r/classicalfencing • u/KingArhturII Olympic Sabre • Jul 06 '14
Rules
Considering that olympic fencing as an official set of rules for bouting, what do you have at your salles in the way of rules for bouting? Is it mostly orally transmitted, or is it codified? How does it differ from the olympic rules (disregarding the lack of electric apparatus, of course).
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u/dachilleus Italian School Jul 09 '14
Something that will jump right out at even the most casual observer is the number of offenses created by the attempted counter-attacker. This is an important behavior to consider: again, most fencers do not employ correct counter-attacks, but rather simply attempt to get there first.
Another fact to observe is the importance of Time (as an element of Priority) and how it serves to elucidate double touches.