[thecodont]

We don’t usually think of it as such in America, because nobody carries swords any more, but it is a martial art. The strength, speed, timing, and control of distance I learned in fencing kept me from getting mugged or beat up on more than one continent.

Few sports can teach such balance and timing.

Yes, it is a martial art. It should be kept alive and practiced carefully.

[bankwalker]

Bruce Lee’s art JKD absorbed a lot of attributes from fencing, as well as boxing.

[Billyv]

Yes, it is a martial art. It should be kept alive and practiced carefully.@@@@

Perhaps time for an NFA? Don’t know how this was missed after the Revolutionary War to keep alive the requisite skills necessary for great swordsmanship!

Cool sport, i suspect limited opportunities.

[AnAmericanMother]

I agree!

(proudly posting w/o reading the thread since some time in the 1990s)