On the Russian coaching system...

[fencerontheline]

Do they teach you to fence like this?

[Lefty1]

Oh gawd, that looked like a bad dream I had awhile back.

[ThatReallyHurt]

Was that Telly Savalas... or that guy from Aqua?

[Moses]

Holy **** what was that???

Genghis Khan does Moscow?

The ruska version of "So You Think You Can Dance"???

Commie Dance Party '88???

I'm am actually shivering right now because of that. The guy in blue is seriously creeping me out.

-Da Mose

[Elendae]

The guy in blue is seriously creeping me out.

Did you see the guy in green?!?!?

It reminds me of Yatta!, only without the nearly nude Japanese men with fig leaves.... the music is similar.

[mrbiggs]

Okay, I'm confused.

At first, I thought it was Russians.

Then, I thought it was Germans making fun of Russians, because the words on the bottom of the screen were definately in German. And I'm not familiar with German or Russian very much, but it sounded to me like they were singing in German.

Then, I noticed they were on a show called "Hit Cocktail," which is obviously English, so now I'm just confused.

[Moses]

Ok, the song is in German. The song, however, is about the beautiful country of Russia (which, at the time of this song's popularity was still Communist. Beautiful, yeah).

The video, however, may be in another European country than Germany, as the band, Dschinghis Khan, was quite a one-hit-wonder all over that continent (and apparently was even more popular in Japan).

-Da Mose

p.s. And, looking at it again, the green guy is seriously freaky, too. I mean, his eyes... and that Super Ultimate Moustache of Evil is seriously... alarming.

-Da Mose, again

[LUDICROUS]

That video is HILARIOUS! Especially the guy with the moustache who looks like Ghengis Khan...

aahhaahhahahahahahahaah

[needle]

Ok, the song is in German. The song, however, is about the beautiful country of Russia (which, at the time of this song's popularity was still Communist. Beautiful, yeah).
The video, however, may be in another European country than Germany, as the band, Dschinghis Khan, was quite a one-hit-wonder all over that continent (and apparently was even more popular in Japan).

Quite right. The song was probably more popular in Russia than in Germany (most likely because it was prohibited in Russia for a while and that naturally gave it quite a boost) and there was a number of Russian parodies on it.
As for the dancing in the video, it looks like one of the band's choreographers once had a neighbour who read in the newspaper that there is such thing as "squat dance" (for lack of better translation) in Russia and told him about it over a couple of beers. If you ever had (or will have) a chance to see real cossack squat dance, you'll understand just how beyond pathetic this video is.

[Grasshopper]

it was like a cross between Flash Gordon and Saturday Night Fever.

[Teme]

If you ever had (or will have) a chance to see real cossack squat dance, you'll understand just how beyond pathetic this video is.

Here's a glimpse of what it is: Cossack song and dance
Beware the volume which is rather high, and the first 30 secs or so are just plain singing. And this performance certainly lacks the testoterone boost of 'all male' competitive dancing, where they seemingly defy the measly laws conserning gravity and acceleration.
Which ability, come to think of it, has been present with most Russian fencers I've crossed blades with...