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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foible

Sports; Fencing

This is the weakest part of a sword. It is the part of the blade that is between the middle and moving forward to the point of the blade.

foil

Sports; Fencing

A thrusting sword with a flexible rectangular blade. Like the ?Epee, all of the foils touches are done with the tip. See Fencing Equipment.

This is the strongest part of the blade and it is the part of the blade that is used to parry with. It is that part of the blade stating about halfway and moving down to the bottom of the blade where ...