The sabre is the only fencing weapon with a guard that fully covers the hand and wraps around ... Scoring occurs with any part of the blade, including the edges. The epee (the French word for 'sword') ...

Parry: The defensive action by a fencer to block the opponent’s blade. Piste: A metal fencing strip. Each of the three fencing swords are used to score points by hitting specific target areas on ...

Tom Bush of Pawcatuck, a veteran fencer, competed in a Vet 6 weapon tournament hosted by Worcester Fencing Club as a member ...

Barely 16 years old, Catherine “Cat” Bouwkamp is the top-ranked female wheelchair fencer in the United States in all three blades of fencing: foil, epee, and sabre. She is currently the only ...

The action-packed women’s individual epee competition concluded with world No. 1 Vivian Kong making history by becoming the first woman to win Hong Kong a fencing medal. China’s defending Olympic gold ...