Totally! While we think there’s benefit to testing yourself in tournaments, we don’t think it’s the only way to engage and enjoy historical swordsmanship. Playing with swords for the sheer joy of it is worth it alone.
While a portion of our students enjoy competitive tournaments, we also have students who just want to live out their swashbuckling dreams of being a Musketeer or pirate. Others use historical fencing as a way of getting in regular exercise in a way that they find more engaging than going to the gym.
Historical fencing is fun and we’re happy to let our students find their own joy in it. Not everything has to be about wins & losses in the fencing list.
