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FENCING RULE
Weapons of modern
fencing & rule variations The three different weapons have different designs and rules of competition.
Foil
In foil, hits must be made with the point of the weapon and are valid only when they land on the lamé or the conductive part of the fencing mask, which together cover the trunk of the body, the groin, and parts of the neck. The foil has a pressure-sensitive button at its tip, which will depress when 500 grams or more pressure is applied. If the tip is in contact with the lamé, the hit is valid; if it touches the nonconductive jacket or knickers, the hit is “off-target” and
is not counted. Once one of the fencers has scored an on-target hit, the opponent has 300 milliseconds to also hit before being locked out by the scoring box. Fencing halts for both off- and on-target hits, but touches can only be scored via an on-target hit. If both fencers hit on-target, the rules of right-of-way are used to determine who has priority.
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