The target area in fencing is the area of the fencer's body where points can be scored. The last line on the fencing strip is the final line, placed 7 meters away from the central line, it marks the end of the fencing strip. Three meters from the en guarde line, there is the warning line, where the warning zone starts. There are the en guarde lines, one to the left and one to the right of the central line. The strip has a central line, which marks the middle of the area, placed two meters from it. The srtip has a rectangular format, 46 feet (14 meters) long and between 4.9 and 6.6 feet wide. In a fencing bout, fencers go back and forth on the strip's 46 feet, and cannot cross each other. Here is a fun mug for fencers of all weapons – we also have this design on hoodies and t-shirts.The fencing strip, also known as piste, is the metal surface over which athletes fence. Keep in mind, you can always try another weapon or switch to another weapon later! My personal preference is epee, probably because there are less questions about who got a point (we had some entry level competitions where two different referees had different opinions about who scored the point – kinda frustrating). Your fencing coach likely can help with the choice after he sees your style – are you defensive, fast, strategic, etc. Or, maybe you prefer strategy and fine targeting of foil. If possible try them all – it will be a fun experience and you may realize that you love slashing attacks and speed of sabre fencing most. You will get more experience and more fun by fencing with the weapon where you have more variety of opponents in your club. So, if that’s the only or most convenient fencing club for you – go with your club’s weapon of choice. Some clubs will have groups for 2 or 3 weapons, but often they will give some preference to one or another, likely because of coaches preference or specialization.
Some clubs will give a preference to specific weapon – which means most (if not all) club members will be fencing with either foil, epee or sabre. Epee fencing at Canada Cup 2020 Which weapon to choose? Those scoring rules change the style of fencing with different weapons and will affect the strategy. In foil and saber referee decides who had a priority, or who was attacking. In epee fencing both opponents get a point. Basically, it’s about what happens when both fencers hit simultaneously.
In addition to those 2 main differences, there are also different scoring rules.
Fencing touche vs foil full#
For the epee it’s full body – arms, hands, legs, head is all fair game.The second difference is the area on the opponent which you can hit. What’s different between three fencing weapons?Įpee and foil are “point” weapons – that means you are “stabbing” your opponent and you have to poke them with the pointy end (that’s called a tip) 🙂 Saber (or Sabre) is a slashing weapon, so your goal is to make a touch with any part of the blade, not just the tip. If you never fenced before, it could be confusing at first, but there is a simple difference between those 3. There are 3 different weapons in the modern fencing sport – Epee, Foil and Sabre.
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