The Most Brutal Game
Have you ever held a baseball bat, hockey, or lacrosse stick, and gotten the itch to use it in a way that’s against its game’s rules?
That’s natural instinct, and in a lot of sports that instinct gets players in trouble. It’s unfair. Weapons were the first tools the human race had to master in order to survive, and the tools early humans used for war are very similar to the ones we now use for work and play.
In most sports, things that would be considered assault are not permitted. Punching. Kicking. Putting someone in a headlock so your friend can attack them from behind with an ax. These aren’t just sports rules, they’re things polite society passes laws against.
But the rules in buhurt are different from the ones in polite society. Once you put the armor on and duck under the lists you’re up against another squad who wants to smash you into the ground. The ax head against your helmet is like a bomb. Your teammate charging into the fight sounds like a car crash.
A two minute round feels like an eternity. It’s a game, but your body doesn’t know that. The entire time you’re literally fighting and it feels like it’s for your life. You and your team work together or you fall one by one. Win or lose, you do so because of the combat skills and spirit you bring into the list.
Humans are enlightened enough to act morally and animalistic enough to feel an itch for brutality. In almost every other part of our lives, brutality and violence are bad. Not in buhurt.
With training and the right gear, you can experience both sides of brutality in relative safety. And while you do it you can forge a bond that’s unlike anything most people experience.
If you want to join us and learn how to stand your own against a wall of savage muscle and steel as you and your team engage in one of the most intense, brutal experiences of your life, it would be an honor to have you.
Image credits: Battle Of The Nations