Yep 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

Yep 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.