What kind of sport is fencing? What country invented it? How did it evolve to the present?

Fencing is a traditional sport with a long history, he is a sport in the Olympic Games program, do you know what kind of sport fencing is, which country invented it? How did it evolve from its origin to the present? Today I will give you a brief talk about fencing is a kind of what kind of sport, and how it is from the origin of the evolution to the present?

Fencing is one of the sword sports, it is a combination of aerobic and anaerobic sports, moving back and forth belongs to the aerobic attack a moment, belongs to the anaerobic movement, compared to other sports, the amount of exercise is small, more suitable for children, and the sport can accompany the child's life. Fencing is a traditional sports program with a long history, athletes a hand holding a thin elastic steel, head mask, wearing the prescribed clothing, in a rectangular field for the competition, according to the specified time and the number of swords stabbed to determine the winners and losers.

As early as in the ancient times, the sword is the survival of mankind with the beasts to fight and hunt for food used by the tool, with the development of human history, the sword from the beginning of the substantial bone system to bronze, iron, and finally to the steel. Modern fencing, it originated in medieval Europe, in the 14th century in Spain, France, Italy and so on appeared a knight class, their pieces are very exquisite, won a wide range of reputation, at that time, with the emergence of gunpowder and guns, fencing in the battlefield gradually lost its original deterrent, although the military value of fencing is diminishing, but it is in the recreation, the role of the fight and the contest Although the military value of fencing is diminishing, its role in entertainment, fighting and competition has become important and popular, and it has gradually become a professional fencing sport. In the 17th century, the king of France made uniform regulations on the clothing and equipment of the infrastructure at that time, and the oldest six fencing masters were made nobles, which made the foundation for the infrastructure to become a competitive sport.

In the late nineteenth century, fencing became a competitive sport, in 1882, France set up the world's first fencing association, and then, in 1896, the first Olympic Games, there was a fencing program. Since then, fencing has been an Olympic sport.