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1992 Olympics women's foil event
Fencing weapons
fencing master Luigi Barbasetti
Luigi Barbasetti demonstrating a lunge.
Fencing at the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games
Daniele Garozzo
The fencing piste.
On-guard positions and target areas in fencing.
Learning how to fence with an Olympic champion
Watch: A parry and riposte in fencing
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Nedo Nadi: Following in Father’s Footsteps
Italian fencer
Utagawa Kuniyoshi: woodcut of Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese soldier-artist
Domenico Angelo, c. 1760.
Domenico Angelo
Italian fencing master
Giorgio Santelli.
Giorgio Santelli
Italian fencing master
Luigi Barbasetti.
Luigi Barbasetti
Italian fencing master
Champion Olympic fencer Aladár Gerevich
Aladár Gerevich
Hungarian fencer
Christian d'Oriola
Christian d’Oriola
French athlete
William Gaugler.
William Gaugler
American fencing master
Edoardo Mangiarotti.
Edoardo Mangiarotti
Italian fencer
A pioneering fencer
Peter Westbrook
American fencer
Lucien Gaudin.
Lucien Gaudin
French fencer
Hungarian fencer Ilona Elek
Ilona Elek
Hungarian fencer
Alfred Hutton, c. 1903.
Alfred Hutton
English fencing master
Aldo Nadi
Italian fencer

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