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Fencers tend to stand somewhat side-on to the principal direction of movement (the fencing line), leading with the weapon side (right for a right-hander, left for a left-hander). In this fencing stance the feet are a shoulder-width or more apart with the leading foot forward and the trailing foot at right angles to it. Finally, the knees are ...
The fencing area, 14 metres (46 ft) long and between 1.5 and 2 metres (4.9 and 6.6 ft) wide. Going off the side of the strip with one foot or both halts the fencing action and gets a penalty of the loss of 1 metre (3.3 ft). The last 2 metres (6.6 ft) on each end are hash-marked, to warn a fencer before they back off the end of the strip.
Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. [1] It consists of three primary disciplines: foil, épée, and sabre (also spelled saber), each with its own ...
This book is a supplement to the Sokhan Big Dictionary, which was published in eight volumes in the year 2002 (1381 in the Persian calendar). It comprises words that were omitted or newly discovered, as well as corrections of printing and non-printing errors and mistakes in references that occurred across the eight volumes.
This category is for articles related to fencing and swordplay. For articles about fences see Category:fences . The main article for this category is Fencing .
Sabre – A fencing weapon with a flat blade and knuckle guard, used with cutting or thrusting actions; a military sword popular in the 18th to 20th centuries; any cutting sword used by cavalry. The modern fencing sabre is descended from the dueling sabre of Italy and Germany, which was straight and thin with sharp edges, but had a blunt end.
Finally, it was published in 1972 by Amir Kabir Publishers in Tehran, Iran, in six volumes — four volumes for Persian words, compounds, and expressions, and two volumes for proper nouns. The dictionary has not been updated since its first publishing, but has been reprinted many times by several publishers inside Iran.
This category is for articles related to specific dictionaries and glossaries of the Persian language. Pages in category "Persian dictionaries" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.