World Wide Open Championships: Open Final

Anders Linnard (Red) vs Axel Petterson (Blue) in the final of the World Wide Championships, held by Arts of Mars in Apelern Germany, July 2010

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Sports

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• HEMA

[BigDummy23]

Really great fight those simulators are too whippy though

[MugginsToadwort]

@BigDummy23

I agree totally. However, having fought in the tourney, they definitely keep you fit... ;) On a serious note, we will need to find something stiffer eventually.

[MarkHolgate]

@MugginsToadwort totally, agree - the whippiness makes thrusting and absetzen almost useless. though i would have thought, as a meyer man, that would have suited you? :p

[Giagantus]

@connorfinn2007

Ha, I reacted at that as well. It looked more so as the blow Anders struck was on the back. Cool fight and great skills

[GothenburgHFS]

@connorfinn2007 the rules used the "after blow", which allows the fighter receiving a hit one tempo (one step or one movement/cut) to counter a hit in order to nullify it. Matt Galas has written at length about this rule (its historical).

[connorfinn2007]

Nice fight, I'm not sure of the rules as I would have given Alex that unterhau at 4:14 sec as a total fight stopper if it had been a sharp as Anders head strike is almost 3/4 of a sec later and his sword was too far back when struck. to be a threat (if the sword had passed into his ribcage to the spine. They called it as a double...

[marozzo]

@Rogertheshrubber1983 They are synthetic wasters from Knight Shop. Too whippy and light, but a better model is being released soon.

[Rogertheshrubber1983]

What are they using, this is very different from the foam and alluminium that I was used to?

[ryrlen]

just like a normal practice :)

[mardby]

Awesome fight! And favourite quote: "ALSO from GHFS in Sweden" :)