LARP vs Armored Combat (BUHURT)

LARP is cool... Armored Combat is cool... there is a significant difference but both are badass :)

[randominternetguyoffical]

Fun how some of the best Buhurters are multi decade foam fighters too. Didn't realize how much over lap till I met some of the high level fighters here in the US.

[Hathathorne]

Both are fun. One is more accessible because its cheaper and has more people and hurts less.

[TonyGonzales]

I can’t afford Buhart gear, nor do I want to tear a muscle and break an arm. Then again, if I could afford it, I would love to do armored combat.

[ZONESRS]

Armored combat is just LaRP gone wild 🥰

[dmitritelvanni]

It's all fun as fuck to me lol. Me and my buddy used to do some casual hema with blunted weapons back before this was even a big thing(I know it originally kicked off in the 90s, but you never heard about it back then). That's where I learned that gloves are mandatory lol. Made sure that rule was followed in our larp group a few years later lol. Yet still ended up nearly breaking my thumb.

[andrewbyrne]

Im sure you can still try to cast spells in buhurt, see what happens.

[troyragnor]

unrealistic portrayal of larp!

Not one of those players complained that someone went for their head and stopped the combat, sheesh.

[goggles]

larp is yea cool i grew out of it and then into armor combat witch im in love

[RhycenSparn]

Just gotta remind me that im at a shortage of sparring partners huh?

[jamesj]

BUHURT is just the LARPers that got fed up of people not calling their hits hahaha Would love to get into armoured fighting, just stating off in HEMA but gods that is spenny enough as is haha

[Nick-zpub]

Larp is dorky. Fencing with foils is basic. Buhurt is cool. Mensur is badass. A duel is meaningless unless one of the participants draws blood and receives a scar

[AmazingJMS]

I dont see mutch diference... buhurth has less orks?

[chadsavan]

As someone who's done LARP i'd like to express to points here.
1. I don't like the "well what we're doing is ACTUAL sport and LARP is cringe" mentality since both hobbies are kinda cringe and yet fun and amzing.
2. I still think LARP should go for more direct combat. Seeing people just tap each other like they're kids playing tag, is actually pretty embarrassing. Getting some bruises, really feeling the impact of a blow makes a fight way more interesting and you'll take the situation more seriously and thus the immersion is better. I mean we're talking about foam against actual plates of steel...

[redninenine_]

buhurt is essentially larp with more metal. now, harness fencing is where it's at

[thundergoat_]

Armored combat is awesome but larp is more accessible. Us small and skinny guys have no place in ACL, not to mention women at all haha.