10/10/2023 0 Comments Modern combat versus black backgroundThe 6-foot-7, 300-pound member of the Colorado Wardens is a formidable opponent with an ax or sword - a WMD, weapon of medieval destruction. It ended quickly.Ĭheering his teammates from the sidelines, then embracing them with his massive arms and praise - “I could kiss you!” - red-bearded Ian Webb waited for his match. Poleaxes - long poles topped with ax heads - thundered down on shoulders with loud clangs, muffled thuds and sharp thwacks. The marshal, or referee, yelled “fight!” and they charged, hacking with axes and swords. The next team marched into the arena for another five-on-five melee. “Or a meat grinder,” fellow fighter Vince Verheyden offered. “Think of it as a car wreck that goes on for 90 seconds,” said David Arditi, a member of the Dallas Warlords team. This is the world of modern medieval battle, a human demolition derby where men and women wearing up to 100 pounds of armor slash and hammer one another with blunted steel swords, axes and maces - until someone goes down, gives up or loses on points. In the sport that uses steel swords, axes and maces, the weapons are blunt the pain, often sharp. Buhurt combatants face off at a tournament in Loveland, Colo.
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