medieval fighting

**safeorigin** · August 26th, 2016 12:38 AM

anybody else watching this stuff?

**i.am.aids** · August 26th, 2016 02:33 AM

First time to hear about this. Very interesting, but it looks more like a stick fight rather than a sword fight. Or maybe I'm just watching too much choreographed sword fights and this is how a real fight really looks like.

I want to see a samurai vs knight fight. That would be awesome!

**Yatta** · August 26th, 2016 08:29 AM

Originally Posted by i.am.aids

First time to hear about this. Very interesting, but it looks more like a stick fight rather than a sword fight. Or maybe I'm just watching too much choreographed sword fights and this is how a real fight really looks like.

I want to see a samurai vs knight fight. That would be awesome!

Obviously they are using unsharpened weapons. I've seen people in our neighborhood hacking each other with bolos and I am pretty sure its not going to be good for primetime TV nor for the participants themselves.

**MR_BIG18** · August 26th, 2016 08:29 AM

Originally Posted by i.am.aids

First time to hear about this. Very interesting, but it looks more like a stick fight rather than a sword fight. Or maybe I'm just watching too much choreographed sword fights and this is how a real fight really looks like.

I want to see a samurai vs knight fight. That would be awesome!

As long as it keeps the blood going, ok yan, nice exercise also

**baludoy** · August 26th, 2016 11:40 AM

Originally Posted by Yatta

Obviously they are using unsharpened weapons. I've seen people in our neighborhood hacking each other with bolos and I am pretty sure its not going to be good for primetime TV nor for the participants themselves.

i too witnessed a wicked bolo fight (one sided nga lang) in my dad's hometown in the province and everybody ran for their lives. nung tapos na iyong hackfest saka lang nagbalikan mga tao

**dreamur** · August 26th, 2016 12:21 PM

Originally Posted by baludoy

i too witnessed a wicked bolo fight (one sided nga lang) in my dad's hometown in the province and everybody ran for their lives. nung tapos na iyong hackfest saka lang nagbalikan mga tao

Same experience when I was a kid. One guy had a bolo the other whose left hand had been amputated from similar fights in the past was just holding an ordinary knife. Ginamit na pansalag ung wooden hand nya. Hindi ko na pinanuod hangang sa huli. Atakbo na ako!

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**badkuk** · August 26th, 2016 12:29 PM

Kawawa ang ref niyan, wala man lang helmet ^_^

Wasn't there a show on either Discovery or History Channel where people go tilting in full armor and lance? Just makes you appreciate just how dangerous it was. You could easily break your back if you fall.

i remember this old movie starring a very young Ed Harris, modern day knights that tilt on motorcycles

**safeorigin** · August 26th, 2016 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by i.am.aids

First time to hear about this. Very interesting, but it looks more like a stick fight rather than a sword fight. Or maybe I'm just watching too much choreographed sword fights and this is how a real fight really looks like.

I want to see a samurai vs knight fight. That would be awesome!

plate armor and gambeson have historically been very effective against swords and arrows. So effective that the lords leading the army will pretty much survive the battle and be held hostage. If they weren't effective and can be cut through like wet paper towels as depicted in the movies, there's no point in sacrificing mobility and investing on such an expensive armor to begin with.

if they wanted to kill someone in plate armor, they'd use a Raven's beak or warhammer.

but live lords and knights are worth more for ransom. hence why they prefer to hook and dismount knights with halberds

regarding lance jousting. yes, they tilt backwards at the very last moment both to deflect the blow, and to prevent splinters from entering the vision slits of the helmet.