 Blood and Guts
 It seems fitting to show
you vultures that we are indeed for real. The weapons are real, and as skilled and practiced as we are
required to be, sometimes mishaps do happen. Such is the nature
of live blade. Despite the blood and
guts, we are still safer than groups that perform
choreography.
After all, a constant state of practiced alertness and
honed reflexes creates less hazard than a slip of memory in a
choreography.
 This young gentleman received
his badge of courage during the course of competition in The Prize, a
live blade tournament that
occurs twice a year. The tournament is open to all qualified
practitioners of live blade. The Prize in June
is on the national level, with contestants traveling from different states to compete for glory and bragging
rights, as well as plunder put up by the other contestants who gamble
their possesions on their skill.
 This is a gory piece of flesh, the story of which is legend in the oral traditions of the Dragoons. Go to our Video section, The Ham's Tale, and find out the ghastly truth behind a simple picture. |