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Classical fencing

  • an institution was founded

    École des Maîtres d'Armes was a key institution in making rules of the French style.
  • Period: to

    classical fencing

  • Domenico Angelo published his book

    Domenico Angelo published his book

    Italian master Domenico Angelo published L'École des armes, which talked about how fencing was good for health and rules for what was going to become fencing.
  • main period of classical fencing

    Characterized by masters such as Giuseppe Radaelli, Masaniello Parise, and Aldo Nadi. More less late 1800s- Early 1900s
  • first competition

    first competition

    Called the Grand Military Tournament, in London, very big step in fencing
  • it was included in the olympics

    It started with men doing foil and sabre, this made it have a higher status
  • electrical scoring

    it changed how the sport was judged and played, taking away from classical methods that relied on human judges.
  • fencing sort of changed

    sword fighting became a safe sport called fencing, which changed its rules and methods to fit a game instead of a real fight. Sword fighting started being a safe sport called fencing, which changed the rules and methods so it could be a game instead of a real fight.