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IMO nothing compares with longsword fighting. By comparison, SCA looks like a bunch of big guys wailing on each other in the middle of a scrum. Longsword fighti
by laxatives 10y ago
IMO nothing compares with longsword fighting. By comparison, SCA looks like a bunch of big guys wailing on each other in the middle of a scrum. Longsword fighting has a much more competitive environment with well defined technique and strategy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhbcntqyiSo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhbcntqyiSo
- themartorana 10y ago"...bunch of big guys wailing on each other..." Add in death and dismemberment and you have what war actually probably looked like for thousands of years - pure, unadulterated mayhem.
- laxatives 10y agoFair enough. I'd imagine the guys fighting had a lot more fitness and probably weren't struggling with obesity though.
- cafard 10y agoThere was something on HN a year or two ago that said that gladiators tended to be on the fat side. On the other hand, given the distances marched, I doubt the hoplites and legionaries had much excess fat.
- Retric 10y agoThat's just fencing with a heavy object. Actual sword fighting had a mix of stiles to deal with different armor types. But, maintaining balance was critical and bouncing like that a waste of energy and a good way to end up on the ground and hacked to pieces. They also often held the blade for leverage.