Depends in what category; for example: in combat, there in limitless uses for a sword, maybe not smart uses, but uses nonetheless.
In practical situations, swords have an infinite amount of uses, just like asking how many uses are there for a cog, knife, or screwdriver.
There are three different weapons in Fencing with three different competition styles; the foil, the sabre, and the épée. The foil and épée are thrusting weapons which only score points when the opponent is struck with the tip, while the sable is a slashing weapon with which points are awarded with either the tip or the sides. All of these weapons are only granted points with blows above the waist.
These are the swords used in the art of fencing.
Fencing is a sport where swords, of a kind are used. Swords, as we generally think of them, are mainly ceremonial today though their variations are still used extensively in combat. Machetes, bayonets etc.
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There are three types of blades [swords] one is foil, sabre, and epee
The epee is used in sport fencing. It is also an event in the modern pentathlon.
Fencing is an art derived from the gentleman's duel. Dueling was used to settle arguments. Later on in history, people took the same moves used in dueling and turned it into a sport, eventually becoming one of the original sports at the Modern Olympics. No one person invented it.
Japanese technique of swordsmanship is called Kenjutsu, which literally means "fencing" ("ken" stands for sword and "jutsu" is technique or art). Modernly "Japanese Fencing" is a term used to describe Kendo, a modern form of fencing focused on philosophical and sportive aspects of swordsmanship.Kendo utilizes armor and blunt swords, counting points for attacks properly made in the allowed targets in similar fashion to European modern fencing. The basic difference between Kendo and Fencing, besides the different origins, is that the kendoka(as is called one who practises Kendo) is supposed to practice Kendo more as a philosophical martial art than as a sport.
The weapon used for training in the fencing duel era was called the foil (fleur). It is still used as one of the 3 weapons for fencing today, although it has never historically been a real weapon used for combat. There isn't a training sword in fencing. Originally the foil (see above) before the sport fencing - like we know it now - exsisted. Now you choose a weapon (like the foil) and train with that. So in fencing there is no training sword.
potential and kinetic
Fencing usually falls under both categories. Martial arts are typically any activities that involve structured combat against an opponent, while a sport is a form of physical exertion used in competition against another. Using both of these definitions, fencing falls under each category.
Sword, Armyng sword, (Arming sword), grete sword (grete, meaning great, ie, big), Fawchoun. (Falchion, curving sword), Tuck (Estoc, a thrusting sword). The word sword comes from the Old English sweord, cognate to swert, Old Norse sverð, from a Proto-Indo-European root *swer- "to wound, to cut". several other names could be used. but generally just "sword" on its own.
It's just called "Fencing jacket"