On Saturday, 19th of march, the Shinergy[battle] spring 2011 took place. From my school, three competitors entered the challenge and fought their way through the tournament. The Shinergy[battle] is a full-contact event that follows an action/stop ruleset. The basic idea is to combine the best aspects of pointfighting and full-contact fighting without having to bear with their downsides. You see, semi-contact pointfighting, where the action is interrupted after each hit, has the definitive advantage over other forms of fighting that it places great demands on an athletes tactical skill, speed and precision. On a negative note, obviously, most of the techniques that score great points in semi-contact fighting are utterly useless in every other form of combat. Just watch some of them fights and you'll see what I mean. Full-contact fighting, on the other hand, has the big advantage that it comes pretty close to actual fighting. It is not fighting, mind you, it's still a sport. Howe...