Fencing for fun!
People have been sword fighting, or fencing, for thousands of years. Books and movies are full of sword-fighting heroes and now you can learn how a sword is handled, the different types of fencing weapons, and the equipment needed to protect a fencers body.
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| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis, Minn. :
Compass Point Books,
c2009.
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| Series: | For fun!
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| 100 | 1 | |a Slade, Suzanne. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Fencing for fun! / |c by Suzanne Slade. |
| 260 | |a Minneapolis, Minn. : |b Compass Point Books, |c c2009. | ||
| 300 | |a 48 p. : |b ill. (chiefly col.) ; |c 22 x 27 cm. | ||
| 440 | 0 | |a For fun! | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The basics. Introduction: the art of sword fighting -- The strip: fencing inside the lines -- Types of fencing: foil, épée, saber -- Equipment: gearing up -- Physical chess: using mind and body -- Offense: making the touch -- Defense: avoiding a hit -- Doing it. The salute: showing respect -- On guard!: ready to fence -- Advance and retreat: fancy footwork -- Lunge: fast forward -- Attack: hitting the target -- Parry: blocking the blade -- Electric fencing: get hooked up -- A bout: facing your opponent -- Etiquette: mind your manners -- Fencing clubs: join in the fun! -- People, places, and fun. -- Famous fencers: the greats -- Olympic fencing: bouting with the best -- Timeline: what happened when? -- Trivia: fun fencing facts. | |
| 520 | |a People have been sword fighting, or fencing, for thousands of years. Books and movies are full of sword-fighting heroes and now you can learn how a sword is handled, the different types of fencing weapons, and the equipment needed to protect a fencers body. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Fencing |v Juvenile nonfiction. | |
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