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Fencing, like most sports, relies heavily on the equipment. Just as you cannot play soccer without a ball, shinguards, and a pair of cleats, you can't fence without at least your weapon, mask, jacket and glove.
There are two basic sets of equipment in Olympic fencing. Which set you use depends on how that match is being scored. For most competitions you will need to fence electric. This means that an electrical current is passed through the blade which is connected to a machine that tells the judges when a touch (a hit) has been scored. Most competitions use electric scoring. I will elaborate on fencing electric later. In practice and some competition the equipment that is used is called dry, because it uses no electricity. We'll start by learning the equipment used in dry fencing.
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