Pardubice 2018 HEMA Tournament - My fights

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This is the "raw" footage from the Pardubický meč 2018 tournament I attended on December 1st in Pardubice, Czech republic. There were 41 people competing after a flu epidemic won over the 20 others who couldn't come :)

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 10am (first pools) to 5pm (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 Tomáš Kedro
01:16 - pools, vs Kamil Kazelle
02:33 - pools, vs Filip Trcka
03:40 - pools, vs Tomáš Kohout
04:59 - pools, vs Jaroslav Tylich
06:14 - pools, vs Ladislav Vitovič
07:46 - elims 32, vs Tomáš Kedro
10:06 - elims 16, vs Viktor Kliment
11:32 - elims 8, vs Andrej Valacsay
13:34 - semifinals, vs Lubomír Pečiva
15:34 - finals, vs Zdeněk Brýdl