Quote Originally Posted by Shay
Our house rules:

Rules: Swords are to hit only other swords
If a sword is swung at a body part, the attacker is out for the day.
Swords are NOT to be swung at shields.
You can block with your shield, but not attack with it.
If you raise your shield over your head, that is the signal for a time out of the end of the bout.

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(BTW- I consider this sport, not actual combat training)
You kind of take out all of the points of swinging a sword. "Sport" means competition.

1) "Swords are to hit only other swords
If a sword is swung at a body part, the attacker is out for the day."
- The whole point is to swing at, and connect with, a body part. If both participants are aiming at each other's swords, there is no sport, they're just playing "Click the Stick"

2) "If a sword is swung at a body part, the attacker is out for the day. ... You can block with your shield, but not attack with it."
- What are they blocking, if a sword can not be swung at a body part?