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No, foil fencing definitely _not_ one-hit epee and is not part of the modern pentathlon. Note, I'm a foil fencer.
by xen0 5y ago
No, 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.