L ’escrime : « en garde ! Êtes-vous prêts ? Allez ! »

Conclusion L’escrime permet de développer des caractéristiques physiologiques et psychologiques spécifiques. Au-delà de l’escrime de compétition, l’adaptation de la pratique de l’escrime permet de faire bénéficier au plus grand nombre des bienfaits de cette discipline. Aims To present the various aspects of fencing: recreational, competition, elite practice or health-related fencing practice. To help medical practitioners to better understand the specificities of fencing. News Fencing is a typical and traditional French sport and also the first provider of Olympic medals in France. Nevertheless, fencing still remains poorly known for a large population even for the medical community that may have to take care of fencers. Fencing is an open-skilled combat sport, in which two fencers fight indirectly through their weapons. Fencing is practised with three different weapons (the foil, the épée and the sabre), each contested with different rules. Fencers must wear specific fencing dress, mask, gloves and plastrons. During an assault, the fencer underwent numerous specific constraints leading to the development of physiological and psychological characteristics. Even if fencing is not particularly dangerous, there are some specific injuries that the medical practitioner should know in order to provide the best medical care. In addition, a growing interest for artistic fencing has emerged during the past decades, representing an alternative to the competitive prac...
Source: Science and Sports - Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research