((PKG)) MEDIEVAL FOAM FIGHTERS
((Banner: Softer Side of Battle))
((Reporter/Camera: Mike Osborne))
((Adapted by: Martin Secrest))
((Map: Burns, Tennessee))
((NATS))
Are you ready to give it to them Tennessee and Kentucky?
((Nathan Larkin, Foam Fighter, Vander))
My name is Nathan. Out here, I go by the name Vander. Out
here, you're seeing a game called Belegarth. It's a full contact,
medieval-style, foam fighting game. Each game is mostly just a
pickup battle where its just, we, kind of, split the teams evenly
and were going to fight it out.
((NATS))
Youre chosen! Youre chosen, not me!
((Nathan Larkin, Foam Fighter, Vander))
The hardest thing to teach people is not necessarily how to swing
or the best way to hit someone, but fully just teaching them to hit
somebody. This is a full contact game, so we don't let just little
taps, isn't what we're going to do. It's got to be a full swing.
((NATS))
((Nathan Larkin, Foam Fighter, Vander))
What you'll see is in the big fights that a lot of those small units,
people who fight together regularly are going to yell commands to
each other.
((NATS))
Come across, come across, come across!
((Nathan Larkin, Foam Fighter, Vander))
The game is definitely a fantasy-based, medieval style game.
There's no necessarily historical references used. A lot of the
games started or originated from people reading The Hobbit and
Lord of the Rings series, and wanting to be able to go out and
relive that in real life.
((NATS))
((Nathan Larkin, Foam Fighter, Vander))
It's a great way to meet people. It's a great way to get out and
exercise, get out in the fresh air. Most of the people that I know
are part of the community now. They know my kids. So, it's nice
that you can have that tight group community with everybody, you
know.
((NATS))
Fighters, to the fields! Fighters, to the fields!
((Banner: Softer Side of Battle))
((Reporter/Camera: Mike Osborne))
((Adapted by: Martin Secrest))
((Map: Burns, Tennessee))
((NATS))
Are you ready to give it to them Tennessee and Kentucky?
((Nathan Larkin, Foam Fighter, Vander))
My name is Nathan. Out here, I go by the name Vander. Out
here, you're seeing a game called Belegarth. It's a full contact,
medieval-style, foam fighting game. Each game is mostly just a
pickup battle where its just, we, kind of, split the teams evenly
and were going to fight it out.
((NATS))
Youre chosen! Youre chosen, not me!
((Nathan Larkin, Foam Fighter, Vander))
The hardest thing to teach people is not necessarily how to swing
or the best way to hit someone, but fully just teaching them to hit
somebody. This is a full contact game, so we don't let just little
taps, isn't what we're going to do. It's got to be a full swing.
((NATS))
((Nathan Larkin, Foam Fighter, Vander))
What you'll see is in the big fights that a lot of those small units,
people who fight together regularly are going to yell commands to
each other.
((NATS))
Come across, come across, come across!
((Nathan Larkin, Foam Fighter, Vander))
The game is definitely a fantasy-based, medieval style game.
There's no necessarily historical references used. A lot of the
games started or originated from people reading The Hobbit and
Lord of the Rings series, and wanting to be able to go out and
relive that in real life.
((NATS))
((Nathan Larkin, Foam Fighter, Vander))
It's a great way to meet people. It's a great way to get out and
exercise, get out in the fresh air. Most of the people that I know
are part of the community now. They know my kids. So, it's nice
that you can have that tight group community with everybody, you
know.
((NATS))
Fighters, to the fields! Fighters, to the fields!
