yeah, I started because my body was getting creaky after years of judo and I wanted something lower impact - it's definitely significantly less stress on your body than either wrestling or judo, but you still get jostled around and in more competitive situations (i.e. in my last tournament I gave myself a concussion and nearly got choked unconscious bc I was out of it) the chance for injury is higher.

It's definitely safe if it's the first thing you've ever done, as the lower levels of bumps are new, but if you've done similar things for a long time, you definitely feel the accumulation in your brain and joints. It's super dumb because it's literally my favorite thing in the world, but I want to be a sharp tack when I'm old and I couldn't sustain it.