Which country did fencing originate from?

The fencing project originated in Spain.

Spain is the cradle of modern fencing. Although fencing was a subject that European knights needed to learn in the early days, after continuous evolution, it became a European Guizhou sport and was also the social trend at that time. Later, due to changes in tactics and fencing, the sport became more competitive. Later, two Spanish fencing coaches wrote the world's first book on fencing, gradually turning fencing into a sport.

In 1776, the French fencing master Laboissiere invented masks, gloves and fencing uniforms to protect the body and enable better fencing exchanges. Later, in the Athens Olympics in the late 19th century, After the introduction, fencing gradually changed from a competitive sport in Guizhou in Europe to the public and the world, and became a sport.

Competition Rules

The fencing competition is divided into individual competition and team competition. The individual competition adopts the group round-robin system and direct elimination system, and the team competition directly adopts the single-elimination elimination system. Each game in the direct knockout round uses 15 sword hits per set, and the game time is 9 minutes. Each set is divided into 3 rounds, each round is 3 minutes long, with a 1-minute break between rounds. If a player hits 15 swords or all the 9-minute allotted time is used up, the player who hits the most swords wins.

If there is a tie at the end of the allotted time, an extra minute will be required. In the extra round, the athlete who hits the first sword wins. Before the extra time, the athletes must draw lots. If the tie continues until the end of the overtime, the athlete who draws the right to win will win. In the team competition, each team has 4 players, 3 players will participate in the team competition, and 1 player will serve as a substitute.

Fight 5 swords in 3 minutes per game, 9 games. The first team to score 45 points wins. If some athletes do not stab the opponent 5 times within the prescribed 3 minutes, the next athlete of this team will continue the game and can score the score he should have scored in that game, that is: from the first game to 5 points, 10 points in the second game, 15 points in the third game...play until 45 points are reached and the game ends.

The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-Fencing