Steel armored combating takes over the cage

THE COMBAT IS VERY REAL. COMBAT SPORTS HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE POPULAR, BUT THE FUTURE OF COMBAT SPORTS MIGHT TAKE YOU BACK IN TIME. HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO STRAP ON SOME ARTHURIAN ARMOR AND LITERALLY TEST YOUR METTLE AGAINST ANOTHER PERSON? CAPTAIN OF THE LOUISVILLE ROYALS BRANDON BISHOP MIGHT HAVE JUST THE THING FOR YOU. IT’S A MIXTURE OF MEDIEVAL FIGHTING THAT YOU’VE SEEN IN MOVIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS, REALLY. I MEAN, THIS IS DONE IN A CAGE. IT IS A FULL CONTACT FIGHT. YEAH. FULL CONTACT. IN OTHER WORDS, THE FIGHTS ARE REAL COMBATANTS, DON MORE THAN 60 POUNDS OF ARMOR, A SHIELD AND GET THIS AN ARRAY OF DARK AGE WEAPONS FROM SWORDS TO MACES AND AXES. DAKOTA WALKER IS THE HEAD TRAINER FOR THE ROYALS. HE SAYS THE NO HOLDS BARRED NATURE OF THE FIGHTS IS PART OF THE APPEAL. IT IS A FIGHT WITH STEEL WEAPONS WITH I CAN PUNCH YOU IN THE FACE, I CAN HIT YOU WITH A WEAPON. I MEAN, THERE’S VERY FEW THINGS THAT THERE’S VERY FEW RULES. SO IT’S ALL OUT IN THE CAGE. THE SPORT OF ARMORED FIGHTING HAS GROWN A LOT OVER THE LAST DECADE, WITH TEAMS AND CLUBS ALL OVER THE WORLD. AND ACCORDING TO BISHOP, FOR THE FIGHTERS THEMSELVES, THE COMBAT IS ONLY HALF THE REASON THEY COMPETE. YOU GET A GREAT SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT FROM COMING OUT OF THESE FIGHTS. AT THE END OF THIS, YOU POP YOUR HELMET, YOU’RE EXHAUSTED, YOUR ADRENALINE IS RUNNING 100 MILES AN HOUR, AND YOU CAN’T WAIT TO GET BACK IN THERE AND DO IT AGAIN. AND IF YOU’RE INTERESTED, THIS WEEKEND IN NEW ALBANY, YOU CAN CHECK OUT NINE FULLY ARMORED FIGHTS, INCLUDING THE LOUISVILLE ROYALS AND A NUMBER OF OTHER ARMORED FIGHTING CLUB

‘Such as you’ve seen in films’: Steel armored combating takes over the cage

Some folks may quickly witness the way forward for fight sports activities when steel armored combating steps into the cage.In New Albany, Indiana, courageous fighters are moving into the cage.The occasion options women and men clad in additional than 60 kilos of steel armor combating one another. It’s offered by the native Armored Preventing Membership, the Louisville Royals. The workforce’s captain, Branden Bishop, defined what followers can anticipate.”It is a combination of medieval combating, such as you’ve seen in films, and combined martial arts,” Bishop mentioned. “It’s accomplished in a cage, and it’s a full-contact struggle.”Combatants are additionally outfitted with varied weapons, similar to a sword, an axe, and a protect, together with the armor. The Royals’ head coach, Dakota Walker, believes that the no-holds-barred nature of the fights is a part of the attraction for a lot of who strap on their armor and step into the cage.”It is me versus you,” Walker mentioned. “With actual weapons, I can punch you within the face, I can hit you with a weapon. There are only a few guidelines; it is all out within the cage.”

NEW ALBANY, Ind. —

Some folks may quickly witness the way forward for fight sports activities when steel armored combating steps into the cage.

In New Albany, Indiana, courageous fighters are moving into the cage.

The occasion options women and men clad in additional than 60 kilos of steel armor combating one another. It’s offered by the native Armored Preventing Membership, the Louisville Royals. The workforce’s captain, Branden Bishop, defined what followers can anticipate.

“It is a combination of medieval combating, such as you’ve seen in films, and combined martial arts,” Bishop mentioned. “It’s accomplished in a cage, and it’s a full-contact struggle.”

Combatants are additionally outfitted with varied weapons, similar to a sword, an axe, and a protect, together with the armor. The Royals’ head coach, Dakota Walker, believes that the no-holds-barred nature of the fights is a part of the attraction for a lot of who strap on their armor and step into the cage.

“It is me versus you,” Walker mentioned. “With actual weapons, I can punch you within the face, I can hit you with a weapon. There are only a few guidelines; it is all out within the cage.”