International Medieval Combat Federation - USA Team Colours

There are contact sports and then there is the IMCF, the International Medieval Combat Federation.  In this sport participants don steel armour and dulled weapons.  Their objective is to knock down their opponent.  This is serious heavy duty contact, with a weapon.  It makes ice hockey look like rough game a tennis with foul language.

The sport of modern medieval combat is a relatively new sport.  Like boxing, all one has to do is knock down the opponent for a win.  Not for ten seconds, but just off his or her feet for one moment.   Somewhere between reality and a reenactment, these athletes face off their opponents with nearly deadly force.  Instead of stadiums, tournaments take place in front of old castles.