New body armour promises to transform fighting sports

Re:New body armour promises to transform fighting sports by defen on Sunday April 24, 2016 @12:59PM (#11560382)

> watch SCA heavy

Holy shit, these guys don't fuck around https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RiQR60-5gs

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Re:New body armour promises to transform fighting sports by laxatives on Sunday April 24, 2016 @08:32PM (#11561961)

IMO nothing compares with longsword fighting. By comparison, SCA looks like a bunch of big guys wailing on each other in the middle of a scrum. Longsword fighting has a much more competitive environment with well defined technique and strategy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhbcntqyiSo

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Re:New body armour promises to transform fighting sports by themartorana on Sunday April 24, 2016 @09:27PM (#11562120)

"...bunch of big guys wailing on each other..."

Add in death and dismemberment and you have what war actually probably looked like for thousands of years - pure, unadulterated mayhem.

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Re:New body armour promises to transform fighting sports by laxatives on Monday April 25, 2016 @12:46AM (#11562539)

Fair enough. I'd imagine the guys fighting had a lot more fitness and probably weren't struggling with obesity though.

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Re:New body armour promises to transform fighting sports by cafard on Monday April 25, 2016 @09:04AM (#11563903)

There was something on HN a year or two ago that said that gladiators tended to be on the fat side. On the other hand, given the distances marched, I doubt the hoplites and legionaries had much excess fat.

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Re:New body armour promises to transform fighting sports by Retric on Sunday April 24, 2016 @11:26PM (#11562398)

That's just fencing with a heavy object.

Actual sword fighting had a mix of stiles to deal with different armor types. But, maintaining balance was critical and bouncing like that a waste of energy and a good way to end up on the ground and hacked to pieces. They also often held the blade for leverage.

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Re:New body armour promises to transform fighting sports by ncallaway on Sunday April 24, 2016 @02:48PM (#11560816)

I've only dabbled in SCA heavy — it takes a pretty big time commitment and I got really busy with my consultancy. It's a great time and a good way to get exercise. If you stick with it and train consistency, you'll be in good shape.

Most of the sport — at least where I am — is focused on 1:1 battles, but these large field battles are really fun to participate in.

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Re:New body armour promises to transform fighting sports by Camillo on Sunday April 24, 2016 @06:40PM (#11561703)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj_3vYo2gF0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9tkAV4nDCo

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Re:New body armour promises to transform fighting sports by try_sincerely on Sunday April 24, 2016 @09:05PM (#11562058)

I like this dramatic videos from Russian Vyborg castle, I wonder if they still organize these:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOCBOs6EzLk

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Re:New body armour promises to transform fighting sports by rsync on Monday April 25, 2016 @12:27PM (#11565333)

"Holy shit, these guys don't fuck around"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4tdkrYIRFg

(fast forward to 1:58, perhaps ...)

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