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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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extension

Sports; Fencing

The simplest action of attacking. A simple offensive action, consisting of extending the weapon arm forward. The point should move in the smoothest possible line towards the ...

flick

Sports; Fencing

A cut that lands with the point, often involving some whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target. In foil and épée, flick attacks often start out without the ...

glide

Sports; Fencing

An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.

indirect

Sports; Fencing

An attack or riposte that finishes in a line different from that in which it was formed.

insistence

Sports; Fencing

Forcing an attack through the parry, using strength.

moulinet

Sports; Fencing

In sabre, a circular cut. A moulinet is often composed of a parry, usually prime or seconde, moving thence into a circular cut. This action, while flashy and impressive, is slow, ...

opposition

Sports; Fencing

An attack that is made fully in contact with the opponent's blade. The purpose is to control the opponent's blade from the starting point (usually a parry) throughout the attack. ...