Recover: To return to the en garde position after lunging. Quinte: The fifth of eight defensive positions in fencing. Quarte: The fourth of eight defensive positions in fencing. Prime: The first of eight defensive positions in fencing. Plastron: Protective clothing worn under a fencer’s jacket. Penalty hit: A hit credited to a fencer when the opponent commits an offence after a warning. Parry: A defensive action where a fencer blocks the opponent’s blade. On-guard line: A line on each side of the centre line where a fencer stands to begin or resume a bout after a hit has been awarded. One-metre penalty: A penalty where the action is moved a metre further back on the piste for the offending fencer before a bout is restarted. Octave: The eighth of eight defensive positions in fencing. Lunge: The basic attack in fencing where a fencer closes the distance between foes by moving the front leg forward while the back leg remains stationary and straightens out. Hit: A point scored by a touch with the tip of the blade or, in sabre, the edge of the blade against any part of the opponent’s body in the target area. 04 of a second, counted only in epee competition.Įn garde: French for “on guard”, the position that fencers take before a bout begins or after a break in the action.įeint: A false attack designed to force an opponent into a reaction that opens the way to a genuine attack.įleche: A running attack. This glossary has been compiled from official definitions from the International Fencing Federation (FIE).īeat: A sharp tap on an opponent’s blade to initiate or threaten an attack.īlack card: A card from the referee signifying a fencer has been expelled.īout: A contest in its entirety between two fencers.Ĭentre line: A line across the piste, or field of play, dividing it into two equal halves.Ĭompound: An attack or counterattack involving several moves.Ĭorps-a-corps: A move involving body contact, where two fencers are engaged in a way that allows neither to use his or her weapon.Ĭounter-parry: A defensive move where a fencer makes a circular movement around the opponent’s blade and moves it away.ĭisengage: To break contact between blades, done by one fencer passing his or her blade under the opponent’s blade.ĭouble hit: Successful contact with the sword by both fencers within.
Here are 32 only we truly understand.The following is a listing of several fencing terms. They are completely blunt, and yet the school never bothered to distinguish them from sharp, dangerous swords.īut we fencers are used to being misunderstood. But what the school considers the team’s "swords" (referred to as weapons, not swords, in the sport) are not actually sharp on any edges or tips. This year, a North Dakota State University club fencing team was banned from campus because the school considered swords in violation of their weapons policy. For some reason, fencing is dismissed by most people, viewed as more of an art form seen in swashbuckling movies than a sport practiced in gyms by athletes of all ages. So you can imagine my frustration when I spent countless hours training every week to develop muscle, discipline, and calluses only to hear time and time again that fencing isn’t a “real” sport. While I usually lost no blood, I always put up a fight. Decked out in white gear and a mask, I became used to the feel of a weapon in my hand as I moved up and down a strip, thrusting, parrying, and riposting as I worked to stab my competitor before being hit myself. For eight years, my life revolved around clashing blades with skilled opponents.
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