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  2. Fencing rules - Wikipedia

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    In contemporary sport fencing defense by footwork usually takes the shape of moving either directly away from your opponent or directly towards them. The most common way of delivering an attack in fencing is the lunge, where the fencer reaches out with their front foot and straightens their back leg. This maneuver has the advantage of allowing ...

  3. Épée - Wikipedia

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    Electric épée fencing: Diego Confalonieri (left) and Fabian Kauter in the final of the Trophée Monal While the modern sport of fencing has three weapons — foil, épée, and sabre, each a separate event — the épée is the only one in which the entire body is the valid target area (the others are restricted to varying areas above the waist).

  4. Fencing - Wikipedia

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    Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. [1] The three disciplines of modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also saber); each discipline uses a different kind of blade, which shares the same name, and employs its own rules.

  5. Priority (fencing) - Wikipedia

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    According to the FIE rules, an attack is defined as "the initial offensive action made by extending the arm and continuously threatening the opponent's target...". This is explained in the USFA Fencing Officials Commission FAQ: Initial refers to which fencer starts the action before their opponent does. Offensive indicates moving towards the ...

  6. Foil (fencing) - Wikipedia

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    The rules for the sport of fencing are regulated by national sporting associations—in the United States, the United States Fencing Association (USFA) [24] and internationally by the International Fencing Federation (FIE). [25] The detailed rules for foil are listed in the USFA Rulebook. [26] Rules for the sport of fencing date back to the ...

  7. Grip (sport fencing) - Wikipedia

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    In fencing, the grip is the part of the weapon which is gripped by the fencer's hand. There are two types of grips commonly used today in competitive foil and épée: French, which is a straight grip with a pommel at the end of it, and the orthopedic or pistol grip. Virtually all high level foil fencers use a pistol grip; in épée, both types ...

  8. Olympics Latest: Chinese fencer Sun Yiwen wins gold in épée

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    Sun Yiwen of China has beaten five-time Olympian Ana Maria Popescu of Romania 11-10 in overtime to win gold in the women’s épée fencing competition. Popescu leveled the score at 10-10 with ...

  9. Flèche (fencing) - Wikipedia

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    Rules prevent body contact with the opponent in foil. Infraction of the rule may result in a warning, awarding a touch to the opponent, and/or expulsion from the competition. [ 2 ] In épée, contact merely results in a stopping of play without penalty, unless it was done with jostling, brutality, or to avoid being hit.