The fencing club at USC is hard at work, ... The other two types of fencing for more experienced fencers are saber and épée. In saber, the target area is the waist and above, including the head and ...

In a state-of-the-art fencing center sporting electronic target simulators and championship banners, the Penn fencing team meticulously prepares for an upcoming tournament.

Fencing, the sport of sword fighting, is played on a 14-meter-long metal strip known as a piste. A competition between two fencers is called a bout.

American women swept the medals in saber fencing today. Mariel Zagunis won America’s first gold medal. First, she had to overcome Becca Ward, 15-11, in the semifinals. Mariel then triumphed over ...

There are three disciplines of fencing: foil, épée and sabre. According to historical records, the foil started from military training, the épée was developed from swordsmanship duels, and the sabre ...

Ibtihaj Muhammad helped the American women’s saber team beat Italy 45-30, for the bronze, the fourth fencing medal for the U.S. of the Rio Olympics.

Homer became the first U.S. man to win an Olympic medal in individual sabre since Peter Westbrook, who won the bronze at the boycotted 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Like Westbrook, Homer is black, a ...

Tokyo 2020 marks the third time that the women's team sabre fencing competition is being held at the Olympics. The first gold medal of the event went to Ukraine in 2008, and the second to Russia ...

Eli Dershwitz, 28, the 2023 world saber champion from the United States, said that while irregularities occurred in fencing “all the time,” he believed in the integrity of the sport and his ...

Fencing is composed of three disciplines: foil, épée and sabre. Each discipline has its own unique set of rules, and most competitive fencers will specialize in only one.