Medieval Warfare at 'Battle of the Nations' - VICE INTL (France)

The "medieval full contact" is probably the most violent sport we know. Indeed, it's all about destroying the face of your the guy in font of you with a blade, a lance or any weapon that happened to exist in Europe 800 years ago. We asked our reporter Sylla Sain­Guilly to go to their annual International tournament called "Battle of the Nations" and see what's up with the fighters and their peculiar role playing game­like, right­wing fan base. More from VICE: The Greeks Who Pray to Zeus: http://bit.ly/oh-my-gods How the KKK Preys on American Veterans: bit.ly/KKK-Vets-1 Polar Bear Man Returns to the Arctic: http://bit.ly/Polar-Bear-Man-Full Click here to subscribe to VICE: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/VICE-Videos Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com Like VICE on Facebook: http://fb.com/vice Follow VICE on Twitter: http://twitter.com/vice Read our Tumblr: http://vicemag.tumblr.com Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/vice