THE sword bearers lunge toward their opponents amid the clash of metal on metal, the distinctive ring heard throughout the room. At first reading you might think this was a scene from the latest Zorro ...

The score is a lopsided 4-0 when Mario Santa Cruz tells his students to reset. “Back in position,” says Santa Cruz, a Colorado Mountain School physics professor who moonlights as a fencing instructor ...

Any student who has ever fantasized about sword fighting like the heroes and heroines in movies can find a place to learn the sport of fencing at ASU. "Fencing is in a lot of movies and cartoons," ASU ...

Fencing, the sport of sword fighting, is played on a 14-meter-long metal strip known as a piste. A competition between two fencers is called a bout. Fencers earn points in a bout by scoring touches on ...

The Division I Foil North American Cup took place at the Mission Fencing Center in Rocky Point on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016. Take a look at photo's from the national tournament. Credit: Joseph D.

Terry Liu of Syosset (right) lunges toward Ryan Zhang of Great Neck South during their epee match at the Nassau boys fencing team championship on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, at Valley Stream Central.