Uploaded December 2017 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
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Being involved in a martial art again has re-kindled some old thoughts and feelings, and I used this episode to really explore the fascination with combat. My longest-running athletic endeavor was fencing, and I find that I am still motivated by many of the same things that made me pick up a sword. Why do men (especially young men) seek out ways to harm each other in order to test themselves? Why is pretend sword-fighting still an Olympic sport when we can see people beaten and choked unconscious in a cage?
Notes:
Excerpt of a piece I wrote in 2008 about dueling in German Fraternities: mikebeech.com/swords-and-scars
“By The Sword” by Richard Cohen: amzn.to/2ALEMRu
“A Tramp Abroad” by Mark Twain: amzn.to/2AppQWd
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Being involved in a martial art again has re-kindled some old thoughts and feelings, and I used this episode to really explore the fascination with combat. My longest-running athletic endeavor was fencing, and I find that I am still motivated by many of the same things that made me pick up a sword. Why do men (especially young men) seek out ways to harm each other in order to test themselves? Why is pretend sword-fighting still an Olympic sport when we can see people beaten and choked unconscious in a cage?
Notes:
Excerpt of a piece I wrote in 2008 about dueling in German Fraternities: mikebeech.com/swords-and-scars
“By The Sword” by Richard Cohen: amzn.to/2ALEMRu
“A Tramp Abroad” by Mark Twain: amzn.to/2AppQWd
