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1992 Olympics women's foil event
Learning how to fence with an Olympic champion
Fencing weapons
Watch: A parry and riposte in fencing
fencing master Luigi Barbasetti Luigi Barbasetti demonstrating a lunge. Fencing at the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games Daniele Garozzo The fencing piste. On-guard positions and target areas in fencing.
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Learning how to fence with an Olympic champion
Overview of fencing, including a discussion of the foil.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Watch: A parry and riposte in fencing
In this sequence from a foil bout, the attack of the fencer on the right is met with...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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1992 Olympics women's foil event
Giovanna Trillini (rear) of Italy successfully defending her world champion foil...
ALLSPORT USA/Pascal Rondeau
Fencing weapons
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
fencing master Luigi Barbasetti
Italian fencing master Luigi Barbasetti demonstrating the en garde (on-guard)...
Courtesy Dr. William Gaugler
Luigi Barbasetti demonstrating a lunge.
Courtesy Dr. William Gaugler
Fencing at the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games
Hungarian fencer Judit Ágoston-Mendelényi (left) competing against Soviet athlete...
© Keystone—Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Daniele Garozzo
Italy's Daniele Garozzo celebrating his gold medal in the men's individual foil fencing...
Daniel A. Anderson—Cal Sport Media/AP Images
The fencing piste.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
On-guard positions and target areas in fencing.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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