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 ...

Each sword is different. Foil features a long and ... Korea has 16 medals in fencing at the Olympics, including five gold. Fencing will begin with the individual men's sabre and women's epee ...