As yet another layman, if they want to simulate a duel then they should make it first clean hit wins. Kind of like judo or boxing, where you do have points, but

As yet another layman, if they want to simulate a duel then they should make it first clean hit wins. Kind of like judo or boxing, where you do have points, but if someone lands a 'finishing' attack they win. Points only come in if no-one finishes the fight.