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Fencing
I am going to start fencing because our university has a fencing club and I have always been interested in sowrd play so it is a logical decision. At any rate, my question is this. Should I start with an epee, a foil, or a saber?
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A foil is best as a start. It is solely a piercing weapon, and it is much easier to focus on one type of attack at a time than trying to learn a combination of piercing and slashing at the same time. Of course, if you'd rather learn slashing instead of piercing a foil would not be your weapon of choice.
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The foil is the easiest to begin with. You typically start with the foil as you learn the basics and then move up to either epee or sabre when you are more comfortable with the sport. The foil has a smaller target area you can hit and a smaller range of moves you can use to strike it properly. It's a good way to get your feet wet. I took 2 semesters of fencing in college and about a year of lessons in Culver City. Good luck, it's a very proper and fun sport.
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Many people start with foil. I started with epee. Foil is generally your starting weapon as it is piercing only. Epee is the first bladed fencing sword, thus introduces slashing. Saber is just bizarre (well, not really, but it doesn't seem as straight forward as epee and foil).
If you have to buy your own equipment, I believe that foils are cheaper than epees...
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Most beginners start with the foil according to sites that I found on Google...
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