FENCING - Offences and penalties ... revisited

By Michael Müller-Hewer and Roméo Bernal

Offences and penalties taken from the FIE technical rules and presented as a comic

• Language: English
• Publisher: Books on Demand
• Release date: Jun 21, 2019
• ISBN: 9782322173051

Michael Müller-Hewer

Michael Müller-Hewer est un maître d'armes allemand vivant en Suisse. Il pratique le combat scénique et l'escrime historique depuis 1984. Pendant 20 ans, il a travaillé comme acteur combattant et chorégraphe de combat pour le cinéma et le théâtre en France. Depuis 1990, il enseigne l'escrime historique et le combat de scène. En 1996, il a obtenu le diplôme de maître d'armes en 5 armes de l'Académie allemande des armes (Akademie der Fechtkunst Deutschlands). Il est également moniteur suisse J+S escrime. La pratique du combat celtique en Suisse s'est développée autour de son enseignement à l'Université de Lausanne UNIL (groupe Cladio). Membre du bureau et de la commission des instructeurs de SwissHEMA, il enseigne au Cercle des Armes de Lausanne (CAL).

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Offences and penalities ... revisited

Technical Rules of the FIE 2019

Forword Janine Lamon

On guard Michael Müller-Hewer

You will become a Referee. Vivian Garnier

Yellow-Red-Black Michael Müller-Hewer

Drawings Romeo Bernal

Table: Referee signals and commands

Table: Offences and penalties 1+2

Technical Rules of the FIE

Technical Rules of the FIE

Congratulations!

Approaching the table of offences and sanctions in fencing with a comic is easy and fun. Everyone will enjoy it.

To our future Referees at the local, national or international level, I would add that refereeing is fun but requires a lot of practice. In a fencing match, each live situation experienced by the Referee, along with their (occasional wrong) decision, will remain a memorable experience. Altogether, these experiences will allow them to improve and increase their skills to eventually become top Referees.

Situations may sometimes be misjudged... but the Referee should never be ignorant of a rule!

With my very best wishes for an enjoyable and effectif training.

Janine Lamon

Referee FIE epee

Swiss-Fencing Refereeing Commission

Member of the FIE Rules Commission

On guard - Ready? - Play!

It is the signal for which every fencer is waiting, once on the piste. The tension undergone before the match explodes and sets the stage for the pleasure of moving, confronting and fighting the other persan while respecting the rules. Of practising a combat sport...

People daim that fencing is complicated; its rules difficult and very numerous.

Is it really the case?

The question to ask ourselves is: what are the rules intended for, and why are they necessary? It is difficult to answer this question in a paragraph, but here are some lines of thought:

We practise a combat sport. The first rule is to protect ourselves. Most of the rules serve this purpose.

Then, we are confronting other fencers. Rules are needed to decide who wins. Finally, fencing is a sport, we look for equal opportunities. Rules guarantee that all fencers use the same equipment.

The number of rules seems great, but many of them are applied to all three weapons.

The Referee makes sure the rules are respected and sanctions any breaches.

In brief, the answer to the initial question amounts to three points:

Protect your health -decide who wins -equal opportunities

You will become a Referee!

To practise fencing in competition, three people are necessary - Two fencers and a referee

A fencing referee is the persan who manages matches during competitions. He has to apply the rules of the International Fencing Federation.

On guard!

Acquiring good knowledge of the rules is a boring operation, but it is essential to good refereeing. Throughout your training within your club, your fencing master teaches you the fencing rules.

You can become a referee as soon as you are 14 years old.

Referee training is inseparable from the fencers training, because as a fencer, you need to have good knowledge of the rules and their application during your matches in competitions.

Are you ready?

Trained as a referee, you