this is retarded...and I love it.

America-has-a-brain-shutdown.

Brilliant video to be next to Frank's Speech xD

Somebody gonna get hurt real bad

is this true ? I mean, the armour, the brawl and shield, why not ... but come on the metal weapons ? seriously ?

Children don't try this at home!

You are not crazy if you do it, though you might be if you just watch it. Feeling pain is not crazy. Enjoying the pain of others at no risk to yourself seems like madness to me.

Armored combat is to sport what KFC is to gastronomy....

can't and will never beat the Norwegians...

#2 apparently you missed the comment @ 4:02 and seeing as how the rest of the world come to the US for procedures that simply cannot be done expertly in other countries... I'd have to say your wrong.

Thanks for another ignorant retort from a European.

Know what else is funny #2? I work with Italians, and trying to watch them accomplish and lead a project is like a freakin "bachelor party" Don't even get me started on the last server install debacle.

it is incredible to witness America walk into the footsteps of the Roman Empire.

Just before their collapse, Romans were also running an Empire with many soldiers all over the known world, they wasted their wealth on the military, they got lazy and had their work done by slaves (read "outsource their work to cheap labor" and forgot their problems by indulging in violent combat sports, gladiators...

What made Rome strong was its engineering achievements, they invented concrete, the revolutionized road building, invented the Aquaeducts,theaters, the alphabet, the justice system (innocent until proven guilty), the Roman Arche, Public health, welfare and so much more...

Then they let their building and infrastructure crumble, the rich got richer and the middle class became poor. They clear cut all trees around Rome giving way to errosion and the loss of arable land. Game animals became rare, hunger and diseases took hold... The political leaders became autocratic, democracy went out the door along with civil rights and privacy... Religion also played a major part in keeping romans happy with being poor, happy to be put in chains by the banks, the rich and the Emperor...

And when Rome was at its weakest... A more disciplined force of Ostrogoths (Germans) basically walked in and took it over...

From masters of the world to nothing at all, the Roman Empire has never recovered... How many of you still speak Latin? How many of you sing Roman songs? Recite Roman poetry? Eat Roman food?

America is doing this to itself and the Chinese, the Indians and basically everyone else is watching and taking precaution to shield themselves from the eventual American collapse...

So long America, it was nice knowing you... Too bad you couldn't learn from history and could not listen to your founding fathers.

On the surface this looks like great fun for those with courage enough to take part. after all it was quite popular in Rome once upon a time. The problem is someone is going to get killed, then someone is going to jail.

#11 Maybe you did not bother to watch the whole video,but the US is the late-comer to this sport. It has been going on in Europe for a number of years,the US is just trying to field a competitive team to compete.About twenty-two countries take part in this event. Of course we would not expect Canada to compete. Take all your doom-and-gloom crap somewhere else.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Nations_(Medieval_Tournament)

In 2013 the Battle of the Nations was held in Aigues-Mortes in southern France. This was the first time the event was held outside the Eastern Bloc. 22 teams participated in the "Battle of the Nations 2013"
Argentina,
Australia
Austria
Baltic States (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia)
Belarus
Belgium
Czech Republic & Slovakia
Denmark
France
Germany
Israel
Italy
Japan
Luxembourg
New Zealand
Poland
Québec
Russia
Spain
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Fighters from Portugal also attended, and fought with the Luxembourg team.
About 25.000 attend the event annually.

really, what is this ? when you're down you can't play anymore... ?! booooohoooo

it's too bad they don't actually kill each other, it would be natural selection !

less morons on the planet, we're over populated as it is....

#3 nailed it

Promotional vid for last year's battles.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRPAoyJRoyE&feature=plcp