Fencing????

im doin a project in calss and i need to know about fencing. So if you know anything please tell me. the more info you put the better. ill give 10 points to the person who gives me the most info.|||Just off the top of my head.......








In the broadest possible sense, fencing is the art of armed combat involving cutting, stabbing, or bludgeoning weapons directly manipulated by hand, rather than shot or thrown. Example weapons include swords, knives, pikes, bayonets, batons, clubs, and similar. In contemporary common usage, fencing tends to refer specifically to European schools of swordsmanship and to the modern Olympic sport that has evolved out of them. Fencing is one of the four sports that has been featured at every modern Olympic Games. The modern weapons for sport fencing are the foil, 茅p茅e, and sabre. Foils and 茅p茅es are very similar. They both involve the use of the point, stabbing the opponent, while in sabre, one can use the sides of the weapon, and cut or stab. The term %26#039;Fencing%26#039; derives from the expression, %26quot;The Art of Defense%26quot;, meaning the art of defending oneself in combat








There are three forms of competitive fencing in practice. Variations make each of them a distinct game. All three approach the activity as a sport, with varying degrees of connectedness to its historic past.








Olympic fencing (or simply %26quot;fencing%26quot;) refers to the fencing seen in most competitions, including the Olympic Games. It is marked by the use of electronic scoring equipment, and conducted according to rules laid down by the F茅d茅ration Internationale d%26#039;Escrime (FIE), the sports federation governing most international fencing competitions. The current rules are very loosely based on a set of conventions developed in 18th- and 19th-century Europe to govern fencing as a martial art and a gentlemanly pursuit. The weapons used are the electric foil, electric 茅p茅e, and electric sabre.





Wheelchair fencing, (my personal favorite) is an original paralympic sport, was developed in post-World War II England. Minor modifications to the FIE rules allow disabled fencers to fence all three weapons. The most apparent change is that each fencer sits in a wheelchair fastened to a frame. Footwork is replaced by torso or arm movement, depending on the fencer%26#039;s disability. The proximity of the two fencers tends to increase the pace of bouts, which require considerable skill. The weapons are identical to those used in Olympic fencing.





American Fencing League (AFL) fencing is conducted in the United States according to rules of the American Fencing League (founded in 2005), which are based on the 1940 rules of the old Amateur Fencers League of America (which became the USFA in 1981). AFL fencing is not as purely athletic a game as Olympic fencing, as it has longer %26quot;phrases,%26quot; longer time limits, 1-touch 茅p茅e rules, a different approach to the principle of %26quot;right of way,%26quot; and a revival of 3-weapon bouts. It uses the standard (non-electric) foil, standard 茅p茅e, and standard sabre. Confusingly, it is sometimes referred to as classical fencing











The clothing which is worn in modern fencing is made of tough cotton or nylon. Kevlar was added to top level uniform pieces (jacket, breeches, underarm protector, lam茅, and the bib of the mask) following the Smirnov incident at the 1982 World Championships in Rome. However, kevlar breaks down in chlorine and UV light, so the act of washing one%26#039;s uniform and/or hanging it up in the sun to dry actually damaged the kevlar%26#039;s ability to do the job.








In recent years other ballistic fabrics such as Dyneema have been developed that perform the puncture resistance function and which do not have kevlar%26#039;s weakness. In fact, the FIE rules state that the entirety of the uniform (meaning FIE level clothing, as the rules are written for FIE tournaments) must be made of fabric that resists a force of 800 newtons (1600N in the mask bib).|||Taken straight off wikipedia. Report Abuse
|||Agreed, and the kid who asked the question probably just copied it straight also. If this is what amounts to %26#039;research%26#039; in today%26#039;s schools... Report Abuse
|||holy crap u know nothing bout fencing i have fenced for a long time and my dad has for 35 years+ so thats all bs go here http://www.usfencing.org/usfa/ Report Abuse