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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Table of Contents:
- 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.
