Bout : an assault at which the score is kept.
En Garde : also On Guard; the fencing position; the stance that fencers assume when preparing to fence.
Black Card : used to indicate the most serious offenses in a fencing competition. The offending fencer is usually expelled from the event or tournament.
Attack : the initial offensive action made by extending the sword arm and continuously threatening the valid target of the opponent.
Lunge: an attack made by extending the rear leg and landing on the bent front leg.
Beat : an attempt to knock the opponent's blade aside or out of line by using one's foible or middle against the opponent's foible.
Parry : a block of the attack, made with the forte of one's own blade.
Once you understand and master the terminology, you will look like this....well, without the actual fence in between.
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