Our sport

FULL-CONTACT

MEDIEVAL COMBAT

Real steel, real hits, real rules. Three disciplines and the marshals who rule them — keep scrolling, you're in the list now.

Fighters wear 20–35 kg of historically-based plate armour and swing blunted steel weapons. The hits are real — the armour is why it's safe.

In the mêlée, a fighter with three points of contact on the ground is out of the round. Last team standing takes it.

Accredited marshals control every bout. Illegal strikes, holds and targets are penalised — safety overrides everything.

Australia fights under Buhurt International — the global league with rankings, world championships and unified rules.

BUHURT

Buhurt is the sport — and its signature category. Teams in full steel collide at full force: grapples, throws and shield walls, fought until one side is left standing. When the marshal drops the flag, everything you’ve trained for happens at once.

DUELLING

One on one, scored strike by strike. No wall of shields to hide behind — just precision, speed and nerve against an opponent who wants the same point you do.

OUTRANCE

Professional rules in full harness — punched, pounded, kicked and knocked down, and still coming forward. Outrance is where the sport’s hardest fighters settle it: no quarter asked, none given.

THE MARSHALS

No fight happens without them. Marshals rule the list — they score the strikes, call the holds, and pull fighters out of the pile. In a sport this hard, their word is law and every fighter is glad of it.

Marshal rules & documents ↗

From spectator to fighter

Find your nearest club and book a free first session — loaner armour included.

Learn footwork, strikes and grapples out of armour, take an AMCF membership, and start building your kit.

Pass your armour checks and step into the list at a club night or inter-club event.

Register for a sanctioned tournament, earn ranking points, and chase a spot on the national team.