Priority weapons and the Circle of Attacks
By Robin Catling. Teaching foil and sabre is never as easy as you’d like it to be, chiefly because in […]
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What are the Modern Fencing Weapons?
Overview There are three weapons in modern fencing, each with different rules and target areas: • Foil is the foremost training
Weapons: Sabre
The sabre can score by hitting with the edge as well as the point. Target area for sabre is the
Weapons: The Target Areas
The respective target area for each weapon reflects its’ origins: for Foil, as a former training weapon – the trunk