Vyborg castle medieval mass fight

[@sockfourpoint0]

Without a doubt the finest medieval re-enactment I have seen this afternoon..

[@Zunderberg87]

I love the roughness and dynamic of this fight. Great work!

[@Adamus39]

This is friggin awesome. I wish I could participate in something like that.

[@alarik36]

The main fighting in Viborg took place between Swedes, Finns and Russians. It was built by the swedish marshal Torgils Knutsson. The most famous battle was in 1495 when the commander Knut Posse managed to beat back a huge attack from Novgorod.

[@NathanaelTheAussie]

now THAT looks like fun!! :D

[@balambis]

awesome video man! you guys should really start filming more of these battles because its very entertaining!

[@tony1234872]

wow, this is seriously epic stuff, I do love watching medieval reenactment films.

[@joshuaoha]

Wow. That is some serious re-enacting. Some of them looked like they were really going at it. Even more realistic than some films.

[@FuryGearSolid]

OMG!!! THIS IS SO AWESOME!!! MY ARMOR IS POLISHED, MY SWORD IS EDGED... VYBORG HERE I COME!!!!!

[@minecraft55TV]

the funniest is put at the beginning where the gray knights in the other crash in the purely background. this looks so cool :DDD

[@robbieatvic]

just awesome! i would love to be apart of that. nothing beats steel weapons and full face helms. great battle and kind of gives a taste of what those hardcore men did to themselves back in the day. Could of done with screaming and crying to add to the effect tho. loved it.

[@yosikbruh4098]

It makes me proud knowing my dad is from Wales :)

[@Tramseskumbanan]

En urgammal handelsplats sedan järnåldern som senare marsken Torgils Knutsson lät bygga en borg år 1293 och en stad som på 1470-talet fick en stadsmur på initiativ av Erik Axelsson Tott.

[@MexiCant528]

Ive actually done this here in the states, and can say that yes the blades are blunted, so no cuts, but you get the wind knocked out of you or knocked out a lot. And lots and LOTS of bruises

[@kuribo1]

Every medieval battle should have been fought with epic winning background music! Huge speakers set up on the field of battle by a neutral 3rd party army. Inspiration at it finest. I mean look how well it did in this fight.

[@lurkhan]

im medieval combat fan great video! 5/5

[@AlexTheGood1]

Awesome Video... I wish i was there to

[@Scotsgit]

I have got to take part in this!

[@Kugluck]

@DrEinstein100 and track is The Wizard's Last Rhymes.

[@Ithellama]

Love the teamwork and the generals tactics... if there'd be any

[@PandemicalShade]

TOO GOOD!!! Does somebody know the exact song and band?

[@Scotspikeman]

I really, REALLy want to take part in this and so do a lot of the guys in my re-enactment group, who do we apply to?

[@NewsMufffin]

What is the music in this video? I've heard it a lot before, but I cannot remember the title for the life of me.

[@aooni9740]

In my other life, if i live, guess was fckin warrior.

[@kop4321]

@Irlandets It would be an interesting conversions with the customs xD

[@zastonecesda]

THIS IS SUPER EPIC!!!!

[@AidanXD10]

im guessing theres a wieght limit to your weapon? coz i would just have a mace and launch people

[@Aaidas2]

Damn that's awesome, I'd like to join the battles sometime, not stand aside and stare at em. How you get involved into it anyway?

[@DkGaston]

Trying to figure out the rules. No thrusting obviously. Seems if you fall down for any reason then you are out (couple of "shove to the ground and ignore attacks). Hitting from behind is OK or no? No targeting lower leg? Cool to see so many guys with falchions--I guess the long skinny swords break too often, huh?

[@josevinicius6908]

Music really changes everything

[@KRYsisRang3r]

Wow! great stuff here lads

[@Keenkiller]

wow, that was awesome :)

[@Ivanlobachev]

@Irlandets actually the armor is historically correct otherwise you are not allowed to participate, they have a check post for that, and the only safety precaution is the blade sharpness which has to be at least 2 milimeters, thats it:)) the rest is pretty much the real thing

[@l0udcheese]

the blades are blunted and the blows are pulled, plus the severe degree of training, conditioning and padding and armor

[@whitey4000]

I wish I could do stuff like this. :( it looks so fun

[@Sijansur]

Oh yeah, got to visit this place ....

[@siddharthbirdi]

This looks real dangerous man

[@Kugluck]

@sotospithis Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 in Rhapsody of fire's cover. =]

[@KattleProductions]

good lord. that looks fun and horrifying at the same time.

[@Numira]

the two shield at beginning are the flagg of bern. capital city of switzerland. with the blackbear on yellow ground and red ends!

[@BarbeqdBrwniez]

What is the song playing in the background?

[@TheTyjah]

It is Rhapsody's Rain of a Thousand Flames.

[@Ivanlobachev]

@Irlandets Actually the armor is historically correct otherwise you are not allowed to participate, but the sowrds sharpness is a minium of 2 milimiters, that it :))

[@Rinshikame]

song: Rhapsody of fire - The wizard's last rhymes.

[@Sectoidzor]

In countries like Poland and Russia, reenactment is tough as hell and on much bigger scales than in say Sweden, Denmark or Norway.

[@oblivexx]

Are the weopan real or made out of that really hard rubber?

[@beenhereforhours]

Great clip, it does look like damage could be done, but I suppose you don't do it if you're scared of getting hurt!

[@chwuwd]

why are the teutons fighting the knight templars?

[@Hilldebrand]

wow that looks much better than other ones I have seen. What are the rules to it. Obviously you can't run out there and shank someone with a claymore.

[@pitross2788]

thumb up this if u like the idea. somebody for real should start a new hobby of this kind. but super realistic i mean real battle formation and stuying the battles like it was on the old times. train the guys who wanna do this so it would be organised and awseome and with real weapons but not sharp so nobody gets killed

[@iainofiains]

There are already tons of hobbies like this.

[@iainofiains]

Yup, They are all over Europe, not sure about America though. There's norman, roman, english civil war/ scottish civil war/ tudor and loads more. Just look it up on the internet.

[@Stug50]

I think The whole battle in the video shown here is from the hobby "Battle Of The Nations" a brutal medieval fighting sport. You should check it out, competitors from America, europe, even to Asia play these in huge scale (most of the time).

[@mscooman]

@siddharthbirdi it also looks really epic! :D

[@joonte1010]

What countrys are they supposed to be fighting?

[@baradofevil]

yeahhhhhhh rhapsody and the rain of the thousand flames LP

[@ImperialGuard9001]

Just wondering they are suposing to renact something or is just for the fun of it? XD

[@Papa.Palpatine69]

woo im in this 0:40. yes it was awsome and blo0ody terrifing at ther same time :)

[@1Jannoh1]

@artiepoore which gun?

[@ufohk]

how to identify who is enemy ?

[@Tiborka666]

I love reenactment....

[@industrial_aviiaion]

Do that kill each other or was it a reenactment

[@Riken]

Anyone know the song thats playing?

[@lukegrraaa]

@bugxter I second the motion.

[@Kugluck]

@krirre Rhapsody - The Wizards Last Rhymes

[@matthewrockfan388]

epic :) :0

[@stealthsilen]

The armor. And no one is allowed to use blunt weapons, and everyone is probably "required" or advised to wear plenty of padding underneath. But I'm sure they end up with ugly bruises. They fall down because it hurts like hell and they don't get up because they don't want to. Because it hurts like hell.

[@evilviper8]

i dont get it ...are they using real swords spears and halberds? how is no one getting killed?

[@FulmenTheFinn]

@IvanovMikhail2010 Also, before 1917, not 1918. ;) Finland was the first to declare independence from the Russian Empire.

[@Rayden440]

a few archers with blunt low power bows will make it even more realistic

[@superholy345q]

That looked dangerous

[@doom2sgt]

Dark Souls 2 has really improved their PvP gameplay

[@Tatokun92]

i want to be there...

[@mscooman]

i dont know much about this battle but im guessing its teutonics vs russia

[@JohannVF]

Russians have some of the best armor I've seen (SCA, or otherwise). Is there a source for this kind of armor (especially the historical Russian types) on the internet?

[@XanosKnyghtshade]

My training in shield and axe combat = I would own there...

[@SeregaXAPbKOB]

@oblivexx Do you hear the metal clash...and see the dents on the Armour!!! Its NO rubber!

[@SirGalath]

WFT! that hospitallier betrayed his own team...

[@stealthsilen]

Looks fun to me.

[@TheCorporateSerf]

For some people, this is their life. More power to them.

[@Bric1022]

Thats fucking intense!

[@Medved-Yarik]

@FFulmenTheFinnish it was allowed to do that

[@Franck_Lee]

you did not check this video often enough i see. They "die" when they fall down , simple.

[@HoboTango]

how do you know if your dead ? those people just seem like they keep going even if they got hit and hwo do you know who is your enemy in the middle of it ?! haha, this seem awesome anyway.

[@VictorianTimeTraveler]

Winter is coming

[@FlawlessFlaw]

Emh, you see those guys laying in the ground? They are not sleeping :P

[@LightCrasher]

There need to be a Song of Skyrim!

[@bladestormviking]

the answer is ish. safeish by comparison. having done stage steel, rattan and foam padded swordfighting and mass combat it makes me a bit edgy to see people just "letting rip" on each other without much control. with the proper training (see Jomsvikings) i'd be willing to give it a shot.

[@smio33]

don't they get wounded ?

[@jpathis]

@Irlandets That sounds like SCA rules, to me.

[@AGermanFencer]

I WANNA JOIN : FÜR DEN KAISER ( for the emperor ) german u know ?

[@HoboTango]

yes, but what determines if your dead, I see people who get hit 1 time on the head, and they fall down, others wil lget hit 25 times on the head but still alive.

[@FirefrostBlackMetal]

Rhapsody - The Wizard's Last Rhymes

[@SwedishWolf93]

it´s like wolin just medeval style whith pore pansar, I would love to participate, but i need to get a bit better armor before that...

[@ArtiKard]

Dang those guys mean it, better not get hit an unarmoured spot with hits like that. Real Hardcore.

[@SteelWool91]

yeah but the hospitaller knights were french

[@MrCleatsketch]

Vyborg is inhabited by Finns but it has never been ruled by Finns. It has always belonged to other peoples. Sweden then Russia and only briefly a part of Finland between the Bolshevik revolution and WW2. When Finland had Vyborg they didn't even call it that, they called it Viipuri

[@Papa.Palpatine69]

physically its pretty tough especially in all that armor + u are almost certainly gonna walk away with a bruise or two yes you do "kill" people look at the floor from 1:00 onward

[@Not_Real_]

For the holy land

[@Herpkid56]

@9451924 HOLY SHIT AMEEEEEENNNN!!!!!( i will be the first to wear the orange armor!!!!!!!!!!!!)

[@AirborneNik]

IRL Mount and Blade

[@Franck_Lee]

its when someone STRIKES YOU SO HARD YOU FALL ! once you fell on the grounf by BRUTE FORCE you are dead

[@DrunkenDeer]

LIGHTNING BOLT