...刀真枪 real swords, real spears (idiom); real weapons; very much for real; every bit real; the genuine article 真刀真枪 real swords, real spears (idiom); real weapons; very much for real; every bit real; the genuine article ..
And as you watch that kid try to decide whether this is something they want to keep doing or whether this is something they want to opt out of, it is everybit as dramatic as forced elimination, and then probably more so because it's real.