By : Jacob Dupuis
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
"How Fencing Works" by Jacob Dupuis
Many people believe that fencing is just a sport about hitting each other with swords, but in reality, it is much more complicated than that. First of all, there are three diferent kinds of fencing :Sabre, foil and epee. Sabre is the quickest one, in which you can hit with the blade and the point. You can hit anywhere above the waist except for the hand. The second kind is foil, in which you can only point. You can hit only a person chest. The final type is epee, in which you can only use the point, but there are no limitations on where you can hit. This is the type in which matches take the longest. Foil and sabre have a system in which the fencers can get advantages depending on what they do, for example: parrying (blocking) gives you the advantage, so if both fencers hit each other at the same time after, the one who parried gets the point. Epee fencing does not have this system so it is more of a game of hit without being hit, or BOTH peole get points. I hope this gave you insight on some of the rules of fencing.
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Thanks Jacob! I knew absolutely nothing about fencing. I think that you do fencing, is that right? Is there a fencing team / club in Quebec? Where do you practice? It would have been nice to include a picture of you practicing your sport.
ReplyDeleteI can now see fencing in a new way, thank you. I think I should try once doing fencing Against You. But where does fencing firs come from? I think it must be a very hard sport. Damien.
ReplyDeleteYour right its is more than a sport and is really important, will you make it a career Blackburn.S
ReplyDeleteThanks for telling me the basics about fencing. In the olympic games, I saw fencing once and I really found it an interesting and different sport. I never really got to understand all the rules in fencing, so thanks for letting me know! Markus Pienitz
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