Sound kinda gay to me..;>)Sword ping!
Sound kinda gay to me..;>)A couple of critiques right off the bat... and it’s too bad there isn’t video. Would be easier to see what sort of real intent they’re teaching. But anyway:
Thing one: The pic with the guy jumping in the air... nope. Don’t do that. Keep on the ground at all times. Take a step one foot at a time. Keep your stance wide and stable. No jumping. No spinning. That’s only for the movies.
Thing two: At least one of those pics shows some edge-on-edge parrying. Just don’t. You keep doing that and your favorite swordsmith is going to give up and cut your hands off. It puts notches (and therefore weak spots) in your sword. Parry with the flat, not the edge. I’m pretty sure even the Romans would have agreed. This is one of the most grievous errors we get from the movies.
Gee and after this 'fun' filled 'course', graduates can move on and 'learn' how to become good Roman soldiers and their fine art and skill of crucifying Christians properly. Once that 'skill' has been achieved 'students' can then move on to the more 'participatory' class of actually deciding who lives or who dies in the Colosseum. This has been declared by former students to be the most 'satisfying' out of all the courses offered by 'We want to be God' college.
Remember: A wide variety of additional courses are offered including: How to butcher babies and laugh about it and one of our top requested classes: How to starve Jews and others who 'don't fit' to the brink of death and then finish them off in gas chambers (all the while learning how to effectively convince them that they are going to enjoy a nice satisfying warm 'shower').
WooooHooooo. Sounds like such fun to me. /s
My 2 teenage sons did this last summer when we were there for a week. They really enjoyed it and it was a nice, fun break from all the must-see tourist sights.