{"id":1739,"date":"2016-02-01T17:07:52","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T01:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/?p=1739"},"modified":"2016-02-01T17:07:52","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T01:07:52","slug":"fencing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/2016\/02\/01\/fencing\/","title":{"rendered":"Fencing&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had a great time learning about fencing in gym this past week. \u00a0We learned a lot about the basic moves and weapons of the sport. \u00a0We had the opportunity to try out different weapons, and wear the proper clothing used in fencing. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC02696.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1740 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC02696-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"DSC02696\" width=\"260\" height=\"260\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Advance<\/strong>&#8211;The \u2018advance\u2019 is the basic forward movement. The front foot\u00a0moves first<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advance Lunge<\/strong>&#8211;An advance followed immediately by a lunge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Retreat<\/strong>&#8211;The basic backwards movement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Allez<\/strong>&#8211;French for &#8220;go&#8221;, command used to commence action in a match<\/p>\n<p><strong>Attack&#8211;<\/strong>The initial offensive action made by extending the sword arm and continuously threatening the valid target of the opponent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c9p\u00e9\u00e9&#8211;<\/strong>A fencing weapon with triangular cross-section blade and a large bell guard<\/p>\n<p><strong>Foil&#8211;<\/strong>A fencing weapon with rectangular cross-section blade and a small bell guard<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sabre&#8211;<\/strong>A fencing weapon with a flat blade and knuckle guard<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the PAC for funding this great opportunity!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC02699.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1741 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC02699-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"DSC02699\" width=\"235\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a great time learning about fencing in gym this past week. \u00a0We learned a lot about the basic moves and weapons of the sport. \u00a0We had the opportunity to try out different weapons, and wear the proper clothing used in fencing. \u00a0 Advance&#8211;The \u2018advance\u2019 is the basic forward movement. The front foot\u00a0moves first &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/2016\/02\/01\/fencing\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3048,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1739"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3048"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1739"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1742,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1739\/revisions\/1742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}