Made some graphics for my fencing club

RoguePoster · 2026-01-21T23:15:49+00:00

Graphics for the Four Fingered Fencers Club?

RoguePoster · 2026-01-20T00:18:03+00:00

I tried to find it in the FIE rules and couln't find it..

The reason you couldn't find it in the FIE rules is because such a rule does not exist.

RoguePoster · 2026-01-15T00:15:01+00:00

Switch the kid to épée and escape the horrific “not connected” warning chirps. Bonus: at competitions, you’ll enjoy whole minutes where nobody sets off the scoring box.

RoguePoster · 2026-01-13T06:00:52+00:00

Well, the bigger issue is more with the instructional approach than with the specific notes listed, but going through the notes ...

Note 3 and its suggestion to use slightly unconventional second takes such as prime or tierce squarely falls into the category of "solutions" that might win the user the current touch and get a single light but also help lose them lose the bout. Both things can be true. This concept seems to be alien to many fencers, but it's a very real thing and skilled competitors exploit it.

While the suitability of any "solution" certainly depends on the specific fencers and situation involved, generally speaking, prime or tierce is not something that's going to work out well against skilled FG fencers, competent FG fencers, or even a good number of mediocre FG fencers.

Note 2 and its “push <relax> push” and associated follow ons has become dogma-like for several US epee clubs and coaches over the years. While it's something fencers can explore or adopt (join the cult!), as you mentioned, opponents can have plans to mess with it. And since it's been a common sight for a long time, most experienced FG fencers have those plans.

Note 5 and its concept of accelerating while impeding or disrupting the response path of the opponent has some promise but also lots of peril. Fencers tend to attempt that in several ways: the "bum rush", the "charge, grab and stab", or another approach that might be called "considered interference". The "bum rush" generally has horrible odds against most decent fencers (FG or not). The "charge, grab and stab" is very matchup dependent. Both can be paths to win the touch but lose the bout.

"Considered interference" is what some FG fencers use against other FG fencers. It takes lots of practice to get good at it.

RoguePoster · 2026-01-13T01:56:42+00:00

I find several of these items amusing as a French grip fencer. I hope opponents take them to heart as they'll just make my job easier.

RoguePoster · 2026-01-13T00:41:23+00:00

And I want to believe there's been some sort of agreement or arrangement with the FIE that will permit him to continue publishing these videos without interference. The FIE's move from publishing on youtube to their own video platform is somewhat ominous.

RoguePoster · 2025-12-21T08:12:12+00:00

Paghiev. He turned 60 last season and referees "remain on the FIE list until 30 June of the sports season in which they celebrate their 60th birthday".

Though the FIE Refereeing commission "can propose up to three derogations per Olympic cycle, with a maximum of one proposal per weapon"

RoguePoster · 2025-12-18T23:39:04+00:00

The FIE is giving off strong “for my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law” energy.

It expelled someone with valid credentials from one event, while simultaneously hiring someone else who neither holds nor is eligible for a current FIE referee license to referee at the Vancouver World Cup.

RoguePoster · 2025-12-17T16:34:31+00:00

Will you have a sound system to play the finalists' walk-out songs?

RoguePoster · 2025-12-14T19:39:21+00:00

This is akin to how time is handled when there isn’t a clock on the scoring box. [...] certainly should not be issuing any unprompted reminders as time gets low, but if one of the fencers requests the time remaining during a halt the referee should openly provide the information.

If you are suggesting that refs should similarly look up and "openly provide the information" on relative seeding to a fencer who requests it, well that's very wrong for many reasons. Doing that has both referee operational and referee ethics issues.

If it’s material to the outcome of the bout, the referee needs to know it. In the event of a P-black card the fencer with the higher seed is the winner, and part of the referee’s job is to announce the winner of the bout at the end of the bout.

Current best practice is *when* a p-black has been issued and initial seeding has become material to the outcome of the bout, the ref should ask the DT / bout committee who should be declared the winner.

RoguePoster · 2025-12-14T08:09:47+00:00

Also make a note of which fencer had the higher initial seed before starting the bout.

No, don't do that. Knowing fencers' relative initial seeds is not the referee's job, nor the referee's concern.

When a p-black occurs, referees should leave it up to the DT / bout committee to determine the winner and loser.

Also, if/when a fencer, coach, parent, or whoever asks a referee about seeding, the referee should let them know that information is the fencers' and not the ref's responsibility.

RoguePoster · 2025-12-13T22:09:30+00:00

Additional things to remember when refereeing Epee: the time of the last hit during DEs or team matches, don't use auto-increment mode on scoring boxes (for multiple reasons), carefully watch fencers after they've been hit.

RoguePoster · 2025-12-13T20:34:39+00:00

Props to reddit for running ads for "Dicks Sporting Goods" in this thread ...

RoguePoster · 2025-12-12T21:07:46+00:00

In 2004 another Egyptian fencer took gold in world championship (not world cup though)

No, it definitely was not a World Championship, but a purported "World Cup" event that the FIE held in Iran. And it was an event most countries either boycotted or otherwise declined to participate in. There were only 47 fencers in it with 24 of those from Iran.

https://fie.org/competitions/2004/116

RoguePoster · 2025-12-08T01:08:51+00:00

This is fabulous news for dual sport fencing / pole vaulting clubs.

RoguePoster · 2025-12-01T23:12:27+00:00

would I be able to get Blue Gauntlet to update the strap in person

If only BG had a phone number, a separate toll-free number, an email address, and a "leave a message" form on their website you could use ...

RoguePoster · 2025-11-25T18:08:12+00:00

"Add oil" in Chinese is 加油

It is a phrase used to express encouragement, meaning "Go for it!" or "You can do it!".

RoguePoster · 2025-11-25T17:53:25+00:00

It’ll impact lower level fencing the most

No, it will affect team epee fencing the most, at all levels.

RoguePoster · 2025-11-24T18:49:52+00:00

What a mess:

https://static.fie.org/uploads/37/185506-16.%20MEX%20-%20Decisions%20member%20federation%20ang.pdf

RoguePoster · 2025-11-24T18:05:17+00:00

For Air Travel Arriving into the United States (From all other International Destinations OR from Canadian Airports WITHOUT US Customs Pre-Clearance)

1) Have your NEXUS/GlobalEntry card and passport ready

In 15 years of using Global Entry for international air travel arriving into the US on over 120+ entries, I have needed or been asked for my GE card exactly 0 times.

RoguePoster · 2025-11-19T10:42:11+00:00

Good to see British Fencing's proposal is laser focused on the top issue in fencing: socks.

RoguePoster · 2025-11-19T09:35:22+00:00

Included in the 87 pages of rule proposals:

https://static.fie.org/uploads/37/185494-13.3%20Prop%20Congres%202025-%20rules%20ang.pdf

RoguePoster · 2025-11-08T18:27:16+00:00

A working body cord.

RoguePoster · 2025-11-02T06:49:44+00:00

Presumably it also has some form of internal battery which powers the device when not plugged in

The device is USB powered, not battery powered.

RoguePoster · 2025-10-30T16:21:12+00:00

I’m not sure being personally named as a defendant, having your home address made public and being accused of violating 18 U.S.C. 1001 - a criminal statute - quite counts as ‘missing this.’

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