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Epee
In épée, as in foil, hits are made with the point, but, unlike in foil, the target area is the entire body. When the pressure-sensitive tip of the épée is depressed with a force in excess of 750 grams upon any surface unconnected to the scoring box, the box will register a hit. In order to prevent hits to the piste (fencing area) from being counted as touches, the piste is attached
to the scoring box by a grounding wire. There
is no off-target hit; hits to the piste simply do not register. When one fencer scores a hit, the opponent has only 40 milliseconds to also score a hit before being locked out by the scoring box. If both fencers score hits, both are awarded touches; there is no right-of-way.
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