This is Glima!! Viking martial art…

Combat Glima (or “Lausa-tök” = free/unlimited grappling) is a no-nonsense Norse martial art, still practiced as a combat sport at Viking festivals. Here are some scenes from the annual International training camp at Gudvangen Viking Valley in Norway 2018, with technique instructions by ringmaster Lars Magnar Enoksen. The participants are from Norway, Sweden, Germany, France, Poland, Hungary, Russia, Canada, USA and Australia. Glima favours instinctive and spontaneous training methods, using rough and honour
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