Practice sword fight - ends badly

http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/349907

Any additional info out there on this? I imagine this would be possible without sharpened blades.

You don’t need anything but a crappy piece of sharp brittle steel to accidentally lung someone.

Man stabbed in mock sword fight

Mar 23, 2008 08:08 AM
Josh Wingrove
Staff Reporter

A mock samurai sword fight at a martial arts dojo sent a Toronto man to hospital with a punctured lung.

Toronto police Staff Sgt. Paul Scudds said an ambulance was called to a building on Queen St. E., east of Woodbine Ave., around 1:45 a.m. where attendants found a man who had been accidentally stabbed while he and a friend were playing with the sword.

He was treated at St. Michael’s Hospital and is expected to recover. The other man won’t face charges for the stabbing. .

In another over night incident, a 30-year-old man was stabbed in the neck during a robbery at Hot Spot, a club on Richmond St. W. near John St. Toronto police Det. Shehara Valles said the victim was taken to hospital, where he received 25 stitches.

A 27-year-old man was taken into custody shortly after. He now faces four charges, including robbery and assault with a weapon.
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/349907

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Ouchy!

I have to wonder why the fuck they have the two unrelated stories in the same article.

So you connect the first stabbing (in your mind) with the second (in your mind). Martil arts = robbery. In yor mind.