The fencing movement is a historical glorious tradition sports project. As early as in the high antiquity, the sword was the humanity to survive with the tool which the wild animal carried on fights and hunts uses. Along with human history's development, the sword from initial Shi Zhi, the bone system develops the bronze system, made of iron, finally arrives at the steeliness, and as war's weapon, steps onto the historical arena gradually. The fencing in countries and so on ancient times Egypt, China, Greece, Rome, Arab was in vogue. In the 11th century B.C., the ancient Greece presented the fencing class, and has the sword teacher to teach. The related ancient fencing form, in national in and so on Greece, Egypt some historical constructions and the monument may see about fencing's relief.
In middle ages Europe, the fencing with rides a horse, the swimming, to go hunting, to play chess, reads poems, the javelin to list as together knight's seven kind of noble movements. In order to study and impel the sword play the development, the various European countries establish the fencing guild in abundance (association and school). Spain was considered that is the modern fencing movement cradle, the first fencing books write by two Spanish coaches. The 14th century in Spain, France and Italy presented one knight social stratum which makes one dazzle, they by the exquisite carte and tierce vertically and horizontally world, have won the widespread fine reputation. Hereafter various countries' aristocrat imitates in abundance, time becomes the upper circles of society the fashion, develops between the aristocrat to solve the dispute, frequently draws a sword the opposite direction, a sword decides the life and death.
The fencing movement obtains the comprehensive development truly in French Henry three th and the Henry four th times. in 1776, the French has invented the face guard, this invention caused the fencing movement to further step onto the lofty path. The people put on the face guard, the glove, puts on the fencing clothing, may carry on a succession of attack and defense confrontation safely. Face guard's being published is a fencing movement development milestone. France became at that time the European fencing movement development center.
16 century and the beginning of the 17th century the prevalence of Europe to a duel. In this situation, in order to satisfy people's tastes and needs of the fencing, without harm to life, a kind of blades shorter and four lozenges, sword sharp dressed with pimps new sword was devised by people generally welcomed, and are widely available, this is now the foil. Since then, the Office of learning in Europe, fencing Hall and professional school of fencing foil patterns evolve and mature. Keen to duel gentleman and aristocrats from 1885 onwards, in practice the Office practice, using three lozenges sword battle there is no limit on the site, this is the current EPEE.
18 century's ends, the Hungarian the curved short sword which to Eastern Persian, the Arab and the Turk early time cavalry soldier uses, has carried on the reform, has assembled an elephant curved lune hand guard on the sword hilt, when fencing may play protects finger's role. Afterward, the Italian fencing person further improved it, enables it uses in the fencing movement and the duel, and characteristic which battled according to the cavalry soldier, stipulated that the valid target for the waistband above, this then became the modern saber's predecessor. Hence, the people when is engaged in the fencing may choose the foil, the fencing sabre and the saber freely.
In the early 19th century, under the French fencing authority Rough hot ear's proposal, will spend, heavily, to wear these three kind of different model sword's weight to perform to reduce again, simultaneously conducts the deep research to some technical principle and the tactical significance, and carries out the event frequently in some European country. The fencing movement becomes the international gradually from this sports competition project, and becomes in Olympics big family's one most early.
