One week ago, The World junior fencing competition was started. When you see fencing, you could feel duzzing. First, fencing was started in Frence to prepare for war.
The long and big period of sword was ended by appearance of gun. So the sword be more thiner and more longer. This thin sword changed more safety. After that, this game became real sport. The fencing is devided into 3 kinds. Fleuret, Epee and Sabre.
Epee and Fleuret use their sword's tip to get a score. Attack action is fast. Epee use sword that have bigger guard than Fleuret. This sword is harder than Sabre's sword. In this game, someone who spear faster has score. Sabre game uses soft sword. Specially, Sabre can slash to adversary. Each of three games have special area to get a point. Fleuret must spear metal vest . Epee can spear all parts of the body. Sabre can spear and slash upper parts of the body execpt hands. The play time is different depend on the kinds of game. The preliminary game is in the same as 5 minutes. However, the rule of main game is 3 games, 3 minutes.
Let's get real sword fight.