I'm a ham. I was immediately attracted to fencing because it seemed like a romantic, melodramatic form of combat.
---Bruce Dickinson
What's What
Terminology
Equipment
- Weapons
- Protective Clothing
Piste
Scoring
- Non-electronic
- Electronic
Footwork
Penalties
Priority rules
Protocol
Fencing is an old sport that originated in Europe. It was a sport for the noblemen. It served as
entertainment
and a way for gentlemen to solve quarrels. It is the Western martial art. There are a great number of
fencing masters throughout time and the world.
Off target to my right!
There is a lot of terminology in the sport of fencing. Here is a lot of the terms that you will come across at a meet and/or on this page.
- En-garde
- get on you gaurd, be ready to defend yourself.
- Bout
- an assault at which the score is kept.
- Match
- the aggregate of bouts between two fencing teams.
- Yellow card
- warning, used to indicate a minor rule infraction by one of the fencers.
- Red card
- used to indicate repeated minor rule infractions or a major rule infraction by one of the fencers; results in a point being given to the other fencer.
- Black card
- used to indicate the most serious offences in a fencing competition. The offending fencer is usually expelled from the event or tournament.
- Beat
- an action in which the opponent's blade aside or out of line by using your blade's foible or middle against the opponent's blade's foible or middle.
- Dry bout
- fencing without electric scoring aids.
- Foible
- the upper, weak part of the blade.
- Parry
- a block of the attack, made with the forte of one's blade.
- Counter-parry
- a parry made in the opposite line to the attack.
- Advance
- a movement forward
- Blaestra
- a forward hop or jump usually followed by an attack
- Conversation
- the back-and-forth play of the blades in a fencing match
- Corps-a-corps
- physical contact between the two fencers during a bout, illegal in foil and sabre.
- Lunge
- an attack made by extending the rear leg and landing on the bent front leg.
The weapon of choice is the sword. There are different types of swords
that were used. They are:
- Foil click here for more info
- French grip
- Pistol grip
- Sabre
Click here for more info
- Rapier
- Épée
Click here for more info
Off target to my left!
There is quite a bit of protective clothing that a fencer wears during
a bout. That gear is, in order of when it goes on:
- Chest protector
- can be put on first or second, it's up to you
- made of plastic and is used to protect your chest
- Underarm gaurd
- can be put on first or second, it's up to you
- made of heavey cotton
- it protects your underarm, shoulder, upperarm, and the sword side of your chest
- Knickers
- these are the pants that you should wear when fencing
- made of heavey cotton
- Jacket
- made of heavey cotton
- protects your throte, torso, and arms
- Lamé
- a metallic vest used to detect valid touches in foil and sabre
- put on second to last
- Helmet
- it protects your head and throte
Simoltanius hit! No point awarded!
The piste is where all of the action is.
Scoring
There are two different types of scoring, electric and non-electric.
Non-electric scoring is how you score a dry bout.
Halt and return to the
en-garde lines!!
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Last modified: December 7, 2006
