Weapons masters rate 85 fight scenes in movies and television

Professional weapons experts rate combat scenes from movies to judge how real they are.

Archery expert Grizzly Jim rates 10 bow-and-arrow scenes from popular TV shows and movies, such as "The Hunger Games," starring Jennifer Lawrence. Professional swordsman Dave Rawlings looks at 10 fight scenes featuring longswords and daggers in movies and shows such as "The Witcher," starring Henry Cavill, and rates them based on their historical and technical accuracy. Tobias Capwell, the curator of arms and armor at The Wallace Collection in London, looks at medieval weapons and armor scenes from movies such as "The Lord of the Rings" and rates them based on their historical accuracy. Nunchuck expert and stuntwoman Thekla Hutyrova rates 11 nunchuck scenes in movies and television for realism, such as "Enter the Dragon," starring Bruce Lee. Pole-weapons expert Matt Easton rates nine polearm fight scenes in movies and TV shows, such as "Troy," for realism. Jousting world champion Shane Adams rates eight horseback fight scenes in movies and TV shows, such as "Game of Thrones," for realism. Jinichi Kawakami is an expert practitioner of Kōka-ryū ninjutsu and rates nine ninja scenes from movies such as "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" for accuracy. Kali weapons expert Jamie Yancovitz reacts to 11 fight scenes featuring traditional Filipino knives and stick weapons in movies such as "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," starring Chris Evans, and rates them based on their technical accuracy.

You can find Grizzly Jim on Instagram at: www.instagram.com/thatgrizzlyjim
For more information about Dave Rawling's London Longsword Academy, visit: www.londonlongsword.com
For more information about Tobias Capwell and The Wallace Collection, visit: www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on
You can find Matt Easton's YouTube channel at: www.youtube.com/scholagladiatoria
You can find Thekla Hutyrova on Instagram at: www.instagram.com/theklahutyrova
For more information about Shane Adams' Extreme Jousting, visit: www.extremejousting.com/about-us
For more information about Jamie Yancovitz's Survival Arts Academy, visit: www.survivalarts.org/