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Pistol dueling was a competitive sport developed around 1900 [1] which involved opponents shooting at each other using dueling pistols adapted to fire wax bullets. The sport was briefly popular among some members of the metropolitan upper classes in the US, UK and France. [ 2 ]
In the 1906 Intercalated Games, competitors fired duelling pistols at plaster dummies from distances of 20 m (22 yd) and 30 m (33 yd). [1]In 1908, pistol dueling was demonstrated as part of the concurrent Franco-British Exhibition, using the Olympic fencing arena and in front of invited guests. [2]
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).
For most of us, tug of war is an activity consigned to school days and summer camp competitions. But, for 20 years, it was a fiercely contested Olympic event.
Pistol dueling was an associate (non-medal) event at the 1906 and 1908 Olympic games (see Olympic dueling). The Fauré Le Page company of France made special pistols for sport duelling. These were break action, single-shot weapons that were fitted with a shield in front of the trigger, to protect the hand holding the pistol. [22]
The sabre is a cutting and thrusting weapon that targets the body above the waist. Specifically, the target comprises any part of the body above a horizontal line drawn between the top of the hip bones and then horizontally round the fencer's trunk. Sabre is the newest weapon to be used. Like the foil, the maximum legal weight of a sabre is 500 ...
Weapons and rules for dueling in the Indonesian archipelago vary from one culture to another. In Madura , dueling is known as carok and was typically practiced with the sickle or celurit . The Madurese people imbued their sickles with a khodam , a type of mythical spirit, by a way of prayer before engaging in a duel.
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.