We shall use buhurt hmb rules for group fights
We shall use hmb pro-combat rules for singles (1 on 1) and boffering (since our league in saint-petersburg uses pro-combat rules) it is a mix of buhurt and tournament for two))). I'll try to find english rules for that, otherwise i'll translate them till tomorrow
Considering swords- they look fine to me. But that is why we need event inspection time in our event timetable.
So, here is an update.
For singles and boffering we use World Medieval Fighting Championship rules
http://worldmfc.com/
Our league is going to use WMFC rules, with two major exceptions.
The first is the combat formula
5rounds 2 minutes each instead of 3 rounds 3 minutes each.
And the second
First event will use fiberglass and duraluminium weapons instead of steel ones
In our training we'll make a major emphasis on this discipline. As it employs boffering training to large extent, and of course we'll try it out with steel (or wooden clubs)
The winner is a combatant, who scores the most amount of points through 5 rounds (3 rounds originaly) of combat.
Combatants score points for
1) Strong hit with blade, shield, punch (or elbow hit) or kick score 1 point
2) Succesfull throw or sweep score 3 points .After the throw or sweep, the fighter on top may perform "finishing hits" (between 1 and 3) each hit gives 1 point (up to a total of three) Top position is: on both legs when opponent is on one or both knees And/Or on knees when opponent is lying on the floor
3) Series of at least three strong blows with at least 2 scoring hits provide extra 1 point
4) Loss of weapon deduct 3 points. Any actions after one combatant lost his weapon don't provide any points.
5) Knockdown- 5 points
6) Knockout- win
7) Thrusting hits (impaling hits), choking during wrestling and armlocks- 10 points penalty
Wrestling lasts no more than 4 second, in case there are no strong blows delivered and no sweeps/throws performed
Weapons (steel)
sword 1400-1800 gramms
falchion 1400-1800
axe 800-1500
Weapons (fiberglass)
Sword 800-1500
Falchion 800-1200
Axe 500-800
In cause of our open training we won't fight all 5 rounds, we will make a boffering (and then steel) rounders, which means, that 2 fighters fight for 1 minute, than one of fighter changes, after another minute another fighter changers, which allows everyone to fight for 2 minutes.
IF someone is too tired, than he quits the queue for the next round, and that works until there are only two, who fight for 1 or 2 extra rounds.
Of course in training we don't really judge, but we notify about most important things (like loss of weapon, timing and inactive wrestling)
