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Fencing: Techniques of Foil, Epee and Sabre Brian Pitman
Publisher: Crowood Press, Limited, The

At the tournament, the first Although fencing is mainly an individual sport, the team works together during practices to work on technique and perfect their strategies. The team members all stressed the unity that has developed over the season. Players score points by striking the other opponent with the tip of their weapon. Fencing Coach Weapon Workshops Regional Fencing Centre-Durham 2012 Sabre 28th October Foil 25th November Epee 2nd December Information:The Regional Fencing Centre Durham is hosting three, weapon specific 1 day workshops for fencing coaches who wish to improve their coaching and teaching techniques in foil, epee and sabre. His knowledge can easily be applied to the other two weapons — not vice versa. In comparison to this science, sabre fencing is mere child's play.” –Aldo Nadi, On Fencing. We have some fencers asking to branch out to epee or saber. Basic footwork as well as simple techniques and tactics of the three fencing weapons – foil, epee and sabre will be taught to all participants. Elliott Grover reached the final in U18 Epee but was beaten by the current GB Pentathlon Champion to take Silver. Even though, originally, the foil came into being in order to study how to defend one's self, and kill, with the rapier, today the technique of the epee is borrowed from the science of foil. The teams will compete in the foil, epee and saber categories – each with its own rules and varied weight of weapons.