THE NAMES OF THE 3 FENCING WEAPONS AND THEIR TARGET AREAS
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épée – head, torso, legs, limbs, hands (basically everywhere)
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sabre – above the waist
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foil – torso only and back
DEFINITIONS
Parry – when an attacker comes at you, you can “parry” the blade by directing it away from yourself (parry 4, 6, 7, 8)
Halt – stop
Circle 6 – have the blade in 6th quadrant with right side of blade making contact with opponent’s blade and do a full circle going clockwise down and back up moving opponents blade back to quadrant 6 (for right handed)
for reference the quadrants look like:
4 6
8 7
Other fencing terms: beat, half-circle, advance retreat, en garde, disengage, etc;
Fencers shoulders should not be tight in the shoulders
How to lunge: Fencers start en garde, then to lunge, fencers first extend the blade, then lunge forward with the foot in front with knee bent at a 90 degree angle. The back leg is generally straight and the front leg is bent. The distance of the lunge is greater than the distance of an advance.
SCORING AND RULES
How many points is a normal fencing match in the NCAA/College: 5
How many points is a direct elimination match in World Cup, Olympics or NCAA final four: 15
How many minutes is a normal NCAA/College Fencing match Epee and Foil: 3
How many minutes is an Olympic Direct Elimination Match for Epee and Foil: 9
When you fence electric and you score what side does the light go off: Your side
What happens when a fencer goes off the back of the strip with both feet: They lose that round and the other side gets a point
If the score is tied at the end of time in Epee and Foil (e.g. 4-4-) what happens: One fencer is chosen at random as the one with “the advantage” and in the next round if the person without the advantage doesn’t score a point, then the one with advantage gets a point. It’s similar to “sudden death.”
What should fencers do before and after a match (proper code of conduct)?
Fencers should salut the other player with blades up. Afterwards, they should shake the non-glove hand of the other fencer.
What does the referee say before the match beings? En garde, and then “Prêt” (ready) to alert the fencers that the match is going to begin
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