HEMA. I love the idea of consensually hitting people with swords in a as-historically-accurate-as-is-possible-and-safe manner but unfortunately because it's pretty niche the 'safe' part of is that fuckin expensive. And the 'sword' part really, they're not exactly mass-produced you gotta like, pay individual smiths, and they're not cheap. Justifiably so.
HEMA. I love the idea of consensually hitting people with swords in a as-historically-accurate-as-is-possible-and-safe manner but unfortunately because it's pretty niche the 'safe' part of is that fuckin expensive. And the 'sword' part really, they're not exactly mass-produced you gotta like, pay individual smiths, and they're not cheap. Justifiably so.