Timeline for Making the 'Master Swordsman' fantasy realistic?
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| Aug 21, 2018 at 14:33 | comment | added | Battle | As of my personal experience, I have a hobby where I use 2 somewhat dull machetes to cut through brushes of various thicknesses (and sometimes small-medium trees). Usually I continually hit with high force (sometimes full force) and I can last up to half an hour without being too fit myself. It also requires high precision and a firm grip. So to my experience swinging around swords is not as exhausting as you might expect. However the additional moving around and dodging may cause it to add up. If I'd be in good shape, I could easily go on for quite a long time. | |
| Aug 21, 2018 at 13:17 | comment | added | walrus | @L.Dutch I see, yes, it is. At my club we have a tradition in which anyone leaving the club must spar with everyone on their last night. Normally by the end of the evening they can barely lift their sword. | |
| Aug 21, 2018 at 13:14 | comment | added | L.Dutch♦ | @walrus, no, I don't think swordmen (or other attacker) are so polite to line up and wait for their turn to attack, unless the environment forces them to do so. The "that kind of fight" referred to HEMA in general. | |
| Aug 21, 2018 at 13:11 | comment | added | walrus | @L.Dutch I've not seen it in HEMA, but are you thinking of something along the lines of the 100 Man Kumite? | |
| Aug 21, 2018 at 13:07 | comment | added | L.Dutch♦ | @walrus, I agree with you and I remember reading somewhere here how exhausting it is to do that kind of fight. | |
| Aug 21, 2018 at 13:06 | history | edited | L.Dutch♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 21, 2018 at 13:00 | comment | added | walrus | I don't think this is really true; from my experience with melees in HEMA every time someone has been outnumbered they get hit well before they have time to get tired - and this is with normal, average-fitness people. Stamina's great, but you'd have to be impossibly good to survive long enough for it to matter. | |
| Aug 21, 2018 at 11:39 | comment | added | Onyz | Note that the second change does not necessarily exclusively address the "time to grow muscle"- it also modifies the structure of said muscles, making them require less energy to maintain and use. This would help with the stamina required. | |
| Aug 21, 2018 at 11:37 | history | answered | L.Dutch♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |