Uhh, I need to go to Poland| Off-Topic Discussion forum |

DrBoost PowerDork
9/26/13 9:34 a.m.

To watch this.

mndsm UltimaDork
9/26/13 9:38 a.m.

My first thought was " I know that exists stateside" and my second one was "holy crap, they are flat out CLOBBERING each other with those swords" .

RossD PowerDork
9/26/13 9:40 a.m.

Holy E36 M3. I wont talk bad about LARPing anymore.

4cylndrfury MegaDork
9/26/13 9:41 a.m.

sweet mother of God...

ransom GRM+ Memberand UberDork
9/26/13 9:43 a.m.

In reply to RossD:

Never underestimate LARPers.

mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
9/26/13 9:51 a.m.

wow.... I would not want to be the "ref" in those fights

GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
9/26/13 9:53 a.m.

Whoa...well I guess the entire sport of fencing just had its ass handed to it.

93EXCivic MegaDork
9/26/13 10:01 a.m.

Holy...

How much vodka do you think is consumed before and after those?

Curmudgeon MegaDork
9/26/13 10:08 a.m.

Wow. I'm going to say I think they are limited by the rules to chopping motions otherwise there'd be some dead dudes.

Adrian_Thompson UberDork
9/26/13 10:09 a.m.

OK, that E36 M3's serious. Nothing like that, but at the Michigan Renaissance festival the Jousting looks pretty serious. The sword play afterwards is pretty lame, but they do go for it with the Jousting. Seen plenty of lances shatter on impact and people been seriously thrown from horses and need assistance getting up afterwards, but nothing like those nutters.

Ashyukun GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
9/26/13 10:39 a.m.

Yeaaah.... I'll stick with Kendo, thanks.

Ian F UltimaDork
9/26/13 10:41 a.m.

In reply to Adrian_Thompson:

Remember Full Metal Jousting on the History Channel?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2166861/

Javelin GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
9/26/13 10:41 a.m.

Holy E36 M3! At about 55 seconds you can totally see the dudes helmet getting seriously dented by that head strike. And the guy with the two-handed axe at the end, holy berk!

DrBoost PowerDork
9/26/13 4:44 p.m.

Yeah, at about the 55 second mark I was thinking "huh, did I just see that? He rung that dudes bell!" Then at about 1:30 it gets CRAZY!!

Cole_Trickle HalfDork
9/26/13 4:57 p.m.

I wish that was here and or that is how gangs fought each other.

Beer Baron UltimaDork
9/26/13 6:05 p.m.

I think the scariest moment is at 1:41 when the guy loses his helmet and keeps fighting for a few seconds without realizing it.

Ian F UltimaDork
9/26/13 6:20 p.m.

ransom wrote: In reply to RossD: Never underestimate LARPers.

To hell with the LARPs... that song is awesome!

Beer Baron wrote: I think the scariest moment is at 1:41 when the guy loses his helmet and keeps fighting for a few seconds without realizing it.

Until the ref threw the flag between them.

Now that I can see the video, it definitely looks like sword thrusts are not allowed. Still plenty of chances for serious injury here. Eastern block countries sure are a different culture...