Tyrnhaw 2017 - Longsword Open - My fights

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This is the "raw" footage from the Tyrnhaw 2017 tournament I attended on October 21st. Tyrnhaw is one of our two national events (the other being Bratislava Fecht) and a part of the Czecho-Slovak HEMA League.

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 9am (first pools) to 9pm (finals)
- there were around 100 people fighting in 3 categories
- 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
- for more info on the tournament and the video see my Facebook page:   / martinfabianhema  

Timestamps:
00:00 - Pools - Vojto Visnovsky
00:49 - Pools - András Berki
01:46 - Pools - Robert Harsanyi
03:04 - Pools - Bonifac Ormosi
04:53 - Eliminations 32 - Balasz Kirschweng
07:18 - Eliminations 16 - Bystrik Holecek
10:26 - Eliminations 8 - Ondrej Sausa
12:49 - Seminfinals - Pavel Bohm
14:51 - Finals - Thomas Couturier