Of course, western fencing is based on dueling, so it's assumed the blades were already drawn by the time they actually got to combat. If you look at western fencing, there's an acknowledgment of unsheathing the sword within 1st position. The form itself was o.k.basic braodsword movment ,(Southern-style).and the competator wasn't 'goofy' looking or acting, ie 'overly' dressed, or SCREAMING or chanting incorrect pronounciations of Chinese words.you know, the stuff that makes the Judges embarassed, or makes you think 'he' made it up.lol'. the form opened with a standard Shao-Lin salute,(double-block - jump to the right & press palm/fist forward in an empty-stance).then he circled his right-arm over to his left-shoulder, grabbed the sword-handle and drew it out & down to his right-side then back, while his left-side-palm pressed forward in an empty-stance,(somewhat like the Tai-Ji Jien technique 'shoot wild geese'). The student had the broad-sword/scabbard strapped over his shoulder, so that the sword would lie flat against his upper-back, with the handle of the sword aiming up over his left shoulder. I remember seeing a Dao Lu,(braod-sword form), once at a competition being 'drawn' from its' scabbard.
