Bloß: 'Death comes swift and twice'

Bloßfechten: "Death comes swift and twice". This short shows a bloßduel of the 16th century. The records are from three friendly duels between Elmar, the trainer of the HEMA club Hospitaliter zu Magdeburg in Landsknecht clothing and me with long hair in gambeson and gothic boots.
The duels were full speed, only jabs to the head were slowed down or hinted at beforehand. Elmar is a brilliant Fiore fencer and is without doubt one of the best german fencers with loooong swords ;)

Music by Ludwig Ronquist – Thema: "lurking shadows"

[AxeBearWhoCares]

Well this more entertaining than most Hollywood sword fights

[dirtpoorchris]

I wonder how many times in a duel both people just said "Hey man I like your fight style. Wanna go get a drink and be friends?"

[moogrooper]

Meyer technique is absolutely gorgeous

[Keiser]

I have a scar on my right wrist where my friend stabbed me when we playing the king slayer mocking game of thrones 17 stiches later

[sweggatronthemighty]

That looks incredibly dangerous, and very fun, but like really not even goggles bro?

[simonhertges]

Where did you get the Gambeson from? It looks so cool! 🤩

[tylerdelgregg]

People with poor eyesight were at a disadvantage. It didn’t occur to me watching all those movies.