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Summary: Learn fencing's origins and all about sabre fencing with expert fencing tips in this free video clip on intermediate sabre fencing.

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Jason Sheridan Jason Sheridan is head coach and owner of the newly formed Sheridan Fencing Academy in New York City. He earned his Fencing Master degree at the prestigious A... read more

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Origin & Concept of Sabre Fencing

JASON SHERIDAN: On behalf of Expert Village, my name is Jason Sheridan from the Sheridan Fencing Academy here in New York City, and today, we're going to demonstrate some intermediate sabre fencing. Sabre is one of three weapons fenced in the Olympics. It comes from cavalry weapons, people on horses pointing out their swords and charge, and later developed into a dueling weapon especially in Eastern Europe. The sabre is--well, this is a sabre. It is a cutting weapon. You use the edge of the weapon or the tip to score a point. The target area is from the waist up including the head, and to score, as I said, you make cuts to different parts of your opponent's target, okay? As you see, there's a guard that is curled which can protect your hand and help you parring, help you block your opponent's attacks. Okay. Unlike the movies where the fencing is mostly sword play, real fencing is about the way you move your feet, which we'll see in a moment.

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