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Welcome To Fencing
Fencing is a great sport to start at any age. This is why fencing is one of the fastest growing sports in America. Our "New To Fencing" page is where you can learn the basics of the sport.
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If you don't find the answers to your questions here let us know. We are here to help.
When evaluating the sport of fencing, remember that most fencers start fencing in high school. In other sports, like soccer, 9th grade is too often late to begin. Since fencers compete individually, coaching can be personalized and targeted for each athlete. Please find below some information about our sport and its benefits.
At tournaments each fencer is assigned to a pool of about 6 fencers. Each athlete fences the other 5 fencers one time. A bout is won by the fencer who gets 5 touches on their opponent. Fencers earn a score or indicator based on the number of bouts they won and the number of touches they scored and conceded. The top fencers qualify for the direct elimination phase of the tournament. Here you need to win to stay in the tournament. You lose and you are out. At the end of the tournament the top 16 fencers are awarded points.
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The league maintains statistics on each fencer and the points that they have earned. At the end of the fencing season the fencers with the most points qualify for an individual championship. Any team with 3 fencers that qualify for the individual championship can send a team to the season ending team championship. Here fencers still fence one on one but points are scored as a team.
There are 3 different weapons (or events) in competitive fencing. CHS only fences with the epee. The other two weapons are the saber and the foil. Each type of sword requires different techniques and uses different targets for scoring.
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