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FENCING IS A SPORT OF MENTAL ACUITY AND PHYSICAL AGILITY

They say it is like playing chess - at 80 miles per hour. En garde. Lunge. Parry. Lunge. Disengage. Lunge. Parry. Counterparry. Score.
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Fencing

I have never really sat down and followed the sport of fencing, but I will acknowledge it as a sport. It is very technical and requires a lot of skill, and there are offensive and defensive moves, so in my book, it qualifies as a sport.

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I agree that it is a sport and that there is a lot a skill involved to it but then again so does all fighting sports. Fencing is a lot like martial arts would be. If you know the right moves and timing you could out do the best.

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I enjoyed the competitive nature of fencing while in university and I still incorporate it into wushu jian (straight sword) or saber (dao). I did mainly foil but I learned more about myself and how I interact with others than in any other sport.

This is the one time a woman actually beat me in a sport and she was excellent.
Her father was a Hungarian champion in the 1950's and she never mised a trick and believe me, I tried them all! Well, most of the time.