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A.—Foil, Sabre and Bayonet Rules.
Foil.
101. (i)
T
ARGET.
—The target consists of the whole of the trunk,
front, sides and back between the top of the collar and the
V-shaped line of the groins. If a fencer unduly crosses the target
with hand, arm or head and receives upon them a hit which would
otherwise have reached the target, he is considered to be hit.
(ii)
H
IT.
—A hit is a point
delivered cleanly
on or off the target
with force sufficient to have inflicted a wound on a body
unprotected by clothing.
(iii) A competitor who deliberately forces a corps-a-corps will be
cautioned the first time, and for a repetition of the offence is liable
to have a hit given against him.
Sabre.
102. (i)
T
ARGET.
—The target consists of the whole of the body
above an imaginary line drawn at the forward prominence of the
hips.
(ii)
H
IT.
—
A
hit is a cut or a thrust with the point or cutting
edge
delivered cleanly
on or off the target with force sufficient to
have inflicted a wound on a body unprotected by clothing. For the
purpose of this rule, the cutting edge extends along the whole of
the blade and S inches
(20
centimetres) from the point along the
back of the blade.
(iii) In Sabre fencing there is no penalty for causing a state of
corps-a-corps by vigorous offensive tactics, and a fencer who does
so, even repeatedly, is not liable to any penalty.
Bayonet.
103. (i)
T
ARGET.
—The target consists of the whole of the body
above an imaginary line drawn at the forward prominence of the
hips, excepting the hands when they are gripping the rifle.
(ii)
H
IT.
—A hit is a point
delivered cleanly
on or off the target
with force sufficient to have inflicted a wound on a 'body
unprotected by clothing. A point on the hand only counts a hit
when the hand is detached from the rifle.
(
N
OTE.
—The point must be going forward.)
Weapons.
104. Weapons shall conform to the dimensions given in Part I,
para. 96.
Validity of Hits.
105.
(a) A hit, to
be valid, must have been delivered on the
target.
(b) Any hit which anticipates an attacking hit,, riposte, or
counter riposte, is valid, if it precedes the attacking hit or riposte
by a " measure of time."
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measure of time
'°
is an interval
sufficient to enable an attacker who has received an
intercepting hit to arrest his hit,