Short answer, no. Weapon touches typically do not hurt when playing correctly. Fencing is one of the safest Olympic sports, but like in any sport, injuries can occur. Fencers are at most risk of ...

But after the University discontinued fencing as a varsity sport in the 1980s, just the club remained ... Fencers use three different types of weapons, each with different rules and target areas.

Art form and sport merge in a rather obscure discipline called fencing. And it’s on display on Carbondale’s Main Street this ...