How To Learn Fencing Rules
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How To Learn Fencing Rules
Fencing is often referred to as physical chess, as you have to make quick decisions and right actions at the right time to succeed. In this Videojug guide Karim Bashir, fencing coach and former international fencer for Great Britain, talks you through the basic rules in fencing.
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- Foil is a point weapon with the target limited to the torso.
- In sabre you can hit with the point and the side of the blade, and the target is everything above the waist, including the head.
- Foil and sabre are weapons of convention; this means that the referee decides who is attacking.
- If you are defending you have three options: you can get hit, you can avoid the strike, or you can block. If you do either of the last two things, it is your turn to attack.
- In epee the aim is to hit you opponent without getting hit; there are no attacking and defending turns.