Fencing

Fencing

Of or pertaining to an olympic sport in which two opponents use swords to combat each other for points based on who strikes an acceptable "target area" first.

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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, which is located in ...

recovering

Sports; Fencing

This is a move backwards, after having made a lunge, to a guarding position.

redoublement

Sports; Fencing

This is a continuance of an attack while still in the lunge position with a least one additional blade movement.

reel

Sports; Fencing

This controls the body wire and keeps it taut, releasing wire and reeling it in as necessary.

remise

Sports; Fencing

This is the same as a redoublement, but it only involves moving the tip of the blade but not the blade itself or the fencers body.

replacement

Sports; Fencing

This means to replace the tip of the blade after it has missed or was flat on the first attempted attack.

right of way

Sports; Fencing

If the two scoring lights go off at the same time in foil and saber fencing, the fencer who in the opinion of the referee was on the offensive is given the Right of Way. The fencer who is given the ...