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Fencing Quiz: Foil, Épée and Sabre

By Rondilo
Fencing Quiz: Foil, Épée and Sabre

Five questions about fencing targets, tactics and the equipment that registers each touch.

Questions
5
Length
About 3 min
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  1. What does this fencing foil’s spring-loaded tip do on a hit?
  2. What happens if a fencer steps back off the end of the strip with both feet?
  3. Whose reach sets the chair spacing in wheelchair fencing?
  4. Early in an épée bout, both fencers land valid hits together. Who can score?
  5. What do competitive fencers do before the first hit and again after the last?

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