The air was charged with electricity as the crowd held their breath in suspense. Both men took their left hands, which were wrapped in their shirts, and put them behind their backs. They then held their machetes out in their right hands and approached one another. It looked like an ancient duel...and it was. It was a real life duel with swords. No rules. Real swords. May the best man win. --FROM MACHETE FIGHTS TO PARADISE Daniel DiMarzio's book about the machete fighters in the Dominican Republic intrigued me from the first, because it was ...real. These fighters and these "duels" are happening today, in our lifetime, on a tropical paradise, and they are to the death! "When I first heard of sword fights in the Dominican Republic," writes Daniel, "I was very skeptical. I thought maybe I was hearing about a freak occurrence or a story that was blown out of proportion. But, then I heard another story…and another. All of them abo...