I'm florentine and I'm an Azzurri supporter this documentary is something else about calcio storico. You entered inside our traditions like a local, what you have done is extraordinary. I'm really glad people from around the world get interested in our traditions, even if it's brutal and criticised we are really mad for what represents our history. Never seen something like this about my city congrats to you and your team!!!🙌
I'm from the UK and I wish I knew about this sport! I got bored of football (soccer) by the time I was 12 and I would of loved to trained in this sport instead! Not only is there running, but there's fighting and it's a useful life skill to have if you need it... it's incredible and I wish I could be apart of it! I'm medically unfit now, but I'd definitely watch it!
Mate, if I had the money ...I'd be there every year to see it in person. The world *needs* a sport like this. I can Respect a sport like this. There's nothing else like this. It's an Art.
Many years ago I went on school trip from germany to florence and our history teacher arranged for a visit to a so called "traditional football match".He did not know waht he was geetting us into at all. It was raining and even before the "game" started, the sprectators started a heavy brawl agains eachother outside the pitch. We couldnt beleive our eyes when seeing the guys actually fighting full on and ambulance on the pitch on a regular base. Our teacher was shocked and asked us to leave immediately, but we stayed as long as possible. I never forgot the reality of this "game" and the sheer violence, I had never seen before. It changed the way I was looking at the world. I knew how, from then on, hwo vulnerable each person is, never mind how strong they might be physically. If someone comes in from behind ....., if you face 3 guys ... . A deep experience. Best wishes.
If you ever come back to Germany you can stay at my place for sure. Maybe we both can go to Italy and watch it from the sidelines. To old now and a little bit fragile kind of. Old knee injury and dentures. I live in the so called mid west. Great entertainment = awesome. Love the Italians.
@@Singularetantumwhich actually never happened as so many on ytube storytime. bc in NO WAY some german would even get a SINGLE ticket for that highly outsold event, yet even for a whole class.
@@kamusuaike7942 point n.1 yes, we Italians are also thieves and murderers as surely as you are regardless of the country you live in. point no. 2 in addition to this, however, we are also very good both in the scientific, cultural, humanistic fields, etc., and I don't know if your country can boast of having made history in Europe and not just from the Roman Empire onwards. point no. 3 if you want to make fun of us in a friendly way I will hug you fraternally and invite you to drink a good glass of wine, but if you try to offend us with that glass of wine you have to rinse your mouth with it. I hope the concept is clear because I don't speak English and I used the translator
@kamusuaike7942 This is not ArGAYntina, this is Tuscany, Florence specifically, the cradle of Renaissance, art, sculpture, Leonardo Michelangel, Galileo, Dante and it is way safer that every part of yor country. 🤡🤡
This is like British bulldog, the banned school game where two sides face off and each side sends one over to try and run through the whole line to get through the other side by any means. brutal game. except the residents of Florence have venerated it to high art.
I’m not sure - I think the sheer scale of the violence is enough to put the vast majority off. The only reason it still goes on in Florence is due to its sheer cultural weight and importance to the different districts. I think that would be hard to export anywhere unless it was significantly watered down making it closer to rugby.
This was and is a battle between neighborhoods. In Florence during the Renaissance you couldn't kill, so you competed in this sport, the neighborhood that won was the strongest and most respected in the city.
sounds a bit like modern day football with their firms or "hooligans" as the media likes to brand them should get this sport into the UK would do well I think
@@BoabyGeorge yes, originally it was a bit like a clash between hooligans. However, this sport has very specific rules and no one cheats, they fight honestly ,with fair-play 😄
@@Aquilifer321 You are correct. Jewish people are the imposters ie they are Caucasians pretending to be human ie Black people. The Medici were Israelites ie Shemites ie Black people. You don't think a book that starts with Genesis ie human origins is about so-called white people do you? Google Black European Royalty and Heraldry. White supremacist scholarship is for entertainment purposes only. Shalom 😊
One of the best documentaries I've seen about our glorious tradition. You really dug deeper and fully understood what it truly means to all florentines. Thank you Max Lahiff, thank you RugbyPass. Viva Fiorenza!
I absolutely love everything about this. The brutality of the sport, the historical aspect, and the local affiliation and identity. Well done fratelli italiani!
90% of this game involves beating your opponent so badly that they can't play anymore. I've been looking for a sport for a long time that bridges the gap between modern football and traditional gladiator fighting. Thanks. Really thank you.
Such vivid colour and atmosphere - Italian heritage is something else - beauty and the beast in terms of the presentation of the contest and background with the beautiful city of Florence. Great short documentary. Would love to see a team of modern football players thrown in with this lot
as volent and brutal this game maybe be, i love how after the match, you can see many hugging each other from opposing sides. they maybe from different neighborhoods, but in the end, theyre all florentines. the respect is still there for each other.
One thing you for got to say is that they are all volunteers. They are not getting paid one cent for this. Its all for fame and glory. That is the crazy part of this game.
@@HittokiriBattousai17 I dissagre, without money many sports legends wouldn't exist because they could not make a living out of the sport and therefore couldn't focus on it entirely
@@bubatzmann9081 You understimate people. When they're passionate they will go to whatever extent to perform what they truly love no matter what, and the state, also, could offer them enough money to sustain themselves without having third parties overinflating these people's salaries with millions and millions of money. Sports would be purer, a much more secondary thing, and people would only play them for fun and for the glory, not profit! Your logic falls short compared to mine.
@@HittokiriBattousai17 Livning as a profesional athlete isn't as easy as you might imagine. Sure athletes get payed a lot of money in a short period of time but the money they make in the time when they are competing is the money that finances them through the rest of their lives. We always hear of the big names and think its unfair that they have so much money but in reality there are far more smaller athletes that can barely make a living with what they are earning. But I can agree with you that it would be smarter if everybody gets paid an amount good enough to substain themselfes (even after they're careers are over), then there wouldn't be poor athletes as well as rich athletes. My first comment only meant that athletes should have enough time to focus on the sport, so that they can reach theyre full potential and I assumed that without getting paid money in the sport they would have to spend time working in a normal job and therefore could not fully commit themselfes to the sport
@@bubatzmann9081 I understood your point perfectly, you don't have to send me a thesis pointlessly elaborating what you've previously said. My point is that sports (business) has little to do, in reality, with sports (activity) and if you really want to reach your full potential you'll be able to do so regardless, no matter how busy you are, because you'll still invest a substantial amount of hours doing what you love, if you truly love it, of course, and not getting in because it's a nice business. It would be smaller, more concentrated, way more elitistic believe it or not, because it would be pride-focused, not money-focused! You need to pick up a history book and realize that atheletes have never, ever, been rich until very recent modern history! And they were immensely athletic regardless.
I think it actually was born like this. You know, nobody wanted a civil war but everybody wanted their people to be the most respected and feared. And here you'd show your value
Did anyone check the minute 16:39 where an Azzuri player that's in top of a Rossi one give's him some water? Wow that's really a demon game played by gentlemen, congrats!
My grandmother is From Florence, we took a trip 5 years ago from Australia. We were very fortunate to catch part of this festival, what a great culture
Max Lahiff is such an articulate, intelligent and equally amusing chap, I love his narration here but his podcast rants are bloody great too - now off to see how to get tickets for the next "Calcio Storico"!
I grew up in Florence playing Rugby, and I have many friends that were playing Calcio Storico. According to research performed by Matteo Poggi, Calcio Storico might have been one of the games that inspired the game of Rugby. Calcio Storico was also played in Leghorn, a port city that used to have an English community that was living and working there. The English community was really integrated with the activities of the City of Leghorn, participating in the Calcio Storico tournaments. According to this research, some of these Englishmen that were living in Leghorn might have introduce this game to England when they went back home. Matteo Poggi's book is called Leghorn 1766 because the English Community was in responsible for the organization the Calcio Storico tournament. ruclips.net/video/XWIZTgc1w30/видео.html here is the link of the Interview in Italian
Rugby evolved from games played on foot and using a ball that had been played in England for literally hundreds and hundreds of years, since the Middle Ages. Those games were also very violent with few rules. When I see illustrations of them there were many more participants on each side (sometimes hundreds), so maybe this game had some influence in the idea of limiting the number of players that can be involved
Cracking little documentary.. could’ve done with a much longer version, getting to know more of the guys involved… this is a proper gladiator sport, mass brawl with a ball… and some loosely adhered to rules. Fantastic.!
Really big names are echoing in that piazza since calcio storico started in the XIII century... Probably Dante Alighieri was there in full armor, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Carlo Collodi, Boccaccio, Brunelleschi... Also famous people played the actual game, not one, but three popes and many from the deMedici and Gonzaga families
This documentary was amazing. I am italian but really didn't know much about Calcio Storico. Really appreciate your work mate. You gained a subscriber❤🙏🏻
Very natural and traditional. Love it. England had something similar once when football used to be played in the streets of a village and it was very similar. Keep the tradition. It is a mesmerising beautiful event 👍👍
Max, thank you so much for that documentary! I live like 600km away (southern germany) and NEVER ever heard about that. Its a brutal gladiator like match but what i found most interessting is the culture and tradition behind it!
If I was from Florence in my 20s I’d be dying to be on a team. The idea of battling where men before you have for so long is so incredible! Just getting to be a part of it!
I especially appreciate around the 5 minute mark the guy describing the rules with demonstrations using biscotti’s and other Italian pastries. Mamma Mia!
My family stumbled across the stadium the day before a game, my dad and I decided to go and it was probably one of the coolest sporting events in the coolest setting I’ve seen. I still have my azzurri shirt somewhere!
Thank you for the video. This is the second of yours I've watched today. The first was in Africa, the Laamb episode. Something I thought right after this video ended was how can I explain what I just watched? Then I thought, this is about as close to still having coliseums where people came to watch warriors do battle.
If this was a Dutch tradition it would be banned. Too much violance, not inclusive. Too much toxic masculinity. Italy keep your traditions close!. What a game, incredible.
1:15 Max, How can you be a professional rugby player with a British accent? - From a New Zealander. Just joking! But loved the doco, this is something I would love to give a go some day in person.
Crips and Bloods should take notes.. Way better conflict resolution, might even build some respect for each other.. I know, it's a pipe dream, but still.. Been to Rome many times, this should be my next destination, respect. Love from Norway, my viking blood approves..
Wow im a huge mma fan and have never heard of this before and it's really crazy and really cool we dont have anything like this in the USA and seeing the views of the city was incredibly cool you can tell how old and see how this looks like it kinda goes back to like the i want to say renacaunce and im sorry if i misspelled that again wow ive always wanted to go to Italy sometime in my life and now i will plan my trip around atleast a match but preferably the final match. Italy has always been on my bucket list and now i ll probably need 3 weeks just to see all the things I want to see there what a bunch of bad asses ❤ to Italy
In Italy you can find THOUSANDS of these traditions, as like thousands of food specialities, wines, places to visit, art pieces, churches, and so on. And I mean THOUSANDS, every village has its own traditions since the Middle Ages or the Roman Empire. Check Ivrea’s battle of oranges “Battaglia delle Arance”, “Palio” in Siena”, “Giostra della Quintana” in Ascoli Piceno or Foligno, “Palla Grossa” in Prato o “Harpastum” in Rome to name a few.
Ohhh dear!! Italians have pasta, art, beautiful women and this!!! Loving the feel of a very traditional match!! I almost can feel that is like a “coliseum” ❤️
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I'm florentine and I'm an Azzurri supporter this documentary is something else about calcio storico. You entered inside our traditions like a local, what you have done is extraordinary. I'm really glad people from around the world get interested in our traditions, even if it's brutal and criticised we are really mad for what represents our history.
Never seen something like this about my city congrats to you and your team!!!🙌
I'm from the UK and I wish I knew about this sport! I got bored of football (soccer) by the time I was 12 and I would of loved to trained in this sport instead! Not only is there running, but there's fighting and it's a useful life skill to have if you need it... it's incredible and I wish I could be apart of it! I'm medically unfit now, but I'd definitely watch it!
And thank you for sharing your culture. Something I would pay and travel to see myself. Thank you
Mate, if I had the money ...I'd be there every year to see it in person. The world *needs* a sport like this. I can Respect a sport like this. There's nothing else like this. It's an Art.
Its fantastic! im overwhelmed.
@@peterRobinson10101 Totally.
Many years ago I went on school trip from germany to florence and our history teacher arranged for a visit to a so called "traditional football match".He did not know waht he was geetting us into at all.
It was raining and even before the "game" started, the sprectators started a heavy brawl agains eachother outside the pitch. We couldnt beleive our eyes when seeing the guys actually fighting full on and ambulance on the pitch on a regular base. Our teacher was shocked and asked us to leave immediately, but we stayed as long as possible.
I never forgot the reality of this "game" and the sheer violence, I had never seen before. It changed the way I was looking at the world. I knew how, from then on, hwo vulnerable each person is, never mind how strong they might be physically. If someone comes in from behind ....., if you face 3 guys ... . A deep experience. Best wishes.
1st goal was clearly offside.
Beeautiful....
Great story!
If you ever come back to Germany you can stay at my place for sure. Maybe we both can go to Italy and watch it from the sidelines. To old now and a little bit fragile kind of. Old knee injury and dentures. I live in the so called mid west. Great entertainment = awesome. Love the Italians.
@@Singularetantumwhich actually never happened as so many on ytube storytime. bc in NO WAY some german would even get a SINGLE ticket for that highly outsold event, yet even for a whole class.
I love how these Italians honoured and preserve their traditions and still making history. 😊
Como asesinos y ladrones? Q orgullo
@@kamusuaike7942 point n.1 yes, we Italians are also thieves and murderers as surely as you are regardless of the country you live in. point no. 2 in addition to this, however, we are also very good both in the scientific, cultural, humanistic fields, etc., and I don't know if your country can boast of having made history in Europe and not just from the Roman Empire onwards. point no. 3 if you want to make fun of us in a friendly way I will hug you fraternally and invite you to drink a good glass of wine, but if you try to offend us with that glass of wine you have to rinse your mouth with it. I hope the concept is clear because I don't speak English and I used the translator
@kamusuaike7942 This is not ArGAYntina, this is Tuscany, Florence specifically, the cradle of Renaissance, art, sculpture, Leonardo Michelangel, Galileo, Dante and it is way safer that every part of yor country. 🤡🤡
This is like British bulldog, the banned school game where two sides face off and each side sends one over to try and run through the whole line to get through the other side by any means. brutal game. except the residents of Florence have venerated it to high art.
@@kamusuaike7942 Forse parli del tuo paese.
With the rise in popularity in both MMA and Rugby, this has huge potential
The toll this would have on your body though, I see why it’s only done once a year
17:37__they should get rid of those blind-sided cheap shots, though.
But like you said, Calcio Storico will probably go world wide in a decade or so.
Um… do you know how long this has been around?
It's roughly 1000 years old. So if it ain't mainstream now it's never gonna be
I’m not sure - I think the sheer scale of the violence is enough to put the vast majority off. The only reason it still goes on in Florence is due to its sheer cultural weight and importance to the different districts. I think that would be hard to export anywhere unless it was significantly watered down making it closer to rugby.
Anyone else notice Italian UFC fighter Marvin Vettori supporting the Rossi at 20m19s? 😆
Training and friend's in florence ,he was Born in North of Italia
Great spot !!
Thats literally an orc
COOL
Wtf dude. Your attention to details is crazy. It was literally a split second. I had to go back and confirm that it was indeed Vittori
This was and is a battle between neighborhoods.
In Florence during the Renaissance you couldn't kill, so you competed in this sport, the neighborhood that won was the strongest and most respected in the city.
sounds a bit like modern day football with their firms or "hooligans" as the media likes to brand them should get this sport into the UK would do well I think
@@BoabyGeorge yes, originally it was a bit like a clash between hooligans. However, this sport has very specific rules and no one cheats, they fight honestly ,with fair-play 😄
The reason they couldn't kill at the time was because the rulers of Florence the Black nobility of Florence, the Medici were Israelites. Shalom 😊
@@benyahudadavidl I don't think the Medici family was Jewish, in any case murder was prohibited everywhere, not just in Firenze.
Shabbat shalom to you
@@Aquilifer321 You are correct. Jewish people are the imposters ie they are Caucasians pretending to be human ie Black people. The Medici were Israelites ie Shemites ie Black people. You don't think a book that starts with Genesis ie human origins is about so-called white people do you? Google Black European Royalty and Heraldry. White supremacist scholarship is for entertainment purposes only. Shalom 😊
One of the best documentaries I've seen about our glorious tradition. You really dug deeper and fully understood what it truly means to all florentines. Thank you Max Lahiff, thank you RugbyPass. Viva Fiorenza!
Viva Fiorenza ...Sempre!!!
I absolutely love everything about this. The brutality of the sport, the historical aspect, and the local affiliation and identity. Well done fratelli italiani!
You sound ex Yugoslav :D
nice to meet you here brate
90% of this game involves beating your opponent so badly that they can't play anymore. I've been looking for a sport for a long time that bridges the gap between modern football and traditional gladiator fighting. Thanks. Really thank you.
Have you considered therapy ?
@@boltzmannbrain6607Yes. It seems he's considering Calcio Therapy.
@@boltzmannbrain6607soy much?
@@strammerdetlef get treatment
Russian wrestleball would check that box as well
Such vivid colour and atmosphere - Italian heritage is something else - beauty and the beast in terms of the presentation of the contest and background with the beautiful city of Florence. Great short documentary.
Would love to see a team of modern football players thrown in with this lot
they woudn't last a minute, they are not mentally and phisically prepared to tank all those hits, and it's extremely exausting for the players
@@martux6815 Dunno, 27 Aussie rules players would have quite an impact.
as volent and brutal this game maybe be, i love how after the match, you can see many hugging each other from opposing sides. they maybe from different neighborhoods, but in the end, theyre all florentines. the respect is still there for each other.
Increíble nuestros hermanos italianos como siempre los verdaderos gladiadores 💪🏻🔥
Grazie per le belle parole. Soprattutto che siamo fratelli e non cugini...
Wow! This was excellent and engaging.
Max Lahiff is a natural travel/short film presenter - curious, articulate and excited.
One thing you for got to say is that they are all volunteers. They are not getting paid one cent for this. Its all for fame and glory. That is the crazy part of this game.
All sports should be like that. Money ruins everything.
@@HittokiriBattousai17 I dissagre, without money many sports legends wouldn't exist because they could not make a living out of the sport and therefore couldn't focus on it entirely
@@bubatzmann9081 You understimate people. When they're passionate they will go to whatever extent to perform what they truly love no matter what, and the state, also, could offer them enough money to sustain themselves without having third parties overinflating these people's salaries with millions and millions of money. Sports would be purer, a much more secondary thing, and people would only play them for fun and for the glory, not profit! Your logic falls short compared to mine.
@@HittokiriBattousai17 Livning as a profesional athlete isn't as easy as you might imagine. Sure athletes get payed a lot of money in a short period of time but the money they make in the time when they are competing is the money that finances them through the rest of their lives. We always hear of the big names and think its unfair that they have so much money but in reality there are far more smaller athletes that can barely make a living with what they are earning. But I can agree with you that it would be smarter if everybody gets paid an amount good enough to substain themselfes (even after they're careers are over), then there wouldn't be poor athletes as well as rich athletes. My first comment only meant that athletes should have enough time to focus on the sport, so that they can reach theyre full potential and I assumed that without getting paid money in the sport they would have to spend time working in a normal job and therefore could not fully commit themselfes to the sport
@@bubatzmann9081 I understood your point perfectly, you don't have to send me a thesis pointlessly elaborating what you've previously said. My point is that sports (business) has little to do, in reality, with sports (activity) and if you really want to reach your full potential you'll be able to do so regardless, no matter how busy you are, because you'll still invest a substantial amount of hours doing what you love, if you truly love it, of course, and not getting in because it's a nice business. It would be smaller, more concentrated, way more elitistic believe it or not, because it would be pride-focused, not money-focused! You need to pick up a history book and realize that atheletes have never, ever, been rich until very recent modern history! And they were immensely athletic regardless.
If only wars could be fought like this, there would be no collateral damage.
The smartest comment I've read.
Il commento più intelligente che ho letto sino ad ora.
Abdolutely the best One answer...
I think it actually was born like this. You know, nobody wanted a civil war but everybody wanted their people to be the most respected and feared. And here you'd show your value
E non ci andrebbero di mezzo donne, bambini e civili in generale. Ma le lo lobby delle armi farebbero di tutto per cambiare le carte in tavola!
@@pierogreco7605 Più che le lobby delle armi i politici senza dignità né onore, coerenza o valore.
UFC fighter Marvin Vettori @ 20:19 min 💪🏼
nobody can finish Vettori ;)
Good eye, damn
lol nice find
Well spotted!
Well seen!
Did anyone check the minute 16:39 where an Azzuri player that's in top of a Rossi one give's him some water? Wow that's really a demon game played by gentlemen, congrats!
Good catch. I didn't see it before.
maybe he was tryna drawing him xd amjoooking
My grandmother is From Florence, we took a trip 5 years ago from Australia. We were very fortunate to catch part of this festival, what a great culture
It's the first time I have ever seen this sport. Respect for all the dudes who participate! Thanks for sharing.
What an incredible display of human power and community. Well done, and great health to all
Max Lahiff is such an articulate, intelligent and equally amusing chap, I love his narration here but his podcast rants are bloody great too - now off to see how to get tickets for the next "Calcio Storico"!
I grew up in Florence playing Rugby, and I have many friends that were playing Calcio Storico. According to research performed by Matteo Poggi, Calcio Storico might have been one of the games that inspired the game of Rugby. Calcio Storico was also played in Leghorn, a port city that used to have an English community that was living and working there. The English community was really integrated with the activities of the City of Leghorn, participating in the Calcio Storico tournaments. According to this research, some of these Englishmen that were living in Leghorn might have introduce this game to England when they went back home. Matteo Poggi's book is called Leghorn 1766 because the English Community was in responsible for the organization the Calcio Storico tournament. ruclips.net/video/XWIZTgc1w30/видео.html here is the link of the Interview in Italian
Interesting
Makes sense!
Rugby evolved from games played on foot and using a ball that had been played in England for literally hundreds and hundreds of years, since the Middle Ages. Those games were also very violent with few rules. When I see illustrations of them there were many more participants on each side (sometimes hundreds), so maybe this game had some influence in the idea of limiting the number of players that can be involved
@@DSmith468 middle ages? the fckn romans brought that game to the british isle 2000 years ago
Danke from Germany. I love this "game" and I love the Italians. Good day and take care.
This is awesome. I now want to tour Italy. Fantastic.
Vieni...e dimenticherai i luoghi comuni che si dicono sull Italia 🇮🇹
Reminds me of Welsh Valley rugby many years ago ! Even the spectatators joined in especially in the local derbies .
My good friend is the only guy from the UK to have a place on the team. An awesome sport 100%
Would love to go see this,the Italians never forget where they come from and are one proud race,love the Italians,and what a custom this is
Stop allowing blacks and Arabs into your country.
Grazie
The cinematography on this one is superb. Well done mate 👍🏼👍🏼
I'm feeling that Ancient Rome vibe here .. this is awesome
This sport seems to originate from what the legionaries did for training while stationed on standby. So yeah you are spot on
As a Florence born still living here, thank you, this is so well made! Best wishes and perfect health to you!
Cracking little documentary.. could’ve done with a much longer version, getting to know more of the guys involved… this is a proper gladiator sport, mass brawl with a ball… and some loosely adhered to rules. Fantastic.!
What makes me proudest of my Italian blood, is the passion.
Really big names are echoing in that piazza since calcio storico started in the XIII century... Probably Dante Alighieri was there in full armor, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Carlo Collodi, Boccaccio, Brunelleschi... Also famous people played the actual game, not one, but three popes and many from the deMedici and Gonzaga families
This documentary was amazing. I am italian but really didn't know much about Calcio Storico. Really appreciate your work mate. You gained a subscriber❤🙏🏻
Very natural and traditional. Love it. England had something similar once when football used to be played in the streets of a village and it was very similar. Keep the tradition. It is a mesmerising beautiful event 👍👍
Ashbourne in Derbyshire still does it.
At 20:19 a wild Marvin Vettori with sunglasses and red t-shirt appears. For those who don't know, he is an italian MMA fighter who fights in UFC.
Non credo, Marvin mi pare più grosso.
@@ElleEsseEllesono sicuro al 90% che sia lui, lo conosco di persona. Considera che lì attorno sono tutti grossi…
"What is beneath your feet?! Agron: “Sacred ground, watered with tears of blood"
Dude, winners or losers, these guys have real courage
He does a great job of narrating this mini doc
Max, thank you so much for that documentary! I live like 600km away (southern germany) and NEVER ever heard about that. Its a brutal gladiator like match but what i found most interessting is the culture and tradition behind it!
Some Henry III dude said: To small to be a real war, but to cruel to be a game. I agree. ( 1:00 min )
Warriors live forever they just go by different names throughout the generations
I’m Italian and I really appreciate that you shower this sport outside of my country. You gained a new sub
This sport is history, proud of our traditions 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹
If I was from Florence in my 20s I’d be dying to be on a team. The idea of battling where men before you have for so long is so incredible! Just getting to be a part of it!
Super reportage , géant commentateur et que de Panache ! Forza Firenze e Italia !
Nice touch with "you should see the colosseum, Spaniard."
you have completely nailed the meaning of this tradition
I am so happy i stumbled upon this Video! HUGE Rugby fan but this is one of the most savage sports Ive ever seen!!
Would love too see that live!!!!! Amazing and historical!!!!
I especially appreciate around the 5 minute mark the guy describing the rules with demonstrations using biscotti’s and other Italian pastries. Mamma Mia!
Those biscuits were "cantucci", specialty of Tuscany. They are so good! :)
Quell uomo è un grande giocatore di rugby
My family stumbled across the stadium the day before a game, my dad and I decided to go and it was probably one of the coolest sporting events in the coolest setting I’ve seen. I still have my azzurri shirt somewhere!
Proud to be Italian 🇮🇹
If you are proud to be Italian because of this fascist-fest then I’m sorry for you
Never heard of this tournament so this was a great documentary. Thanks so much! All the best.
Fascinating! Bravo. Just wish we could see more of the game being played instead of all the cutaways.
Just search "calcio storico 2023" here on youtube and you can see last year's matches
Brilliant documentary on a wild sport that I'd only seen a bit of before. Must take some nuts to get in that arena!
Gloria a Firenze⚜️
This is a brilliant documentary on the sport.
I actually understand the game now!
When he said people injure their ACLs often I kinda thought it was bs until I saw 17:36 holy mother
unbelievable that this is still possible today. love it :)
Truly exceptional video... Respect to all involved
Absolutely love this.
It reminds me me of a similar game we played in our SE Portland,Oregon neighborhood in the 60s. We called it war.
Fantastic insights there. Congratulations 👏👏👏
Bring the ref from Calcio storico into rugby please. Things would get emotional
Thank you for sharing your amazing experience with us. The video was awesome
Beautiful. What a man is Max Lahiff!
Beautiful. No wonder Machiavelli was such a G!
Thank you for the video. This is the second of yours I've watched today. The first was in Africa, the Laamb episode. Something I thought right after this video ended was how can I explain what I just watched? Then I thought, this is about as close to still having coliseums where people came to watch warriors do battle.
excelently presented, thank you... a mad wild game, so intense and brutal ....
congrats for the documentary! i like it so much
That's a lot of testosterone - I love Italy and never heard of this -
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Anyone else see those images of Florence and think.... I've climbed that in Assassin's Creed?
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I didn't even need a map to find my way when I actually went to Florence, my time as Ezio served me just as well!
This documentary was amazing!!
If this was a Dutch tradition it would be banned. Too much violance, not inclusive. Too much toxic masculinity. Italy keep your traditions close!.
What a game, incredible.
Love italy best place of world
Well presented and what a spectacle, last of the gladiators ❤ it 👍🤕
Bravo MAX, bel documentario. Sono sicuro ti piacerebbe partecipare anche a te una volta :)
1:15 Max, How can you be a professional rugby player with a British accent? - From a New Zealander. Just joking! But loved the doco, this is something I would love to give a go some day in person.
The child of Akhara wrestling, Rugby, Dagestani Basketball, and MMA
Max Lahiff needs his own food & travel show - it would be fantastic 👌
He did cook bolognese one time on YT.
I’d have liked that to be longer man. Awesome video.
This is not properly a sport, is a celebration of culture and history.
No, it’s a sport.
@@nathanbedfordforrest9546nah fam
For one of the most artistic cities in Italy we have this brutal medieval 'sport'. Personally I'd pay to go watch this.
I like how its still the traditional quarters of Florence. A city that seem to have been spared turning every apartiment into an Airbnb-place.
New favourite sport
Embrace history and italy traditions viva l'Italia ❤
Crips and Bloods should take notes.. Way better conflict resolution, might even build some respect for each other.. I know, it's a pipe dream, but still.. Been to Rome many times, this should be my next destination, respect. Love from Norway, my viking blood approves..
Imagine if each country and city makes their own version of this - this would be the new way to engage the Hood Wars!
Excellent cinematography! what a film to watch 😂
Wow im a huge mma fan and have never heard of this before and it's really crazy and really cool we dont have anything like this in the USA and seeing the views of the city was incredibly cool you can tell how old and see how this looks like it kinda goes back to like the i want to say renacaunce and im sorry if i misspelled that again wow ive always wanted to go to Italy sometime in my life and now i will plan my trip around atleast a match but preferably the final match. Italy has always been on my bucket list and now i ll probably need 3 weeks just to see all the things I want to see there what a bunch of bad asses ❤ to Italy
In Italy you can find THOUSANDS of these traditions, as like thousands of food specialities, wines, places to visit, art pieces, churches, and so on. And I mean THOUSANDS, every village has its own traditions since the Middle Ages or the Roman Empire. Check Ivrea’s battle of oranges “Battaglia delle Arance”, “Palio” in Siena”, “Giostra della Quintana” in Ascoli Piceno or Foligno, “Palla Grossa” in Prato o “Harpastum” in Rome to name a few.
Imagine the US cities having neighbourhood teams of calcio - Bronx vs Rhode Island brawl!
Only one word -Respect .
This game is begging to made a video game! Can u imagine the chaos you could create in an online match?
Hahahah lol .. 😂😂.
My man... you are a GENIUS!
Saw this on Netflix, absolutely mental
What a mad sport
INCREDIBLE!!
gotta love the old traditions, especially when it's kept alive and well
Minute 20:20 you can see Marvin Vettori UFC fighter MMA.
Ohhh dear!!
Italians have pasta, art, beautiful women and this!!!
Loving the feel of a very traditional match!!
I almost can feel that is like a “coliseum”
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Gladiator Rugby!!!!
Great Film, look forward to see who wins this year
"Mom, can we watch Rollerball?"
"We have Rollerball at home"
Rollerball at home:
Can’t believe Ive never heard of this. Definitely noteworthy.