Armour, weapons, men and women from all over the world fight in Prague in the Battle of Nations. The aim to recreate the drama of medieval combat
Armour, weapons, men and women from all over the world fight in Prague in the Battle of Nations.
The aim to recreate the drama of medieval combat.
En #Praga 'Campeonato del Mundo de Combate Medieval' https://t.co/XgeLldMYez por
RadioPragaES</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/battleofnations">
battleofnationspic.twitter.com/YkJItq7XEm— VisitaRepúblicaCheca (@REPUBLICA_CHECA) May 7, 2016
The battles are monitored, no stabbing, no breaking of limbs. A whack across the helmet is desirable.
Mass battles of 21 vs 21
battleofnations</a> <a href="https://t.co/bI7ztTMTWs">pic.twitter.com/bI7ztTMTWs</a></p>— Sir Lappis (
SirLappis) May 6, 2016
All good harmless fun according to Czech knight Tomas Gajdosik:
“It is not as dangerous as it looks. I think it is as dangerous as any other contact sport. The injuries can be compared to football or ice hockey.” > We believe knights will enjoy battleofnations</a> with our beer and your game <a href="https://twitter.com/WarhorseStudios">
WarhorseStudios. pic.twitter.com/O9Z4mMuETA
— Pivovar Malešov (
FriendlyBrewery) <a href="https://twitter.com/FriendlyBrewery/status/724884333958451200">April 26, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <b></b>Ironically this years tournament was dominated by Russia and Ukraine, with Russia winning the world championship. <b></b> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"tw-align-center data-lang="en"><p lang="fi" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MCSF?src=hash">#MCSF</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/qualifications?src=hash">#qualifications</a>. Lauri here did better than it looks :) <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/bohurt?src=hash">#bohurt</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/botn2016?src=hash">#botn2016</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/battleofnations">
battleofnations Pic: Teppo Hytönen pic.twitter.com/a1k6nXVeCh— Sir Lappis (@SirLappis) January 17, 2016