well when i was a kid re-inacters who fought every weekend and waged huge battles across the country were the norm. everysunday me and my parents did it (my parents ran the group - the nights templar). then most people stopped because computers came along in leaps and bounds. now people who would go out and fight are playing final fantasy. most people who stuck with it have become stuck up....claiming they are pros, researching history and teaching a very very dangerous, stupid and poor form of fighting.
now people watch FF and get teh sillyest notions of fighting from it. you should read how cray the people at tenchu are..thye have no clue