ACTA Ancient Greek boxing at Dijon 2009

This demonstration was part of ACTA's wonderful presentation of reconstructed antique martial arts at Dijon 2009. This is boxing according to the style and rules (precious few of them) of ancient Greece. The fighters are wearing cestae of hard leather to protect their hands and make them more dangerous weapons.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Antique
• Martial
• Arts
• Boxing
• Dijon
• 2009

[Entheobotany]

What are your Himantes constructed of? Did you make them or buy them?

[3ng4n]

@Entheobotany They have made them themselves, with traditional materials. Leather and hardened leather.

[Marx047]

Cool; is this pankration? Because that Fight Quest show was talking about Greek boxing/wrestling and it looked pretty much like this

[3ng4n]

@Marx047 It's not pankration, it's boxing. They showed some pankration as well in another part of the demonstration.

[MortgageBook]

a real pagration fight is deadly.

[3ng4n]

It might be. It did happen that pankration matches ended in death. As did boxing matches, sometimes. In neither case was it very common, but yes, it did happen.

This video doesn't show pankration, it's boxing. And it's not a match, just a technique demonstration.

[170GMS]

ΕΛΛΗΝΟΠΟΙΗΜΕΝΟ WING CHUN ! ΚΑΙ ΠΟΛΥ ΣΑΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ....!! ΣΙΓΑ ΠΟΥ ΚΑΝΕΤΕ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΧΑΙΑ ΠΥΓΜΑΧΙΑ....

[m9ronaldo]

@Theseus1000 yh true but the greeks invented it and started it in the olympics, they wore leather round their hands and fought until one was left standin, usually to the death.

[davigo]

Very interesting! Show more video please! Where it is ,Greece?

[Apollo2K11]

Greek pride

[kaindrg]

@TamerlanKuzgov one think we can be sure off. i porabably didnt look like modern boxing as the evolution was from different circumstances

[TamerlanKuzgov]

i think nobody can know how they fought exactly..but it seems ok.

[leopoldvs]

@epic0wnag It actuallly reminded me of KENPO!...but you're right!

[kaindrg]

@epic0wnag ppl generally come to the same conclusions when certain methods are effective

[epic0wnag]

it is strange how similar this looks to wing chun

[kaindrg]

@Marx047 ie. archeology athropology.

[kaindrg]

@Marx047 if u look at vases or sculptures this is how the squared off though many modern interpretors interpret the techniques from modern sports while these guys are objectivly using what sources they have.

[kaindrg]

@MortgageBook if u learn how ti engage wrist power into ur punch chances of death is higher