Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe your are referring to the French phrase "En garde", which translates in English to "On your guard".
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∙ 12y agoThe three categories of fencing are:SabreEpeeFoil
The Renaissance fencing sword was a narrowed bladed sword called a 'Rapier'.
Foil.
The sword fighter was practicing his fencing techniques.
Any type of Fencing sword that are available
Whoever invented the sword.
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.
its like sword fighting with lots of pads and a sword with metal ball on the end
They are called Fencers.
The best fencing weapon would usually be the sword.
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.
One of the disarming that is used while fencing or used while using a sword is known as the Disarmo Soprano maneuver that can really be helpful for fencing.