Questions tagged [fencing]

Fencing, or sword-fighting, can be a catch-all term for using a sword, but can also refer to the modern sport fencing. Questions about the modern sport fencing should be asked in Sports Stack Exchange. Many martial traditions have fencing as a large part of them, so please also tag your question with the relevant school or style of fencing.

Fencing, or sword-fighting, can be a catch-all term for using a sword, but can also refer to the modern sport fencing. Questions about the modern sport fencing should be asked in Sports Stack Exchange. Many martial traditions have fencing as a large part of them, so please also tag your question with the relevant school or style of fencing.

For instance, HEMA and fencing indicates the question is about sword-use and sword fighting in Europe before WW1. Fencing and Iaido indicated the question is about fencing in Japan.

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Is mutual death (ai uchi) the outcome of any duel between champions in saber?

I have read that according to Japanese thinking, once the fighters reach a certain level of skill, it is impossible to absolutely defeat them, therefore mutual death (ai uchi) is the certain outcome. Because of this, the samurai were taught to fight…
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