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1992 Olympics women's foil event
Fencing weapons
fencing master Luigi Barbasetti
Luigi Barbasetti demonstrating a lunge.
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The fencing piste.
On-guard positions and target areas in fencing.
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Aldo Nadi
Italian fencer
Domenico Angelo, c. 1760.
Domenico Angelo
Italian fencing master
Utagawa Kuniyoshi: woodcut of Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese soldier-artist
Christian d'Oriola
Christian d’Oriola
French athlete
Nedo Nadi: Following in Father’s Footsteps
Italian fencer
Champion Olympic fencer Aladár Gerevich
Aladár Gerevich
Hungarian fencer
Giorgio Santelli.
Giorgio Santelli
Italian fencing master
Nadi brothers
Italian fencers
Luigi Barbasetti.
Luigi Barbasetti
Italian fencing master
A pioneering fencer
Peter Westbrook
American fencer
Edoardo Mangiarotti.
Edoardo Mangiarotti
Italian fencer
William Gaugler.
William Gaugler
American fencing master
Hungarian fencer Ilona Elek
Ilona Elek
Hungarian fencer
Lucien Gaudin.
Lucien Gaudin
French fencer
Alfred Hutton, c. 1903.
Alfred Hutton
English fencing master

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