I've actually fought using practise swords. It's tough! It really is about footwork. I was practising with a ninja/akido style. the oriental styles are an extention of the martial arts styles of each culture. The Kung Fu style is very flash and some moves in the chinese style are also. The japenesse style is the most no-nonsense of the styles I know of. The samarii had a very solid approach to swordfights, which was why they were able to disarm and kill a man in one or two moves. The sword fighting you see in the last samarii is actually a mix of chinese and japanesse swordfigting techiques.
I liked Episode I's fights because they were about footwork. Of course they were you had a real fighter doing it. Another good example of sword fighting is seven samarii. great flik. great fights