Read ahead for a guide to the best fencing conditioning exercises to get you ready for battle. If you want to execute powerful parries and ripostes, warming up is essential to get your body ready.

I'm all for the kind of exercise where I don't realize at the time how hard I'm exerting myself, and fencing is great for that. As Ilya Lobanenkov, a coach at Silver Spring's D.C. Fencers Club ...

"Don't quit too soon," Rohn said. Instead, think about what you're getting out of exercise. For Rohn, fencing gives her ...

Practicing the below fencing footwork exercises between matches can go a long way in improving your footwork. Better yet, once you’re comfortable with each individual drill, combine them for ...

I'm all for the kind of exercise where I don't realize at the time how hard I'm exerting myself, and fencing is great for that. As Ilya Lobanenkov, a coach at D.C. Fencers Club in Silver Spring ...

There were many options that I could have chosen, but I jumped at the chance to take fencing. I quickly fell in the love with the sport, even taking it for a second semester just for fun.

Properly outfitted, the two go through all the fencing exercises that Bell can remember from when she was 10 years old. “Don’t you feel kind of like you’re doing salsa in an alternate ...

Fencing never gets old, he explained. “The deal is most people want to exercise but they get bored with it too quickly,” Burcham said. “It’s drudgery, isn’t it? You know. It falls into a ...

Cherie Rohn, 79, took up fencing at 75. She also works out and does ballroom dancing. She shared some of her secrets to staying so active at almost 80. These include finding an exercise you love ...