Part 2 Combat of The 300 Spartans - Ancient Greek Pankration

Part 2 of 2: Your Greek News' Anastasia meets up with the founder of the Armak Spartan Pankration Academy, one of the most historically accurate sources of combat knowledge for the hit movie '300', where she learns a little bit about what it meant to bear the lambda at the battle of Thermopylae. In Part 2 Anastasia tries on a sword and sheild to learn some combat stances and techniques. Look for Part 1 to see actors from the film describe the fighting and training.

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[DesertHamster]

lol i forgot to finish it.sorry bout that. So...ahem... Supposedly Theseus of Athens or Heracles of thebes were inventors of pankration which is a long shot from sparta.(not that they weren't great or anything it just pisses me off that there's so much of greece which is brilliant and all you can think of is bodybuilders in leather underwear)

[DesertHamster]

just for the record pankration was an ALL greek discipline and not of the spartan origin. Supposedly Theseus of Athens or heracles of thebes. which is a long shot from sparta by the way.

[RandTheRand]

that girl is so fucking annoying

[scumbagsteve2011]

Also the sword is called a xiphos, and it was a short stabbing sword, not a hacking sword like this guy is making out.

[scumbagsteve2011]

Decapitated on the spot by his commander? During a shock combat battle on the front line? This guy knows nothing about ancient history or facts let alone the martial punishment in the different poleis' armies. They did not decapitate or kill their own soldiers ffs, they had courts and established rules back home to exile and punish them in a civilised manner! This guy has very very little facts for someone claiming to be a specialist reconstructing ancient pankration.

[Kursinphists]

Where was this guy during Deadliest Warrior?

[failingwithin]

@koringn their governments shadow their indipendent thinking with fear and other bullcrap, and that's just not right. Just say this to yourself and you may catch my drift: "I am judging and hating on people who might wake up one day and say... 'well, i think i'll perform a suicide explosion today, just cause that's what i came here to do, be born and raised and then explode'." Cheers

[failingwithin]

@koringn They don't demand anything from us, they just wish for a chance to work on our side with the same sense of respect and humble stance towards each other. You can't blame them, all we do is put them through fight for survival and blame them on top of that. I think that any of us if put through such conditions would act the same and if not, then you deserve a great deal of things my friend, yet think that they haven't been educated like you and I.

[failingwithin]

@koringn Hahahah yeh mate I know what you mean. Well, you see I wouldn't have any problem with that. I think the negative result is that these populations go to other countries for a better life, while they'll just get slapped by life's bitchiness, so they turn out doing bad things like drugs, stealing etc. Now that I don't like! But still I don't like myself causing this even more by not treating them right. They had a hard time already and they only come here to be loved.

[koringn]

@failingwithin well then im sorry for cursing at ya in greek, but mate whats been done to my country is whats happening to brittan, one everyone is greek (english) in your case then all of a sudden there are 1million fucking indians and albanians on your door step....

how would you feel?

[failingwithin]

@koringn haha no man i'm not any of that, i'm british... i just have a few greek friends who tell me about different things... hence my knowledge about hrisi avgi