Now in ancient Rome, a sword fight and the related weapons was known to be used by the army and the gladiators. The Gladius, or (as we call it today) the sword, used by the gladiators, was very much shorter than the ones the army used in battle.
However, both of these types of warriors learned these techniques with a wooden sword first, then they would make the transition as needed to the more sharpened steel swords. It is a know fact, this made them more focused at learning the skillful moves they needed to have.
Ancient history shows that, the German, Italian and Spanish sword arts of swordsmanship grew a great deal during both the medieval and renaissance periods. The swordsmanship in ancient China was not altogether secretive, but had a very great part in the martial arts side of things.
We find that in ancient Japan, the sword arts of Kendo progressed into a very popular sport and to this day is still practiced. However, the swordsmanship in our modern days is more popular as fencing, which now is a great part of modern sports.
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