>>6271795I've had my nose broken 6 times in 5 minutes, dislocated shoulder during gladiator pit, nerve damage across both my shoulders, a few years ago we had a girl break her pelvis, Butch broke his arm last season and every season someone breaks something or loses their life. Last year a guy died from taking a headshot (not a legal shot in bel or dag but it happens you just keep going) and it snapped his neck. I've seen people get trampled in the charge, eyes poked out and there's always the chance someone twice your size will throw you to the ground. It's a full contact sport people get hurt I mean shit you don't even take hits toward death that don't hurt enough.
If you're a good fighter you won't run into this much. I once met a girl at amt practice (to work on my speed) and she wanted to see what bel hits were like. I feinted the upper shoulder so when she lifted her shield to block it I drilled one into her calf and she buckled over immediately. She never showed up at bel practice.
When I say you can get fucked up by a foam sword you really can get fucked up. There's a guy in Idaho that fended off 4 muggers with nothing but a regular stick just because he had years of dag training under his belt.
