Singlestick
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Singlestick is a martial art that uses a wooden stick as its weapon. It began as a way of training soldiers in the use of backswords. Canne de combat, a French form of stick fighting, is similar to si
U.S. sailors practice with the singlestick
Fight with Cudgels (Spanish: Duelo a garrotazos), a painting by Francisco Goya (Museo del Prado, Madrid) showing two men dueling with cudgels
Fencing
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Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. It consists of three primary disciplines: foil, épée, and sabre, each with its own blade and set of rules. Most competitive fencers specialise i
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…groups in the UK. Stickplay with wooden swords as a school for the cutlass remained common in some navies. The art, occasionally practised by a few fencing veterans in the United Kingdom, was revived by the Royal Navy in the 1980s. Within today's martial arts community, a growing interest in traditional…
Final of the Challenge Réseau Ferré de France–Trophée Monal 2012, épée world cup tournament in Paris
Fencing School at Leiden University, Netherlands, 1610
1763 fencing print from Domenico Angelo's instruction book. Angelo was instrumental in turning fencing into an athletic sport.
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