What are the Different Parts of a Fencing Sword?
“Hi my name is Brad Bogus. Alright next I’m going to show you the weapon. I’m going to show you all the parts and guide you through the basic fundamentals of what the weapon looks like. Like I said, there are 3 different weapons and with each of them associated a style. The one I’m showing you is foil and this is what it looks like, it looks like your basic sword, very slender blade and very flexible, that’s extremely important in fencing. Right here where it bends that’s known as the foil it’s the most flexible and most pliable part of the blade. You move closer to the end and you have the forte, it’s strong and not as bendable, this is where you get most of your control right here. The back part is known as the hilt, starting with the bell guard, the bell guard is known as such because its round and makes kind of a bell sound, as you can see, protects my hand from any sword puncturing it in any way. Right here we have the grip, now the grip can be tricky because there are two basic t
