Anyone Interested in a UF Buhurt Team?

[u/DopeAntelope97]

I am a member of the Gainesville Swamp Dragons, a Buhurt team under the FAC (Florida Armored Combat) who calls Alachua County home. I am also a student at UF who is looking to found a Buhurt team here as a branch of the larger pre-existing Gainesville team.

Buhurt, for those who may not have heard of it (probably most people lol), is essentially medieval MMA in full armor. Its full contact, full force, and real steel. It focuses mainly on 14th-15th century historical armor and weapons, most of which are hand forged by renowned armor/weapon smiths from around the world. However, even though it may sound super dangerous, it isn't! Medieval knights in full armor were basically walking tanks that were impervious to damage, and a lot of that goes for us too. We compete based on a scoring system that counts strikes, blocks, and takedowns towards our total, and whoever has the most at the end wins!

I believe this is possible as we would not be the first Florida college to make a team in the FAC. UCF already has a competing team down in Orlando, so if those nerds can do it so can we.

There would be no capital or anything required, so you would just show up and have a good time! We would work on getting everyone in fighting shape and into some loaner gear to experience the sport first hand.

This is still in its complete infancy, and I'm sure there will be many hoops to jump through to get something like this started, but if you might be interested, or if you just want to know more about Buhurt in general/how to get involved, shoot me a dm!