OstFecht 2019 HEMA Tournament - Longsword - My Fights

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This is the "raw" footage from the OstFecht 2019 tournament I attended on May 11th in Michalovce, East Slovakia. There were 30 people competing from Slovakia and Hungary.

The rules are rather simple:
All valid hits award one point
In case of a double hit both fencers are awarded one point each
It is possible to score a point by dominance – dominance in wrestling, dominance by disarming or weapon dominance
The longsword tournament uses the “Vor” rule – a fencer who (in case of a doublehit) attacked in tempo and did no mistake in his attack (the doublehit is apparently caused by wrong reaction of the opponent) may be awarded a point for their hit (low percent of cases)
there is no afterblow, most afterblows are doubles, sometimes the rule above is used
The fights in pools are fought to 5 points, the fights in eliminations to 7 points

Some remarks
the tournament was run from 8am (first pools) to 4pm (finals)
not every exchange resulted in score, I cut out the judges rulling to show just the exchanges
opponents vary in their skill; winning over someone doesn't mean they are bad or weak, it just happens, to everyone
everyone does mistakes, it's the very essence of our HEMA path to learn and get better
everyone has their style and video has its limits. Psychology, mood, stress etc. are important factors in every tournament
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00:05 - pools, vs Jozef Mareček
01:39 - pools, vs Matej Goraus
02:56 - pools, vs Nagy Mate Kalman
04:12 - pools, vs Martin Hronec
05:28 - elims 16, vs Balazs Kirschweng
07:02 - elims 08, vs Tamas Kiss
08:55 - semifinals, vs Bystrík Holeček
11:03 - finals, vs Martin Tibensky