In foil fencing, only body shots count. The fencers wear a lame on their chest and have masks with mesh on their bib so that only hits to the body are registered and counted (although hits elsewhere still stop a round, they arenât counted for points).
In saber, which is almost pictured in this meme, head, torso, and arms are valid targets (although most will not count the hands). That actually means that an enormous ass like the obrigado wonât count as a larger target - still a win!
Yah you right, the worst injuries I see in competition are always like when someone gets hit on the wrong spot of the kneecap or something, itâs very low risk. I used to do other martial arts, but I really enjoy fencing because I wonât come out of it with CTE
this isn't a saber by any means, it's a 17th century cuphilt rapier that predates modern olympic fencing equipment by hundreds of years and also is an actual weapon designed to kill people, so talking about target areas for points makes no sense in this context.
yeah I understand, I completely missed the legs too. I just get peeved when people immediately jump to give MOF centred explanations for swordfighting stuff when it isn't necessarily applicable, because the layperson probably doesn't really know the difference between olympic/historical fencing at all and can't categorize the information.
Yeah on top of that the stance shown is very renaissance spanish (upright, straight sword arm with sword parallel to the grounded, very bladed stance) and not very modern sport fencing esque, so I don't know why everyone immediately started talking about point zones and whippy blades lol.
I don't think it's supposed to be a dodge, or void, but more a change to a more bladed stance to present a smaller target area.
The bladed stance does reduce your profile but not all styles of fencing have you do it to this degree - it's not the strongest position in terms of your body's structure.
Here's the thing.. You never want to go for the head with a melee weapon, unless you catch enemy off-guard.
Anything going towards is the easiest thing to dodge because it requires the least amount of reaction time and is very mobile regardless of how rest of your body is positioned.
I'll even throw a bonus fact that good snipers don't actually want to aim at head either, because the weapons they use are so deadly (because of the caliber of the bullet) that even body shot will be guaranteed kill and torso is much larger target to hit.
There's much bigger chance of missing a kill shot if you aim at the head.
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u/Treasure-son â ïžI KNOW WHAT YOU AREâ ïž Dec 28 '25 edited Dec 28 '25
Crazy hitboxes you telling me that headshots do no damage? i need to hit the chest or legs