Medieval Fighting was kind of... Insane

I put on 80 pounds of Knights Armor and Tried BUHURT! A Medieval Fighting Sport that pits teams of Fighters against each other in the most extreme way possible, with swords, shields, axes and armor!

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[SenseiSeth]

P.S. I’m okay, please share this video with your friends lol

[heraldofoblivion]

Imagine fighting a war and seeing a soldier do a side kick to another soldier

[EvolveNowYoga]

"You are gonna be perfectly safe" - Guy with a big ass axe that he is going to swing at you

[chuanfaman]

I tried this back in the 90’s for a while and found out that this type of combat is extremely demanding and rewarding.
Every fighter should try it.

[evanulven]

"Helmet horror" is exactly right. I've experienced it myself as part of a HAZMAT team while wearing the full suit, helmet, and SCBA in low-light conditions. The feeling of claustrophobia, hearing and feeling your every breath, restricted vision and movement. If you're not experienced with it or unprepared, it can get to you quickly. Longest I've gone is five hours all suited up. The adrenaline from knowing I was at most 3mm from conditions that would painfully kill me in minutes didn't help much.

[grailknight]

You see why daggers were so important in the age of plate armor.. you see how grappling becomes important? Good place to have a pointy dagger in the clinch and try to stick it in the gaps and soft bits...

[Kitlun]

I think having your head locked inside a tiny, heavy metal box while someone tries to bash it from the outside with a heavy object is enough to give anyone a panic attack. Helmet horror looks like it sucks hard.

[Benw]

Seth: "can you imagine being in the water in this?"
"yeah no prob it's stainless steel so it won't rust"
Seth: "..."

[sneekopotamus]

Love that Seth tries all this stuff. He's clearly talented but not afraid to look like a noob to try new things. We could all learn from that.

[dankiememie]

Man this looks fun. Always nice to see sensei seth throwing his kicks, even in knight armour

[joshuakim]

Imagine being the person on the third floor paying $1400 rent and seeing this outside.

[notbotheredable]

I've been doing armoured combat for the past 20 years and I really felt both the shoulder shot and the hypo-oxia in the helm.

As far as the hitting you with a polearm out of combat and off the armour, that was way out of line. If he was one of my students he would have got a verbal reaming. Glad to hear you are OK, a hit like that can do real damage.

[pvtred]

That is some tiny shoulder armor. I wasn't surprised he felt those hits to his shoulder. I'm pretty sure having armor fit your body proportions is a big component in keeping you safe everywhere.

[degiguess]

I think it's interesting to see the different habits people form when fighting with armor vs without. You can see during these fights how Seth is bouncing on the balls of his feet and bobbing his arms around to try and fake the other guy out while the other guy is standing relatively still. In an unarmored/unarmed fight Seth has the right idea, but in this situation with the added weight it's the other guy who has the right idea standing still to conserve energy.

[KingFate]

I have no problem with this sport. It's neat and people can do whatever they want... but for the love of God, no one ever mistake this as how people fought in armor.

[esmolol]

Imagine someone like Brian Shaw wearing full medieval armor running at you with a 1.5m long axe screaming TO VICTORYYY...

[themartialartsmermaid]

Not me literally screaming "THROW HIM!!!" at my phone at the breakfast table watching y'all grappling on the hill in full plate. 😂😂😂😂 I'm so glad I found your channels, dude. I love how you throw yourself into all these new things, full bore.

[BigBeuhSheesh]

I suggest you do some HEMA training too! It's very similar but a slightly different ruleset and padded protective gear instead of plate armor (except for vital points like helmet, gloves, elbows, knees, etc.) We also tend not to use weapons that have as much concussive force as the ones shown in this video, as the style in this video is about armored fighting melees and most HEMA is about simulating unarmored duels.

[chaos_omega]

I just want to point out that historical armor wasn't as heavy. They add even more protection for this because it's a modern sport. Not that it takes anything away from the toughness of the competitors.

BTW, I think you should try some longsword or other HEMA now, as it is mostly based on unarmoured combat. Might be a better fit for you... ;)

[Adam-jexs]

Fair play for putting yourself through this just to show what it's like, that looked tough as heck