The sabre is the only fencing weapon with a guard that fully covers the hand and wraps around to the ... Scoring occurs with any part of the blade, including the edges. The epee (the French word for ...
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. Fencers earn points in a bout by scoring ...
Fencing matches, or bouts, follow a structured format. In preliminary rounds, fencers compete in pools, with bouts lasting up to 3 minutes — or until one fencer scores 5 points.
UMFC coach Noah Gistover said the club practices the three fencing styles — Épee, Saber and Foil. Each style has its own specialized weapon, uniform and rules of conduct. Épee has the heaviest sword ...
On the winning sabre squad, junior Tamar Gordon had an undefeated record, while 3-0 records from foil fencers senior Vivian Zheng and sophomore Rachael Kim clinched the victory for the foil squad. Men ...
The Penn State Nittany Lion men’s and women’s fencing teams competed ... Penn State took the epee competition 6-3 but dropped foil 7-2 and saber 5-4. The women also lost 15-12.