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Fencing

Fencing is more of an unusual sport that is played a lot not only in the United States but all over the world. Fencing holds national and international competitions held at the college level and played widely in the summer Olympic and paraplegic games. It is a sophisticated form of dueling (which was popular during Europe in the Middle Ages).

Fencing is played with a very skinny thin sword called a rapier by many, but in fencing swords are assigned certain names. Players are to strike their opponents with the sword for points, in older forms of the sport referees were assigned to notify the judges and then they would tally the points up. Nowadays fencing competitions use electrical scoring machines to judge a bout.

Fencing is popular for paraplegics and people that use wheelchairs, and is a main attraction at the paraplegic games. The sport is very demanding and offers both a mental and physical challenge.

Fencing is one of the oldest sports in the world which can be traced all the way back to 1200 BC. The sport originated from a place that we call “Ancient Egypt”. Fencing techniques were taught to the children of the rich in Egypt and in Europe when the sport spread to that pa


I got a lot of information out of doing this report and I learned many new things about a sport that I knew hardly anything about. Fencing seems to be a very organized, very complex, and very entertaining sport. I would recommend this sport to anyone who likes very competitive sports. It is fast paced and very safe sport, getting hit with the sword hurts about as much as a tap on the shoulder. This sport seems very promising and you can probably learn a lot about determination through the sport of fencing.

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