FENCING SHOULD BE PLAYED MORE OFTEN IN TOWNSHIPS

 

FENCING SHOULD BE PLAYED MORE OFTEN IN TOWNSHIPS

 

By Onthatile Mahlangu

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Fencing is the recreation sport of swordplay it is both a physical and mental workout. It was discovered in the 19^th century in Italy. It has three disciplines (players) which have separate weapons and a separate set of rules each, the three weapons are foil, sabre, and epee. A foil is a light weapon that targets the torso but not the head and arms. A sabre targets the upper body, and an Epee targets the whole body. Fencing takes place in a 1.5 meter by a long strip on the mat.

Lebogang Mguni, a 23-year jeweller venture said, “I started playing fencing in Reflilwe March 2015 and I played at ledwabane compressive high. My teacher is the one who introduced me to fencing. I was playing the position of Eppe. It is different from Sabre and foil because is a full-body contact sport.”

“Fencing kept me off the streets of Refilwe the only disadvantage of fencing is you will never find it in townships because the equipment is expensive, and it is not a popular sport, and another thing is that everyone’s interest is mostly in soccer than any other sports,” Mr. Mguni added.   

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Bontle Mokoena is a 2O-year-old student from the Tshwane University of Technology currently studying Teaching mentioned that she plays fencing at the main campus in Pretoria West. She found out about fencing by watching Korean movies. The score is counted differently whereby if you get the first fifteen points means you have won the game.

Bontle said that the reason fencing is not popular in townships is that there is a lack of resources and management also people do not know anything about the sport and when you do not know something you do not have an interest.

Fencing should be taught in townships for people to know so that they can participate in sports.

Bontle talking more about Fencing https://soundcloud.com/user-676563875/fencing-sport?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing