I miss it as well. It isn’t an easy sport to pick up again though. 
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Walking to the fridge to grab some cold pizza
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Have you ever considered doing larping? My housemates do it every week, it’s not the same as fencing though.
I used to swordfight acitvely in the SCA! I don’t think larping is for me though.
I don’t know what SCA is. Sword something?
It’s a historical re-enactment thing. 
Society for Creative Anachronism - Wikipedia
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+1 Zombie Run here, even for my Runner 5 shirt
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Ahh, I see, nifty. The guys I live with do the full on armour thing, but use fibreglass/foam weapons/shields. It’s actually pretty exhausting, running around for two hours carting ten kilos of crap around with you.
Though I do know a couple people that go the full thing, one works at Kryal Castle, another just does the accurate equipment stuff for fun, I think it’s called HMV.
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It’s so common in Melb! I know salty knows some friends who do it, I have some friends as well. If I had more time I would. I think it’s a bit of a luxury exercise, I’d rather just do some HIIT and be done with cardio 
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Yeah, I find cardio a bit boring, unless I’m riding my bike around the city with my headphones in (which I can do for hours), I’m not really into cardio stuff.
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I’m surprised how clean this thread is, well done everyone!
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@Saltypatra just earned some mad props from me on this! I never got into SCA but I was a big Amtgard proponent when I was in junior high and high school!
I designed and built my own short sword, long sword, quarterstaff, and even an axe! It was fun… 
I have not thought about this stuff in DECADES!!! 
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It’s so much fun, isn’t @efh313! Now I want to start again but I just don’t have the time. 
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I literally looked up the Amtgard website and spent about an hour and half just reading over all the material. I would love to play again, but as you pointed out… where is the time?
Work
Wife
Children
Gems
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Just no time for Fantasy Swordplay in my life… 
Maybe when your kids live on their own? It takes so much time but that’s time you can play gems with instead 
Yes! That’s why I do HIIT. So much quicker and you can listen to music.
I jog a bit but enjoy when my bf can actually join me. Otherwise I skip it sometimes.