Latest Pictures Gladiators of Ars Dimicandi

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Dear Aurelianus, this is a reply for you

In answer to your criticisms on our resounding errors both on the armaments and on the techniques of fight, I beg you to look at these two video.
Before see this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shtYfeMxRLA

and then see this videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDCOILg_9QY

The invitation is turned to all the frequenters of the forum.

I leave every comment to the numerous frequenters of this forum about it. :wink:

Besides I would like to answer to your question

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By the way: Could you please explain me the reason why you always hit eachother with the swords at your helmets?
For modern and uninformed public that may be funny but ……….. O.K. now we are actually on the beginning of this discussion again ………

Well you have to know that AD gladiators don't hit eachother with the swords on the helmet of intention, but they try to climb over the defense and the shield of the adversary lowering from the tall one the hits of sica.
And the wide brim of gladiatorial helmets are used by the gladiators themselves to protect the hits of sica that arrive from the tall one, as you can see very well in these photos.





I'm not a gladiator but i know this dynamics of fight. :wink:

I hope to have been clear :roll: