Fencing Basics

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. How many weapons are there in fencing? 1 4 2 3

2. Which weapon is an 'edged weapon', meaning to successfully hit, you must hit with the edge and not the tip of the weapon? Foil Consuir Epee Sabre

3. If the whole body is an acceptable target, what weapon would you be using? None. The only acceptable target in fencing is a circle in the middle of the chest Sabre Epee Foil

4. Wearing a mask is optional. True False

5. What is 'En Garde'? The starting posture and position that signals you are ready to begin Something you say to signal you are going to step away from the match What you shout before waving your blade above your head An insult to your opponent

6. What does it mean if you're given a Black Card at a tournament? Your weapon broke and you don't have a spare You have committed an offense so grievous, you're being told to leave the tournament You lost and are done with all your matches Your shoelace is untied

7. You always hold the weapon in your right hand. True False

8. What is a "lame"? A fencer who has lost bouts, and is effectively out of the tournament The special second jacket used in foil and sabre fencing, to register touches by machine A coach with no authority A director without credentials

9. While fencing, combatants can move around freely within a ten-foot diameter circle? True False

10. Fencers wear metal armor all over their body. True False