Cynthetiq

comparing it to a sport? yes.

As an activity, maybe not.

I know that civil war reenactors don't take kindly to being called guys who dress up in army clothes, but unfortunately that is what they are doing.

Fencing is a sport, with specified rules and guidelines to equipment and gameplay. Electrification is something that is more of a necessity because one cannot necessarily tell if someone has been struck based on speed of the foil.

SCA I'd say is not at this time.

My friends who used to be in SCA didn't have any criteria to winning or fighting. It was based on one boot or two boot kills. Best was two boots since you made your opponent fly backwards with both feet off the ground.

If it was setup like boxing wherein someone counted the strikes... maybe I'd think it a bit more of a sport.

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