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 ...

Which is ironic because sword fighting is a ... that's one of the great things about fencing that it's not pure athleticism," agreed Husisian, as she turned her epee, a long needle of steel ...

Here's how it works: when the sword successfully makes contact with the opponent's lamé, an electrically conductive garment worn over the scoring area for each fencing sword type, an electrical ...

But to the person behind the mask and holding the sword, every lunge ... coach of the U.S. women’s epee team at the 2024 Paris Olympics this summer. In fencing, where there is no archetype ...