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I specialise in épée fencing.
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While modern sport
fencing has three weapons (foil, épée,
and sabre), each a separate event, épée
is the only one in which the entire body is the valid
target area. Épée is the heaviest of
all three weapons.
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| In most higher-level competitions
a grounded metal piste is used to prevent floor hits
from registering as touches. Unlike sabre and foil, in épée
there are no right-of-way rules regarding attacking;
that is, touches are awarded solely on the basis of which
fencer makes a touch first, according to the electronic
scoring machines. Also, in épée double-touches
are allowed, although the touches must be within 40 milliseconds
(1/25th of a second) of each other. |
| Read more about Épée at Wikipedia |
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