Convention of fencing
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Pour a general article on the discipline, to see Fencing .
The convention of fencing is the whole of the rules governing the Assaut and which makes it possible the referee to determine which of both gunners is victorious. The three weapons of the Escrime (the foil, the saber and the sword) are each one controls by a different convention. With the foil and the saber, convention determines the priority.
La convention of fencing was fixed in an official way in June 1914 by the authorities of the international fencing under the aegis of the International federation of fencing, the F.I.E. For this day the rules have of course evolved/moved, but essence remains unchanged.
Convention with the foil
The convention of the foil was adopted with Paris the June 12th 1914 by the commission of Foil of the International federation of fencing under the direction of the Italian G. Ettore.The rules governing the tests of swords drawn to the electric testing device from the keys were added in 1957.
The foil (as the saber) is a conventional weapon. Contrary to the sword, the gunner which touches in first is not obligatorily that which carries the point. The key is given according to a principle of priority. The gunner which correctly carries out the attack (i.e. the initial offensive action) at the priority on any other action and thus carries the point. The attacked gunner does not have of another solution to avoid the attack and to counteract or benefit from a bad execution of the attack to take again the priority. In the event of simultaneous key no point is recorded.
The foil is a weapon of tuck only. Valid surface is made up exclusively of the trunk (the legs, arms and head are thus excluded).
Convention with the saber
The convention of the saber was adopted in Paris the June 13rd 1914 by the commission of Saber of the International federation of fencing under the presidency of the Hungarian Bela Nagy.The rules governing the tests of swords drawn to the electric testing device from the keys were added in 1988.
The saber (as the foil) is a conventional weapon. Contrary to the sword, the gunner which touches in first is not obligatorily that which carries the point. The key is given according to a principle of priority. The gunner which correctly carries out the attack (i.e. the initial offensive action) at the priority on any other action and thus carries the point. The attacked gunner does not have of another solution to avoid the attack and to counteract or benefit from a bad execution of the attack to take again the priority. In the event of simultaneous key no point is recorded.
The saber is a weapon of tuck, size and of against size. The blows are thus carried by the edge, the dish or the back of the blade. Valid surface corresponds to all that is located at the top of the belt (trunk, head and arm).
Convention with the sword
The convention of the sword was adopted in Paris in June 1914 by the commission of sword of the International federation of fencing. It begins again, precise and supplements the payments worked out by the various commissions and academies since 1882.The rules governing the tests of swords drawn to the electric testing device from the keys were added in 1936.
The convention of the sword declares that the first of the two gunners which touches the other carries the point. If the two gunners are touched simultaneously (one speaks then about double hit), the two gunners mark a point.
The sword is a weapon of tuck only. Valid surface corresponds to the totality of the body of the gunner.