Battle of the Nations - Live steel fighting

[merithyn]

Okay, not liking this as much as the 1 vs 1. Too much grappling and punching and not enough sword fighting.

[merithyn]

There's an article in the New York Times Sports section about this.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/sports/battle-of-the-nations-a-holy-grail-of-battle-re-enactments.html?_r=0

[Maximus]

Nasty leaping kick to the front of the knee on that Pole. Looked like they were down one man for the second round.

[Malthus]

I'm amazed no-one has been killed doing this so far. Seems only a matter of time.

I saw two re-enactors at the ROM demonstrating armoured sword-fighting techniques - they had blunted weapons, but one was accidentally stabbed in the armpit nonetheless, and started to bleed out right in front of us. Ambulance arrived and he lived.

[Maximus]

There are a couple serious injuries every year.

[Syt]

I'm amazed no-one has been killed doing this so far. Seems only a matter of time.

A Luxembourger charged a Frenchie from behind today and brought his polearm crashing down on the back of his head. It really had me worried there for a moment. The French guy was able to continue, though.

[Maximus]

There's Adrian. Nearly took out a fence.

[merithyn]

There's Adrian. Nearly took out a fence.

Well, at 6'6" and 270+ pounds, those fences don't stand a chance.

[11B4V]

"Edged Weapon Nutters" 

[merithyn]

"Edged Weapon Nutters" 

Watch it, 11B4V. You know you wanna'....

[Malthus]

"Edged Weapon Nutters" 

Watch it, 11B4V. You know you wanna'....

He's waiting for a version where people put on modern body armour and shoot at each other. 

[Malthus]

Anyway, must be a hoot bringing that gear through customs. 

[11B4V]

"Edged Weapon Nutters" 

Watch it, 11B4V. You know you wanna'....

I did. It's pretty good.

[Maximus]

Israel is ripping up the lists. I think their 5x5 team is undefeated.

[Syt]

Probably have lots of experience doing crowd control in the West Bank.