Top 10 Medieval Games & Sports That May or May Not Kill You — TopTenzNet

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1. I am a self trained in sword fighting and have never lost a fight so number one I would live.

2. Shinty is still played in Scotland.

3. No freaking human powered weapon had a chance of penetrating properly made plate or mail. Not a freaking chance at all.

4. Longsword fencing with modern protective gear is actually very safe. "Stabbing" (thrusts) are most definitely allowed. They are a critical component to Italian and German longsword traditions.

   Here are some links for those who are interested. Come join the fun!

   https://www.hemaalliance.com/
   http://wiktenauer.com/
   http://www.armizare.org/
   http://www.lonin.org/

5. I live in Scotland and I play shinty you don't have to wear a helmet but I do there was a competition
   Yesterday called the Mactavish cup

6. my grandmother's last name is Archibald, and she is from Scotland. we apparently come from a family ​of Royal archers in Scotland, who apparently guarded the king. hence the name, I guess…

7. American football rough? pffft thats shits pussy compared to rugby and rugby league

8. Shinty is a mix between hurling the sport that the Irish brought and hockey

9. King Edward XIV??? Of where? Not of England where King Edward VIII ruled briefly in 1936.

10. WAIT HOLD UP, did you just say that Quidditch is now a real sport???????

11. Wait, did you just say that knights wore little protective gear while jousting? I'm just curious what counts as protective gear if a full suit of plate armor doesn't qualify. I'm not saying it wasn't dangerous, but it's not as if they were jousting in their skivvies.

12. The sport of "sword fighting" is generally referred to as HEMA, or Historical European Martial Arts, and most clubs actually use wood or ballistic plastic practice swords. We train in the longsword, short sword and buckler, spear, and dagger mostly. The poleax or battle ax is not unheard of, however during practice the fighters must be in full harness, which is incredibly expensive, or risk severe injury. The normal protective garments worn during practice are a gorget (armor worn around the neck), a heavy padded jacket known as a gambeson or the more modern HEMA jacket, and a helmet either a steel medieval style or a modern HEMA mask, and gloves (hockey gloves work very well). Ive been practicing this sport for 7 years and have never had any serious injuries, lots of big bruises though, just like any other martial arts safety is a huge concern. If anyone is interested look up the Schola Saint George or the SCA.

13. yeah i can see how archery could accidently kill you

14. I appreciated this filmclip much! good job! thankyou

15. Suggestion for number 9 on the list, never drink and hunt. I'm talking to you Robert.

16. what happened to the voice on 5:44 when he says Europe?

17. If you want to watch the medieval fighting check out the SCA or Armored Combat League. It's a really fun sport. Not to be mixed up with HEMA though which is newer. But all three of these sports are fun to watch and participate in.

18. King Edward the Fourteenth? Of which country? The last King Edward of Britain was Edward the eigth.

19. I'm sensing a theme with where these games are from mmmmm
    The celts in Ireland sure know how to have a good time.

20. #5… Longbow archers could fire more than 1 arrow every 5 seconds (12/min) – the best archers could fire up to 20 per minute (1 every 3 seconds). The average was 8~10 as battles could last a long time and ammunition was not infinite.

21. the first one is still played in Spain

22. I do want to say that HEMA (historical european martial arts) is actually a lot safer than you make it out to be at the end of the video. At lest official HEMA is. They generally use blunt weapons, and require at least head and hand protection, preferably more.

23. England in 1500's: Young men are required to own a bow and arrows at 15.
    England now: You can't buy a knife until you're 18.

24. this was a very interesting video, and i really enjoyed it

25. Hey wasn't number ten an early form of rugby

26. Some of these 'sports' were more Renaissance than medieval, but overall this video is pretty good!

    (BTW, the biggest of the clubs you mentioned is the Society for Creative Anachronism-  http://www.sca.org/ and while the martial sport are really big, there's a lot more to it than sport. And there's branches all over the world. Check out the Newcomers Portland- there likely a branch near you!)

27. I wonder if Jane Austen ever played hot cockles…

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