Fencing is a sport for people with strong forearms and a stronger intellect. Or as Rene Enrique Castellanos-Brandon, a spry 73-year-old foil and epée coach, told me when I arrived at class: “Fencing ...

The Show-Me State Games continued Sunday morning with events across Columbia. Events kicked off with a triathlon, duathlon and aquabike race featuring a half mile swim, 15-mile bike ride and ...

Ukiah Busch, vice president of the University fencing club, gives the signal and the fencers run forward, then back, forward, then back. They are practicing their footwork, one of the most important ...

This story was produced by our colleagues at the BBC. Fencing has always been an Olympic sport, but in the United Kingdom, it is often seen as elitist — an activity taught in private schools or ...