The UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) began in 1993 as a new sport that pitted martial artists from all styles aganist each other in no holds barred unarmed combat. Today mixed martial arts is the fastest growing sport on the planet and the UFC has emerged as a major mainstream business.
However, as with all things human beings are constantly seeking to take it to the next level - so enter HMB or Historical Medieval Battles! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8ugjAmKR3c
In HMB the athletes suit up in full historically correct Medieval armour, drink mead and then wield every type of period weapon you can possibily imagine in an all out full contact brawl. The objective being deliver blows that knock your opponent to the floor. Combat is either 1 on 1, five V five team competition, or an all out 21 V 21 Battle Royal! The major event each year is the 'Battle of the Nations' and the top team worldwide for the past few years has been the Russians. It's bloody carnage with serious injuries to the athletes - but it's also absolutely fantastic!
In an age where Health and Safety has gone mad, here is a sport where men can be men and do the thing that we most enjoy - beat the living crap out of each other! It's a wonderful mix of history, art and athletic ability. A nobel sport where modern day Knights can kick the shit out of each other by day and then raise a glass together by night as fellowmen bound together by the strength of the warrior ethos. HMB rocks!
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