My landlord Jason stopped by today. It was the first we'd visited since his return from Spain. He and his family went to the medieval festival on Saturday. The topic of the swordplay came up.
He was as surprised as I was at the ferocity of the battle. He told me that while he was there, an ambulance had to be called. And they made one guy take off his metal gloves to find the source of the blood and to make sure that all his fingers were still attached. They were in the elimination rounds. I guess you do get eliminated if you are carted off in an ambulance.
We both agreed that such accurate representation of battle would never be tolerated in the UK, where he's from, or the US--the safety people would be all over everyone and have this shut down right away. He commented that they would be reduced to wooden swords in Britain. And probably ones made from paper towel rolls in the US... However, we are in France, and what would one expect? You put on armor, and you know the score. You take your chances. I mean these guys were seriously going after one another. Really, the trophy wasn't THAT big.
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| The referee does something akin to a basketball tip off or dropping the puck in a hockey game. | Notice HIS glove. |
I wonder if anyone does dueling re-enacting.......
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