A description of foil fencing. The classic small-sword play of the 17th and 18th centuries is represented at the present time by fencing with the Ã©pÃ©e de combat (fighting-rapier), which is

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Fencing - The Art of Attack and Defense

A description of foil fencing. The classic small-sword play of the 17th and 18th centuries is represented at the present time by fencing with the Ã©pÃ©e de combat (fighting-rapier), which is merely the modern dueling-sword furnished with a button (see Ã‰pÃ©e-de-Combat), and by foil-fencing. Foil-fencing is a conventional art, its characteristic limitation lying in the rule that no hits except those on the body shall be considered good, and not even those unless they be given in strict accordance with certain standard precepts.

Fencing - The Art of Attack and Defense