A flexible steel blade A grip A metal guard that protects the fencing hand. The guard may contain padding or cushion to reduce the effect of blows. It also contains a socket to which the electronic ...

silver blades, the fencing crowd in Paris’ Grand Palais could’ve been mistaken for that at an NFL game. The thunderous roar of the audience was so loud that multiple fencers received penalties because ...

Foil is the basis of modern fencing and ... 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 ...

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 ...