Answer: 3
There are three weapons; foil, sabre and epee.
From Quiz: Fencing
Answer: 3
All three weapons; foil, sabre, and epee, come from the days of dueling. Now we duel for points, not blood.
From Quiz: Fencing Basics
Answer: Epee
Dagger and rapier are not used in fencing. The third weapon is foil. For foil the target area is the torso, for sabre it is the waist up.
From Quiz: Ready, Fence!
Answer: White
Fencing suits are white. This is because in the past, touching was recorded by a piece of cotton that had been dipped in ink and then attached to the appropriate area of the weapon.
From Quiz: En Garde!
Answer: Foil
The target area in foil is the upper torso. With epee, it is the whole body. (Yes, you can hit his foot, and you score!) Sabre is all around the body as well, but you must slash (or hit with the edge) to score.
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Answer: Sabre
The sabre is based on the weapon of the cavalry, where the only attack that could really be made was a slash, since it's hard to hit with the point from atop a horse.
From Quiz: Fencing Basics
Answer: Sabre
Slashing or cutting makes sabre bouts proceed very quickly.
From Quiz: Ready, Fence!
Answer: The vest-like jacket worn over your uniform when doing an electric bout
A lame is an electric jacket used in foil and sabre. They have wires running through the target areas, so when a fencer hits that spot, it will set off the score machine.
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Answer: Epee
Epee is based on 'first blood' dueling. You didn't have to kill someone to be the victor, just make them bleed. It didn't matter if it was their chest, their arm, or anywhere, you won.
From Quiz: Fencing Basics
Answer: Epee
Foil and sabre have something called right of way. Basically, this means that you have to have been the one attacking in order to score a point. So when both lights go off, it is the person who had right of way who scores.
From Quiz: Ready, Fence!
Answer: You are being disqualified and must leave
A "Black Card" is given after an act of unsportsmanlike behavior. It indicates that the athlete must leave the competition floor and has been disqualified from any further advancement in the tournament. Examples of behavior that can earn you a "Black Card" are throwing of equipment, the use of profanity against the judges or your opponent or other disruptive behaviors. The ideals of honor and sportsmanship are very important in this sport and are strictly enforced.
From Quiz: En Garde!
Answer: 4
There are two judges for each fencer. They watch to see who attacks first, or if the attack is off target.
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Answer: None of these
For a right-handed person it would be to the left of the guard, however this is not true for a left-handed person. The official definition is towards the body from the blade, or farthest away from the opponent. As you can imagine, outside line is on the other side, high line is above the guard, and low line is below.
From Quiz: Ready, Fence!
Answer: Electronic scoring
In 1936, electronic scoring became available doing away with the job of the side judge. This new apparatus reduced the bias of human judges and was much more accurate. The lights and sounds of electronic scoring machines can be seen and heard at all fencing tournaments today.
From Quiz: En Garde!
Answer: Direct Elimination
DE bouts can be such a pain. It doesn't matter how well you did in pools (pools is just a chart saying who fences who, you fight those bouts to get total points and to determine who you fence the first DE with), because if you lose the DE bout, you're out of the tournament.
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Answer: The starting posture and position that signals you are ready to begin
French for 'On Guard', it is the basic posture of a fencer. The director will say En Garde, or 'Fencers Ready', as a signal that the bout is about to begin/continue.
From Quiz: Fencing Basics
Answer: Accidental death of a fencer
During the 1982 World Championships in Rome, Russian fencer Vladimir Smirnov was killed when the blade of his opponents weapon broke. His opponent Matthias Behr of West Germany, had his weapon break during the middle of the action and his blade went through Smirnov's mask, through his eye socket and into the brain. Smirnov, who had won three Olympic medals, died nine days later. This proved to be the impetus behind the improvement of safety gear in fencing.
From Quiz: En Garde!
Answer: The next people to fence
The director will call whose "on deck" so the fencers know to be ready. The term "on strip" is who is being called to fence at that moment.
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Answer: You have committed an offense so grievous, you're being told to leave the tournament
A Black Card is not given lightly. It can be given for insulting your opponent or director in an extreme manner (swearing), throwing equipment, being deliberately disruptive or destructive, and more. Fencing is about honor and sportsmanship, and violations are taken seriously. The shoelace will cause a stop in a bout, but no penalties unless you are deliberately tying it so badly as to have to retie it every other minute. Having no spare weapon would be a yellow card, but generally someone nearby would lend you a blade. And losing and being done with your matches is unfortunate, but you aren't kicked out of the building.
From Quiz: Fencing Basics
Answer: An underarm protector
The plastron goes underneath the jacket worn by fencers and provides protection for the underarm and the ribcage. The outfit, worn by fencers today, is all about protecting the athlete. Because of the potential lethality of this sport, every protective measure is taken.
From Quiz: En Garde!
Answer: Blocked the opponent's blade
A parry is one of the most basic fencing moves, however, it is not sufficient if used by itself. You should either retreat (means to back up) while doing so, or just block and riposte (riposte is to attack after parrying).
From Quiz: Fencing
Answer: Distracting your opponent by stomping the ground
'Appel' is the practice of the stomping on the ground, in an attempt to make a distracting sound in an attempt to catch your opponent off guard. It is also used in an attempt to startle your opponent. If you see a participant repeatedly stomping the ground, this is not an 'appel' but is an indication by the participant that the bout must be stopped due to injury or equipment failure.
From Quiz: En Garde!
Answer: Block your opponent's blade and scored a point
This is another basic fencing move. My coach is always asking me how many words parry four riposte is, it's three, but it's one move, which was his point. I would parry and forget to riposte, which isn't horribly bad, you just don't get a point. (Parry-four refers to where you hold your arm while you're en garde).
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Answer: The special second jacket used in foil and sabre fencing, to register touches by machine
A lame, pronounced lam-ay, is used to register touches with electronic equipment. Unlike Epee, where the whole body is a target, sabre and foil have limited target areas, and the lame allows only hits to those areas to register.
From Quiz: Fencing Basics
Answer: Any action against a counter-attack
If a bout exceeds the allotted time, the player with the most points wins. If they are tied, a coin is flipped. The winner of the coin toss gets priority. They fence for a minute. If someone gets a point, they win, if not, when the minute is up, the player with priority wins. In longer bouts of say nine minutes, one minute breaks are allowed every three minutes, however the fencers are not permitted to leave the strip.
From Quiz: Ready, Fence!
Answer: Left handed fencers
Okay, so all of these things would make a fencer scared. But lefties are just downright evil, there is hardly anyway to get to a valid target area!
From Quiz: Fencing
Answer: The end farthest from the guard
The end closest to the guard is is the forte. When holding an opponent's blade in counter six, one should have the weakest part of their blade (the foible) with the strongest part (forte) of yours.
From Quiz: Ready, Fence!
Answer: A lunge combined with a disengage at the end
A disengage is where you circle around your opponents blade and hit near the shoulder (if you're aiming right).
From Quiz: Fencing
Answer: Fleche
One passes one's opponent on their non-weapon side which makes fleching against a lefty somewhat tricky.
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