Meet a Real Modern Gladiator
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- Jan Krüger is a "genuine," trained in Italy, gladiator living in Germany. He also trains and teaches at Trier Germany's UNESCO listed Roman amphitheater.
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"After fight, we take together beer." Well, said! Well, said!
Spoken like a true German! ^_^
That's how fighting sports/reenactments shall always end
;3
Would love to try this out if I had the chance.
Same
That’s such an awesome amphitheater I went there with my family a couple years ago and it was an amazing experience to go under and see how stuff worked and how it would’ve looked back then.. Great video
Thanks! And glad you got to visit it too!
One of the best interviews I've seen. Thanks also for showing - based on experience - just how much hard work and training had to, and has to, go in to this.
I was there with an exchange group from Poland, it was awesome, this guy, the Lanista, made us a fantastic presentation, you could feel the passion in the way, he talks about it. He though us also the technics of fighting with this shield, spear and net, I remember it, as it was yesterday
i love ancient Rome, i need to go here
LabesCaenumYT let’s make a time machine
You need to get captured and enslaved first.
@@tooyoungtobeold8756 You could make friends with Commodus, he was a gladiator fanatic. Then again, you could get shot full of arrows.
You gotta learn how to speak Classical Latin first
if i wasnt in the other side of the World i would be there every single day to learn how is to be a gladiator.
I'd love to train like a gladiator. Training is intense. This should be an Olympic sport. I could dedicate 2 years
This is the first infomercial I've ever seen that made me want to buy the product.
I'd love to get lessons for this
There's a lot of optimized modern fightstyles out there, so I think this is not a Self Defence fight style at all.
but it sure is a good Workout disipline, looks fun, and what I consider the most value, in my opinion, is the Historical Knowlege.
"We are fighting real"
sees the wooden knife.
rofl
+Lichlord Kazam Yea and his he is a real Gladiator. Not a reenactor. A real gladiator would be in prison right now dont you think
Paul A yeah, but i mean they could rather use some metal blunt knifes and shortswords.
***** What I am sayin is why not just call yourself a reenactor if thats what you actually do. I dont see any problem with being a reenactor.
are you that stupid to think that they would fight for real?
Haha idiot, say that after you get your ribs broken by being stabbed with a "wooden knife".
The only legal metal weapons allowed are only in M1 and Knight Teams Vs* and even then they are made dull and you are not allowed to stab only slash.
The stupid ignorant OP bait Troll is not impressed huh
1:17 what was with that spin?
didn't you know turning your back to the enemy is what wins fights !
+mcpartridgeboy i thought backflips and ninja poses were what wins the fight. oh well, you learn something new every day
Let It Gogu no your right and I'm wrong, of course a front flip is the most practical way to get from a to b and those ninja rolls are obviously so much more practical than walking, obviously the more spins you do the more advanced you are !
He spins to get rid of the net
@@dogukanozturk8547 And promptly gets himself stabbed in the neck. RIP
I live only a few hours way from Trier and I never knew this was a thing haha
this was a nice video, but gladiator is actually swordsman is latin, it comes from the word gladius
A DAGGER FIGHTER to be precise. Gladius - dagger, the larger would be known as Pompeian gladius or its original name XIPHOS. The large sword would be know as SPATHA.
What does that have to do with anything?
Nop gladius is a shortsword, not a dagger
Gladius is sword or short sword, Pugio is dagger. Right?
Provocateur actually, Real gladiators didn't fight in coloseum to the death, thats a common mistake. In truth it was a respected sport game like boxing, the only killing is accidental like 1/10 of the Time.
Thought I was watching a Marc Felton productions video for a sec 😂
like he said, they more than likely survived. gladiators were investments and weren't thrown away by their trainers. gladiators main goal was to entertain, get cut up a bit, and get stitched up for next time
Más videos como estos, un deleite de ver en la tarde y con un buen te, me e canta
Gladius, buckler(Sun ray shaped sword catcher design), gauntlet for shield arm.. Full shield is only for open battle field against archers. Helmet should not impair your vision and need only protect the eyes from slash and I would wear a thick scarf around the neck. Weapon hand tends to be my favorite target until a mistake is made and you can generally use your enemies weapon to guide you to target. They should have combined gauntlet and gladius into one to free up the hands for grappeling and other things.
I would love to watch this even if they scored it with red paint... so cool
I have been to their show in Trier during Brot and Spiel festival days
At first I thought it was a 3d animation his skin and armor looked so clean
I ended here after watching Metatron's video about gladiator classes.
Same, I wanted to see the net guy in action 😂
We need a lot of conditioning we need a lot of strange. Know the feeling I like me some strange as well
Hahhahahhaah!!!
You want strange? Try to piss,shit and run simultaneously.
-_- I was here like 1 day ago with school lol
Lol
Nice way of keep fit and must be funny as hell!
Thank you for making my point
Very good démonstration ! i am french, and i am in the historical reconstitution in the XIVe ! but i like the fighting of Gladiator ! very good work ! Sorry for my english who is bad. :D
your English is probably the worst I've seen on youtube.
This looks fun, I would love to try it
I would love to participate in this training camp! So it's mostly held in Germany?
Man... it's stuff like this that makes me wish I live in Europe. Hahaha! Thanks!
@@GuroFerd Same!
OMG I WAS JUST THERE
i really love to be in that training
i would love to see it back in old glory, sand, blood and beasts
OMG!
This is some awesome stuff!
But that class with no armor is some crazy stuff!
1:16 did he just spin, with a scutum?
speen ATTACK
tbh he was probably trying to get free of the net
It's called a pro gamer move
He got caught in the net so he spinned to get it off
It's due to kickboxing muscle memory, he imagined himself executing a kick. As a a pure boxer that wouldn't happen becauseboxers never give the back to the enemy or you will get rabbit punched.
I recognize the 3rd century Dura Europos (eastern Syria) rectangular scutum.
I have the same since I now reenact a Crisis of the Third Century legionary.
never been in a sword fight in his life
Great job done by this remarkable man. When I think of Gladiators and what they went through and look at the world now I don't see many changes. We clothe men in beautiful outfits, fill them up with mainly falsehoods of bravery as in bravery equated with death which is completely wrong, and they die. The Gladiators were brave men for sure, but their death was pointlessly gruesome and tragic. I wish I could time travel, though, and go back and see how mankind has evolved through the ages. Until that impossibility becomes real I will go with we have learned nothing. The modern world is the worst man has ever been. I wish the 21st century hadn't been a fucking dark age nightmare, but we are stuck with a lot of idiotic people and stupid means you get a lot of power intelligent and sensitive means people hate you. As you can tell we've learned nothing at all.
Hi, what are the dimensions of the shields at 3:45 and what sort of shield are they supposed to represent from history? Viking shields were circular and Upright shields were usually held with a vertical bar grip -- I've never seen a horizontal bar grip so I'm wondering if there were any historical shields that did it that way.
***** Celtic shields and Roman shield were like that, hit it up on google images and get some good celtic shields, they're formed like that with the horizontal grip
Max Loh wich of the longer shield types are held with an vertical bar? The scutum is held by a horizontal bar and kite/drop shields are held by a straping on the back.
Scutums had horizontal grips it allowed you to hold it hanging from your arm so it put less strain on the shoulders and arm.
I wish we had something like this here...I really do
Gladiator actually meant swordsman/ wielder of a gladius as that was what the original (as in the first) gladiators used and what their name is derived from
That's what he said
The net that guy is using is very very light
+Cummajainen /// it has to be throwable and quick to use. What good would a heavy net be if it took a long time?
This have to be something special for all Ancient times fans :)
From now on a million people will be following you down the road :)))
I think the HMB or BoTN are pretty hardcore too, saw bunch of people with head bleed even in helmet.
I would absolutely do this everyday for 12 hours
undoubtedly fun :)
We must bring thia back
One thing that I hate is when people try to relate or contrast a separate Asian martial art that they train, with a historical European martial art, when they are completely different combat systems and share practically no similarities . Kickboxing = Gladiatorial combat system, WTF mate!
+Chrominance87 really, it's all using the same human shape, all truly useful martial arts are broadly similar. I also think he more meant that it was a combat sport, like gladiatorial combat was.
When you are fighting for your life martial arts don't matter, it's all about surviving.
This is awesome as hell
Damn , i wanna do this , hopefully i will get a chance
I’m gonna start my own lanista
I wanna go there
Anyone know that this is still a thing today, or is it not anymore?
I believe it still is! At least, these guys are still in Trier!
@@AdventuresofaTravelButterfly ahh I see, thank for letting me know. :)
I want to train. I am group fitness instructor, strength and conditioning coach for sports combat, MMA coach (amateur), and 20 year martial arts. if I had the money, I'd train with you guys.
And, bring that knowledge back home.
Everybody gangster till gladiator pops the Glock
Its like the art of stabbing joints has been completely forgotten.
Those comments belows are embarassing.
This is just a historical martial sport. Why they should hurt each others while fighting? Do the karatekas hurt each other? Or do the Kung fu or aikido fighters?
Thanks God today there exist something called Human Rights, no one should get injured during sports, works, jobs, et cetera. Things happens, ok, but these are simply accidents.
evolve yourselves, men. Wake up. The stone age is gone by so far! :-)
Man, you completely misunderstood what I meant. My compliments. XD
P.s. I'm an Archaeologist.
vehrkalia gladiators should be brought back with real weapons and real death instead of some corrida shit torturing bulls that did nothing to deserve this... let humans fight if they want to see some freaking blood and poke sharp swords into eachothers..
+vehrkalia What are you talking about? Sports injuries is a billion dollar business, doctors make FORTUNES treating everything from concussions to broken limbs. Do karate's hurt each other? You bet your ass they do. They're not punching air, they're punching and kicking each other. My brother in law has a black belt in karate, I have seen him with black eyes, he has also gotten his nose broken, and he doesn't even compete, these are injuries he gets while fighting other men.
Human rights? LOL, this is SPORT, your goal is to defeat your enemy. Just because boxers hug each other after the match doesn't mean they didn't spend time beating each other up.
"The stone age is gone by so far! :-)"
Read some books, the Roman gladius is made out of steel. The Romans are history's #1 civilization, Rome is known as the eternal city for a reason. We owe the Romans a lot, and my only problem with this video is that it isn't real. A real gladiator contest might end in injury or death, here there's little chance for either.
+vehrkalia Because he said "This is not a re-enactment group, we're fighting real!".. Now wouldn't you expect some real hurting and fighting if this is how they actually label themselves. "In the FIGHT we are enemies" shall I go on?
I would really like to try it.. But im kinda far away from germany
My brother stayed in Trier for 5 months
For free?
Sometimes it was out of the trainer's hands... the local magistrate or title-bearing person decided the fate of the defeated based on the mood of the crowd
I like this
"real"
What a mad man!
Wow this is cool man
I LIKE THIS !!!!!!
Were some of the students her Belgian/flemish by any chance? Thought i picked up some dutch/flemish
yeah, I think the video said that gladiators would fight to the death about 4 times a year.
Condition. They mean stamina, just to clear things up.
You gotta love Krauts.
I want to join this programme but I live in India
maybe one day we'll have a world wide international gladiator compitition.
I mean maybe hes not a real gladiator because they dont kill each other, but thats kind of a good thing like if you lose or make a mistake your not going to die and you can come back and keep having fun. but has others said earlier gladiator reenactor, not real one.
I can't do these activities. I lose my temper sometimes and I always get dark in my mind.
thats pretty cool man
I feel like going there
Treyr? That's AUGUSTA TREVERORUM - a former Roman colony, turned into a city over the centuries, right?
*****
Posso chiedere se "BARILLA" è il tuo "nick" o il tuo cognome? :)
...e comunque - sì - grazie! Lo sapevo era solo una domanda retorica.
Quello che non sapevo era lo "spelling":
"Trier"!... :)
SICK VID NOW I WANT TO DO IT!!!!!!!
what is the song in the beggining, it sound gripping
Sorry to say, but I don't think retiarius was fighting like showed here, and his net probably looked different ( with main rope around net , end kept between fingers to catch and bond oponent like lasso, and probably with small metal weights around net) . and they probably didn't wave net all the time, they kept it for ideal moment . sorry but waving net like that is a little bit useless, could be better to use spear or trident by both hands instead .
gladiators weren't used in a war as he says they were good at man to man combat however the romans fought in a line of men so they only had to train them to thrust so they could make an army in no-time because training them for man to man combat like he also says takes a 3 years to become effective the roman training could get the same effecencie in months
Actually the gladiators were used in a civil war in the year of the four emperors. Otho did not have enough legions to face Vetellius so gladiators all over Italy were pressed into service.
Looks like your fighting with cast arm and leg.. Lol.. But this is awesome tho.. Those Helmets in days must be very weighty.. And you have any Gladiatrix?
Were do i sign up for this to real gladiator and fight with a real swords
I want to do this
I like Gladiator
"We are fighting for real" hahahahaaaaaa
+Axeman K9 says the "boxer." You do know boxing isn't fighting for real either, right? It's a tournament sport.
Greg Evershed That's an enormous fail, boxing although not a street fight is still a fight, you realise it's a COMBAT sport right & has techniques transitioned over into armed forces e.c.t.
Boxing was also designed as a defence MARTIAL ART, for SELF DEFENCE. I guess none of these above mentioned things involve 'fighting'.
Boxing, where your intent is to hurt your opponent as you engage in hand to hand COMBAT ( Why would they same something a combat sport if it isn't combat? weird right :S ) unlike in this where they are literally playing and acting & then saying it's real, boxing you do not play, you can have your life turned upside, injured badly or killed.
So please, don't be mad with me because I'm laughing at the bullshit I've just seen.
Oh believe me I'm not mad at you for liking a tournament sport but the fact that you called these gladiatorial games not combat when you yourself are guilty of the same is hilarious. Ah yes I remember the brave warriors who fought with only their arms and padded them back in history and won battle after battle with the same technique... oh wait that never happened. Real combat isn't boxing, boxing is to real combat as WWE is to real wrestling. Ah yes the military did adopt a stance or two to generate power for actual combat techniques but put a boxer up against just about any MMA fighter and he will get his ass handed to him. Put a boxer up against a real warrior in a life and death situation (real combat) and the boxer will be dead in a heartbeat. So yeah I can tell you're butthurt over this but you have to realize that boxing is just a sport where men slap each other with padded hands until the ref tells him to stop. Similar to the video we just saw.
Greg Evershed In your own comment lies your problem, you're butthurt that I called these dudes fake, I want to make it clear and perhaps cheer you up a little when you learn I'm not talking ancient gladiatorial games, just this man performing a circus for people.
If boxing is fake then why don't you give it a go? Just another guy from behind the computer who would be taken apart by a novice. So I guess the people who actually fought in boxing rings & died or have brain injuries and can no longer function aren't 'brave warriors' I guess you don't respect them either.
Also, I love MMA as much as I do boxing if not more so using a old, pointless, overused insult like MMA > boxing without an actual look at the deepness of both sports & why they are different is lost on me.
Put a boxer up against a real warrior? who or what is a real warrior & under what conditions do they fight?
MMA is a combat sport & is fighting & you'd agree on that, it's a shame boxing is the exact same just more limited but combat none the less. Much like sword fighting is still combat despite it being super limited also.
Boxers do not slap, if you're below middleweight your pro gloves weight 8 oz which is only 4 oz heavier than a pro mma gloves, if you also feel the goat skin LEATHER on these 8oz gloves you will realise they are certainly not pillows.
You're out of your depth here, you haven't a clue about ANY combat sports or combat but are leaving comments like you do, don't be a casual.
& To say boxing isn't useful in an actual fight is to throw away all credibility, like I said it's taught to armed forces for a reason. Boxing can & will save you in a street fight, especially when most people don't train.
Also, how could I be butthurt over the opinion of a man who has no experience & presents a 14 year old level petty argument as a retort to me calling what this guy does in the video 'fake'. :-)
lol you are so butthurt, it's clear by the amount of text and effort you are putting in.
1. I'm not upset that you criticize them, I could care less. I just found your hypocritical position rather hilarious.
2. I've been involved with martial arts most of my adult life, boxing isn't a part of that because as I see it, it's useless in a real life combat situation (in comparison to other styles).
3. ok... to each their own i suppose.
4. A real warrior as in one who fights for life and death in an actual combat situation like the kind of warriors they TALKED about in the video.
5. I dont think you actually understand what an actual sword fight looked like... it's not nearly as limiting as boxing is (making boxing useless in real life applications)
6. Ok pillow hands whatever you say (btw you called them pillows, not me)
7. Lol "filthy casual" lolololol that's the best thing you've said yet, keep going this is hilarious. I'm just telling you the obvious facts that boxing doesn't have a real life application to real life and death combat and you just can't take it.
8. I think you said it best really "boxing can & will save you in a street fight especially when most people don't train" so it only makes you marginally better than the average joe, sounds super useful! Like I said aspects of it are used in the armed forces, mostly taught how to generate power in strikes.
9. And finally, you clearly are butthurt and it is beyond hilarious, that I've dismantled each and every "argument" you've come back with, boxing would get you killed on ancient battlefields, but by all means keep going on and on about how it's the best!
We need to use shields as melee weapons more often, right?
Look at that scar on his eyebrow. Did he get that from gladiator fighting or kickboxing?
I wish this is in america
So if go to your gladiator ring
Then can fight you with real weapons
Not wood swords
Yeah but opponents are only allow to injure each others. No killings allowed ...
Slayer agreeable
and then when two gladiators fought each other? What happens with the 90% chance then?
Epix
Went here 😱 and saw that guy
He was using the net wrong.
Gladiators barely fought to the death. Time and money were put into them with gladiator schools so they were barely killed and thumbs down did not mean death
Most gladiators don't die. A gladiator had a 90% chance of living, mainly the slaves or prisoners of war died horribly with unfair odds
Nice sport
6 days a week at 10-12 hours? Do these guys not work?
Bello il mantello marrone ce l'ho anch'io
Cool
3:53 on, is that joergsprave aka the slingshot channel? :o (the guy to the left)
No.
Real ancient gladiator would probably cut both into pieces
Not really, they were to expensive to train to die in each battle they fight