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

sport which combines fencing, swimming, show jumping or obstacle running, shooting and running

fencing weapon and discipline

thumb|right|Shown is an épée fencer, with the valid target area (the entire body) in red. The ' (, ; ), also rendered as epee' in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword.

card shown for misconduct in sports

discipline of fencing

sword fight between two members of different fraternities with sharp weapons

thumb| Example of a wrestling tournament using a repechage bracket with two 3rd-place finishers without crossover. Competitors losing to finalists and compete for bronze medals.

facial scars left by the sport of academic fencing

thumb|upright|Colichemarde smallsword with a silver guard, 18th century. The abrupt narrowing of the blade, the defining feature of the colichemarde, is visible. Vevey historical museum. Colichemarde is a type of small sword (often written "smallsword") blade that was popular from the late 17th to the mid-18th century.

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part of sporting foil or épée

aspect of history

fencing technique