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Sports

Of or pertaining to any organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity or game requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means within a specified set of rules.

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strip

Sports; Fencing

See Piste.

supination

Sports; Fencing

This is when a fencer holds the sword with their fingers pointing up.

taking the blade

Sports; Fencing

A fencer being hit on an extended arm.

thrust

Sports; Fencing

This is when a fencer quickly extends their arm holding the sword directly outward.

tierce

Sports; Fencing

One of the 8 basic ways or positions to hold a weapon, and the ways in which parries are made. The name further refers to the place where the parry will be scored on the torso, ...