Sitting in his specialized wheelchair and armed with a three-foot-long fencing sword, Noah Hanssen, 22, of Ellicott City, Md., lunged at his opponent. With a few quick strokes, the two athletes ...

Fencers at the Southeast Asian Games in Singapore move with grace and power, lightning-fast reflexes and the subtle shifts of defense and attack. Fencing bouts take place on a strip, or piste, ...

In the national sports stadium in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, two women stand off, foils circling and their faces covered with protective wire masks. It’s not easy for women to take part in sports ...

DURING THE technical portion of fencing class, when we learned to thrust and parry, Annie was sweet and friendly, someone I could commiserate with about learning the moves. But once her mask was on ...

Want to learn fencing? The BU Fencing Club is but one of several hundred student clubs and organizations BU offers, and most of them were on view at Splash, BU’s semiannual Student Activities Fair, ...