Here is my two cents:
That’s SCA combat, probably in the USA. I saw this picture a few months back and some friends and I were trying to pick the event.
It’s kind of similar to larping, except we pad the people, not the weapons.
I also had my head chopped off at an SCA event when someone stole my barony
Reeeeeeeeeeeeally starting to sense a theme here with you, Derek.
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