The sword fights were only hinted at in the article written about the Florida SuperCon held this past weekend, but the writer, Ms. Akilah Johnson explained at length this odd new phenomenon she witnessed. Large groups of people would line up to smack each other with foam swords. A strike on the appendage meant it had been sliced off (if your right arm was struck you would not be able to use it and if your legs were struck, you'd have to fight on your knees).

So I did a little digging around and found this interesting video of the actress who plays Nymphadora Tonks taking on some random convention attendant in the fight. Actress Natalia Tena had been invited as a SuperCon speaker along with other actors from the Harry Potter film franchise. The video is a bit too long, and you need only watch a couple minutes to get the idea. But if you want to know who wins, well you'll just have to sit through the entire thing.

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