The Greek Phalanx: Warfare Demonstration at MTA 2025

The Phalanx representing the city-states of ancient Greece, 6th to the 4th centuries. We're going to do a little demonstration here of Phalanx combat. We've just got five on five, so it's just going to be a little thing. You'll be able to see just from this demonstration, you'll learn as we've learned, that the way they fought is not just the way we've read that they fought, but the way, the most practical, the most effective way to fight. To lock your shield, to maintain your formations, to keep your armored parts hidden, or your unarmored parts hidden. And I'm just telling my guys here, I am not as well-versed as I'd like to be. Even when we're just fine, we value our lives, but not to be heroes or heroes of others. But to be heroes, not as bakers and farmers that they were then. Well, everyone gets a little bit more courage when they're next to their family, when they're surrounded by their community, and they know what they're fighting for. But these battles always ended with one side or the other breaking, running away. Now we'll see who does that first. Because you can see their feet are open. Okay, now those need to be tied down. His short is stuck in the shoe.