The modern version of the dueling rapier, the foil is perhaps the best known fencing apparatus. The teaching weapon for the other swords, it has a flexible blade ... showing the colors of a fencer's ...

The Portland Fencing Center molds junior Olympians, while Moose Historical Fencing follows 14th-century texts and trains with longswords.

During blind fencing bouts, both participants—pairs of sighted and visually impaired individuals—are blindfolded underneath their fencing masks. “Blind participants ... these games that blind fencers ...

Epee: A thrusting sword descended from the dueling sword, similar in length to a foil but heavier, with a larger guard and a much stiffer blade Mask: Made of wire mesh with gaps of less than 1/10 of ...