07-01-2020, 01:22 AM
Artistic Fencing has been going on for years. It was going on in the 70’s when one of my older colleagues was in France. Probably as long as competitive ballroom dancing. The senior world fencing championships in Moscow featured a lightsabre duel. Um, the *real* fencing championships, that is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4is7h_cgzI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4is7h_cgzI
In the Tudor Period, Fencing Masters were classified in the Vagrancy Laws along with Actors, Gypsys, Vagabonds, Sturdy Rogues, and the owners of performing bears.