So it seems, for some reason, Darksword Armory is doing Pay-Per-View.

[Thorsteinn]

Just watch. I thought the guy was being facetious, I even asked him near such. Nope, he's dead serious.

If it helps clarify things they disabled comments on the video (below) hours after it was posted. You can imagine the reviews.

Hi all!

Well, I'm going to say it up-front - what follows is a freestyle combat championship to kick back, relax, and enjoy.  But, while it may not be Talhoffer, we've been working on it for over a year, and we actually managed to pull it off, and well, we're proud of that.

You have no idea how long I've been sitting on this one. In fact, this one has been in the works since about the time I started at Darksword.

So, here it is...we produced a television show.

I'm not kidding. I'm here to announce the premier of Darksword Armory's first (and hopefully not last) foray into television production:
Medieval Combat Federation. The trailer is here:



So, what is Medieval Combat Federation? It's what happens when you take UFC and add swordplay. It's our attempt to give people an exciting idea of what
a Medieval duel might have been like, with some of Montreal's best re-enactors and Western Martial Artists strutting their stuff.

We filmed the program in 2013 in the ruins of St. Raphael's church, near Cornwall, Ontario. Among our cast were Quebec-based Western Martial Artists
Benoit Goddard, Michael Lacoste, Sebastien Besson, Francois Ouirnet, Martin Poirier, Stepahne Courcelles, Benjamin Prince, and Cedric Riopel - members
of a number of Montreal-based re-enactment and Western Martial Arts groups such as Les Companions d'Armes and Animus, and part of a fast-growing
historical martial arts community in the province of Quebec. The show was produced and directed by Eyal Azerad, and photographed by Marc Crevier.

Medieval Combat Federation is roughly an hour long, and will be showing on Shaw Direct pay-per-view starting mid-June. Check it out if you can!

Best regards to all,

Robert Marks

[Sir Rodney]

Wow, lots of ladies and fire.   

Really?!

[Sir Patrick]

Pay-per-view for that?  You get dinner with the show at Medieval Times

[Sir Edward]

Pay-per-view for that?  You get dinner with the show at Medieval Times

Yes, this!

Oh my, ladies, fire, and lots of choreographed combat. Meh.

[Sir Brian]

Pay-per-view for that?  You get dinner with the show at Medieval Times

Yes, this!

Oh my, ladies, fire, and lots of choreographed combat. Meh.

Meh indeed! 

[Ian]

Darksword Armoury is so out of touch with reality in all aspects of their existence.

[Sir Douglas]

There was combat? All I saw were lots of ladies with fire. That's like the epitome of medieval, right?

[Sir Edward]

There was combat? All I saw were lots of ladies with fire. That's like the epitome of medieval, right?

Especially if there's black leather involved.

[Mike W.]

"an exciting idea of what
a Medieval duel might have been like"

And this is what us living historians have to combat on a regular basis...

[Sir Nate]

(Insert medieval facepalm here)

[Mike W.]

[Ian]

I have that chess set!

[Sir Rodney]

I have that chess set!

A reproduction or the original?   

[Sir Ulrich]

Is this a joke? Seriously it looks like a joke.

[Sir James A]

There was combat? All I saw were lots of ladies with fire. That's like the epitome of medieval, right?

Especially if there's black leather involved.

Someone leaked info about my new harness!