I've always loved the way Fritz Leiber wrote fight scenes, especially in the Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser stories. That Leiber was a champion fencer, and used this knowledge in his writing. I used to fence classically, myself, so it appeals to me. On the rare occasions when C'kayah uses a sword, I'm wont to trot out this knowledge, though I'm sure it's really only good for a chuckle when I start emoting about holding the sword in carte, parrying in sixte and following with an immediate moulinet in prime...
