fencing

Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. It consists of three primary disciplines: foil, épée, and sabre (also spelled saber), each with its own blade and set of rules. Most competitive fencers specialise in one of these disciplines. The modern sport gained prominence near the end of the 19th century, evolving from historical European swordsmanship. The Italian school altered the historical European martial art of classical fencing, and the French school later refined that system. Scoring points in a fencing competition is done by making contact with the opponent with one's swor

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Fencing is a competitive combat sport where two opponents use swords to score points against each other, with three main styles—foil, épée, and sabre—each governed by its own rules. The modern sport developed in the late 19th century from historical European swordsmanship traditions, refined through Italian and French martial arts schools.

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Sport.image: Final Trophee Monal 2012 n08.jpg
Sport.caption: Final of the Challenge Réseau Ferré de France–Trophée Monal 2012, épée world cup tournament in Paris
Sport.imagesize: 200px
Sport.union: FIE
Sport.first: Between the 17th and 19th centuries Europe
Sport.region: Worldwide
Sport.contact: Semi-contact
Sport.team: Singles or team relay
Sport.mgender: Yes, separate
Sport.type: indoor
Sport.category: Martial art
Sport.equipment: Épée, foil, sabre, body cord, lamé, grip
Sport.venue: Piste
Sport.glossary: Glossary of fencing
Sport.olympic: Part of Summer Olympic programme since 1896
Sport.paralympic: part of Summer Paralympic programme since 1960
Martial art.logo: Fencing pictogram.svg
Martial art.logosize: 100px

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Contents

Competitive fencing
Governing body
Rules
Bout scoring and duration
Individual matches
Team matches
Universities and schools
History
Development into a sport
Weapons
Foil
Épée
Sabre
Equipment
Protective clothing
Grips
Electric equipment
Techniques
Offensive
Defensive
Other variants
In popular culture
See also
Notes
References
External links

The 1904 Olympic Games featured a fourth discipline of fencing known as singlestick, but it was dropped after that year and is not a part of modern fencing. Competitive fencing was one of the first sports to be featured in the Olympics and, along with athletics, cycling, swimming, and gymnastics, has been featured in every modern Olympics.