman Except for the part about most not having armour. .

[@zhain0]

ive never wanted to do anything more in my life.....

[@damone70]

That's easy to say when you're protected by all that armor and its not real.

[@zhain0]

@@damone70 well yes, ofc, thats why i want to do it. i would have to be insane and a time traveler to be in a real vanguard wouldn't i, mr obvious

[@damone70]

@@zhain0 So, dress up and pretend, okay.

[@user-vu5rp1fc4w]

@@zhain0 honestly i get you, mate I wanna do this so badly

[@gruny1752]

Totally agree this looks so fun, maybe painful but fun, and Jake 19 bro why did you watch the video if you think it’s so stupid

[@killerpizza5241]

Gets arm cut off "Tiss but a flesh wound"

[@thegrimhorseman]

killerpizza 6968 Monty Python, another man of culture I see.

[@RanplexLP]

Pff, ive had worse Tis but a scratch

[@ghoulishgoober3122]

killerpizza 6968 "You've lost your arm!"

[@luka2507]

Omg yes good one sir

[@samueldoss4968]

killerpizza 6968 soooooo right

[@atomicfox4390]

Parents: what do you want to do with your life Me:

[@makeshiftprepper2671]

Live your dreams

[@SPARTAXKICK9000]

Me: I'm not a big fan of spor- Also me: *Finds this video*

[@jeremywhitfield4556]

Hah, accurate

[@Picassoturtlenumba5]

Me Too!

[@jackthunderbolt4307]

Oliver Delmar 100%

[@TheGoodCrusader]

Oliver Delmar spores?

[@mitchi7225]

It's so true

[@NofacesniperVideo]

Best part is when they hug right after slamming a giant axe into the guys face.

[@jacobbgedal1338]

They were Danish 🇩🇰

[@theguiz7561]

Lmfaoo

[@stormcrowlegendary3512]

Better part is they'll hug the guy they just hit with a Danish Axe.

[@richardforsman]

Buhurt/WMC really needs more airtime from shows like this. It's an amazing sport to watch live and I'm also eagerly looking into starting this myself.

[@houseofbase9491]

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!

[@canaldopessimista9022]

Maximus Maximus Maximus Maximus Maximus Maximus Maximus Maximus Maximus Maximus Maximus Maximus Maximus Maximus Maximus Maximus

[@arcadioflores8982]

the only americans are us native americans not you whites and black people only us native peoples

[@chrishudnall4371]

well the constitution grants me the same rights you have because I'm an American not because I'm white dumbass

[@THCBLADEWORKS]

is arcadio flores a spanish name or a native american name

[@hayedenprivate6957]

ARE YOUNOT ENTERTAINED?!!

[@patron5460]

I saw this when I was stoned and turned off my computer because I was convinced my brain was making this up.

[@jeremywhitfield4556]

Patron What where you smoking?

[@patron5460]

Honestly I don't know. My friend said it was the hardest shit he ever had and I laughed it off. I had an edible, and i was only supposed to eat a quarter of it. I ate the whole thing. I was high for 8 hours

[@NeonAstralOfficial]

nice dude, must have been some good shit. But this is real though. Try to get as high as you were last time, but this time try not to sike yourself out bro, it will go away from there and you can stay high and have fun.Cheers!

[@Revens1]

dont do drugs kids

[@NeonAstralOfficial]

def dont do drugs, especially pharmaceutical drugs, just smoke weed instead

[@ninny65]

This needs to be an Olympic Sport

[@AtomicSniper22]

ninny65 agreed

[@johannesschubert7739]

1000 times YES!

[@rullychristian356]

Their ancestors : with this end of war my children dont need to wear this armour anymore Them : haha axe goes baaammm !!

[@gordonlekfors2708]

no, mate. time for you to get tucked in.

[@Miikkeldk]

Damn viking blood in these Danes. 5:09 Thats brutal!

[@blaccy5991]

Er du danskee

[@AlkWasHere]

Rigtigt broder.

[@TrishTin]

Too bad they have to be knights :(

[@mwnciboo]

5:09 "I'm gonna shatter this guys whole hand, No Sword in Hand, No Vahalla for you!"

[@andyroooo6329]

I really wish the video went into details like rules for armor and weapon and how a team wins without killing

[@angogoblogian4390]

Andrew_Sorensen armor is like triple padded underneath, weapons are real but blunt(even in medieval times, sharp weapons couldn’t penetrate plate armor) and you win by not passing out of exhaustion basically. The matches can go on a while cause it ends when one person has had enough and hits the ground.

[@laufert7100]

In a 1v1 (at least, the tournament I saw) there are pints calculated by how many times you hit the other one with the "sharp" part of the blade (blades are blunt)

[@wolfe1172]

I don’t know about rules but I know a fairly good bit about about medieval fighting and their armor and weapons look real and accurate enough to me. They don’t seem to have any formal training in the historical art of combat. It seems to be largely an endurance test

[@Grislythrone]

Rules from what ive seen is 1. no stabbing strikes 2. no feet blows, back of the knee blows or groin shots 3. cant hit a guy who is down/on a knee

[@thegingerkingshanks7587]

@@Grislythrone knight fight rule?

[@The_Monolith]

"And the winner is...ENGLAND!!!" Meanwhile, one of the team's members is running around with the Polish coat of arms (10:28). Looks like the English team hired mercenaries, haha.

[@NewYorkKnightsCombat1]

Polish ex-pats representing their new home.

[@thevrex9237]

I saw that guy and I was like "My man! Bearing the White Eagle!" I'm going to make some pierogi in his honor.

[@EllinonEnosis]

*sellshords.....

[@Yodalemos]

I'm confused though, if England beat America in the finals how come America got gold.

[@grimnebuolin]

England beat the US in the 5v5, the US beat France in the 16v16.

[@AnimeMemers]

I love how people are keeping this alive

[@saitama_9279]

"What's your fighting style?" "Nerd rage"

[@gavinromero5692]

Saitama _ that's not nerd, that's geek

[@enclavegrunt398]

Saitama _ you tale thay back you filthy heathen

[@Shmallstizzy]

BrutalButtSlaps he's quoting the video.

[@Phoenix37csp]

Ya, as a student of the sword, this is an accurate description of the style they are using here.

[@Eric-sy1xu]

Jordon please don't say "student of the sword". It makes those who do cringe. "The Sword" is not a useful term to use when describing what you're learning. It doesn't especially narrow down what you're learning; longsword, military sabre, epee, rapier, smallsword, sidesword, sword & buckler etc. It's not a useful term because it's so broad and it makes you look pretentious.

[@ratpakflintigon9648]

Kinda angry he didn't show the 30 on 30 at the end

[@Blotshrafn]

It's not an official fighting category per say, but basically in an IMCF World championships, after each day's competitions all done, they have a big ol' Free for all fight where they jsut team up regardless of nationality or gender and just fight for fun.

[@Newtons_Ghost]

Come out and see it yourself 😁

[@MSCreationz]

they did a 150vs150 this year

[@lecharcutier3637]

yeah cos america lost so they didnt want to show it

[@Yerr_ItsNick]

Dank Memer What? They clearly showed America losing the finals in the video

[@daunyoku]

"england vs usa, final match" father vs son final match

[@cottonballs185]

Because the first two matches don't count

[@jackdurden3417]

"if the kids are united then they'll never be divided"

[@thelonewanderer4620]

FatherVEV0 lol

[@reyshakquit]

and england won as expected, way more genetic experience on medieval fighting.

[@Tootingbarbs]

i mean where do you think them white Americans genetics come from ...... Europe .

[@lonestoner8297]

5:12 Wow damn! This looks amazing! Imagine breaking a bone in this and telling someone. "Yeah I broke my arm in a midevil combat zone. No biggie."

[@severusfloki5778]

What I‘m thinking watching them: "He would’ve died there" "There too" "He would have killed him there" "Yup, here too"

[@truffeltroll6668]

It's still very far away from real medival combat.

[@mrnipzs7604]

Trüffeltroll 666 it’s as close as we can get without anyone getting hurt

[@davideb.4290]

Ehm no, it's really hard to kill a knight in full armour, mostly they were knocked out of combat, with big maces and hammers, cracking the armour if possibile or just making them unable to fight

[@ates423]

Davide B. Eh no Long swords and pole arms were the weapon of choice The fights consisted of tiring out the other individual, getting them on their back, and finishing them off with a dagger. Enough blunt trauma can be inflicted through halfswording a long sword and if an opportunity presented itself, an opponent can be killed with a “death blow” which is a heavy strike from the heavy side of a long sword. There were quite a few openings in armor too where if a knight was skilled enough, they can inflict damage by thrusting into the gaps of the armor with the long sword. Even if that damage could be easily avoided, the opponent can be tired out easily trying to deflect and avoid those strikes. Armor was impervious to a lot of damage, yes, but at its base fighting in armor consisted of being a battle of stamina. The first knight to tire and get knocked on the ground will have absolutely zero chance of recovering from that and it was almost always considered the end of a bout. Maces and hammers were effective in giving knights concussions and a few broken bones but the main weapon that killed knights were daggers and the weapon used most to dismantle knights were Longswords and pole arms because of their versatility and range.

[@severusfloki5778]

Ateş Küresi So you’re saying they were knocking each other out unconscious, not slicing each other’s arms and necks?

[@constantinexi6489]

8:29 guy on the bottom right looks so sad

[@smnstv3373]

"Bro wtf, i wanted to be a farmer"

[@MadKingofSpace]

"When do I get my lands and title for this shit"

[@FFF-tm4uh]

Hahaha

[@lucaslagiglia]

What's better than people dressed up like Medieval knights hitting other people dressed up as Medieval Knights with battle axes? Answer: Nothing

[@half.blight]

Answer: people dressed up like knights while dual wielding battle axes

[@jacobbrakespeare4890]

Answer: Sharks with frikkin Laser beams

[@Dextradamusz]

Cats with Jagdkommando's... duh.

[@somalipiratewhosactuallyso5910]

No real skill to it but looks fun anyone can do so that a plus

[@rossworkshop2799]

@@somalipiratewhosactuallyso5910 yeah, anyone can wear 25+ kg of steel while running and basically making cardio under the sun while multiple people hit you with real weapons...

[@RED-sl2le]

I love how the most replayed part is when they hold her down and I think they break her nose, it’s brutal and it makes me love this sport.