Because of recent sword threads on Ars and a desire to engage in more physical activities for myself, I'm thinking about taking some sword fighting style classes for fun. Where I'm at I have 2 easy to ...

There is something quite relaxing in sword fighting games. Not in what you can see, of course, since you chop off enemies and can sometimes behead them. But the sword combat gameplay isn’t as ...

Sword fighting has been going on since the earliest of times in the human race. It’d honestly be hard to figure out exactly when the first sword was created, but one thing was clear early on: Humanity ...

It depends on the exact discipline. Olympic fencing isn't, but there are plenty of combat schools as well, although their effectiveness is theoretical, since combatants can't actually cut each other.