While this is a very cool sport and the armor is very nice, I think it is important to point out unfortunately the techniques these guys use are not historicall

While this is a very cool sport and the armor is very nice, I think it is important to point out unfortunately the techniques these guys use are not historically sound. Historical manuals such as the German Fechtbücher clearly describe how to fight in and out of armor (harnischfechten and blossfechten) and what these guys do is neither. This is for the simple reason that the harnischfechten would still be lethal and blossfechten ineffective. If you see a "reenactment" or movie and people are swinging sword against someone wearing armor, they are "doing it wrong" from a historical perspective. I think its interesting that something like BoN, which is like SCA on methamphetamines, gets so much attention when actual martial arts events such as Swordfish are ignored by the media. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Swordfish+2012+HEMA https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Swordfish+2012+...