| The sabre (or saber) is one of the three
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| | valid touch.
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| weapons of modern sport fencing.
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| | Target Area The target area for sabre
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| The sabre differs from both épée and
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| | consists of the torso above the waist, as
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| foil in that it is possible to score with
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| | well as the arms and head (excluding the
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| the edge of the blade. In the other two
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| | hands). When fencing with electric
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| weapons, valid touches are only scored
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| | equipment, a manchette, or sabre cuff, is
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| using the point of the blade. Like foil,
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| | used in conjunction with the lamé and
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| sabre uses the convention of right-of-way
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| | electrically conductive mask to ensure
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| to determine priority.
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| | that the entire target area forms a
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| Sabre was the last weapon in fencing to
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| | single circuit.
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| make the transition over to using
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| | Because touches can be scored using the
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| electrical equipment. This occurred in
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| | edge of the blade, there is no need for a
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| 1988, 31 years after Foil and 52 years
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| | pressure sensitive head to be present on
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| after Épée.
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| | the end of the blade (thus having the
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| The target area originates from dueling
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| | button). When fencing "electric" (as
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| sabre training. To attack the opponent's
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| | opposed to "dry") a current runs through
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| leg would allow him to "slip" that leg
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| | the sabre blade.
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| back and attack one's exposed arm or head
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| | When the blade comes into contact with
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| given that the higher line attack will
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| | the lamé, the electrical mask, or the
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| outreach the low line (there is a classic
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| | manchette, the current flows through the
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| example of the leg slip in Angelo's
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| | body cord and interacts with the scoring
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| Hungarian and Highland Broadsword of
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| | equipment.
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| 1790). The target area is from the waist
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| | Like the other weapons, sabre uses all
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| up excluding the hands. Right-of-way
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| | four lights (the two white lights, known
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| applies, much as it does to foil.
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| | as secondary lights, and the red and
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| A common misconception concerning the
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| | green lights, known as primary or scoring
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| origin of sabre's target area is that the
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| | lights) on the scoring device (generally
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| legs are removed as targets due to
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| | referred to as the box). A red or green
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| sabre's origin as a cavalry weapon.
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| | light shows a positive touch, red being a
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| Essentially, this line of reasoning goes,
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| | touch from the left fencer and green
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| the legs of a horseman were not a valid
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| | being a touch from the right fencer. A
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| target in war, since cutting the leg of a
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| | white light signifies that the fencer is
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| man riding a horse would not stop that
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| | touching his blade to his own equipment,
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| man from continuing his charge. This myth
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| | or (depending on the scoring machine)
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| has largely been refuted and several
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| | that their body cord has come unplugged
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| older texts demonstrate low sabre parries
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| | from their weapon.
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| to protect the mount's flanks and the
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| | Lockout In sabre it is possible for both
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| fencer's legs. For more information on
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| | the red and the green light to go on
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| this topic consult Christoph Amberger's
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| | simultaniously, in which case it is up to
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| book The Secret History of the Sword.
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| | the director to decide which fencer
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| The Sword The sabre's blade is V-shaped,
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| | receives the touch, however it is also
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| unlike the quadrangular shape of the foil
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| | possible for one fencer to "lockout"
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| and the triangular shape of the épée.
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| | another fencer. This occurs when one
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| Blades are standardly 88 cm (35 inches)
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| | fencer gets a valid touch, thus
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| in length. At the end of the blade, the
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| | triggering their light, and the other
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| point is folded over itself to form a
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| | fencer does not make a valid touch within
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| "button". The bell guard of the sword is
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| | the lockout time.
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| curved around the handle, giving the
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| | The lockout time for sabre was originally
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| fencer hand protection. On electrical
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| | 300 to 350 milliseconds (varying by the
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| swords, a socket for the body wire is
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| | reliability of the machine used). In
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| found underneath the bell guard. A
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| | 2005, however, the FIE voted 51-33 to
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| fastener known as a pommel is attached to
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| | decrease the lockout time. They then
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| the end of the sword to keep the bell
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| | proceeded to vote 50-32 to decrease it to
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| guard and handle on. The handle of a
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| | the specified time of approximately 120
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| sabre is standardly a French grip. The
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| | milliseconds.
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| entire sword is generally 105 cm (41
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| | In the past, the action in sabre had been
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| inches) long, and 500 grams (1.1 lb) in
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| | criticized for being extremely fast and
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| weight. It is shorter than the foil or
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| | hard to follow, and the cutting motion
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| épée, and lighter than the épée,
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| | causes people to think of it as a hack
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| making it easier to move swiftly and
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| | and slash weapon, despite the extreme
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| incisively.
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| | precision required to wield a sabre
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| Unlike the other two weapons, there is
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| | properly.
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| very little difference between an
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| | Recently, the rules for sabre have
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| electric sabre and a dry (non-electric)
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| | changed to prohibit the forward
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| one. The blade itself is the same in dry
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| | cross-over (one foot of the fencer
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| and electric sabres, as there is no need
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| | passing in front of the other). It is now
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| for a blade wire or pressure-sensitive
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| | impossible to perform a fléche attack on
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| tip in an electric sabre. An electric
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| | one's opponent. Because of this, many
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| sabre has a socket, which is a Foil
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| | sabre fencers have begun to use what is
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| socket with the two contacts shorted
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| | known as a "Flunge" (flying lunge). The
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| together. It also has insulation on the
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| | attack begins like a fléche, but the
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| pommel and on the inside of the guard to
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| | fencer pushes off from the ground, and
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| prevent an electrical connection between
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| | flies forward. The legs almost cross at
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| the sabre and the lamé. This is
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| | the high point of the jump, but then the
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| undesirable because it effectively
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| | front leg is brought forward to catch the
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| extends the lamé onto the sabre, causing
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| | fencer. This move is somewhat frowned
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| any blade contact to be registered as a
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| | upon.
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