The modern version of the dueling rapier, the foil is perhaps the best known fencing apparatus. The teaching weapon for the other swords, it has a flexible blade and is used chiefly for thrusting. The ...

Columbus United Fencing Club, a nonprofit organization dedicated to teaching historical European martial arts (HEMA), marks nearly a full year of training students in various martial disciplines.

On this day in 1978, 47 people competed in the annual one-day Saskatchewan Open fencing championships in Saskatoon.