Duckk wrote:...What? Fencing is an incredibly demanding sport physically. I know 4 people who have all participated in fencing, and they talk all the time about conditioning. We've even had jokes about how toned their legs are, and how muscular their sword arm is compared to their other arm.
My apology Duckk, you are absolutely correct.
I might have erroneously mistaken Rajani's reference to mean "dangerous." In the Pavel Young sense.
"The more physical sports" as in "the contact sports" sense. You are highly unlikely to incur a broken femur, broken back, broken ankle, broken arm, dislocated shoulder, hyper extended knee or plain old death from a broken neck, from fencing.
I don't recall ever meeting anyone who were afraid of the pain of conditioning. No pain, no gain.
Although, I never said that fencing wasn't physically demanding. Sara, my friend's daughter who has roped me into liking the sport, has a full length inside swimming pool on their property and states how it has helped her conditioning.