ACTA gladiators at Dijon 2010

[DdlR]

YouTube- The Gladiators from ACTA at Hemac Dijon 2010

Footage of a demo of gladiatorial combat from the recent HEMA conference in Dijon, France. ACTA is the group of professional HEMA interpreters who demoed ancient Greco-Roman boxing at the conference last year.

[Zwerchhau]

nice, good energy, you guys ever train with Ars Dimicandi over in Italy?

[DdlR]

I don't think that there are any ACTA members on this board.

[HereBeADragon]

Pretty cool exchange. I'd have to classify this as Larping done right :)

[KiwiPhil889]

Pretty cool exchange. I'd have to classify this as Larping done right :)

Gonna have to agree here. I know it has a generally bad vibe to it,but if you're going to LARP??? then the example these guys set is what you should be aiming to emulate.

Thanks for the vid link. I was getting so incredibly sick of the lame ass ninja vids that are on show at the moment.

[DdlR]

Re. LARPing in this context, it's worth pointing out that ACTA is a professional team of "historical interpreters" who perform historical martial arts displays for museums, etc.

[Kovacs]

I'd call it LARPing as well but not in a negative sense at all, this is how it should be done. It's very entertaining.

I like the cheeky low kicks/superman punches (well stabs I guess) thrown in.

[Mordschlag]

Here is another video from the same organization with other forms of combat:

YouTube- ACTA