Historically, Lyon is known for a bunch of things.

Gastronomy, cinema (the film camera was invented there in the late 1800s), soccer and even the Virgin Mary who — according to legend — saved the town from a plague in the Middle Ages.

Add cardboard armor dueling to the list.

Because that’s what’s happening in the video above, as participants aggressively partake in the “French BoxWar” (Les Cartonnades), an event that finds feisty French citizens decked out in parcel and package remnants duking it out with one another like flimsy ancient warriors.