Fencing traces its roots to the development of fencing for duels and self-defense. The origin of modern fencing is believed to be Spain. Some of the most important books on fencing have been written by Spanish fencers. Diego de Valera wrote a book on weapons between 1458 and 1471, one of the earliest surviving evidence of Western dueling shortly before dueling was subjected to an official ban by the Catholic Monarchs. At the conquest, Spanish forces staged a duel around the world, especially to southern Italy, one of the main areas of conflict between the two countries and the duel was mentioned in a play Merry Wives of Windsor written sometime before

The mechanics of modern fencing arose in the eighteenth century in an Italian school of fencing from the Renaissance, and under its influence, and improved upon by the French school of fencing. The Spanish school of fencing stagnated and was replaced by the Italian and French schools.

Fencing, fencing, weapon fencing, or sword fencing, also called Olympic fencing is a sport in which a special type of sword is used, in addition to a white uniform and a face mask. As for the sport of fencing, in its broadest sense, it is the art of armed combat, including cutting and stabbing directly by hand

Fencing, also called Olympic fencing, is a sport in which two people fight using swords, the "Arabian sword or fencing sword or fencing sword". Winning points are made by touching the sword with the opponent. Fencing was one of the first sports to be held in the Olympic Games. Based on the traditional skills of fencing, the modern sport arose at the end of the nineteenth century, with the Italian school having modified the historical European martial art of classical fencing, and the later French school refining the Italian system. There are three forms of modern fencing, each using a different type of weapon and having different rules, and in this way the sport itself is divided into three competitive scenes: shish, duel, and Arab. The most competitive builders choose to specialize in only one weapon. Competitive fencing is one of the five activities that have appeared in all of the modern Olympics, the other four being athletics, cycling, swimming and gymnastics