Recently while cycling through the delight that is Aqueduct Park in Rome I came across a bunch of people fighting with swords. Now, the area they were in is used extensively by keep-fitters exercising and even has it’s own outdoor gym of sorts, comprising pull-up bars, static bikes and various other bits and pieces. I’d seen a lot of people working out in that area before but never like this. Stopping for a rest after a healthy jaunt along the ruins of what used to be the main supply of fresh water for the Roman Empire, I saw that this was longsword practice (i.e. both hands on the hilt ..read more