He had been surprised by the confidence course, to be sure, but there was only so much you could do on a fencing strip.

He couldn't quite put his finger on where, but it wasn't on a fencing strip!

Sulu turned and saw the captain, standing just to one side of the fencing strip, hands on hips.

He was physically intimidating on the fencing strip.

There is a baseball batting cage, a chess room, a fencing strip and a judo training area.

By the 20th century the violence of the piste, or fencing strip, had become symbolic, with the merest touch earning a point.

But noblesse oblige was in short supply earlier today on the Olympic fencing strip, known as the piste.

He also dabbled in psychology, discussing the need to manifest confidence on the fencing strip: "Your essence comes out when you fence.

Harnessing Anger tells us how Westbrook has overcome strong adversaries on and off the fencing strip. '

So he followed his father into another field - one where he traded in fencing strips for the floorboards of the Metropolitan Opera House.

Taking the Gnalish's advice to heart, the captain lunged as if he were on a fencing strip and swung his tellek at the nearest bat-face.

The fencing strip was plain unfaceted mechmetal but the pickets were fashioned crudely of wood and had to be humanmade.

At several spots around the state, people are stepping onto the pistes, or fencing strips, which in Montville are simply masking-taped rectangles on the gym floor.

Ms. Mustilli's sister, Marisa, now a student at St. John's University in New York, also took to the fencing strip.

And when he's out there on the piste, or fencing strip, saber in hand, anticipating his opponent's next move, Lee, sometimes conjures the baseball strategy of his youth.

They were often seen dueling each other and it is fair to say these earliest connections between USC and Hollywood were made on a fencing strip.

The no-frills space includes 12 fencing strips, a small office and a few chairs for parents to watch their children train with the Oregon Fencing Alliance, the club Korfanty took over in 1994.

Farther away a track of beaten dirt surrounded a target, a quintain, and, farther yet in the distance, a long low roof, held on the heads of armed telamons, protected a fencing strip.

In all three weapons, the C line is connected to the body of the weapon, and sometimes (normally in high-level competition) to the fencing strip as well, which must be made of metal in this case.

At a tournament in Padua, Italy, on May 3 and 4, several fencers walked onto the fencing strips for the second day of competition, then walked off when Roch arrived to take his seat.

He flubbed his flunge, his training backfired and, in a matter of six minutes on Saturday, Keeth Smart walked off the fencing strip far earlier than he had hoped in his second Olympics.

Some of the 126 foil contestants in the hangar-sized gymnasium near 199 Chambers Street found themselves staring down the 39-foot-4-inch fencing strip at the likes of Michael Marx of New York, a member of two Olympic teams and, at 28, the preeminent American practitioner of the light dueling sword.

Female sabreurs, not to mention foil and epee fencers, can be every bit as aggressive and argumentative on the fencing strip as men, as was obvious this week at the United States national fencing championships, a 10-day event at which Olympic team berths and 25 national titles were at stake.

Best of all, you walk outside and you're straight on the piste.

Your friends told us to follow the piste and we'd be sure to meet you head on.

It's a place where you're likely to get whole pistes to yourself.

There are around 20 pistes, with a choice for all ability levels.

The piste they had been following ran right into ice.

But it's not until the next day, back on the piste, that I feel the full effect.

"She was on the piste with her brother and father," the source said.

A great way to relax after a hard day on the piste!

Very good position - just a few minutes from a piste or lift.

Open in the evening after the pistes close but when the lift still works from town.

It's hard to explain how it could have happened on that part of the piste.

There are many other things to consider before hitting the piste.

He makes sure my children are safe while enjoying the best pistes.

For one hour of piste preparation, they got 3 free runs.

There are several pistes and some with light for night skiing.

The world cup piste - although rated black - is pretty easy though.

I like new challenges and this piste surprised us all.

You also have the extra safety of being covered on and off piste.

Whatever we call it, skiing off the piste is getting more popular again.

Not that you need to be an expert to enjoy the pistes.

If they lock up all the cities and the pistes, what other choice do we have?

How much harm can a few weeks eating off piste actually do?

These look great in powder, but seem to be missing something on the piste.

But is this an official meeting or something strictly "off piste"?

Those planning to stay on piste will find some handy ideas too.