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Honestly, I was just taking the piss. I get it. I never got into HEMA myself, but I did hang out with folks who did, and a lot of SCA people at one time. I have the same complaint about other martial arts tbh, but I also understand the point is to learn self-defence, not get yourself maimed or killed during practice. The one downside is just that it instils people with wrong reflexes in the event they'd actually have to use it in a real fight. As to myself I don't have much experience sparring, mainly for lack of anyone to spar with. I just do FMA-style routines with a pair of axe handles in the yard, and for weight training same with a couple of Chinese Dadao swords which I never remove from their sheath because one false move and I'd lose a leg or the like.
Honestly, I was just taking the piss. I get it. I never got into HEMA myself, but I did hang out with folks who did, and a lot of SCA people at one time. I have the same complaint about other martial arts tbh, but I also understand the point is to learn self-defence, not get yourself maimed or killed during practice. The one downside is just that it instils people with wrong reflexes in the event they'd actually have to use it in a real fight. As to myself I don't have much experience sparring, mainly for lack of anyone to spar with. I just do FMA-style routines with a pair of axe handles in the yard, and for weight training same with a couple of Chinese Dadao swords which I never remove from their sheath because one false move and I'd lose a leg or the like.