Fencing

Fencing may appear to some to be a simple sport that requires little or no exercise, but that's not the case. Fencers need fancy footwork, superb timing and safe defense techniques in order to be...

There are three different weapons used in fencing (epee, sabre and foil), and each has a specific set of rules & regulations. However, there are some rules & regulations that all three...

Learn the rules of staying in the strip in sabre fencing in this free online video.

Learn about the fencing strip & scoreboard in sabre fencing in this free online video.

The piste in foil fencing is the long strip that amounts to the playing field or area; learn the rules of foil fencing and basic strategy in this free video fencing lesson.

The longest running sport in modern Olympics, fencing requires concentration, accuracy and mobility. In fencing, a bout is an individual game and the object of a bout is to score a fixed number of...

Good directing enables free, unrestrained fencing. The worst fencing comes from fencers “working for the referee,” whereby they are trying to conform to a capricious or confused director....