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Re:New body armour promises to transform fighting sports by laxatives on Sunday April 24, 2016 @08:32PM (#11561961)
IMO nothing compares with longsword fighting. By comparison, SCA looks like a bunch of big guys wailing on each other in the middle of a scrum. Longsword fighting has a much more competitive environment with well defined technique and strategy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhbcntqyiSo
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Re:New body armour promises to transform fighting sports by themartorana on Sunday April 24, 2016 @09:27PM (#11562120)
"...bunch of big guys wailing on each other..."

Add in death and dismemberment and you have what war actually probably looked like for thousands of years - pure, unadulterated mayhem.

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Re:New body armour promises to transform fighting sports by laxatives on Monday April 25, 2016 @12:46AM (#11562539)
Fair enough. I'd imagine the guys fighting had a lot more fitness and probably weren't struggling with obesity though.
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Re:New body armour promises to transform fighting sports by cafard on Monday April 25, 2016 @09:04AM (#11563903)
There was something on HN a year or two ago that said that gladiators tended to be on the fat side. On the other hand, given the distances marched, I doubt the hoplites and legionaries had much excess fat.
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Re:New body armour promises to transform fighting sports by Retric on Sunday April 24, 2016 @11:26PM (#11562398)
That's just fencing with a heavy object.

Actual sword fighting had a mix of stiles to deal with different armor types. But, maintaining balance was critical and bouncing like that a waste of energy and a good way to end up on the ground and hacked to pieces. They also often held the blade for leverage.

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