Editing Fencing (section)

==Other variants==
Other variants include [[wheelchair fencing]] for those with disabilities, chair fencing, ''one-hit épée'' (one of the five events which constitute [[modern pentathlon]]) and the various types of non-Olympic competitive fencing.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.teamusa.org/home/us%20paralympics/sports/fencing.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531192037/http://www.teamusa.org/Home/US%20Paralympics/Sports/Fencing.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 31, 2012|title=U.S. Paralympics {{!}} Sports {{!}} Wheelchair Fencing|work=Team USA|access-date=2017-09-21}}</ref> Chair fencing is similar to wheelchair fencing, but for the able bodied. The opponents set up opposing chairs and fence while seated; all the usual rules of fencing are applied. An example of the latter is the [[American Fencing League]] (distinct from the [[United States Fencing Association]]): the format of competitions is different and the right of way rules are interpreted in a different way. In a number of countries, school and university matches deviate slightly from the FIE format. A variant of the sport using toy [[lightsaber]]s earned national attention when [[ESPN2]] acquired the rights to a selection of matches and included it as part of its "ESPN8: The Ocho" programming block in August 2018.<ref>{{cite web|first=Brian|last=Steinberg|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/bold-strategy-cotton-espn-the-ocho-business-1202899209/#article-comments|title=Bold strategy, Cotton: Inside ESPN's crazy plans to turn 'The Ocho' into a business|work=Variety|date=August 8, 2018|access-date=August 8, 2018|quote=ESPN had to acquire the rights to show two of the most random events on the schedule (...) and high-level light-saber dueling.}}</ref>

Two handed fencing refers to a type of fencing where a [[buckler]] or [[dagger]] is used to parry attacks.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hebert |first=Justin |date=2014-09-09 |title=Two-Handed Fencing {{!}} Justin Hebert, SFF Author |url=https://justin-hebert.com/2014/09/09/two-handed-fencing/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |language=en-US}}</ref>