Daryl Homer, an Olympic Sabre fencer who won the silver medal in the 2016 Summer Games in Brazil, described fencing as “New York’s Olympic sport” because of “our high concentration of ...

Sports Athletes in wheelchairs parry and lunge in fencing competition in Va. ‘We’re pro athletes, not disabled people doing a sport,’ said one of the 130 participants from 26 countries who ...

For Brooklyn-born fencing stars Keeth and Erinn Smart, the journey from New York to the 2004 Olympics began a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Keeth, now 26 and a favorite to win a medal in… ...

Parry: defensive action in which a fencer blocks this opponent’s blade Piste: French term for the fencing strip Recover: return to the en garde position after lunging ...

“Fencing is a sport that caters to kids who like to think as well as move around,” said Tim Morehouse, who founded Fencing in the Schools in 2011. “It’s like boxing and chess all at once.” The ...

She can parry. She can lunge. And now, she’ll be doing it on the world stage. Northwest Las Vegas resident Amy Montoya, 51, has qualified to represent the U.S. and Nevada at the 2013 Veterans ...

But mostly the terms that have spilled over recognize how a fencing match is like repartee, with the tongue replacing the sword. So we get parry, riposte, rapier wit, and touché.

Dalberg eventually defeated Sayville’s Aidan Montalbine, 5-0, in a fence-off to take the county title in foil at the 57th annual Suffolk fencing championships at Newfield.

The Ibtihaj effect: Olympic fencing medalist’s success spawns new generation of hijab-wearing athletes eager to thrust and parry ...

Jul. 26—Local residents recently went "en garde" for one the oldest sports in the Olympics, taking a jab at a summer camp held by NEOK Fencing. Kevin Stretch, NEOK Fencing founder, said the July ...