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11. HickokSports.com - History - Fencing This document contains a history of fencing, with a list of all olympic champions.It is a page in the history section of HickokSports.com, http://www.hickoksports.com/history/fencing.shtml

Sports History Alpha Index Index by Sport History Bits Forum ... Search Fencing Table of Contents History Fencing in America Olympic Fencing Other Resources History Fencing originated as the practice of swordsmanship to prepare men for duels and warfare. A fencing match is depicted on an Egyptian temple that dates to about 1190 B.C. and the ancient Babylonians, Greeks, Persians, and Romans all had some form of fencing. The use of armor during the Middle Ages made swordsmanship virtually obsolete. The broadsword was used against armor, but only as a crude hacking device requiring sheer strength rather than skill. By making armor obsolete, the development of firearms ironically brought swordplay back into prominence during the 15th century. Soldiers once again had to acquire some skill with the sword, and fencing also emerged as a pastime for gentlemen. Fencing masters organized guilds, which taught various moves to initiates while protecting them as trade secrets from outsiders. The swords of that period were rather heavy, and cutting the opponent with the edge was emphasized. Further, since the sword was frequently a weapon of defense against thieves, tactics included wrestling holds and tricks designed to disarm or immobilize the opponent to set him up for the killing blow. Fencing as an exercise based on speed and skill began when the longer, lighter rapier was developed in Italy during the 16th century. Because of the rapier's length, opponents had to fight at a distance and quick but controlled lunges, attacking the enemy with the point of the sword, replaced cruder hacking techniques. But the rapier wasn't a good defensive weapon, so the fencer often had to use his gauntleted left hand to parry his opponent's thrusts.

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Sports History Alpha Index Index by Sport History Bits Forum ... Search Olympic Fencing Medalists Table of Contents History Men's Foil Men's Team Foil Men's Sabre ... Women's Sabre Discontinued Events Masters Foil Masters Sabre Sabre - Three Hits Single Sticks ... Other Resources History Fencing is one of only four sports that have been in every Olympics since 1896. The men's foil and men's sabre were on the program that year. They are among just 15 events that have been on every modern Olympic program. (Twelve of the others are track and field events. The fifteenth is the men's 1500-meter freestyle swim.) There was also a masters foil competition in 1896, for fencing instructors, who were considered professionals. The epee was added in 1900, along with masters competition in both epee and sabre. Masters events were discontinued after 1906. Since then, team championships have been added for all three weapons. The first women's event was the foil, added in 1924. The women's epee became an Olympic event in 1996. Through 1980, fencers took part in round robin competition and results were based on the won-lost records. In 1984, a single-elimination tournament replaced the round robin. Top of page History My Blog Biography Glossaries Calendar ... Directory Men's Foil Year Gold Final Silver Bronze Henri Callot, FRA

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ANCIENT ORIGINS BAD BLOOD AND PRIDE PRECEDE THE ELECTRONIC DUEL Swashbuckling heroes come to mind when fencing is mentioned but in these days when duels are settled electronically, there is a relatively modern tale that not even Errol Flynn and the silver screen managed to match in terms of intrigue, bad blood and bravery. The story started in Paris 1924 and involved a certain Italian-born Hungarian master by the name of Italo Santelli. Controversy reigned over the decision of a Hungarian judge by the name of Kovacs in favour of France against Italy. Aldo Boni, of Italy, would have none of it and launched a verbal attack on the judge, who in turn demanded an apology. None was given and the judge called on Santelli as a witness to confirm Boni's abusive outburst. He did so, and the Italians withdrew from the Games, singing the Fascist hymn as they went. Once back in Italy, the proud team accused Santelli of speaking out against Boni because he feared that Italy would beat Hungary, the eventual bronze medal-winners. The insult was too much for Santelli to bear; the 60-year-old challenged Adolfo Contronei, the Italy captain, to a duel. Government licence was obtained but Santelli's son Giorgio invoked the duelling code to take his father's place and sabres were drawn.

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club news Sponsors EFC website A Background to Fencing Take the romantic, swashbuckling epics of Errol Flynn, add some rules, protective clothing and an electronic scoring system, and you have fencing at the Olympic Games. Two rivals stand opposite each other and feint, lunge, parry and riposte until one scores the required number of hits to win. Evolved from the ancient form of combat, fencing is one of only four sports that has been featured at every modern Olympic Games. It was the first to include recognised professionals in a medals competition after modern Olympic Games founder Pierre de Coubertin arranged special events for professional fencing "masters" in the original 1896 and 1900 competitions. The clothing has become so protective, though, that officials modified masks a few years ago to return a "human face" to the event. Fine, but for intense reality, the 1924 team foil competition still wins: After the Olympic Games, an Italian and a Hungarian settled a scoring controversy with a real duel. Fencing began as a form of combat and is known to have been practised well before the birth of Christ. Relief carvings in the temple of Madinet-Habu near Luxor, Egypt, dating from approximately 1190 BC depict fencers competing. Many other ancient civilisations, including China, Japan, Persia, Babylonia and Greece, practised swordplay as training for combat.

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THE WEB SI.com Facts on Olympic history Posted: Tuesday April 20, 2004 2:38AM; Updated: Tuesday April 20, 2004 2:43AM Olympic Motto The Olympic motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius" is Latin for "Faster, Higher, Braver," but is universally accepted to mean "Swifter, Higher, Stronger." Olympic Rings The Olympic symbolfive interlocked ringsrepresents the union of the five original major continents (Africa, America, Asia, Australia and Europe) and the meeting of the athletes from throughout the world at the Olympic Games. The five colors of the rings from left to right are blue, black and red across the top and yellow and green along the bottom. The colors of the rings are thought to have been chosen because at least one of these colors can be found in the flag of every nation. Olympic Flag The Olympic Flag has a plain white background with no border. In the center are the five interlocked Olympic rings. The flag was presented by Baron Pierre de Coubertin in 1914 at the Olympic Congress is 1914, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the founding of the International Olympic Committee. It was flown that year at Alexandria, Greece, but made its Olympic debut in 1920 at Antwerp. The "primary" Olympic flag was thus known as "the Antwerp flag." In 1984, Seoul presented a new Olympic flag (as the old was getting quite worn) to the IOC, which was first flown at the 1988 Olympic Games. At the Closing Ceremonies of the Olympic Games, the mayor of the Olympic host city presents the Olympic flag to the mayor of

20. Fencing Online history of fencing Where did it start? Swordfighting as sport has existed The first modern olympic games featured foil and sabre fencing for men only. http://www.fencing.net/intro2.html

Your online guide to the sport of fencing. Intro to Fencing Training Tips Fencing Sites Fencing FAQ ... Calendar History of Fencing - Where did it start? Swordfighting as sport has existed since ancient Egypt, and has been practiced in many forms in various cultures since then. Although jousting and tournament combat was a popular sport in the European middle ages, modern FIE fencing owes more to unarmoured dueling forms that evolved from 16th century rapier combat. Rapiers evolved from cut-and-thrust military swords, but were most popular amongst civilians who used it for self-defence and dueling. Rapiers were edged, but the primary means of attack was the thrust. Rapier fencing spread from Spain and Italy to northwest Europe, in spite of the objections of masters such as George Silver who preferred traditional cutting weapons such the English broad sword. The Spanish school, under masters such as Narvaez and Thibault, became a complicated and mystical affair whose geometrical theories required much practice to master. Italian masters like Agrippa and Capo Ferro developed a more pragmatic school in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, introducing innovations such as linear fencing and the lunge. By the 18th century, the rapier had evolved to a simpler, shorter, and lighter design that was popularized in France as the small sword. Although the small sword often had an edge, it was only to discourage the opponent from grabbing the blade, and the weapon was used exclusively for thrusting. The light weight made a more complex and defensive style possible, and the French masters developed a school based on defence with the sword, subtlety of movement, and complex attacks. When buttoned with a leather safety tip that resembled a flower bud, the small sword was known as le fleuret, and was identical in use to the modern foil (still known as le fleuret in French). Indeed, the French small sword school forms the basis of most of modern fencing theory.

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