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Black Belt Wiki is a free martial arts wiki. We will help you with Shotokan Kata, Taekwondo Forms, Kicks, Punches, Grappling, Aikido, Goju-Ryu, Krav Maga, Bo Staff, Kyokushin, Judo, Terminology, etc. You can also learn about different martial arts styles. This wiki will also improve your martial arts agility, balance, conditioning, flexibility, speed, etc. Please help others by adding info to this wiki. Page Date - 27 Jun 2014 01:03 FYI - We will be transferring to a new software platform this summer (in order to be better viewed on mobile devices, etc). We apologize for any disruptions!! Things are going a little slower than expected but we hope to be fully converted by the end of August. Learn about Fencing - Sport and Martial Arts Fencing today is mainly an Olympic-style sport that revolves around three sword types; the foil, epee and sabre. However, there are growing sub-styles such as historical fencing and classical fencing that focus on fencing as a martial arts. These types of fencing remembers when fencing was a form of self-defense. Therefore, some students practice techniques such as arm locks, use of the pommel as a weapon, disarms, etc. According to Columbia Classical Fencing, classical fencing tries to emphasis "fencing as it was practiced in the West in the 18th and 19th centuries". Whereas, historical fencing covers a wider time frame. Demonstration of "Classical Fencing" References
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Learn about Fencing - Sport and Martial Arts
