Im an epeeist who fences sabre on the side. I feel the really tight nuances of sabre make it extremely confusing. I usually ref when im taking a break during practice at my club. If they meet in the dead middle without clear hesitation, its simul. I dont have the ability to see everything going on all at once. My big gripe with sabre is what constitutes a beat or parry. Like i feel its now called a parry if your opponent's blade makes contact with yours, not even getting it off the line of attack, and they repost fast enough. Its definitely probably a misconception on my part but i feep sabre now just gets hung up on conventions rather than any remote realism to what it mimics. If you still died why would you get the point? I feel that its just become a game of pulling the wool over the eyes of observers and refs. I think they need to incorporate the accelerometer to gauge whether a hit would even realistically draw blood. The tiniest tap that isnt felt or seen just is boring. I wish sabre had a tight lockout like epee. If you dont parry it clean off the line in lieu for a faster riposte, it shouldnt be rewarded because of right of way. I know hema is a thing too but its not really what im interested in. I love sabre for those touches that arent just within the first half second. I find myself stepping away from sabre more often because of that.
Anyone care to explain what happened here? Anyone specifically at fault? Was it a stabbing injury or did they straight up punch their guards into each other's hands?
HEMA is a very interesting thing, but sports are not just fun. UFC started as a very realistic unarmed combat competition, but evolved to a more sportslike (watchable, profitable, safer) event. There is a lot of Bulshito in the "martial art" world - which is definitely not the case of HEMA. Not usually.
