What is the difference between fencing and kendo?

A, the definition of different

1, fencing: a kind of sports program. Athletes wearing fencing clothing and protective gear, in the fencing field with a sword in one hand to stab each other, was first hit by the effective parts of the body for the side that was hit. There are a variety of offensive and defensive techniques, and use a variety of tactics to win within the scope of the rules.

2. Kendo: A traditional competitive instrumental martial art. Formal matches are usually held indoors, and because the players are barefoot, the quality of the wooden floor of the venue is highly demanding. Players compete one-on-one.

The two sides are wearing kendo uniforms, protective gear, holding a bamboo sword, according to the rules of the effective part of the mutual strikes, the referee counts the number of points to determine the winner. The team competition can also be held, by the number of players equal to the group one-on-one to determine the winner after the total points.

Two, the rules are different

1, fencing: two-player competition, the game, one side of the sword with the tip of the opponent, so that the tip of the sword accurately and accurately stabbed in the effective part of the sword and has the nature of the stabbing. The side with the most effective hits at the end wins.

According to the rules, round robin matches are five hits in three minutes, and elimination matches are fifteen hits in nine minutes. The winner is the one who hits the opponent first to reach the valid number of hits, or the one who hits the opponent more times after the time is up. In the team competition, the first team to reach 45 hits wins.

2. Kendo: The effective striking parts of kendo are the face (including the front, left and right face), the slashing throat, the abdomen (left and right abdomen), and the hands (left and right wrists), all of which are the most important parts of the body.

A regular match shall be 5 minutes with 3 minutes of overtime. The head referee will stop the clock when he declares a valid score and when he suspends the game. The game is mostly a 3-point game, but sometimes it may be a 1-point game due to time constraints.

In a 3-point match, the first player to score 2 points wins the match; in addition, if a player scores a point first and then his opponent does not score, the player who scores a point wins the match.

In team games, the team with the most winners is the winner; if the number of winners is the same, the team with the most points will win. If there is a tie, the team with the most points will win. If there is a tie, each team will send a representative to determine the winner.

Three, different origins

1, fencing: fencing is a traditional sport with a long history. As early as in ancient times, the sword is a tool used by humans to survive with wild animals to fight and hunt.

With the development of human history, the sword from the initial stone, bone system to bronze, iron, and finally to steel, and as a weapon of war, gradually on the stage of history.

Fencing really got full development in the period of Henri III and Henri IV in France. 1776, the famous French fencing master La Boissiere invented the mask, this invention makes fencing further on the elegant road.

People put on masks, gloves, and fencing suits, and they could safely engage in a series of offensive and defensive exchanges. The introduction of the mask was a milestone in the development of fencing. France became the center of fencing development in Europe at the time.

2. During the Two Han Dynasty, there were exchanges of weapons and smelting and casting technology between China and Japan. At the same time, the two-handed sword technique inherited from China was sent by the Japanese official envoys to the Sui Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty to the Chinese mainland.

As well as the Korean Peninsula and the mainland coastal surrounding areas and the Japanese islands of the civilian exchanges, in the Sui and Tang dynasties spread to Japan, to Japan's sword through the long years of war years continue to evolve, in the increasingly stable Edo period, Japan, imitating the style of the Japanese armor, the production of kendo guards and the basic shape of the bamboo sword, established the prototype of the future sports kendo.