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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).
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 blade and set of rules. Most competitive fencers specialise in one of these disciplines.
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.
A fencing weapon with rectangular cross-section blade and a small bell guard. More generally, any sword that has been buttoned or had its point turned back to render it less dangerous for practice. Forte The forte (French pronunciation:) is the bottom third of the blade, so named for the strength in leverage that it provides. Fencers should ...
However, each fencing master and fencing doctrine has a separate view of prise de fer. William Gaugler lists all four actions under Prise de Fer in his dictionary of fencing terminology, [ 1 ] while Roger Crosnier in his book Fencing with the Foil only mentions the croisé, the bind, and the envelopment as prise de fer actions. [ 2 ]
The Fencing World Cup is an international fencing competition held by the International Fencing Federation. In each weapon (Men's and Women's Épée , Sabre and Foil ), three Grand Prix, five World Cup events and several satellite events are contested each season.
It was Japan's first Olympic gold medal in fencing. [2] Kano won the individual épée gold medal at the 2022 and 2023 Asian Fencing Championships. At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Kano won the individual épée gold medal, beating Yannick Borel of France. This was Japan's first individual gold medal in any fencing event. [3]
Rank Team France Ukraine Switzerland 4 China 5 Italy 6 South Korea 7 Russia 8 Israel 9 Japan 10 Kazakhstan 11 Hungary 12 Denmark 13 United States 14 Estonia 15 Germany