Foil Fencing Attacks : Right of Way in Fencing

Foil Fencing tutorials. Learn about right of way rules in fencing in this free video on foil fencing moves and techniques.

Expert: Amy Boyle
Contact: www.amykboyle.com
Bio: Amy has been a fencer and swordswoman for eleven years. She fenced for the University of Southern California and the University of Northern Colorado and has taught fencers of all ages.
Filmmaker: Nili Nathan

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• fencing
• tutorial
• offense
• foil
• attacks
• epee
• fencer

[MissVictoriaSongs]

Yeah, this part of fencing still kind of confuses me, but this video helped a little bit. Thanks!

[RancidAppleProducts]

@clliupal I think she meant that in real duels you can't have a simultaneous, you would just have two deaths, which is partly why right of way was created.

[DarkLordPuppyStomper]

Thank you

[clliupal]

Could have also mentioned that falling short or retracting the arm can make you lose priority.

One bit is plain wrong. making a counter-attack (0:25) is not a "way of dealing with the opponent's blade" and does not change the priority. You need to parry-riposte.

Finally, you can get simultaneous hits in foil (1:37) if you cannot establish priority (e.g. with simultaneously inititated attacks) it's just that both hits are ignored (unlike in épée).

[clliupal]

Could have been better explained by sticking to ther FIE rules.

1) Point in line takes priority.

2) Absent a point in line, first fencer to correctly initiate an attack (i.e. first start extending the arm with point menacing the target and then follow through with a lunge or fléche) has priority.