sword fighting
Dueling with blades
Sword fighting is combat or competitive sport using swords, whether actual bladed weapons or practice substitutes.
The term covers historical martial arts, theatrical stage combat, and modern fencing.
As a compound, it often appears as an adjective: sword-fighting techniques, a sword-fighting scene.
Also spelled as one word: swordfighting.
Protective case for blades
- duelPrearranged one-on-one combat
- rapierSlender dueling blade
- cutlassCurved slashing naval blade
- claymoreScottish great sword
katana · saber · combat · melee · parry · thrust · slash · block
scabbard
Protective case for blades
claymore · katana · saber · combat · melee · parry · thrust · slash · block · riposte
epee
Fencing blade
lunge · parry · riposte · piste · touché · feint · fleche · referee · competition · mask
kendo
Japanese bamboo fencing
- kenjutsuJapanese martial blade art
- iaidoMartial art of drawing swords
- wushuChinese martial arts collectively
silat · kata · sparring · dojo · sensei · forms · drills · cutting · strikes · discipline
- medieval lifechivalry, royal courts, jousting, knighthood, falconry
- knight trainingjousting, horsemanship, combat training, weapons training, chivalry
- Renaissance fairjousting, mead, turkey leg, jester, knights
- Renaissance fairejousting, maypole dance, feast, masquerade ball, harvest festival
- armored combatmelee combat, plate armor, chainmail, helm, greaves
- combat artsswordfighting, boxing, wrestling, grappling, gladiatorial combat
sword fightingarchery
Shooting with bows
marksmanship · sharpshooting · artillery · sniping · bombing
sword fightingpeace
Freedom from disturbance
peacemaking · diplomacy · pacifism · nonviolence · reconciliation
sword fightinghand-to-hand combat
Fighting without distance weapons
unarmed combat · wrestling · grappling · boxing · martial arts
sword, fighting, fencing, swords, swordsman, dueling, swordfish, broadsword, swordplay