News Children from 43 schools in Rio de Janeiro are getting the chance to try their hand at the noble art of fencing ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games The International Fencing Federation (FIE) is bringing its Fencing School programme to Rio to promote the sport and leave a legacy to the city's young Become a fencing expert with our interactive infographicAs of Thursday 7 April, the programme had reached 3,285 children in 26 schools Another 17 schools will get their chance in the coming weeks Coaches are teaching kids the basics of the sport with equipment provided by the FIE  The Fencing School programme runs until the Olympic fencing test event on 23-27 April, when the Rio stage of the Fencing Grand Prix series will be held back-to-back with the team world championships at Carioca 3 Arena “Children have that dream of the sword fights that they see in films, in Zorro, Romeo and Juliet – a duel very similar to what we have in this sport” Arno Perillier, Rio 2016 head of fencingThe Fencing School initiative began on 21 March The programme is visiting schools in a variety of neighbourhoods, from some of the more affluent districts to favela communities and other deprived parts of the city (function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d getElementById(id)) return;  js = d createElement(s); js id = id;  js src = "//connect facebook net/pt_BR/sdk js#xfbml=1&version=v2 3";  fjs parentNode insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));Today our project FENCING SCHOOL attended Escola Municipal Leitao da Cunha - TIJUCA, one teachers attended more than 100 Publicado por Fencing School - Esgrima nas Escolas em Segunda, 4 de abril de 2016“The reaction from the children – and the teachers too – has been incredible Their faces light up when they see the equipment, and after they try the sport and take the mask off, they are just buzzing with excitement,” Perillier said The children have also been given tickets to watch the world's best fencers in action in the test event later in April (function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d getElementById(id)) return;  js = d createElement(s); js id = id;  js src = "//connect facebook net/pt_BR/sdk js#xfbml=1&version=v2 3";  fjs parentNode insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));Fencing school project in Rio de JaneiroMeanwhile the amazing team of the Brazilian Fencing has visited the school CIEP Anton Makarenko – COSTA BARROS Loving the excitement of the students and teachers who try #fencing Fencing School - Esgrima nas Escolas