Difficult
Difficult adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Fencing and difficult are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fencing" instead an adjective "Difficult".
Nearby Word: difficulty
Both words in one sentence
- Sulu was into fencing, Riker was into "Anbo-jitsu" (that blind stick fighting thing he did with his dad), and we see several other officers playing difficult sports.
- Difficult but Awesome: When it was first introduced in WoTS2, Fencing Stance (later Draw Stance in 3) swords are basically this.
Source: Video Game / Way of the Samurai - The fencing style taught for the rapier was also highly elegant and difficult to master, so that anyone wearing one was invoking Possession Implies Mastery and showing off their level of education and practice.
Source: Analysis / Royal Rapier
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