Sabre (fencing)

The sabre (US English: saber, both pronounced /ˈseɪbər/) is one of the three disciplines of modern fencing.^[1] The sabre weapon is for thrusting and cutting with both the cutting edge and the back of the blade^[2] (unlike the other modern fencing weapons, the épée and foil, where a touch is scored only using the point of the blade).^[2]

The informal term sabreur refers to a male fencer who follows the discipline; sabreuse is the female equivalent.

^ "Sabre Fencing". The Fencing Center. Retrieved 2015-11-16.^{[not specific enough to verify]}
^ ^a ^b "General Rules and Rules Common to the Three Weapons" (PDF). FIE. 2017. pp. 90, 76.

[Fencing_center-1] "Sabre Fencing". The Fencing Center. Retrieved 2015-11-16.^{[not specific enough to verify]}

[static.fie.org-2] "General Rules and Rules Common to the Three Weapons" (PDF). FIE. 2017. pp. 90, 76.

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