Does swordsmanship count as a sport?

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Does swordsmanship count as a sport?

Postby Destroyer2000 » Mon Mar 08, 2004 4:46 pm

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Postby Pantakrator » Mon Mar 08, 2004 5:41 pm

I should think so!!!
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Postby Michael » Mon Mar 08, 2004 5:42 pm

Fencing does. Is that what you're thinking of?
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Postby Locke » Mon Mar 08, 2004 6:05 pm

if not i wasted alot of time
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Postby Omega Amen » Mon Mar 08, 2004 6:07 pm

Fencing, definitely.

However, most Asian martial arts sword practices and sparring... no... unless it is in performing a certain form that requires a sword (like in gymnastics, where you get a score for your performance in a competition). That is my opinion as a former Chinese martial arts student.
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Postby glitch1501 » Mon Mar 08, 2004 6:17 pm

id consider it a sport

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Postby kirakira » Mon Mar 08, 2004 6:24 pm

Is a plum considered a fruit? *lol* Yes, I consider it a sport. ^^ It all depends on what you define a sport as. I htink WEbster said something to the effect of: any physical activity indulged in for amusement, sport (clever webster, eh?), etc, etc...I forget. ^^ Ah well, that wasn't much help now was it? Now I'm rambling. *lol*
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Postby Destroyer2000 » Mon Mar 08, 2004 6:41 pm

Well, the way I see it, fencing is weak. It USED to be good....two blows: One, get under the armour, two, kill. Now it's just something practiced by tapping pointy sticks together while wearing armor, no less. I don't wear armor when I fight with friends; I take the blows. Of course, that could be why I'm hurt alot, but....enough.

I mean kenjutsu. Not fencing. Sword arts with a katana, wakizashi, and other weapons like that. Even European broadswords and such, but their styles were just slash, hack, slash, etc. I'm a bit biased toward Japanese styles, but...I mean ANY sword style, fencing or not.
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Postby Hitokiri » Mon Mar 08, 2004 6:45 pm

swordfighting is a art and a sport. I belive they do have competitions of sword figthing (by yourslf and against a opponent).

Thie rthis one guy who was the master at the Katana (and a Christian) who placed Number 1 in the Katana use. Man was he good! I saw it on T.V.
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Postby kirakira » Mon Mar 08, 2004 6:57 pm

*pokes unsuspecting Destroyer2000 with a foil* Eh? *lol* Actually, fencing can get really brutal. If you think it's just tapping sticks, you are sadly misinformed. ^^ *lolses* I participated in a tournament a while back, and got blood drawn. ^^ Not to mention bruises. Ah, well, I guess it's all in how you look at it. :thumb:
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Postby cbwing0 » Mon Mar 08, 2004 6:57 pm

If by "sport" you mean something you see in the olympics or on tv, then no, sword arts are not sports. However, if you mean a competition that requires great skill, lots of practice, and physical fitness, then Kenjutsu, Iaijutsu, etc. are most certainly sports.
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Postby Hitokiri » Mon Mar 08, 2004 7:08 pm

it should be a sport in the olympics
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Postby Kisa » Tue Mar 09, 2004 1:05 pm

Yea its a sport! Anything that involves athletic ability and skill is! ^_^
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Postby Destroyer2000 » Tue Mar 09, 2004 4:05 pm

Ah. I got a good gash in my head from a staff...meh, that was when we were first starting. It wouldn't happen now.
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