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Arianna Errigo (L) competes against Carolin Golubytskyi (R) in the final of the women's foil event, 2013 World Fencing Championships. A foil is one of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. It is a flexible sword of total length 110 cm (43 in) or under, rectangular in cross section, weighing under 500 g (18 oz), with a blunt tip. [1]
A foil fencer. Valid target (the torso) is in red. A sabre fencer. Valid target (everything from the waist up, including the arms and head) is in red. An Épée fencer. Valid target (the entire body) is in red. Foil fencing – uses a foil, a light thrusting weapon, targeting the torso, including the back, but not the arms. Touches are scored ...
Fencing practice and techniques of modern competitive fencing are governed by the International Fencing Federation (FIE), though they developed from conventions developed in 18th- and 19th-century Europe to govern fencing as a martial art and a gentlemanly pursuit. The modern weapons for sport fencing are the foil, épée, and sabre. [1] [2]
Valid surfaces in foil fencing 11/01/2006 Francois Cartegnie: 09:56, 13 January 2006: 744 × 680 (37 KB) FCartegnie: Valid surfaces in foil fencing 11/01/2006 Francois Cartegnie: 09:56, 13 January 2006: 744 × 680 (37 KB) FCartegnie: 14:51, 12 January 2006: 744 × 680 (50 KB) FCartegnie: Valid surfaces in foil fencing 11/01/2006 Francois Cartegnie
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).
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In foil and épée, particularly, this stance decreases the vulnerable target area. Further, and more importantly, it maintains balance and ease of movement both forward and backward. The most common way of delivering an attack in fencing is the lunge, where the fencer reaches out with his/her front foot and straightens his/her back leg. This ...