[greedo]

Also as a former fencer, I've realized that fencing has so little to do with most "blade" warfare, whether in real life or in the movies. Epee might be the closest to reality for parts of Europe with duels etc, but I think all three forms diverged pretty quickly since the death of an opponent kind of kills the sport.

[hprotagonist]

olympic/sport fencing has very little to do with killing people with sharp metal. the same goes for kendo, of course …