I will be telling you about fencing. Now you may be thinking what is fencing? Fencing is a sport it is essentially sword fighting. There are 3 disciplines foil, epee, and saber. They all have different blades and rules. Hopefully, by the end of this, you will understand the basics of fencing. The goal of fencing is to hit your opponent in the target area while trying to block your opponent’s attack. If you hit the target area then you get a point. The highest score at the end of time wins. Another thing that you should know is the right of way. If both fencers hit each other at the same time then whoever is in an attacking position first or fights more aggressively gets the point. Now I will talk about the three disciplines in fencing.

Foil is the most common and technical discipline in fencing. The foil sword is the lightest and smallest. For foil, the target area is the chest and back. You have to attack your opponent with the point of your blade when you hit with the side of the blade it does not count. In this right of way counts.

The saber is the fastest of the disciplines. The blade for this is slightly smaller than the foil and the handle is different. The right of way goes in this. For this, the target area is anywhere above the waist. It is the only discipline in which you can cut or slash with the side of your blade.

Next is the epee. In comparison to saber, the epee is slow it is the slowest of the disciplines. The epee blade is the biggest and heaviest blade. The target area is the entire body. Like foil, you must use the tip of your tip to attack. But unlike foil and saber epee does not have right of way. So, if the fencers touch each other at the same time they would both get the point.

In fencing, there are a couple of rules. You can not step off the piste which is the rectangle-shaped platform fencing is played on. You can also not turn your back on the opponent. This is because the back of the head is not covered and if a sword hits that area it would hurt. Next, you can not use your nonplaying hand because it would hurt if the blade hit your hand. A yellow card is a warning a red card means that the opponent is awarded a point a black card means you have been disqualified. On rare occasions, neither fencer attacks the referee will stop the game.

All in all, fencing is an amazing sport