1949 Duel Willy Rozier vs Francois Chalais

Ora siamo imbecilli ma settantacinque anni fa lo eravamo molto di più!!

Interesting people the French.😊

Jesus I thought it was going to be good

Why didn't the other wear goggles? If they were allowed it was an unnecessary risk.

Cadê? Quem morreu? briga de comadres.

Chalais is lucky he only got a minor wound to the forearm. Rozier was clearly focused first and foremost on a clean defense. When in range he stayed on point with minimal movement of the arm compared to Chalais who took to swinging a bat. Rozier bid his time and when Chalais was assisted offline with his own point Rozier closed just enough to land a hit then partially opened the distance again to avoid any immediate reprisal.

Watch the economy of Rozier's movements vs the frantic and exaggerated ones of Chalais. Rozier knew immediately this was a matter of keeping himself safe until his opponent's wild motions opened him to a hit which was safe for Rozier.

Lo único que demostraban estos duelos es que uno fue mejor que el otro..
Pero no demuestra si era o no inocente de las injurias o acusaciones por la cual fueron al duelo..

А как элегантно они одеты.

Ils sont bien en forme ces deux messieurs et compétents , ça manque aujourd'hui...

Tis but a scratch.

Emoție,demnitate și curaj!

Barbaric , savage and we despise the rest of the world.....fortunately things have changed..

Not quite so Zorro when the blades are live and it's not rehearsed

This two are angry.

Only a Frenchman would fight a duel with sunglasses on 😂

The difference between thugs who fight with knives and these gentlemen who use more "noble" weapons is that these gentlemen do not have the excuse of a lack of education or intelligence.

Meanwhile the women get together for a grand old bitching session.

Sir Oswald Mosley, the English aristocrat and 6th baronet was very adept in the use of the epee, considered by many to be the original duelling sword.

Imagine today's people.

Street Beefs, but you are an aristocrat.

Des vrais hommes💪

The dude in the shades looked like the winner before it started. Thanks for posting this. 👍

"Courage man, the hurt csnnot be much.Tis but a scratch"

"Aye, tis not so deep as a well, nor wide as a church door, but tis enough. T'will serve".

"They have made worms meat of me. Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man"

Romeo and Juliet.
Shakespeare had some wonderful words on duelling!

It's easy to see in the comments that people don't get the point. It's an honor thing (remember that?) between gentlemen. Once finished it's all good.

There could be less fake news and irresponsible journalism if reporters had to back up their words with swords.

С уважением, и так далее. Парень в рубашке был красив, мужик в очках профессионален.
Парень размахивал клинком более амплитудно, его оружие часто и надолго отклонялось от средней линии. Мужик в очках уверенно держал центр, его оружие в защите отклонялось строго в пределах необходимости.
Оба использовали провоцирующие удары по клинку, парень при этом часто терял равновесие и контроль средней линии.
У парня не было шансов, мужику в очках уважение.

Are these guys brain dead? All such a thing proves is who is the most skilful not who's right or wrong. Well such things get expanded and are called wars.

I slap you with my glove!

From the pre fight it looked very much like the man in the glasses was the most vexed, and looked the most confident.
I got the impression the other guy would have been happier to say "look let's forget about all this eh old chap?" Or the French equivalent.
Proved true as the glasses 🕶 wins and other fellow seems happy to call it a day.
I'd like to know what led to the whole thing 🤔

Why did they fight?

Epee wouldn’t be my choice. Sabers would be my first choice. If dueling is allowed today, with the firm rule that forbids professional duelers who stand in for one of the men, there will be fewer cowardly trolls insulting another man on social media and in person, because the troll knows that the moment he insults another without provocation, he better back it up with his life.

Douglas MacArthur looked the suaver as well

Whoops-a-daisy

Это дуэль? Больше похоже на хреновый "балет" с указками.

thought I was going to be watching a bloke selling dodgy merchandise !

When you get the sh!t beat out of you by a street fighter, you know you wasted your time on fencing. This is like bad comedy, ridiculous

These scenes are repeated on the streets of London almost daily

Wearing sunglasses so the opponent can't read your eyes.
Nice......

A pair of jackasses.

Red hot pokers. 👍🏻

After this I hope that the sound engineer was fired....

🙀🙀🙀

Thought it was mandatory to have a blouse shirt?

They should have flicked each other balls with their fingers the very first one to utter the word ouch is the loser….fencing’s too gay and idiotic..

La connerie humaine n’a pas de limite

Aw, he got a petite booboo on his arm.....so silly.

I believe there was a fencing match some years ago with protective vests and tips on the epees. Apparently the tip on one of the epees came off unnoticed and the epee penetrated the other fencer’s vest and killed him.

Respect++

Dueling was banned in France in 1626. All THIS is was purely a publicity stunt. Plain and simple.

Слепой победил?