World Championship of Medieval Combat in Ukraine 🗺
From the 16th to the 19th of May hundreds of armour clad men and women from 29 countries all over the world will converge to Ukraine to participate in the World Championship of medieval combat organized by the International Medieval Combat Federation (IMCF) and its partners, the Principality of Kyivan Rus and the Ukrainian Federation of Medieval Combat (UFMC).
The Championship will be held in “The Kievan Rus Park”, Kyivs’ka Oblast, Kopachiv, Ukraine 08715.
Polish National Team is officially partnered and supported by Polish Institute in Kyiv.
In this fast growing sport revival, competitors will fight with steel weapons while wearing real steel armours, in different categories: Duels in technical fencing with a range of weapons, and Melees (group battles) of 5vs5, 10vs10 and 16vs16, where the goal is to take the other team to the ground. At the end of each day, the audience will witness big mass battles with dozen of steel warriors fighting for the victory. The hits during those fights are real and given at full speed, full power with hard steel weapons. Very few techniques are forbidden which make this sport a mix between MMA, Rugby, American football and Fencing, all in unique medieval atmosphere. To quote Hubert Filipiak president of the IMCF: as epic as it gets!
Medieval Combat is a sport, officially registered in the Ministry of Youth and Sport of Ukraine. Steel weapons and armours are allowed for adult sportsmen, while children practise and fight in medieval soft kit, what will be also presented during four days of the Championship.
This will be the sixth IMCF World Championship, first one was held at the Castillo Belmonte in Spain in 2014, the second at the fortress of Malbork in Poland, third: Montemor-o-Vehlo, Portugal, forth at Spottrup Castle in Denmark and last year, fifth anniversary was held at the amazing Scone Palace in Scotland. Each ones of these Championships attracted international and local media, thousands of visitors, and thousands more followed on the HD live stream of each of these events.
