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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oryan77" data-source="post: 5862240" data-attributes="member: 18701">I was reminded about this after watching some Spartacus. Years ago I had a roommate for a short period of time that told me that he trained in sword fighting and competed in tournaments where they fought with real weapons.I'm not talking about fencing. He said that people would compete with longswords, shortswords, katanas, whatever.He was not a gamer and I don't even think he played video games. He wasn't even the nerdy exaggerating type. He was pretty much your typical blue collar construction worker type of guy. He even went as far as to show me some stances and defensive maneuvers using a toy lightsaber. He really seemed to know what he was talking about and his "lesson" seemed legit.But I always found it hard to believe that there would be such tournaments where you wield real swords. He said they wear protective gear, but he did show me a long scar down his forearm that he said was from a katana. I just don't see how a tournament like that can be held without causing some serious harm. Is there such a thing? Or was he just a very good liar? I'm usually very good at reading people and detecting BS. Although I wouldn't be surprised if he was a liar, his lifestyle, appearance, and conversations just didn't seem like a lie to me at the time.</blockquote>