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Fencing vs Singlestick - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between fencing and singlestick

is that fencing is the art or sport of duelling with swords, especially with the 17th to 18th century European dueling swords and the practice weapons decended from them (sport fencing while singlestick is a one-handed wood stick used for fencing in place of a sword.

As a verb fencing

is present participle of lang=en.

fencing

English

(wikipedia fencing)

Verb

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    • Noun

  • The art or sport of duelling with swords, especially with the 17th to 18th century European dueling swords and the practice weapons decended from them (sport fencing)
  • * 1973 , Alan Dundes, Mother Wit from the Laughing Barrel (page 253)
    • The pair both want to touch each other, and indulge in a series of fencings and parryings in the hope of attaining their desire.
  • Material used to make fences, fences used as barriers or an enclosure.
    • Fencing was erected around the field to keep the horses in.

    Derived terms

    * geofencing

    See also

    * (wikipedia)

    singlestick

    English

    Noun

  • a one-handed wood stick used for fencing in place of a sword.Allanson-Winn, R. G. et al. (2006). Broadsword and Singlestick: With Chapters on Quarter-Staff, Bayonet, Cudgel, Shillalah, Walking-Stick, Umbrella, and Other Weapons of Self-Defense . Paladin Press. ISBN 1581605129
  • * 2010 , Thomas A. Green, ?Joseph R. Svinth, Martial Arts of the World
    • Scottish broadsword training methods included practice with the singlestick . The singlestick is a wooden rod (usually ash) with a basket hilt. Length was usually 3 feet (just under a meter).
  • a martial art, sport or exercise using a cudgel or backsword.

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