I have fenced in the sca. (scociety of creative anacronism) for several years and still do, with heavy-rapier'schlager'blades, in tournaments and at Estrella War a few times(the second largest sca. event in north america). I started with saber fenceing long ago.If your intrested in sword fighting look into"foam fighting"groups,in your area,like Amtguard or Dagorhir.