This is what we, russian reconstructors, call Bugurt. All weapons are real (metallic), but not sharped. Armor is strong enough to withstand almost any strike (most of it is made by their owners, so injures are rather exception than a rule).
There is one main rule of such battles: you fight until you fall on the ground, so fight goes on full force.
0:56 omg -_- i thing that guy in the middle just got an axe on his head ....... are those long axes metal? very cool festival by the way i would love to see that up close, not to close though :P
@Kenjineering ya, he got hit on the knee for sure, i guess his knee protection slipped too low during the fight. i keep hurting my poor sparring partner in the knee too, he feels the hit THROUGH the knee plate though and collapses lol. i got hit just above the knee in the tendon where there's no muscle to soften the blow and i got a nasty purple bump the size of a golf ball. that one looked serious though, possible knee surgery. we train hardcore rus style in toronto Ontario if anyone interested
brutal reenactment,
svinok666 2 months ago
This is what we, russian reconstructors, call Bugurt. All weapons are real (metallic), but not sharped. Armor is strong enough to withstand almost any strike (most of it is made by their owners, so injures are rather exception than a rule).
There is one main rule of such battles: you fight until you fall on the ground, so fight goes on full force.
Ingwar32 4 months ago
Men know how to have fun, not like women...
Soralella71 6 months ago
@Patatofagos All the weapons are metal.
Purecashew 6 months ago
0:56 omg -_- i thing that guy in the middle just got an axe on his head ....... are those long axes metal? very cool festival by the way i would love to see that up close, not to close though :P
Patatofagos 6 months ago
@Kenjineering ya, he got hit on the knee for sure, i guess his knee protection slipped too low during the fight. i keep hurting my poor sparring partner in the knee too, he feels the hit THROUGH the knee plate though and collapses lol. i got hit just above the knee in the tendon where there's no muscle to soften the blow and i got a nasty purple bump the size of a golf ball. that one looked serious though, possible knee surgery. we train hardcore rus style in toronto Ontario if anyone interested
hebzbah 7 months ago
That blow to the leg at 3:03 would have hurt so much. No wonder he collapsed to the ground!
Kenjineering 10 months ago
Hahaha In fact in real wars fought more unarmored with pitchforks guys than full armored like them just look at this it was hard to kill someone.
Kreyzy195 11 months ago
0:57 , guy of the middle lost his helmet :DD
666Stokes666 1 year ago
man that looks fun! Looks like its real easy to get hurt though...especially the guys that are on the ground
VikingWannaBe51887 1 year ago