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Yo idk what youre talki g about with fencing. Its entertaining as hell

jalapenos 2y ago
Olympic fencing is straight up dumb - they do the equivalent of immediately charging to their deaths with a goofy flexi-"sword". If you want some real entertainment in that area watch HEMA fencing.
- Symbiote 2y ago
  Football could be described in similarly demeaning terms, it isn't a useful point.
  - pessimizer 2y ago
    Soccer is objectively more readable by spectators (even educated ones) than Olympic fencing. You're using the Law of Averages, which is not real.
- xen0 2y ago
  Your perception of Fencing and HEMA aside; I can promise you that if HEMA was an Olympic sport: * The same money problems that Fencing athletes face would apply to potential 'HEMA athletes'. * You would hate what HEMA becomes because now it's a sport that people try to win at, with the 'realism' aspect all but destroyed.
  - jalapenos 2y ago
    Yeah there still wouldn't be much money in it, it's pretty niche, and would probably only grow the viewership slightly. But at least it wouldn't be dumb.
- forgotpwd16 2y ago
  >HEMA fencing HEMA rapier fights look like Olympic fencing but in a ring (although seems linear movement is preferred anyway).
- gorbypark 2y ago
  Yea I always thought it was a bit silly that the method for winning was charging at your opponent and stabbing them a hundredth of a second before they stab you. As a person who knows nothing about fencing besides watching it on TV at the olympics once I think they should change the rules where it's not who stabs who first, but who stabs the other without getting stabbed themselves.
  - jalapenos 2y ago
    Right, if you get stabbed you lose points, so the people who win both stabbed good and also didn't get stabbed. Whole dynamic of the sport would change and would actually look closer to in the movies.
  - PoignardAzur 2y ago
    In some fencing disciplines if both opponents get a touch in a small time window, they both get the point.
- DontchaKnowit 2y ago
  Its a sport not a sword fight, silly goose
  - pessimizer 2y ago
    It's definitely a sword fight. You may as well say "it's an Olympic event, not a sport" or "it's a TV show, not an Olympic event." These are overlapping categories.
  - jalapenos 2y ago
    It's a sword fight sport you goofus
    - DontchaKnowit 2y ago
      Yeah boxing is a combat sport but it looks nothing like a fight to the death.

Olympic fencing is straight up dumb - they do the equivalent of immediately charging to their deaths with a goofy flexi-"sword". If you want some real entertainment in that area watch HEMA fencing.

Symbiote 2y ago
Football could be described in similarly demeaning terms, it isn't a useful point.
- pessimizer 2y ago
  Soccer is objectively more readable by spectators (even educated ones) than Olympic fencing. You're using the Law of Averages, which is not real.
xen0 2y ago
Your perception of Fencing and HEMA aside; I can promise you that if HEMA was an Olympic sport: * The same money problems that Fencing athletes face would apply to potential 'HEMA athletes'. * You would hate what HEMA becomes because now it's a sport that people try to win at, with the 'realism' aspect all but destroyed.
- jalapenos 2y ago
  Yeah there still wouldn't be much money in it, it's pretty niche, and would probably only grow the viewership slightly. But at least it wouldn't be dumb.
forgotpwd16 2y ago
>HEMA fencing HEMA rapier fights look like Olympic fencing but in a ring (although seems linear movement is preferred anyway).
gorbypark 2y ago
Yea I always thought it was a bit silly that the method for winning was charging at your opponent and stabbing them a hundredth of a second before they stab you. As a person who knows nothing about fencing besides watching it on TV at the olympics once I think they should change the rules where it's not who stabs who first, but who stabs the other without getting stabbed themselves.
- jalapenos 2y ago
  Right, if you get stabbed you lose points, so the people who win both stabbed good and also didn't get stabbed. Whole dynamic of the sport would change and would actually look closer to in the movies.
- PoignardAzur 2y ago
  In some fencing disciplines if both opponents get a touch in a small time window, they both get the point.
DontchaKnowit 2y ago
Its a sport not a sword fight, silly goose
- pessimizer 2y ago
  It's definitely a sword fight. You may as well say "it's an Olympic event, not a sport" or "it's a TV show, not an Olympic event." These are overlapping categories.
- jalapenos 2y ago
  It's a sword fight sport you goofus
  - DontchaKnowit 2y ago
    Yeah boxing is a combat sport but it looks nothing like a fight to the death.