Medieval Warfare at 'Battle of the Nations' - VICE INTL (France)

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  • čas přidán 23. 12. 2014
  • The "medieval full contact" is probably the most violent sport we know. Indeed, it's all about destroying the face of your the guy in font of you with a blade, a lance or any weapon that happened to exist in Europe 800 years ago. We asked our reporter Sylla Sain­Guilly to go to their annual International tournament called "Battle of the Nations" and see what's up with the fighters and their peculiar role playing game­like, right­wing fan base.
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  • @shardliveactionroleplaying1113

    "They organized a 50 v 50 fight...just for fun"--that's the absolute best part of this!

    • @Nog10200
      @Nog10200 Před 5 lety +11

      There's a 150v150 match too!

    • @ChrisJP_808
      @ChrisJP_808 Před 3 lety +2

      They do like 150 vs 150

  • @guero_me7237
    @guero_me7237 Před 7 lety +686

    reporter: your in the united states army?
    guy: no I am a marine
    most american thing ever

    • @firstnamelastname4881
      @firstnamelastname4881 Před 7 lety +1

      Guero_Me ikr

    • @MrCmon113
      @MrCmon113 Před 7 lety +6

      So the marines don't like their own military?

    • @firstnamelastname4881
      @firstnamelastname4881 Před 7 lety +53

      Taxro marine,army,navy,airforce are all branches of the military

    • @MrCmon113
      @MrCmon113 Před 7 lety +13

      So they make a bid deal out of not using terms "army", "military" and "armed forces" synonymously.

    • @Sergeant1127
      @Sergeant1127 Před 7 lety +66

      Taxtro no, "military" and "armed forces" are fine it's because the Army and Marines are two separate branches of the military and since they both do ground combat they've had a brotherly feud since forever. (Soldiers are army, Marines are, well Marines)

  • @Nitrojet6
    @Nitrojet6 Před 9 lety +1462

    This needs to be a Olympic sport

    • @tristanszymanski5562
      @tristanszymanski5562 Před 9 lety +60

      Battle of the Nations is basically the Olympics of the sport. In the US, there is only one tournament to decide who gets to go to BotN, but in countries with more clubs, they have more tournaments throughout the year. My dad may be going to Russia this year to fight in one of their tournaments.

    • @surfergirl0519
      @surfergirl0519 Před 9 lety +1

      Yes it does!!! For more information on the BOTN Team USA, the captain is Anthony Lynch and you can contact the team at facebook.com/groups/IToCinfo/

    • @SpacemanXC
      @SpacemanXC Před 9 lety +13

      Look up HEMA here on youtube. It's existed as a sport for quite a while. It would be sweet if more people got involved and it actually got considered as an olympic martial art.

    • @mrgoob76
      @mrgoob76 Před 9 lety +8

      the only difference that i have managed to find between this and HEMA, is from what i understand HEMA is supposed to be more historically accurate. and from what i have seen from this and other videos is that this (BON) is just guys in a pit beating on each other with sticks etc.
      personally i would stick with HEMA... which imo would make for a better sport

    • @lesROKnoobz
      @lesROKnoobz Před 9 lety +11

      I bet the guys in this video would be laughed at if a real medieval knight were here to see them do this today lol.

  • @rochat
    @rochat Před 9 lety +137

    I came expecting LARPers hitting each other with foam sticks. This, however, was pretty cool.

  • @ukownphantomGrin
    @ukownphantomGrin Před 8 lety +846

    can we use this to elect presidents?

    • @fatcat5544
      @fatcat5544 Před 8 lety +41

      Best idea I've ever read

    • @vulpesinculta3238
      @vulpesinculta3238 Před 8 lety +51

      Poor Hillary wouldn't stand a chance against the Trumpdozer.

    • @fatcat5544
      @fatcat5544 Před 8 lety +5

      Vulpes Inculta You mean fat and obese. Anyways, he probably wouldn't do well against people that would actually JOIN in the sport, not hippy liberals.

    • @fatcat5544
      @fatcat5544 Před 8 lety +2

      Lmfao, these people.....

    • @pwn3dbyme
      @pwn3dbyme Před 8 lety +1

      Trump could just hire an army to fight for him, wouldn't need to actually be there to fight personally, just hire the best to do it.

  • @pantsupirateold5625
    @pantsupirateold5625 Před 8 lety +550

    Officially the manliest sport in history

    • @paxas03
      @paxas03 Před 8 lety +35

      Nop. Unless they bring back gladiators fights... Roman style.

    • @maybecolby
      @maybecolby Před 8 lety +1

      +paxas03 like legit weapons though

    • @Krawurxus
      @Krawurxus Před 8 lety +19

      Call me an edgelord, but I'm with the Game of Thrones approach here. As long as the participants are there voluntarily, let the fighting pits be opened!

    • @breightonbisbane
      @breightonbisbane Před 8 lety

      +Krawurxus lol Democrats would be be love no they cant learn to play wrieght

    • @aaronmarshall1212
      @aaronmarshall1212 Před 7 lety +20

      +paxas03 Gladiators never killed eachother and used blunted weapons. Only rarely would the organizer of the fight sacrafice a perfectly good gladiator. It was similar to this.

  • @crozraven
    @crozraven Před 9 lety +238

    This is awesome, we need more medieval things like this! It's a harsh sports but it still a "sports" right?

    • @kurtilein3
      @kurtilein3 Před 9 lety +9

      all the weapons are potentially lethal, but the armor they use is effective, and they take care to only hit the strongest parts of the armor when they hit full power. so, yes, its sports, they put some serious dents in each others armor but when someone gets hurt its not intentional.

    • @surfergirl0519
      @surfergirl0519 Před 9 lety

      kurtilein3
      The officials make sure that the weight and length of the weapons are appropriate so as not to be lethal.

    • @kurtilein3
      @kurtilein3 Před 9 lety +7

      surfergirl0519
      i visited a dealer who sells these weapons several times. he is in prague, in the Czech Republic, and works directly with the manufacturer. the edges are not sharp, the weapons are heavy, the tip is quite pointy, and the quality requirement is that they never break and that the handle is well-designed and that the blade cannot detach. they are checked for a solid build and appropriate design. if a sword feels like the handle is too weak, or if the blade of an axe might detach from the wood, it gets banned. the weapons that pass the inspection are still absolutely deadly if used against a person without armor. it is still easy to split a skull open or to stab someone through the heart or neck, while comparable in force to a baseball bat the 2mm wide blade and the pointy tip can cause much more damage on impact. i have held these swords and a friend of mine has two of them, you can totally kill a horse with these things.

    • @MrZulgen
      @MrZulgen Před 9 lety

      kurtilein3 Interesting.

    • @majorD01
      @majorD01 Před 9 lety

      kurtilein3 are you speaking with experience (on the house part)

  • @CaravelClerihew
    @CaravelClerihew Před 9 lety +242

    How to spot a VICE journalist: 1) Dumb facial hair 2) Tragic haircut 3) Tight clothing 4) Retro-but-not-too-retro glasses.

  • @Eddneton94
    @Eddneton94 Před 8 lety +61

    2:95 he calls it training i call it "hit the new guy"

    • @anarshit5451
      @anarshit5451 Před 5 lety +1

      2:95 ? I thought a minute is 60 secounds

  • @NewYorkKnightsCombat1
    @NewYorkKnightsCombat1 Před 8 lety +163

    One funny thing I have noticed is that of all the people saying that the USA, having not existed in the middle ages, should not have a team in this tournament, no one is saying anything about Belgium, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Israel, Ukraine, Belorussia, Australia, New Zealand, and Argentina, none of which existed in the Middle Ages either.
    Also, if the tournament were only limited to medieval nations, how , exactly, would that work? The borders changed often. Would we just pick one year and limit it to nations that existed then? Would we only allow people who come from the modern versions of those nations, or would we say that people who live within the medieval borders must form teams representing those medieval nations? Can anyone see anything absurd about this?

    • @ilikecheesesoupNEW
      @ilikecheesesoupNEW Před 8 lety +5

      +New York Knights Combat People have opinions on things they don't know about, let them do their thing and you do you. :)

    • @AK-hi7mg
      @AK-hi7mg Před 8 lety +14

      Wtf ? Germany and Italy existed in the middleages as the holy Roman empire of German nation since the 9th century

    • @NewYorkKnightsCombat1
      @NewYorkKnightsCombat1 Před 8 lety +36

      The modern nations of Germany and Italy were each unified in the 19th century. There was no "Germany" and no "Italy" as a national identity in the Middle Ages.

    • @AK-hi7mg
      @AK-hi7mg Před 8 lety

      Sei g ll

    • @AK-hi7mg
      @AK-hi7mg Před 8 lety +7

      Wrong ! The Germans got their name from the Italians way before the 19th century they named us tedesci which was translated to teutsche today Deutsche the country was relatively unified under the rule of king Otto II who is considered as a founder of the nation look it up

  • @radamanthys_0154
    @radamanthys_0154 Před 7 lety +73

    damn this for honor gameplay looks amazing

  • @VICE
    @VICE  Před 9 lety +20

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    • @thesmilingdentist676
      @thesmilingdentist676 Před 8 lety +4

      +Jason Tsang They Wouldn't. Medieval European weapons are armor are far superior to Japan's.

    • @TheEwker
      @TheEwker Před 8 lety

      +Jason Tsang Japan would get fucking wrecked because the most advanced armour they had wasn't entirely designed to encase you in protection. I don't think their armour would actually pass the safety regulations. Also, Japanese weapons were mostly designed for getting by not breaking through armour, so the weapons would be useless in this sport where the objective is to bring or make the guy submit to the ground

    • @ikksksknsk4720
      @ikksksknsk4720 Před 8 lety

      +Jack Troughton Japanese weapons aren't especially light or sharp in comparison to the weapons of other cultures.

    • @mastermill79
      @mastermill79 Před 7 lety +1

      Typo's/bad grammar in the description, don't make me smack you with my red pen. You're journalists ffs!

  • @danmaderaverde7872
    @danmaderaverde7872 Před 9 lety +35

    Here I am, french canadian reading the captions in english.. 5 minutes into the video I'm like.. 'Wait a second.. why the hell am I reading the captions?' lol.. But for real.. f*ck UFC, this is the shit

    • @SliC3oFicE
      @SliC3oFicE Před 9 lety +3

      Dan Maderaverde I tend to read the captions even when I cant read them.

    • @francaisintrepide6213
      @francaisintrepide6213 Před 9 lety +1

      Dan Maderaverde Parlons un peu Français, si tu es vraiment un Canadien Français ok?
      C'est très rare de voir des Canadiens Français aimant le Canada et beaucoup de Canadiens Anglophone se font passer pour des québécois sur youtube

    • @ryanhouk3560
      @ryanhouk3560 Před 8 lety +1

      +Français Intrépide oui

  • @littletat3519
    @littletat3519 Před 5 lety +14

    6:36 who else thought his leg was actually chopped off?

  • @robertramos1297
    @robertramos1297 Před 6 lety +18

    8:45 red armor lad: "this is fun!!!"
    8:49 red armor lad: "this is no fun"

    • @NewYorkKnightsCombat1
      @NewYorkKnightsCombat1 Před 6 lety +4

      That's me! The American with the light blue oval shield in that clip!
      The "red armor lad" is a huge Frenchman who was fighting for belgium. I and two other Americans went up to him and I said "Vous est un char! Il est votre gauche, il est votre droit, est je suis votre derriere! Avant!"

    • @robertramos1297
      @robertramos1297 Před 6 lety +1

      New York Knights Combat well fight my friend well fight you deserve some good feuds

  • @Thomi92
    @Thomi92 Před 8 lety +40

    2:45 Im fucking dieing of laughter

  • @thebeardbeard4416
    @thebeardbeard4416 Před 9 lety +241

    This is the greatest thing in the world, who wants to start a team with me.

    • @zoso1
      @zoso1 Před 9 lety +38

      i'm down, but all i have is a trash can lid for a shield and a mop bucket helmet and a $5 samurai sword... and some skateboard kneepads... i can make a cape though, don't worry about that.

    • @thebeardbeard4416
      @thebeardbeard4416 Před 9 lety +2

      zoso1 first member recruited :)

    • @thebeardbeard4416
      @thebeardbeard4416 Před 9 lety

      ***** England

    • @thebeardbeard4416
      @thebeardbeard4416 Před 9 lety

      ye, I'm on facebook. have you got a group or something I can talk to you on. Don't wanna put my facebook name on here.

    • @jamesmidd833
      @jamesmidd833 Před 9 lety +2

      Would a Scot be invited? I know we had a shaky relationship during the middle ages but I'm sure we can work it out :)

  • @badfoody
    @badfoody Před 8 lety +189

    "geopolitical issues?" yeah i make every matter with a foreigner i meet to be something about geopolitical crap.
    "Chinese dude is walking faster than me, gotta beat him to the aisle for my nation's pride"

    • @grilledcookie6259
      @grilledcookie6259 Před 8 lety +19

      Yeah, fuck this way of thinking

    • @badfoody
      @badfoody Před 8 lety +7

      Grilledcookie like I'd never date a British girl cause I have Indian blood. Fuck that way of thinking

    • @vulpesinculta3238
      @vulpesinculta3238 Před 8 lety +3

      You can't beat Chinese dudes on walking fast, unless maybe you're Japanese.

    • @lordhawhaw9480
      @lordhawhaw9480 Před 7 lety +1

      If your Indian you better not go near a British girl.

    • @brittanymale3398
      @brittanymale3398 Před 7 lety

      badfoody gooo seet is queen of woman woman uie she has used a great time yesyou ok can bc she woman woman eiyeiueuuruuty she woman u woman is the a goooy woman woman euriy woman is queen irre up uwoman woman she is

  • @JifftasticGhozt
    @JifftasticGhozt Před 9 lety +21

    Oh fuck they beat the shit out of that reporter. Amazing episode!

  • @tristanszymanski5562
    @tristanszymanski5562 Před 9 lety +29

    This footage was recorded at the 2013 Battle of the Nations tournament held in Aigues-Mortes, France in May. I was there with my dad who fought on the USA team. If you guys want more info about Battle of the Nations or Team USA, I'll try to answer as best as I can.

    • @tristanszymanski5562
      @tristanszymanski5562 Před 9 lety

      Here's a link for you USA people. facebook.com/groups/IToCinfo/
      More info on the sport in the US.

    • @eljimmy7437
      @eljimmy7437 Před 9 lety

      hm per entry

    • @holdmybeer
      @holdmybeer Před 9 lety

      I was wondering why some people had those poll axes. Those things looked brutal. Do they do more damage than a sword?

    • @mrcatman6374
      @mrcatman6374 Před 9 lety

      How did the Belgian team do?

    • @riley10199
      @riley10199 Před 9 lety

      tummy lice the plate probably absorbs most of the shock but just by looking id say the extra leverage gained from the long handle would increase the damage of a full power strike if executed properly.

  • @rileyjensen5257
    @rileyjensen5257 Před 8 lety +212

    And then the Americans come shouting U S A

    • @JITTERdUdEepic
      @JITTERdUdEepic Před 8 lety +35

      +Riley Jensen If America existed in the Medieval times...

    • @ryanhouk3560
      @ryanhouk3560 Před 8 lety +48

      Damn straight we do!

    • @IamHueGraves
      @IamHueGraves Před 8 lety +13

      +Riley Jensen I'm sure the others shouted things, it just sounded like noise if you don't know their languages

    • @NewYorkKnightsCombat1
      @NewYorkKnightsCombat1 Před 8 lety +3

      +IamHueGraves I learned that "Rus-si-a!" is a three-syllable word.

    • @MajesticSkywhale
      @MajesticSkywhale Před 8 lety +15

      +Riley Jensen And the russians came there shouting "Росс-и-я" so what's the fucking difference?

  • @jamesthompson626
    @jamesthompson626 Před 8 lety +27

    Now THIS Is something I would pay money to see over and over again

  • @gorgor6978
    @gorgor6978 Před 8 lety +142

    The french singing anti-monarchical anthem, while wearing tabards with the heraldic lily?

    • @johnv5129
      @johnv5129 Před 8 lety +4

      +Gor Gor the anthem is revolutionnary but not anti monarchy in itself

    • @slade54ubermen88
      @slade54ubermen88 Před 8 lety +4

      +john v it most definitely is. read about who they went for first during the French Revolution. hint it was the aristocracy.

    • @johnv5129
      @johnv5129 Před 8 lety +9

      Slade54 Ubermen
      i know i'm french, but the anthem is much more war and violent insurrection like than speaking against monarchy, there are other songs of this period for that ;)

    • @eugspit
      @eugspit Před 8 lety +13

      It's not anti-monarchial. When it was written, France was attacked by coalised nations of europe. The "féroces soldats" (ferocious soldiers) are the prussian

    • @264hugo
      @264hugo Před 8 lety

      know your shit, Gor Gor.

  • @supyo3616
    @supyo3616 Před 8 lety +19

    I love when the american marine talks about the russian spetnaz soldier. Comradeship through common interest.

  • @BlazedTownesFan
    @BlazedTownesFan Před 9 lety +8

    2:46 "im gonna hit you softly" BLAM! blasts him in the head, fucking hilarious.

  • @OfficialRaddeck
    @OfficialRaddeck Před 9 lety +5

    One thing's for sure after watching this: the Medival Ages were freaking hard times. I can only imagine how real battles for life and death could look like back then.

  • @MoosicDude
    @MoosicDude Před 9 lety +4

    They had a medieval full contact expo at a festival I attended last year, though on a smaller scale, it's every bit as brutal as it looks here. It was great fun to watch.

  • @dime4026
    @dime4026 Před 9 lety +133

    Im a united states marine. Here is my slave

  • @canadianjake1995
    @canadianjake1995 Před 8 lety +17

    I love the bond there was between the Russian Special forces solider, and the Marine, goes to show that we are all soldiers doing our job, and we can be friends because we know the struggle!

  • @marylbc
    @marylbc Před 7 lety +25

    French dude: "Praises republican anthem and it's anti-royalists ideals"
    Same dude: "Praises nobility"
    Bruh

    • @imRiiisq
      @imRiiisq Před 7 lety +1

      marylbc many frenchmen nowdays and such as me are ok for the monarchy but not the absolutionism

    • @scouttrooperhh-1487
      @scouttrooperhh-1487 Před 5 lety

      Damn the french, theyre the ones who contracted the moral syphilis known as liberalism and spread it across europe. Aristocracy is for trve right traditionalists.

    • @haaxeu6501
      @haaxeu6501 Před 3 lety

      The anthem isn't really anti royalist, the lyrics are about fighting the ennemies of the revolution, but it was written by a man who supported a constitutional monarchy before Louis XVI was executed, the ennemies of the revolution in that case were the nations of Europe that went to war against France fearing the spread of the revolution.

  • @kurtilein3
    @kurtilein3 Před 9 lety +2

    the biggest knights tournament is each year in Schloss Kaltenberg, Germany. its a big show and they do the tournament on horseback. and all the stuntmen and performers train their riding skills and knight skills in Spain and France. the weapons are real metal and the blades are not sharp, but they hit really hard. without the armor, all the weapons are lethal and much more dangerous than a baseball bat.

  • @noahcorpus6609
    @noahcorpus6609 Před 8 lety +5

    Absolutely love this and hate that it didn't become fashionable till I was in my 50's.I want to play!!!

  • @borntodie297
    @borntodie297 Před 6 lety +7

    How do you know these guys are the right kind of nuts.
    They organised a 50 vs 50 melee just for the fun of it.
    I love their mentality.

  • @Tiisje
    @Tiisje Před 9 lety +6

    Brilliant.You guys managed to pick up a theme about medieval fighting, and your video is mostly about Quebec and the French Governmental System. What the fuck?

  • @pinkieandthebrain8159
    @pinkieandthebrain8159 Před 7 lety

    For anyone wondering, the song that plays while they are fighting is "Evil rise - Yussuf Jerusalem"

  • @benrathbun5916
    @benrathbun5916 Před 2 lety +1

    “I trained with them” lol this guy just stood in the middle of a circle as they all beat him

  • @raltor40
    @raltor40 Před 9 lety +9

    I love that medieval American Standard.

  • @hunterfindon1018
    @hunterfindon1018 Před 7 lety +5

    "I'm going to hit you softly..." W H A P

  • @ianburnham
    @ianburnham Před 6 lety +2

    holly crap, i actually recognize one of the fighters, at 56 seconds in, i dont know his name but he is part of the EMP or empire of medieval pursuits, we do a very similar style of combat except the majority of the time we use rattan, although there are some groups that use steal weapons

  • @Starchaser124
    @Starchaser124 Před 5 lety

    Quick question: Is it expensive to take part in this? Cuz you probably have to buy armor, how much does the armor cost?

  • @napoleonboneabark6960
    @napoleonboneabark6960 Před 7 lety +114

    "Geo political issues" Moron these guys just want to come out fight, and have fun. No reason to bring politics into this.

    • @anglishbookcraft1516
      @anglishbookcraft1516 Před 7 lety +11

      The True Vigil liberals love bringing politics into simple fun

    • @mjfeldo
      @mjfeldo Před 6 lety +7

      Actually, that's the point of the commentary, which you just misunderstood.

    • @eemelilounela1212
      @eemelilounela1212 Před 5 lety +4

      Watch the whole video. He changes his opinion.

  • @lesROKnoobz
    @lesROKnoobz Před 9 lety +6

    These guys definitely aren't using any technique or weapon skills in this, they're just shoving each other and beating each other with blunt swords and whatnot. I wish there was a version of this where the guys were actually trained in hand to hand combat with medieval weapons...

    • @NewYorkKnightsCombat1
      @NewYorkKnightsCombat1 Před 9 lety +15

      Highlight videos of combat sports have a tendency to look that way to those who don't know what they are watching. What you call "shoving" actually does involve technique, not just in the best way to "shove" someone and remain standing, but also to be in the right place at the right time to "shove" the right person to best help your team. And believe it or not, there is a skill for "beating": someone, and a science as to when, where, and why to do it. Check other videos of the Battle of the Nations. and try to find an organization in your area. Put on some armor and give it a try. Then you will see how much skill it takes.

    • @fivemeomedia
      @fivemeomedia Před 9 lety +15

      this isnt a movie were their doing a pre orchestrated fight this is a real dirty full contact fight

    • @Kandiell
      @Kandiell Před 9 lety +1

      considering youre "out" if youre knocked to the ground then yes, theres shoving. the hits are more meant to either intimidate or destabilise your oppoenent, then you go for a "shove" to drop him. historicly if you fell on the ground in a fight like this, you were pretty much fucked. what did you expect? youd get wrecked in a heartbeat versus these guys.

    • @VelmiVelkiZrut
      @VelmiVelkiZrut Před 9 lety

      New York Knights Combat I agree that HMB takes skill, but there is still a difference between HMB, SCA combat or something actually meant to represent historical war like HEMA. HMB is based primarily off of the medieval tourney and melee, and is on a point system. Likewise, SCA combat is based off of a strike = kill system. The amount of skill and technique for each to work in their given setting is staggering, and the effort HMB fighters put into learning, training and then fighting is huge. This in no way changes the fact that HMB simply does not match historical technique (although I argue this is a good thing. After all, historical techniques were intended to deal with armor and kill the wearer. In this sort of event, perhaps striking the armor and toppling the opponent is a wee bit safer).

    • @gustlightfall
      @gustlightfall Před 9 lety

      Burn....

  • @flemishmilitant
    @flemishmilitant Před 6 lety +1

    8:12 this moment gave me chills...

  • @carnagen
    @carnagen Před 9 lety +1

    Does somebody know what Black Metal Song is playing at 5:56?

  • @briandijkgraaf5563
    @briandijkgraaf5563 Před 8 lety +7

    50 v 50 "for fun" starts to kill eachtochter

  • @imstupid880
    @imstupid880 Před 8 lety +4

    >tfw a guy thinks whacking someone in full plate with a sword is going to do anything
    >tfw you realize that's everyone here

    • @imgoingberserk5918
      @imgoingberserk5918 Před 8 lety +3

      +Richie Demo Is it realistic? Hell no. Is it fun? Probably.

    • @NewYorkKnightsCombat1
      @NewYorkKnightsCombat1 Před 8 lety

      +Richie Demo In singles, what it does is score points. In melees it cna really bother the personinside the armor, knock their brains about, knock them ioff balance, etc. And is a sword won;t do enough, you ca use a falchon, and axe, a mace, a polearm, etc.

  • @deathdealer2443
    @deathdealer2443 Před 3 lety +1

    He said “ imma lightly hit you... BLAT” 😩🤣🤣🤣

  • @alexsitaras6508
    @alexsitaras6508 Před 9 lety

    what's the sound track for this documentary?

  • @bearling477
    @bearling477 Před 8 lety +10

    I hate that betas like the reporter stole the undercut.

    • @joherold
      @joherold Před 8 lety +1

      They think they invented the beard too.. Try with the mustache but look fucking retarded.. 'Invented' the food truck with $12 chicken and waffles.. I fucking hate hipsters......

    • @royals1231
      @royals1231 Před 5 lety +1

      @@joherold hahahaha y'all just jealous, why would you guys care.

    • @mreddyfeelgood
      @mreddyfeelgood Před 5 lety

      @@royals1231 because they think they are alpha but they still dont have any beard. Indeed they are jealous.

  • @YMS09D
    @YMS09D Před 9 lety +9

    Actually it is open to women, has been for two years now.

    • @Morrigi192
      @Morrigi192 Před 9 lety +1

      Hida Toyatota It wasn't in 2013, which is when the footage was shot.

  • @snakeintheshadow
    @snakeintheshadow Před 6 lety

    What's that song playing sometimes? Around 6:25 for example. Can anyone tell?

  • @nickstersss
    @nickstersss Před rokem

    2:47 "I'm going to hit you softly" and proceeds to give the guy concussion LOL

  • @naveensilva2312
    @naveensilva2312 Před 7 lety +8

    I'd watch this over UFC

  • @futuregreatestpresidentale1221

    Looks fun, but that music is annoying as fuck. And did a guy at 8:40 seriously use a poleaxe? Someone's gonna get killed.

    • @surfergirl0519
      @surfergirl0519 Před 9 lety +9

      My husband uses a poleaxe. The armour that each person wears must be inspected and deemed to be suitable to withstand blows from authorized weapons. Thus far there have been no critical injuries and far less than most other sports.

    • @futuregreatestpresidentale1221
      @futuregreatestpresidentale1221 Před 9 lety

      surfergirl0519 I see. I thought heavy weapons like that would be off-limits.

    • @FRANKBLACK2
      @FRANKBLACK2 Před 9 lety

      ***** "anti armour weapons" nop. Poleaxe is not anti armour especially if used as a bashing implement. He's using it like a big axe rather than a polearm. Crush damage over stab damage.

    • @NewYorkKnightsCombat1
      @NewYorkKnightsCombat1 Před 9 lety

      Using a polearm like a "big axe" is a very effective method of crushing armor and the person inside it. That's why poleaxes are shaped like...well...axes. If the weapons that hit me in the head and put deep dents in my 14 ga stainless-steel helmet were sharp I would have died out there.

    • @FRANKBLACK2
      @FRANKBLACK2 Před 9 lety

      then don't let them have sharp ones? sounds fair enough to me

  • @halopartyboy
    @halopartyboy Před 9 lety

    8:08 Did he just say Spetschnitz? Obviously he was referencing Spetsnaz, but that is the damn funniest pronunciation of it I've ever heard!

  • @RealityCheckTV
    @RealityCheckTV Před 9 lety

    Markland Medieval Mercenaries - full contact Medieval fighting - We covered it back in 1981 in New Jersey. Full on battles, debauchery and wenching. I joined in, loved it, lead my own army the next year. Good times.

  • @konstantinn.9846
    @konstantinn.9846 Před 9 lety +4

    Seems like a lot of fun! Well done Vice. Also, my russian comrads didn't let me down :)

  • @bairdey1140
    @bairdey1140 Před 9 lety +4

    This is mad entertaining

  • @L0wk3yL0k1
    @L0wk3yL0k1 Před 8 lety

    What is the music they use when they fight

  • @breizhrudie4757
    @breizhrudie4757 Před 4 lety

    So to be counted as dead in a huge melee, you have to either fall or get restrained in a corner ?

  • @thramagen
    @thramagen Před 9 lety +13

    how did they kill people wearing suits of armor back then

    • @KeggersMcKeagney
      @KeggersMcKeagney Před 9 lety +39

      a lot of the time they actually didn't, a decent chunk of combat was about incapacitating the enemy and then ransoming him back to his family!

    • @thramagen
      @thramagen Před 9 lety +15

      Dara McKeagney how nice of them

    • @pirateman5
      @pirateman5 Před 9 lety +25

      specifically if you had a sword you could use the half swording technique to help you attack the joints in an opponents armour, or by grabbing the blade of your sword and striking them with the cross guard to cause a concussion or break bones, or hook them with the guard and grappel them to the ground, but you could also use a club, warhammer or mace to beat your opponent into submission then take off his helmet and stab him in the face with a dagger

    • @falloutftw216
      @falloutftw216 Před 9 lety +4

      They also mainly used blunt weapons in battle, such as maces, which would do far more damage against plate armour than a sword. Lots of broken skulls and the like.

    • @drummer2177
      @drummer2177 Před 9 lety

      Also, they do not allow piercing weapons (for obvious reasons).

  • @mineconcrazy
    @mineconcrazy Před 5 lety +5

    It’s awesome to see stuff like this, a brutal yet intelligent sport derived off of our history. Preserving the past and doing something fucking badass at the same time. Glad this hasn’t been deemed illegal or something stupid

  • @bjorncopperside4572
    @bjorncopperside4572 Před 2 lety +1

    whats the black metal song they use at the begining?

  • @lukebutler7112
    @lukebutler7112 Před 7 lety +1

    A lot of the soundtrack is by a French band called Yussuf Jerusalem. They have two great albums.

  • @peaceyteavo
    @peaceyteavo Před 9 lety +5

    This is so cool

  • @itsthatsebguy93
    @itsthatsebguy93 Před 9 lety +4

    Rather than going to war; we should do this.

    • @Aron-ru5zk
      @Aron-ru5zk Před 6 lety

      iBeer420noscope rather than going to war we should go to war like it's the 15th century?

    • @misaka3468
      @misaka3468 Před 5 lety

      @@Aron-ru5zk with zero deaths

  • @sTonedMuShRoomCap
    @sTonedMuShRoomCap Před 9 lety

    7:11 is that Children of Bodom - Lake bodom in the background? ... or does it just sound a lot like it? o.o

    • @eddiecurley447
      @eddiecurley447 Před 3 měsíci

      Yes! That is 100% lake bodom. Sorry this is 9 years late xD

  • @taimoorriaz5802
    @taimoorriaz5802 Před 9 lety

    Anyone know what the song at the end is.

  • @LeisuresuitAndy
    @LeisuresuitAndy Před 9 lety +4

    I really liked VICE from the beginning. The subjects in last couple of months were not interesting for me. I almost lost faith in VICE...
    This though is something i really like. Thank you for sharing the information.

  • @MegaRadomstuff
    @MegaRadomstuff Před 9 lety +4

    Don't tell me this doesn't look like fun

  • @edgyjeans88
    @edgyjeans88 Před 8 lety +2

    Just watching this, i cannot even imagine how gruesome it wouldve been watching hundreds of thousands of men fighting with their lives in this type of combat, except without this armor... Just wouldve been breathtaking.

  • @johnhazatoth6125
    @johnhazatoth6125 Před 8 lety

    A trivia, that was BotN 2013.

  • @t.j.payeur739
    @t.j.payeur739 Před 7 lety +62

    "Not open to women, which makes it technically the best sport on Earth"...Love it....women are the Fun Police...Great Video...

    • @greedy9310
      @greedy9310 Před 5 lety

      Only men can play this!

    • @armoredghost1610
      @armoredghost1610 Před 5 lety +3

      Not true there is actually a big group of women who are in this sport.

    • @varck7935
      @varck7935 Před 5 lety +3

      Yeah, there are plenty of women who fight in HMB. There are categories specifically for women as well. Though here in Australia, we tend to do mixed gender as well.

    • @Bluespicygreen
      @Bluespicygreen Před 5 lety

      Incel anthem.

  • @BucketPukes1969
    @BucketPukes1969 Před 8 lety +3

    Badass fighting, good music. Vice did something right

  • @jakeservo7178
    @jakeservo7178 Před 9 lety +2

    I can't imagine breaking a bone there during a match, it must hurt like all fuck when having to get out of all that armor. That's honestly the one thing that kind of sketches me out about trying this =P

  • @SludgeStyle
    @SludgeStyle Před 9 lety

    What's the black metal song from the beginning?

  • @brianho2859
    @brianho2859 Před 9 lety +11

    Chivalry isn't dead!

  • @OdinMMA
    @OdinMMA Před 9 lety +3

    This looks brilliant. All team sports are just recreations of combat anyway, why not have the real thing?!

  • @dovahkiin1786
    @dovahkiin1786 Před 7 lety +2

    The thing that veteran said was the most beautiful thing I've ever heard.

  • @schowers
    @schowers Před 9 lety

    The music in this.. what band is it?

  • @LAGARTOKID
    @LAGARTOKID Před 3 lety +6

    "Woman are not permitted on combat, this makes it the best sport on earth."
    Hell no

  • @AyatollahS9430
    @AyatollahS9430 Před 9 lety +11

    DAAMM EUROPE!! YOU SCARY!!!

  • @rjc0234
    @rjc0234 Před 9 lety

    i dont get how it can be a spor tthough? how is there a clear and defined way of who wins and looses? is it about oponents getting knocked out, or tapping out, or when you can overwhelme someone 4 to one?

  • @NorthmanUlfhednar
    @NorthmanUlfhednar Před 9 lety +2

    Does anyone know which song starts at 5:55?

    • @barszcz5536
      @barszcz5536 Před 4 lety

      Evil Rise - Yussuf Jerusalem: czcams.com/video/Ir0wufwfIbk/video.html

  • @ZURATAMA1324
    @ZURATAMA1324 Před 8 lety +18

    Just curious.
    I am well aware that in medieval times, women did not fight on the battlefield except for highly desperate/unusual circumstances.
    Hell, I even hear that Joan of Ark was pretty much a symbolic figure than a fighter.
    But I don't get why the competition is not open to women.
    It's... just a recreational sport.
    Nobody really gets hurt and there are no nations on stake like real warfare.
    BTW, If there is a safety concern that specially apples for women, I'd understand.

    • @Makrelacz
      @Makrelacz Před 8 lety +7

      ZURATAMA1324 I think there is a women category since 2015 (all vs all), but it's not for everyone. It's very brutal sport as you can see.

    • @ZURATAMA1324
      @ZURATAMA1324 Před 8 lety +2

      Makrelacz
      Thanks, mate.

    • @Grouuumpf
      @Grouuumpf Před 8 lety +8

      +ZURATAMA1324 there were a few women in 2014 already, and has Makrelacz said, it seems they've opened it to women this year. But even if women are allowed, there probably never be as many as guys, considering the muscle mass necessary to wear those armors. For the safety concerns, I don't think they differ from men, they probably just don't need the cockpiece. I've met a woman in the belgian team, and she used an armor borrowed to one of the guys if i recall correctly. luckily, she's kinda like Brien of Tarth, size wise

    • @mxfng
      @mxfng Před 8 lety +6

      Because women are generally smart enough to refrain from subjecting themselves to the same testosterone fueled foolishness

    • @MovieHound17
      @MovieHound17 Před 8 lety +1

      +ZURATAMA1324 because woman aren't stupid beings fighting on baser urges.

  • @documentaries2206
    @documentaries2206 Před 9 lety +4

    Much better than MMA!

  • @strikerwoman
    @strikerwoman Před 3 lety

    “im going to hit you soft, ready?”
    rung his fucking 🔔 😂😂😂😂

  • @primoshunter
    @primoshunter Před 9 lety +1

    This looks so FUCKING AWESOME!!! It might be the inner nerd in me talking but this just seems like a good ol time for a bunch of people from a bunch of different countries to get to gether, fight, and have drinks. Can anyone tell me if it's ok to go to this if I don't speak french? I can wait until I learn but I really would like to go this year.

  • @BucketPukes1969
    @BucketPukes1969 Před 8 lety +3

    My question is, is there Scandinavian Viking teams?

    • @mingolaflare6224
      @mingolaflare6224 Před 8 lety +1

      I saw a Danish flag but no Vikings :/

    • @Aron-ru5zk
      @Aron-ru5zk Před 6 lety +1

      Viking armour wouldn't be protective enough science the best technology they had in the Viking era would be chainmail and a helmet that protects the top of their head
      This is about 400 years after the vikings settled

    • @barp94
      @barp94 Před 6 lety

      Too late, vikings had virtually no armour

  • @Bigdicus
    @Bigdicus Před 9 lety +4

    Best sport ever

  • @jonnyswab12
    @jonnyswab12 Před 6 lety

    @ 2:01 - 2:03 - The shoes he's putting on look much more comfortable than those Dr. Martins he was wearing before.

  • @gunjirox7485
    @gunjirox7485 Před 8 lety +2

    German fighter called "Panzerbär" on 6:25

  • @Petey0707
    @Petey0707 Před 8 lety +3

    I'd love a time capsule to see how these battles really unfolded. This is cool but seems unorganized and silly.

    • @omeganism
      @omeganism Před 8 lety +4

      +eluxsus0195684 Probably because their goal in this video is to just pummel and hurt each other to the ground rather than kill. If killing was meant to be, then there would be less of swinging and hacking, and more stabbing.

    • @Zedd0z
      @Zedd0z Před 8 lety +2

      There were also a lot less armor back in those battles. Having full-plate armor like the guys in this video was super expensive and almost exclusively used by knights and nobles which was a very small percentage in terms of soldiers. When it came to the big clashes between infinity i think it would be a terrifying sight, many people slipping in mud and getting trampled down. Screams of horror, pain and death mixed with stink of feces, piss and blood/gore. It would most likely be so tight of space that you couldn't swing your weapon properly, and the occasional one on one fights would only lasts a couple of seconds until one of you that got stabbed/slashed would have to bleed to death or choke in the mud while people step on you. It would be really fascinating to watch a real historical battle unfold, sure, but i would not want to watch one up close i think.

    • @timrthoward7007
      @timrthoward7007 Před 8 lety

      +Zedd0z too much detail

    • @Zedd0z
      @Zedd0z Před 8 lety

      TimRT Howard huh?

  • @3choBlast3r
    @3choBlast3r Před 9 lety +3

    Some of the represented countries make no fucking sense ..
    1. Many of them are modern countries that wouldn't have existed at the time
    2. Many of the wouldn't have ever used heavy armor etc ...
    3. Some aren't even countries
    Why the FUCK are America, Quebeck,Canada, Israel etc in thing? Why is Japan there?
    I mean these are just a group of wannabe knights beating the shit out of each other .. it looks fun but a hit in full force on your head with a hallberd like shown in this video .. can cause a fucking concussion or even death .. this is actually :"kinda like" how medieval knights in armor, except that they used sharper weapons and tried to push their blades in to weak points *but it was mostly just about using weapons heavy as fuck and keep bashing your enemy in to a pulp much like in the video*

    • @bobjohnson6946
      @bobjohnson6946 Před 9 lety +32

      Well if that's the case then only Greeks should be in the Olympics.

    • @NewYorkKnightsCombat1
      @NewYorkKnightsCombat1 Před 9 lety +12

      This is not a reenactment of a specific tournament that happened in the middle ages, but a competition between teams from around the world in this sport. That is why we have teams representing modern nations.

    • @symbolxchannel
      @symbolxchannel Před 9 lety +12

      You must be a blast at parties…

    • @rbeck3200tb40
      @rbeck3200tb40 Před 9 lety +7

      The Japanese team needs to be wearing samurai armor

    • @NewYorkKnightsCombat1
      @NewYorkKnightsCombat1 Před 9 lety

      rbeck3200tb40
      The funny thing is, about half the Japanese team is made up of Americans. Most of the Japanese fighters want to be European knights, but they did have one guy in samurai armor at the IMCF world championships in Belmonte, Spain this year.

  • @david-barna
    @david-barna Před 6 lety +1

    How surreal would it be if we could see HD footage of an actual medieval battle.

  • @markstein9773
    @markstein9773 Před 5 lety

    Does they actually gonna die in the battle? Does the weapons kills you without an armor? Does their weapons are constantly dangerous?

  • @zaboobebop
    @zaboobebop Před 8 lety +3

    its a shame no asian countries were there

    • @matthewmccurry6567
      @matthewmccurry6567 Před 8 lety +1

      +Buk Lau Technically Russia is Asian

    • @zaboobebop
      @zaboobebop Před 8 lety

      other than russia

    • @matthewmccurry6567
      @matthewmccurry6567 Před 8 lety

      +Buk Lau I think Japan and China are getting a team for 2016's competition

    • @zaboobebop
      @zaboobebop Před 8 lety

      china would be pretty cool!

    • @maniacbanana9431
      @maniacbanana9431 Před 8 lety +1

      +Buk Lau china is in IMCF which is p[ractically the same thing, the other teams even have the same people in them

  • @pusillirex
    @pusillirex Před 7 lety +41

    USA, sorry but the only thing you're not good at is medieval battle
    Leave it to the ancient nations !

  • @xanderhebert6257
    @xanderhebert6257 Před 5 lety

    Even though I was born and raised in America, I’m a member of the Hebert family whose roots can be traced to the first apothecary to settle Quebec so I think I should be on that team.

  • @moosegoosler
    @moosegoosler Před 9 lety

    what was metal playing in the beginning?

    • @tourimelms8301
      @tourimelms8301 Před 4 lety

      sounds like burzum but idk. 100% black metal though