When Cesar Morales shouts out, “en-garde, ready, fence” it seems like a typical fencing class with a half dozen students in black mesh masks, thick, white fencing uniforms and an épée in hand. But ...

Fencing, the sport of sword fighting, is played on a 14-meter-long metal strip known as a piste. A competition between two fencers is called a bout. Fencers earn points in a bout by scoring touches on ...

Speed, energy, and precision are what defines top-level fencing, one of only a handful of sports that have been featured in every modern Olympics since 1896. There are three disciplines of fencing: ...

Michael McDarby was bleeding points and facing a possible exit in the round of 16. That’s still not terrible at the USA Fencing National Championships, where he competed in the Veteran’s ...

Leave it to a top Canadian fencer to cite the Lightsabre as his inspiration. "I'm a huge Star Wars fan," said Vincent Pelletier, who finished 11th in epee at the 2013 world championships. Movies are ...

The French last month showed up for the final of the world men's team epee championships in Kiev, Ukraine, ready to celebrate. The French had won every world or Olympic team epee championship since ...

PARIS - Defending women's epee champion Sun Yiwen of China was knocked out in her opening bout by Japan's Miho Yoshimura on Saturday in a major shock on the first day of the fencing at the Paris ...

DURING THE technical portion of fencing class, when we learned to thrust and parry, Annie was sweet and friendly, someone I could commiserate with about learning the moves. But once her mask was on ...

Olympic fencing at Paris 2024 brought enough drama to last us four years. Here are the biggest stories plus all the replays, ...

CHIBA, July 27 (Reuters) - After decades of waiting for an Olympic fencing medal to come along, Estonia won their second inside four days on Tuesday when they narrowly beat South Korea to claim gold ...