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SO YOU WANT TO START FENCING?!
Fencing is a fast, exciting and athletic sport, like "active chess" and keeps both body and mind fit!
Fencing is also a very easy sport to start at any age, with our GO/FENCE programme using foam and plastic swords to make things simple and cheap to start.
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Which Sword for me?!
There are three swords or weapons in fencing
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Foil: a light, thrusting weapon, originally used for training soldiers to fight in battle. The target is limited to the trunk of the body, including the back but not the arms or head. |
Epee: a heavier, thrusting weapon, originally used for duelling. Hits can be scored anywhere on the body. One-hit epee is one of the five disciplines of Modern Pentathlon. |
Sabre: a cutting and thrusting weapon, originally used by cavalry soldiers. The target area is limited to everything above the hips, except for the hands and the back of the head |
This video gives information on our GO/FENCE project to get young people into fencing.
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