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Fencing instead of fitness
Fencing kneads the whole body, all muscle groups and ligaments. Fencing is possible not only with a sword, but also with a sword. This sport enhances strength, endurance, mindfulness.
Fencing is an Olympic sport that differs from the rest in that it not only needs to have excellent physical fitness, but also agility, flexibility, a lively mind and quick wits.
In the past, foil or sword fighting was a way to resolve conflicts and usually ended with the death of one of the participants in the fight. In the period between the 18-19 centuries, fencing began to be called and referred to as sports, and from 1986 to this day, fencing is an Olympic sport. Continue reading
Italian Fencing School
Among all the treatises devoted to foil foil, no one can compare with the “Great fencing simulator written by Ridolfo Capo Ferro da Cagli, master of the most excellent German nation in the famous city of Siena.” This is not a big, but very comprehensive work that contains clear definitions, correct conclusions, and a large number of practical examples.
The treatise of Capo Ferro is divided into thirteen chapters, in which he consistently describes such important concepts as:
properties and characteristics of weapons;
the distance by which he means the distance between the tip of the blade and the body of the enemy; Continue reading
Wounds and injections: how professional fencers work
Seven-time world champion, nine-time European champion, numerous champion of our country – in general, the “first saber of the world” Sophia the Great helped us to understand the rules of fencing and to love this exciting sport with all my heart.
The World Fencing Championship, held in July in the capital’s Olympic, gave us a surprise. And the matter is not in the scale of the event, although they are amazing: 912 athletes from 108 countries showed up for the competition. And not even in the triumph of the Russian national team, which was well deserved and expected, so it does not attract surprise. Continue reading