TFC Classical Fencing Tournament

Doors open and registration begins at 10 Registration will close at 11am. Live Results: http://fencing.com/NewTFC/LiveResults/ June 25th Doors open and registration begins at 10 Fencing begins at 11 $20.00 Registration Fee payable via Cash, Check, Visa, Mastercard or Discover. Fees will be collected during registration. This will be a three weapon classical tournament. The rules are based on the current USFA rules with modification. Please see descriptions below for more details. Only French or Italian handles will be allowed for Foil and Epee. Saber will be fenced with heavy blade and not a standard saber blade. Format of the tournament is as follows: 5 touch bouts w/ 3 minute time limit, Foil and Saber weapons First round: Foil: Second round: Heavy Saber Third round: one touch Epee DE: weapons will be selected randomly (See Emperor Norton Rule). If you know you will attend, please let us know. Hope to see all of you at this and subsequent events. This Tournament is part of the Classical Fencing Circuit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WAIVERS All Participants and/or parents or guardians MUST read and agree to each of the Following Statements (by registering for the event it is implied that all parties are in agreement to all of below clauses): WAIVER OF LIABILITY: Upon entering this tournament, I agree to abide by the current rules of the USFA and The Fencing Center. I enter this tournament at my own risk and release the USFA, The Fencing Center and its sponsors, referees, and tournament organizers from any liability. The undersigned certifies that the birth date of the individual is as stated on the entry form. CONSENT FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT: This is to certify that I give my consent to the tournament personnel to obtain medical care from any licensed physician, hospital or clinic for the athlete for any injury or illness that may arise during activities associated with this tournament. EMERGENCY CONTACT: Will be provided during the check-in at the venue. VIDEO / AUDIO / MEDIA RELEASE: I hereby give my permission to The Fencing Center to the use original and/or reproduced photographs, video and/or voice recordings. I understand that the use of image and recordings will be primarily for the purposes of publicity, promotion and advertising by The Fencing Center in the context of fencing related activities. I release any and all claims and/or rights that I and/or my child might have as a result of these recordings. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rules for Classical Fencing Foil Tournament General rules: We will follow the USFA rules for foil with the following modifications. Note this event is standard foil and only the classical Italian or French grips are allowed. Time: Bouts will go to 3 min or 5 points unless scores are tied and then a sudden death overtime round will be used to determine the winner. Touches: A strike with the sword must be a controlled and properly delivered to the foil target area. Since this is standard foil, the point must stay on the target for .5 or more seconds and bend the blade 3-4 inches. Judges and Directors will be instructed to ignore ‘Insufficient Thrusts’ or ‘Incidental contact’. Judging is by the standard foil rules. Se AFLA rules from 1965 for guidance. When a point is scored, judges with raise their hands which will signal the director to call “halt!”. Judges have one vote and the director has 1.5 votes. The director will make the call and then poll the judges. The judges are allowed to say, yes, no, yes of target or abstain. They are not allowed to make any other comment unless asked for it by the director. If it is determined a point has been scored the director will alert the score keeper or call out the updated score tally themselves Scoring: • Thrusts o Covered and controlled thrust to target area 1pt. Other scoring actions: • Run off the end of the strip – 1 pt. • Opponent is disarmed by an intentional action of your blade— 1pt. • Note, in the rare occasion that a fencer is disarmed while being run off the strip or hit in a valid target area while being run off the strip, then their opponent will receive 2 points. If the fencer is hit off target while being run off the strip, the attacker is only awarded 1 point. Double hits: The score goes to the attacker if the defender is one tempo behind with their defense or counter offence. The score goes to the defender if the attacker continues with a poorly executed renewed attack disregarding the priority of the defense. The score goes to the counter attacker if the attacker continues with a poorly executed attack or second intention attack disregarding the priority of the counter attacker. Prohibited actions: • Punches and kicks are not permitted. • Hand parries will count as a point to the defending fencer, as if they had been struck in valid target areas. • Target Covering – deliberately covering a target to stop an attack with non-target areas such as hand, leg or head, will result in full points being awarded to the attacking fencer, and a warning from the officiating staff. Fencer conduct: • In all of the following, offenders will be first verbally warned, second 1 point removed from the fencers total, third removed from the tournament. o All fencers will be expected to fight with both skill and control. o Any fencer that is deemed to pose a danger to themselves or others o Fencers are expected to act professionally, and respectful to the officiating staff. o Fencers are expected to follow the commands of the tournament staff at all times. Required Protective Gear: Fencers must wear appropriate fencing gear including helmet, jacket, gloves, pants/knickers, heavy socks, and athletic shoes. We will follow USFA safety rules as much as possible, all helmets and other equipment must be FIE approved or equivalent. Protective gear specific requirements: • Groin protection is essential for male fighters. • Breast protection is essential for female fighters. • Shin and forearm protection are not essential but recommended. • No exposed skin will be allowed. Optional for foil • Masks with back of the head protection. • ‘That guy’s products’ style masks. • Trachea protection, that protects the throat from a direct thrust. • Heavy padded HEMA jackets (ie SPES), or Padded Gambeson • Hard elbow protection, that covers the 3 points of the elbow. • Hard Knee protection that covers the knee. • Ensifer / AF gauntlets / lacrosse gauntlets. Weapons Classical Fencing allows weapons that are not seen on modern fencing strips that often. We want to encourage people to use the growing number of weapons that are available now so we do not have strict limitations on the weapons allowed. Italian weapons with crossbars are encouraged and the cross bar can extend beyond the bell. Wrist straps and martingales are encouraged and allowed. Traditional Italian blades were often a bit longer than what we find in modern fencing and they are allowed if you have one. French blades were often a bit shorter than what is allowed today and fencers with such weapons are encouraged to use them. There is a wide variety of bell types allowed but fencers who use weapons with smaller classical French style guards must also use thicker gloves to protect their hands. Tournament organizers are allowed to prohibit the use of any item of equipment they deem unsafe or in ill repair. Equipment must be free from rust and all sharp burs on the blade removed with a file. Rules for Classical Fencing Sabre Tournament General rules: We will follow the USFA rules for sabre with the following modifications. Note this event is standard foil and only classical sabre grips are allowed. Time: Bouts will go to 3 min or 5 points unless scores are tied and then a sudden death overtime round will be used to determine the winner. Touches: A strike with the sword must be a controlled and properly delivered to the defined sabre target area. Typically, this is any hit above the waist but tournament organizers may also allow the top of the front leg as a target if they wish. Since this is standard sabre, the weapon can score only with the forward cutting edge, the tip and the back 1/3 of the blade as a counter cut. Any point thrust must stay on the target for .5 or more seconds and bend the blade 3-4 inches. Cuts must hit with sufficient force to have cussed a wound if the weapons were real and the blade must be pushed or drawn across the target for the cut to score. Judges and Directors will be instructed to ignore; insufficient thrusts or cuts, hits with the flat or non-cutting area of the blade, or incidental contact such as hit with the bell guard of the weapon. Judging is by the standard sabre rules. See the AFLA rules from 1965 for guidance. When a point is scored, judges with raise their hands which will signal the director to call “halt!” Judges have one vote and the director has 1.5 votes. The director will make the call and then poll the judges. The judges are allowed to say, yes, no, yes of target or abstain. They are not allowed to make any other comment unless asked for it by the director. If it is determined a point has been scored the director will alert the score keeper or call out the updated score tally themselves Scoring: • Thrusts o Covered and controlled thrust to target area 1pt. o Covered and controlled cut to target area 1pt. Other scoring actions: • Run off the end of the strip – 1 pt. • Opponent is disarmed by an intentional action of your blade— 1pt. • Note, in the rare occasion that a fencer is disarmed while being run off the strip or hit in a valid target area while being run off the strip, then their opponent will receive 2 points. If the fencer is hit off target while being run off the strip, the attacker is only awarded 1 point. Double hits: The score goes to the attacker if the defender is one tempo behind with their defense or counter offence. The score goes to the defender if the attacker continues with a poorly executed renewed attack disregarding the priority of the defense. The score goes to the counter attacker if the attacker continues with a poorly executed attack or second intention attack disregarding the priority of the counter attacker. Prohibited actions: • Punches and kicks are not permitted. • Throws or wresting. • Hits with the guard of the weapon. • Hand parries will count as a point to the defending fencer, as if they had been struck in valid target areas. • Target Covering – deliberately covering a target to stop an attack with non-target areas such as hand, leg or head, will result in full points being awarded to the attacking fencer, and a warning from the officiating staff. Fencer conduct: • In all of the following, offenders will be first verbally warned, second 1 point removed from the fencers total, third removed from the tournament. o All fencers will be expected to fight with both skill and control. o Any fencer that is deemed to pose a danger to themselves or others o Fencers are expected to act professionally, and respectful to the officiating staff. o Fencers are expected to follow the commands of the tournament staff at all times. Required Protective Gear: Fencers must wear appropriate fencing gear including helmet, jacket, gloves, pants/knickers, heavy socks, and athletic shoes. We will follow USFA safety rules as much as possible, all helmets and other equipment must be FIE approved or better. Protective gear specific requirements: • Groin protection is essential for male fighters. • Breast protection is essential for female fighters. • forearm protection is essential. • Shin protection is recommended. • No exposed skin will be allowed. • Masks with back of the head protection. • ‘That guy’s products’ style masks are acceptable. • Trachea protection, that protects the throat from a direct thrust is essential. • Heavy padded HEMA jackets (i.e. SPES), or Padded Gambeson is required. • Hard elbow protection, that covers the 3 points of the elbow is essential. • Hard Knee protection that covers the knee is recommended. • Heavy sabre gloves, Ensifer, AF gauntlets, lacrosse gauntlets are required. Weapons Classical Fencing allows weapons that are not seen on modern fencing strips that often. We want to encourage people to use the growing number of weapons that are available now so we do not have strict limitations on the weapons allowed. Weapons must not be heavier than 800 grams. Blades must be from 1 to 2 inches in width. Weapons cannot be sharp in any way. Tips must be rounded. Tips with leather or plastic covering are allowed but not required. Guards can be traditional Italian, French, German, or Eastern European but Italian is preferred. Tournament organizers are allowed to prohibit the use of any item of equipment they deem unsafe or in ill repair. Equipment must be free from rust and all sharp burs on the blade removed with a file. Preregistration opens on 05/31/2016. Preregistration closes on 06/24/2016.