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.

When Mariel Zagunis won the women's sabre fencing gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, few people outside the fencing community seemed to notice. But her performance, which gave ...

Jewish fencer Eli Dershwitz made history Tuesday at the World Fencing Championships in Milan, Italy, where he became the first American man to win an individual title in sabre.