Pugil: A Fencer's Story 

You got that in reverse, mate. Rule 1: You tell everyone about HEMA. Rule 2: YOU TELL EVERYONE ABOUT HEMA!

New movie: HEMA club

STFU you’re a conman and a piece of shit.

@@thecasuallongsword can’t save the culture and assuage your egos at the same time. Only so many hours a day and only so many resources at disposal.

In a world where HEMA is based on an illegal fightclub systems feders are mostly illegal, too. The Police was comming and they had no bag in range to put them in. And I don't want to be catched by the police with an illegal weapon on the run from an illegal fightclub. Better to be catched on the run from an illegal fightclub without my illegal weapon^^

There is, but no protective gear like this and the fight lasts until someone bleeds, someone quits, or someone gets knocked out/killed.

Hi. Thanks. About your question. The whole duel was cut and reordered by the editor. Some parts are missing, some are in a different context. And maybe the logic of the duel seems to be flawed but the look was more important for him.

Hey! Anton is not evil, okay!!??

No. This video was recorded in 2014.

+Anton Kohutovič ah ok just wondering I'm reading it now and it reminded me of this video so much. I've become a big fan of yours hope to see more videos demonstrating your techniques you have brilliant skills.

well go ahead and makes something better then. No ? That's what I thought.

Loadalama It must be terrible to be that ignorant.

Why? I like this film, it is well made and has a very good choreography. I just don´t understand the drama about fighting with blunt training-swords in full protective gear. That´s what I do for fun every week in my club. I respect this film as an artwork in itself, I just want to know why they went the way they did. Maybe you guys can tell me more instead of being so butthurt about it, maybe I missed something like they are fighting for a hell lot of money and the protagonist is trying to pay the medical bill for his ill sister or something like that. There is so much tension building with the dramatic music but I don´t exactly see the drama itself. Are the swords supposed to be sharp?

As you can see, sharp swords or not, the context is an illegal underground fight, with "spectators" that probably bet money on the fighters. You can imagine it happens in a time/alternative reality where HEMA fighting is illegal. Hence the dramatic effect, the chasing by the cops, etc. It doesn't matter if the swords are sharp or not; the 2 fighters are here defending their honour and "underground fighting reputation".When people fight in illegal underground boxing, they risk injuries, but they don't risk death, yet they still get extremely aggressive and violent. It's the exact same here. It's not about the risk of injury or death, it's about the context (illegal fighting, people betting on the fighters, their reputation, etc). Do you understand it better now ?

you just used your own personnal feeling about swordfighting (a fun weekend activity as you say) that you can't even try to imagine it taking place in a different context, which clearly shows a lack of imagination. Just imagine a world where the underground boxing fights are replaced with HEMA, that's it. People would have the same behaviour as they do in underground boxing.

+Sebastian Keller "Boys will be boys" anyhow the whole "sportisation" of HEMA sucks a little, this is just a pop culture by product.

well when u leave ur gear, deny the ref telling u to back off and start swinging at the audience, it becomes assault with a deadly weapon

I don't think gambling over HEMA fights is illegal anywhere. You missed the point, I think. I believe the point is "what if illegal boxing matches didn't exist, and we had illegal underground swordfights instead ?" Which is a really cool idea :)

Well that's what happens when you have to you use drugs to get in XD!!!

Aragoth DarkSky usually standard 1600N fencing masks (though there are some specialized hema-masks). Just with a mask and back-of-the-head protector to put over.