The Renaissance fencing sword was a narrowed bladed sword called a 'Rapier'.
The answer depends on your definition of fencing. Modern fencing, also called Olympic fencing, originated in France.
No. its called fencing.
The use of a sword as a world wide sport is called fencing. This sport is featured in the modern Olympic games and has originated in African continent.
Epee - a sword used in fencing.
A sword fight would be the simplest way to call it. Fencing is the verb.
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.
Japanese technique of swordsmanship is called Kenjutsu, which literally means "fencing" ("ken" stands for sword and "jutsu" is technique or art). Modernly "Japanese Fencing
The three categories of fencing are:SabreEpeeFoil
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.
Foil.
Fencing has been an Olympic event since the modern Games began in 1896.