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One of the best places to start watching armored fights is through Armored MMA’s YouTube channel. I like to show people the Shanna Knight v Amanda Hadt fight, I admit it’s partly because Shanna has one of the best looking armor/tabbard combos in the game but she also kicks serious ass.

>>253449
>Armored MMA
>Buhurt
Pretty cool anon, thanks for showing me something new. Unfortunately I don't think this really exists in Aus.

How much of an overlap is there between Buhurt and Harnisfechten? I'd really love to get into Harnisfechten because I'm super interested in historical longsword combat, but there's no groups in my area that do it at all (Maine). There's a team that does Buhurt which also looks really fun, but its not quite what I'm after. I'd still be interested in doing Buhurt, but I'm just curious if I get into buhurt, get a kit for it, would the kit I use still be able to work for Harnisfechten and am I likely to find people there interested in it as well? There is a HEMA group but as far as I can tell they are just the normal softkit version, they also meet on days I am wholly unable to meet in.

I've watched some Buhurt sword duels and it just mostly seems to be who can swing the fastest and land the most hits, there's no form or blocking or style there. Looks kinda lame

>>253448
Bros how do I find sparring partners?

>>253610
Buhurt team fights is where its at
duels is someone that you might find interesting once to get into the sport
totally understand you looking at it from the outside and seeing it as something lame
>Harnisfechten
i dont know really anything about it
>get a kit for it,
make sure to reach out to the Buhurt team you wanna join and ask if they have armor you could borrow or to ask if they know anyone selling used shit

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>>253607
There’s actually a couple fairly well known teams in Australia. Look up Samuel Wride’s YouTube channel.
>>253610
Theres enough crossover that most of your armor will be useable for both with the exception of most buhurt helmets since they are ahistorical for safety purposes. There are some that would work for both though. You will need chainmail voiders, standard, and skirt/brayettw for harnischfechten though since they allow and encourage thrusting for the gaps in plate.
>>253651
Most if not all networking for this type of thing occurs over Facebook. Look up local teams or start one and see if you can get some bites. Just takes a couple dudes with soft kit to start a team, armor can come later.