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Fencing was a sport in the AoL. I would imagine that the sport was a remnant from a time when people actually did use swords for battle. Much like we have fencing as a sport today, even though the sword isn't exactly used as a weapon very commonly (at least not here).

Demandred, like a few of the Forsaken, was already "old" (compared even to modern Aes Sedai), since he was over 300 years. It's no wonder he sees himself as superior to anyone from this age. Even though most of that experience came from a time of peace, it's a whole lot of experience.

He wouldn't have to have been an expert, just "good". I think Demandred would consider just a "good" swordsman from the AoL as better than most from the third age. You can be good without being a renowned master.

We never saw anything to indicate that he couldn't have been a skilled swordsman. Before the War of Shadow, fencing was just a sport. Basically everything we know about Asmodean is that he was a musician, joined the Shadow for that sake, and severed his own mother.

I think it's quite possible that Asmodean was simply a very solid swordsman, but not close to Demandred, which is why he discarded the idea immediately. I don't think the would've jumped straight to Asmodean if Asmodean hadn't had any skills in that area at all. Feels like Sammael or somebody...