"A BBC report on a medieval style tournament in Spain." Topic
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peterx | 08 Jun 2014 5:46 p.m. PST |
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Berzerker73 | 08 Jun 2014 7:33 p.m. PST |
Really fascinating Thanks for sharing! |
kallman | 08 Jun 2014 7:36 p.m. PST |
Man, in my hey day in the SCA I would have loved to go full tilt (pun intended) as these fighters were doing. Sadly too old now and too out of shape. Pretty cool however and interesting commentary about the Russians. |
peterx | 08 Jun 2014 7:41 p.m. PST |
It is amazing that they do go "full tilt" with blunted steel weapons, etc. It looks fun, but pretty brutal. |
bsrlee | 08 Jun 2014 11:54 p.m. PST |
Yet again the 'Russians' are claiming to have invented everything. Full contact, blunt metal weapon re-enactment combat was going in Australia, including jousting from horse back, in the early 1970's, and they were inspired by groups in the UK (and possibly the USA). |
Barin1 | 09 Jun 2014 2:36 a.m. PST |
Russian reenactors sometimes don't even blunt the weapons, simply don't sharpen them ;) I've heard that in reenacting world there's plenty of grudges,one of them is between Polish and Russian reenactors. Therefore you have a typical Russian bashing (non-chivalrous, cheating and provoking ;)) On the other hand, I know a guy from Siberia, who was very happy to kick two Poles from the wall during annual Vyborg event, and he gives a different account on the reason of the grudge
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Cerdic | 09 Jun 2014 4:41 a.m. PST |
There was a documentary on British TV not long ago about the British team at last year's event somewhere in France. It is very entertaining but brutal. Lots of injuries, mostly cuts and broken bones! |
IGWARG1 | 09 Jun 2014 7:13 a.m. PST |
Barin1, What is his reason for the grudge? |
oldbob | 09 Jun 2014 7:31 a.m. PST |
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Great War Ace | 09 Jun 2014 7:51 a.m. PST |
Horses are conspicuous by their absence. "Chivalry" requires the horse at the core of everything. Foot combat is a sideline event. Nevertheless, this focus on full strength blows is very cool. I'll watch, though
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DeRuyter | 09 Jun 2014 10:17 a.m. PST |
Horses are conspicuous by their absence. "Chivalry" requires the horse at the core of everything. Foot combat is a sideline event. Nevertheless, this focus on full strength blows is very cool. I'll watch, though
. There was a series on (briefly) A&E or TLC about competitive jousting here in the US a couple of years ago. I forget the title though. The horses were a big part of it, lots of training required etc. It wasn't a Renfair type mock joust either. |
Barin1 | 09 Jun 2014 11:55 a.m. PST |
IGWAR I'd better not
but in civilized words – trying to present all victories of Russian team (and it won all previous championships)as unfair, Poles were also accusing of "dirty kicks" during the battles
.not sure how much of it is truth, and how much is eternal Polish-Russian problems. As for history of the schism there's a large article in Russian: link |
tkdguy | 09 Jun 2014 2:04 p.m. PST |
I need to try that someday. |
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