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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. Salle
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The penalized fencer must retreat to 'normal' distance before the bout can restart – that is, the distance where both fencers can stand on-guard, with their arms and swords extended directly at their opponent, and their blades do not cross. If this puts the fencer beyond the back edge of the piste, the fencer's opponent receives a point.
For a right-handed fencer, the inside line is to the left, and the outside line is to the right; thus the parries prime, quarte, and septime deflect the opponent's blade to the left (inside), while the parries seconde, tierce, sixte, and octave deflect the opponent's blade to the right (outside), as shown.
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).
The fencer raises their weapon hand to shoulder level, with the blade angled outward to deflect incoming attacks. Quarte, high inside, chest: The quarte parry is employed to block attacks directed at the upper inside line, particularly targeting the fencer's chest and upper arm on the inside. The fencer brings their weapon hand across their ...
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The fencing response is an unnatural position of the arms following a concussion. Immediately after moderate forces have been applied to the brainstem , the forearms are held flexed or extended (typically into the air) for a period lasting up to several seconds after the impact.