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**cialesxtr** · 08-24-2008, 08:13 PM

There is something more to fencing than winning. Fencing is about drawing first blood from your opponent. A bunch of aristocrats got together and drew up rules about how to go about winning arguments without killing each other and developed fencing. The idea was that the winner of the argument would be the person who drew first blood of the other person....{snip}

Hope that helps in some way.

Thanks for the explanation Imouto. It would seem then to be the infamous "Olympic Spirit" which is the corrupting influence, and not something inherent in fencing. It's just a pity that fencing's biggest stage has become an arena for displaying the worst behaviour, rather than the best.

Totally agree about the Australian broadcaster's parochialism. Then again, when you consider that some estimates put the price of a single Aussie gold medal at up to AUD$100 million of taxpayers' money, it makes sense that people are going to want to watch the sports that show them the best chance of a return on their money, so to speak.

The more I consider the Olympics, the more I'm convinced that the best way to develop and promote kendo is simply through one's own keiko. A kind of "if you build it they will come" kind of ethos.

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08-24-2008, 08:13 PM	#20
cialesxtr Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 465 Senior Member	There is something more to fencing than winning. Fencing is about drawing first blood from your opponent. A bunch of aristocrats got together and drew up rules about how to go about winning arguments without killing each other and developed fencing. The idea was that the winner of the argument would be the person who drew first blood of the other person....{snip} Hope that helps in some way. Thanks for the explanation Imouto. It would seem then to be the infamous "Olympic Spirit" which is the corrupting influence, and not something inherent in fencing. It's just a pity that fencing's biggest stage has become an arena for displaying the worst behaviour, rather than the best. Totally agree about the Australian broadcaster's parochialism. Then again, when you consider that some estimates put the price of a single Aussie gold medal at up to AUD$100 million of taxpayers' money, it makes sense that people are going to want to watch the sports that show them the best chance of a return on their money, so to speak. The more I consider the Olympics, the more I'm convinced that the best way to develop and promote kendo is simply through one's own keiko. A kind of "if you build it they will come" kind of ethos. b
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