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One-hit Epee is a thing. First touch wins the bout; double hits aren't counted. It's part of the modern Pentathlon.
by xen0 5y ago
One-hit Epee is a thing. First touch wins the bout; double hits aren't counted.
It's part of the modern Pentathlon.
- charles_f 5y agoI think you're referring to foil, which was invented as a discipline to prevent "making two widows" during duels (or so my master of arms said, I never bothered to check)
- xen0 5y agoNo, foil fencing definitely _not_ one-hit epee and is not part of the modern pentathlon. Note, I'm a foil fencer.
- fourtrees 5y agoYep OP has it backwards. Epee is the one-hit, entire-body-is-a-target, double-touch-counts sport. These sorts of rules should be good for the sport, so long as they don't encourage excessive aggression and risk-taking. From what little epee I've actually done, defensive strategies (which to the camera might look like doing nothing), can be effective depending on the opponent's strategy.