Abstract
We devised physical training and practical training to improve agility and lower limb power exertion for each 9 male university athletes who specialize in fencing épée and saber, and examined the training effect for 8 weeks. In the pre-training value our results showed that the saber group (32.4 times) was significantly higher than the épée group (27.2 times) in side stepping (P <.05). The comparison of consecutive jumping exhibited a similar result, with saber athletes (13.63 m) again being significantly higher than épée athletes (12.43 m) (P <.05). After 8 weeks, side-stepping in the saber group showed a significantly higher post-training value (35.7 times) than the pre-training value (32.4 times) (P <.01). Saber athletes also displayed a statistically higher jumping performance (14.01m) compared to the pre-training value (13.63 m) (P <.01), whereas there was no significant difference between the pre-training value and the post-training value in the épée group. As mentioned above, the training effect was manifested in both abilities by the practical training only for the saber athletes.
