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Olympics Fencing
Fencing is the art of armed combat involving cutting, stabbing, or bludgeoning weapons directly manipulated by hand, rather than shot or thrown. The weapons include swords, knives, pikes, bayonets, batons, clubs, and similar. In contemporary common usage, 'fencing' tends to refer specifically to European schools of swordsmanship and to the modern Olympic sport that has evolved out of them.

Fencing or fighting with swords goes back thousands of years and was known in Egypt, China, India, and Greece. Homer, a famous Greek author wrote about a fight with swords in his book, the Illiad. The four sports included in each modern Olympic Game since 1896 has fencing in it.

The inter-related forms of competitive fencing, all approach the activity as a sport, with connectedness to history. Competitions are conducted according to rules laid down by the international governing body, the Federation Internationale d'Escrime (FIE). These rules evolved from a set of conventions developed in Europe between mid 17th and early 20th century for regulating competitive activity. The three weapons used in Olympic fencing are foil, epee, and sabre. In competition, the validity of touches is determined by the electronic scoring apparatus, so as to minimize human error and bias in refereeing.

Wheelchair fencing, an original Paralympic sport, was developed in post-World War II England. Minor modifications to the FIE rules allow disabled fencers to fence all three weapons. Each fencer sits in a wheelchair fastened to a frame. Footwork is replaced by torso or arm movement, depending on the fencer's disability. The proximity of the two fencers tends to increase the pace of bouts, which require considerable skill. The weapons are identical to those used in Olympic fencing.

In the Olympic Games fencing has two man-to-man or woman-to-woman events and the men and women's. There is an Epee event, Foil event and a Sabre event for the men. The women are no different, or, have the same events except they do not have the Sabre event. In the team events 12 countries may enter 3 people each in a match. The first team to score 45 hits will be the winner. Fencing also has team games. It has Foil, Epee and Sabre for men as well as women.

Men and women battle on a certain surface too. It is called a "Piste" which is a strip of metallic mesh that is 6 feet long and 7 feet wide. The "En Garde" lines are 6 feet 7 inches from the centerline.

In the Olympic Games, six disciplines of fencing include six individual and four team events.
Men's foil - individual & team events
Women's foil - individual event
Men's epee - individual & team events
Women's epee - individual event
Men's sabre - individual & team events
Women's sabre - individual event

Other variants include one-hit epee (one of the five events which constitute modern pentathlon) and the various types of competitive fencing, whose rules are similar but not identical to the FIE rules. The format of competitions is different; there is no electronic scoring, and the priority rules are interpreted in a different way. In a number of countries, the accepted practice at school and university level deviates slightly from the FIE format.

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