British Achievement Awards - Epee

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Demonstrate: (with coach or Demonstrate: (with coach or Demonstrate: (with coach or Demonstrate: (with coach or Demonstrate: (with coach or Demonstrate: (with coach or partner) partner) partner) partner) partner) partner) 1. The 2. The salute While following your While following your While following your While following your While following your 3. The on guard partner's steps forward and partner's steps forward and partner's steps forward and partner's steps forward and partner's steps forward and 4. Steps forward and backward backward: backward: backward: backward: backward: 5. The lunge and recovery 1. Maintain fencing line 1. Maintain correct distance 1. When your partner attacks to 1. to your partner's arm 1. Angulated hits around your 6. Direct attack with lunge to 2. Maintain correct distances and each time your partner body with a lunge, counter- with:- partner's wrist hand, arm, and body and each time your partner pauses, make a false attack to attack with:- - One-two with lunge 2. Maintain correct distance 7. Opposition hitting in sixte pauses: arm with a half lunge and then - Opposition in sixte - Double with lunge and choose the moment for a and quarte as attacks and in - Hit to arm with a short lunge attack to body with opposition - Opposition in octave 2. Maintain correct distance direct attack to body with fleche defence - Hit to body with a full lunge and a full lunge 2. Maintain step-lunge distance and step forward with a to 3. Defend against your 3. Maintain correct distance 2. Maintain correct distance and each time your partner arm then:- partner's compound attacks Describe: and each time your partner and each time your partner attacks to body with a step- - Deceive your partner's using successive parries with 1. How to use your epee safely pauses, hit to arm with a short attacks to body with a step lunge, Counter-attack to arm of quarte and lunge to body opposition 2. How to fence safely lunge and continue lunge counter-attack to arm and follow this with a parry to finishing in opposition 4. Maintain step-lunge distance 3. The target area immediately with an opposition and follow with circular parry octave and in - Deceive your partner's parry and step forward to draw your 4. The principles of fencing with attack to body with a full lunge and opposition riposte opposition of sixte and lunge to body partner's hit to arm and the epee 3. Direct attack to body with full 3. Maintain correct distance finishing in opposition attack to body using a bind 5. Fencing etiquette From a stationary position: lunge on one of your partner's and when your partner pauses, 3. Maintain correct distance 4. Engagements in sixte, steps forward Attack to arm with a beat and when your partner pauses, From a stationary position: quarte and octave and changes 4. Disengage attack to arm or direct with lunge; continue with step forward to engage blades 5. Attacks and ripostes using of engagements body as your partner attempts a redoublement to arm whilst in sixte, quarte, octave then:- envelopment 5. Disengage attack with lunge to engage in sixte or recovering each time your - Attack to arm with direct and 6. Direct and indirect renewals to hand, arm, and body on quarte partner parries with a step indirect attacks using reprises with lunge and partner's:- forward - Attack to body with direct fleche From a stationary position: 7. Actions with rassemblement - Engagement in sixte 4. Maintain correct distance and indirect attacks 5.Semi-circular parry to octave - Engagement in quarte and when your partner pauses: with:- 6. Circular parries in sixte and - Attack to arm with a beat From a Stationary Position: Describe: - quarte with opposition riposte Opposition riposte disengage 4. Successive parries 1. Counter-time actions 7. A to body following: - Detached riposte - Attack to body with a beat 5. Hits with angulation 2. Tactical use of corps-a-corps - Attack to arm 6. Opposition attacks and disengage 6. Direct attack to body with 3. Use of preparations - Riposte to arm counter-attacks in octave fleche 7. Beats and change beats in From a stationary position: Demonstrate 7. Attacks and ripostes using a sixte, quarte, septime, and 5. One-two and double Describe: bind and a croise 4. Referee a fight for 5 hits octave compound attacks to arm and correctly using hand signals 1. Courteous and respectful 8. A redoublement to body body behaviour and fencers "Pledge Describe: following: 6. Parry of quarte with of Honour" (cf. t.84) 1. Second-intention actions - Attack to arm opposition riposte 2. Parts of the epee 2. How the electric epee works - Riposte to arm 3. Dimensions of the and how to correct errors in the

Describe: travel and compression springs

Describe: 1. Scoring on a pool sheet: first

1. Simple actions in opposition and second indicators Demonstrate

and detachment 2. Simple and compound 3. Referee hand signals for a

2. Remise and redoublement attacks normal epee bout

3. Rules regarding the 3. Electrical recording

boundaries of the piste apparatus

4. Double hits, scoring and 4. Fencers electric equipment

timekeeping 5. Test weight and gauges

5. Duties of referee and floor 6. Testing the electric

judges equipment before the start of a

bout

7. Rules regarding faults in a

fencer's equipment before and

during a bout