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Olympic fencing has very well-defined rules, and so is a poor reflection of actual combat. You can lose a point in fencing just because it wasn't your turn to a
by cjs_ac 1y ago
Olympic fencing has very well-defined rules, and so is a poor reflection of actual combat. You can lose a point in fencing just because it wasn't your turn to attack.
Kendo is highly ritualised, and therefore has the same problems. The shinai (bamboo swords) also behave very differently to actual swords.
I forgot to mention bohurt/buhurt, which, as far as I can tell, is just Eastern European chaps donning plate armour and giving each other concussions with pollaxes.
- gadders 1y agoJust googled it. Buhurt looks pretty close to what I imagine the Melee was like at a medieval tournament. https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-07-10/medieval-combat-sport-buhurt-is-a-human-demolition-derby-with-full-armor-swords-axes https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-07-10/mediev...