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0 pointshermitcrab1mo ago0 comments

HEMA looks much more interesting than olympic style fencing.

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dmoy1mo ago

Olympic style fencing is pretty interesting too, to be fair. Physical Chess

Also it's less... scary? At least you'll get less scary-looking bruises (though probably more total number of bruises)

>Olympic style fencing is pretty interesting too, to be fair.

It just seems incredibly divorced from it's martial origins. To each their own.

dmoy1mo ago

Oh for sure it is very gamified. It's still very interesting in its own right though.

Just don't go into it if you are looking for realism.

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dmoy1mo ago

Olympic style fencing is pretty interesting too, to be fair. Physical Chess

Also it's less... scary? At least you'll get less scary-looking bruises (though probably more total number of bruises)

>Olympic style fencing is pretty interesting too, to be fair.

It just seems incredibly divorced from it's martial origins. To each their own.

dmoy1mo ago

Oh for sure it is very gamified. It's still very interesting in its own right though.

Just don't go into it if you are looking for realism.

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