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On June 12, the walls of St. Cyril-Belozersky Monastery race fans have been a medieval battlefield. The spectacle has turned a bright, dynamic and very exciting, despite the cloudy weather. For the attention of everyone 58 photos.
01 Participate in knightly amusements soldiers came from different cities





02 spectators got too much - and local and guests from afar



03 Know takes pride of place



04 Boyar



05 The competition included the fight on foot and horse exercises. Suave talking before the fight



06 An interesting point in a race



07 Greetings. During the competition uses a set of rules, enforced rigorously - Swords, though not imprisoned, but is a formidable weapon



08 Dogfight dynamic. Allowed only chopping blows



09 and fleeting - often decides the outcome of the bout one precise movement



10 From the warrior takes an enormous amount of energy, because the weight of the equipment is 35 kg. Weight sword - 1, 5 to 1, 6 kg



11 Refereeing strict - meticulously checked weapons and armor, a lot of eyes watching the events. At any time, may sound command "Stop the fight!»



Participants represented 12 fights, biting sound team "Fight!»



13 Intonation



Blow to the head 14 - 2 points, at the extremities - 1 point



Refereeing activity accounted for 15 warrior. Hit harder - poedinschiki firmly on the ground full foot



16 Knockdown? Rather, the fighter slipped on the wet grass



17 Strike thigh. From a direct blow straight sword armor will not protect. According to the study of medieval burials up to 80 percent of the lost soldiers got was a blow



18 Another blow to the head!



19 As the nature of the combat skills of soldiers varies



20 movements are sparse, subtle and powerful



21 mesmerizing spectacle of battle



22 deceptive movements - and the impact the housing



23 Movement so rapidly that it is not believed that the soldiers - more than two pounds of iron



24 Ljubo!



25 The winner of the quarterfinal



26 In the semifinals - the real masters. The audience - not the slightest feeling affectedness of what is happening and the sea of ​​adrenaline



27 At last - the final competitions on foot combat. In a race - the best of the best



28 Passions great - the police were asked to leave the danger area willing to consider a closer battle, and so they froze themselves, forgetting everything around



29 final fight



30 From the soldiers so much effort? Even viewers tired to stand



31 Judges are forced to stop the fight. Obvious benefits are not observed, there is a rigorous scoring. Now the winner will be named



32 Winner!



From 33 spectators turned up Hunter - wished to take part in combat. The closest of physique hero borrowed part of their armor, and that's a valiant villager beating the champion. Participants of the rally having fun with all the heart!



34 Amused, enjoy! And the city is a glorified, and impressions picked up. Sustained 40 seconds of the fight, boy, the hero's name - Vladimir from Cherepovets! After the competition, leading demonstrated mastery of the sword, and then offered to someone in the audience to try to repeat his exercise. Due to several craftsmen than lead was quite surprised



35 In the meantime, began to prepare for the race horse soldiers



36 The program of events - Exercise with a lance, eat the ring and hit the target; exercise with darts; cutting; Archery on the go



37 Horses are, cars heat up much longer, even in the summer



38 riders often go the distance to different gait, trying weapon



39 Warrior Kaluga, exercise with a lance. It is necessary to catch a peak of the ring with a diameter of 10 cm. The credit is given only run gallop and cleanly executed task. On performance given three attempts, summed



40 From the expression on individual soldiers and a miss, do the exercise is not easy. By the way, the place is very rough even walking



41 However, riders fellows



42 Movement everything exactly, horses seem to enjoy practicing too



43 Hitting the target. The goal - cabbages



44 Beautifully



45 Deckhouse on both sides, with the canter



All 46 soldiers, but one of Deckhouse heavy straight sword



47 Excellent. However, horses are a little puzzled - why kill the cabbage, is not it better just to eat it?



48 Goals - three, you must hit all in one pass



49 Movement swift and accurate



50 In the exercise of throwing darts you need to hit the wooden shield



51 The exercise is performed in canter



52 dart must stick and engage in panel



53 In one pass you must throw two darts in two shields



54 So that the rider does not have to loiter



55 Shot Power is that it was broken a few darts



56 Archery is made, like all the previous exercise, only on a gallop. The diameter of the target of straw - 1 m



57 In this exercise, the riders have also shown excellent workmanship



The competition brought 58 participants and spectators a lot of fun. The district was no drunks, no garbage lying around. Against the backdrop of the ancient walls of all the action it looked very organically. Thank you for the excellent conduct kirillovchanam holiday!



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