Fencing is considered to be a sport for the rich, mainly when learning fencing. Both the learning cost and equipment cost are very high. But with the continuous development of society, fencing is widely spread around the world and is welcomed by people. More and more people are learning fencing.
What are the three types of swords in fencing
There are three kinds of swords in fencing: epee, foil and sabre. The characteristic of epee is that it attacks by stabbing. In actual combat, you can attack any part of the opponent's body.
Foil is mainly used for duels between nobles. It is light and thin. It also uses the spike as the attack method. In actual combat, it only attacks the opponent's trunk.
The sabre is a sword used by knights in duels. It can be stabbed or split. In actual combat, it attacks the upper body of the opponent.
What are the differences between the three swords in fencing
Fencing competition includes foil, epee and sabre. The differences are: different people, different effective areas and different rules.
1. Different people: foil is the most basic sword and the most difficult sword. Beginners, masters and other sword masters of all ages can use this weapon; Epee is the slowest kind of sword, so there are a lot of elderly people, as well as many athletes who test their physical fitness to obtain range and defense; Sabre is the fastest sword. The competition is very explosive. Most of the young men are young.
2. The effective areas are different: foil is the whole body from neck to abdomen, and can only be scored by the button of "stab" to stimulate the tip of the sword; The epee includes masks and shoes. The whole body is within the effective range, and only the button at the tip of the sword can be stimulated to score by "stabbing"; The sabre is from the mask to the trunk of the lower abdomen excluding the lower abdomen, plus the upper limbs but excluding the hands. It can be scored by stabbing, chopping and touching.
3. The rules are different: foil has the concept of priority. Whoever attacks first will have priority. If blocked, he will lose priority and cannot score at the same time; The epee has no priority, and whoever hits it will score, so it can score at the same time, and the game may also be a draw; Sabre has the concept of priority and cannot be scored at the same time.
How to distinguish the types of fencing
There are three types of fencing: epee, foil and sabre. The characteristic of epee is to use the spike as the attack method. In actual combat, it can attack any part of the opponent's body.
At first, foil was mainly used for duels between nobles. It also used spike as the attack method. In actual combat, it only attacked the opponent's trunk.
The sabre was originally a duel between knights. It can be stabbed or split. In actual combat, it attacks the upper body of the opponent.
