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This is cringeworthy on so many levels. More than anything else, it is completely pointless. Why stand around LARPing as a sword fighter in the year 2017? Who are you going to fight with a sword? Further, what kind of sword fighting technique are you even actually learning by fighting armored opponents and not using slashing or piercing attacks? Most of these guys are just bludgeoning each other. With swords. This is completely retarded.
You usually put out good content, but you completely dropped the ball with this one. HEMA is not about "larping" but reconstructing and interpreting historical sources. It goes hand in hand with Archeology the study of respective cultures and societies. Dont confuse the M-1 stuff with HEMA.
I am not going to explain why it has become a popular hobby to you, since you are clearly not interested in finding out what's behind the phenomenon. HEMA itself is not a competetive sport per se, but can be treated as such to some degree.
I usually don't need to explain men why it is fun to do close combat, especially when cold steel is involved. I am not going to start with you.
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Traditional European sword fighting was not about fighting with swords.
It is and always has been. In Ancient Rome a lot of people joined Gladiatorial Schools just for fun, not because they had to. There always have been fencing school that trained their pupils in anachronistic or exotic weaponry - just for fun.
In our Student Fraternities we still duel with sharp swords since the 18th century. As a rite of initiation, as a ritual to protect your honor - even to the death. Bet you didn't know that and feel stupid now.
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If you want to truly align yourself with the spirit of traditional European martial arts, learn how to box and wrestle, lift weights, and more than anything learn to shoot guns very well.
Implying any of us doesn't do that already. Interesting that you mention boxing and wrestling - both fall into the HEMA category. Since you didn't spend a single minute on research, but rather on what the kids today call sperging out you don't know that, and your only argument ist "stop liking what I don't like".
I personally would not even recommend boxing or wrestling, but knife fighting. We also have a lot of historical treatises on that. Ressources people wouldn't use, if everyone thought like you.
Thankfully you are the exception, not the rule. Your lack of curiosity and respect is truly exceptional. Feel free to leave the thread and focus your efforts on other topics.