German 'fight clubs' with swords
by editors@theworld.org (Leo Hornak) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6NR9C)
Sword duels with real blades have been barred for centuries throughout Europe. But, as Leo Hornak reports, every year, across Germany and Austria, hundreds of male university frat house members still undergo a secretive, violent and bloody sword-fighting ritual, using real sharpened blades.