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28 Cards in this Set
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parts of foil
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pommel, French grip, guard, thumb pad, rubber tip, blade. Parts of blade: tang, forte,
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footwork
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On guard, advance, retreat, lunge, advance lunge, check forward, check back, fleche’.
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SIMPLE ATTACKS
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(no feints) Straight, disengagement, cutover (coupe’).
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COMPOUND ATTACKS
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(one or more feints) feint-disengage, one-two, double’.
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feint
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a fake of an attack, an extension to provoke a parry. Feints can be straight, disengagement, or cutover
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PREPARATIONS
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actions made to set up or provoke an attack before extending the arm. footwork,
and bladework such as engagement, beat, and invitation. |
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parries
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(blocking attacks with forte and guard) can be lateral, circular or semi-circular. |
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sixte (6th)
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high outside line (normal on guard position)
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Quarte (4th)
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high inside line
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Octave (8th)
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low outside line
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Septime (7th)
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low inside line
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Counter
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sixte, counter-quarte, etc are examples of circular parries. From sixte to octave is a semi-circular parry |
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THE ATTACK
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is the referee’s label of the initial offensive action (who is extending first) |
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RIPOSTE
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offensive action made by the fencer who parries the attack (can be simple or compound)
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COUNTER-RIPOSTE
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Offensive action made after parrying the opponent’s riposte |
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COUNTER-ATTACK
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Late attack into the attack, without having parried the attack, no right-of-way (ROW)
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REMISE
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Continuation of the attack after the attack has been parried, no ROW |
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RIGHT-OF-WAY (ROW)
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is gained initially by extending the weapon arm, point threatening valid surface. The attack has ROW until it has been parried. The riposte must be executed immediately after the parry in order to have the ROW. The counter-attack and remise do not have the ROW and can only count if the person with ROW misses completely.
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TARGET AREA
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The torso (front and back) |
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BOUTING
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the bout is for 5 touches and lasts for a maximum of 3 minutes. Upon coming on guard, the fencers salute their opponent, the Referee, and the audience. The Referee officiate’s the bout and determines who has right of way. The Referee starts the bout by saying “fencers ready, fence” and gives the command “Halt!” when a touch is scored on or off target, or if the fencers are too close and cannot wield their weapons properly. (Also halt when a safety issue arises) The Referee reconstructs the last phrase of actions (ie., attack is from the right, riposte is from the left, remise from the right)., determines if a touch is awarded or not. Only when a touch is awarded do the fencers return to the on guard lines.
When the bout is over, the fencers again salute opponent, Referee and audience, and shake hands with the ungloved hand. Refusal to do so will result in a black card (disqualification) |
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SCOREKEEPING |
Placement in a pool is determined first by VICTORIES. If tied in victories, whoever has the most INDICATORS (touches scored minus touches received) If still tied, the fencer with the MOST TOUCHES SCORED places higher.
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LABELLE
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is when the score is tied with one touch remaining (4-4 in a 5-touch bout). Fencers politely salute again when labelle is reached |
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fleche' (footwork)
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means arrow, extend arm and push off your front leg and cross over your back leg, flying at your opponent like an arrow.
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Balestra
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Jump forward; kick out front foot and slap both feet to the ground simultaneously, usually followed by lunge or advance-lunge.
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Redoublement ( footwork)
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After you lunge, if your opponent has retreated, you recover forward ( bring your back arm and back leg forward ) followed by another attack, such as lunge advanced-lunge or fleche'.
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Sabre
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Like foil, has ROW. Curved piece of guard (cause) protects fingers
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Parries
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3rd, 4th, 5th. Touches scored by cuts or thrusts.
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Target area
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Everything above waist. (Hits below the waist count as a miss, there are no off-target in saber). No forward crossovers is allowed (no fleches) the "distance parry" is a popular saber strategy. Fencing is aggressive, lots of quick attacks since the fence is three-dimensional and most difficult of 3 weapons. Cuts are to head, flank, and chest. Head cuts are parried with 5th, flanks cuts are parried with 3rd, chest cuts are parried with 4th
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