Scrap Metal - 2005

[NikkiOfTheCookies]

Real men can wear inch thick plate armor and still make the girls squeal. :3 You are obviously real men.

[OnlyAKnife]

r ur swords sharp?

[SMChurchill]

@theevilninjadude

In general most UK groups don't allow head shots, however those that do have rules to reduce the chance of serious injuries (such as no thrusts).

Our Eastern European colleagues are even more 'go for it', and are both impressive and terrifying - injuries are more common amongst them, but they accept it as the price for the 'realism' of full contact.

[ciderpirate]

There are varying skill levels in the video, so to keep the flow of the fight going,there are sometimes blows that are not directed at the body (although this is not encouraged), and it happens more often with inexperienced fighters.

The groups been blowing people away with their combat skills for 25 years, so you'll excuse me if I sound irritated at your "lame" comment - we know something about mixing the martial and showier aspects of combat..

You really have to see it live..

[ZnEaKySpyNL]

Yup this is a sissyhobby

[Tuberunner12345]

@jvidell It's important to understand that the clips used are taken from various aspects of a show, and we don't just do a basic tourney. One fight segment for example is from a story where some Knights are brought back from the dead by a necromancer, and are therefore fighting as though they were re-animated. Come and see us fresh and at full speed (95% of the video is in slow motion) at the start of a tourney if you can. Context is everything in this case.

[Alex231291]

As much as I can understand what you think you're seeing, you're also forgetting that, as heavily armoured as these men are, they don't want to be hit. Attacking and defending at the same time, especially with two weapons (As opposed to a weapon and shield) is a skill few posses, and fewer still succeed in.

[ciderpirate]

It's a balance of visibility vs. protection. Some use an open-face helm, and rely on a nigh-invunerable chin, some have eye-slots as small as possible (me for eg. having had a couple of close encounters with sword points early in my career). But basically it's down to training, and the sweeping blow we use - no thrusting attacks. It is a risk, but the alternative is a full face helm - which introduces it's own drawbacks - breathing, visibility, and not being able to see our handsome faces ;)

[Krzysiek90gda]

subcio. gotyckie zbroje wymiataja.

[GarethofOrkney]

sau geil!

[gigasbleach99]

Where do these people find some of these good looking armors from?

[dunalbion]

Our group is based in the UK where there are many armourers making armour specifically for the medieval re-enactment period. There are regular "traders fairs" where you may buy anything from weapons and armour through to costume, musical instruments, costume, cloth and many other things.

[Sutorenja]

thought i saw Piraux in there somewhere...

anyways. great vid! gets top rating from me! man, that guy with the two axes was mean! hehehehe. ah, looks like so much fun.

[dunalbion]

The guy with the two axes is called Sir Thomas Griffin, he is a blacksmith and forges his own weapons and armour. Facing him is like fighting a brick wall :)

[uncahenryy]

@dunalbion lol like from Role Models :)

[yamamato44]

Psh, who needs laser guided bombs?

[Goldheim]

Sehr geile Kämpfe !!!

[82gil82]

Pattern based choreography at it's best. Excellent stuff.

[ciderpirate]

Very flattering - but it's not choreographed, just years of practise smacking each other around...

[82gil82]

Then it's all the more impressive.

[asparak]

choreography? I doubt half of em could spell it, they just like hitting each other free style :)

[wormtrax]

This is so cool i would love to do that

[faydiva]

WOW, Amazing combat!

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