| Date | 17.07.2025 |
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| Time | 16:00 |
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Can you tell a foil from a sabre? A flèche from a touché?
Fencing is a fast, dynamic sport in which the aim of every duel is to hit your opponent with your weapon, without being hit yourself. Protective clothing for the body and head and flattened tips on the weapon prevent serious injury but nevertheless: this is a combat sport that is won by hitting the opponent several times on the valid hit area on the body. Fencing take place on a narrow ‘planché’ measuring 14 metres long and just under two metres wide.The excitement, skill and spectacle of fencing will captivate you. As the referee says before each contest, En garde! Fencing will be taking the Messe Essen by storm at the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games.