|  The
Epee
The Epee is an extension of the Foil. The weapon
itself is slightly larger with a thicker blade
and larger hand guard. This makes the epee a
much heavier weapon to use.
You must only hit with the point of the blade
although, unlike the Foil, the whole body is
available as a target area, yes even the feet!
Epee is fought to 5 points but because your
whole body can be hit attacks must be carefully
planned to save yourself from any unexpected
stop cuts.
Its tactical nature has been likened to the
fencing equivalent of chess.
 How
it Works
An electrical current is sent from the scoring
box to the weapon via the ‘B’ wire.
This wire is then linked to one of the epee
wires by the bodywire socket. The other epee
wire is linked to the ‘A’ wire.
In the rest state there is no circuit. The electrical
currents path terminates at the end of the ‘B’
wire.
When the point is depressed, a circuit from
‘B’ to ‘A’ is formed
by the contact spring attached to the tip. The
current returns to the box via the ‘A’
wire and when the box detects the circuit it
responds with a coloured light.
However if the point is in contact with the
opponents guard (or blade) which is linked to
the ‘C’ (ground) wire, then the
circuit instead runs from the ‘B’
wire to the opponents ‘C’ wire,
and is ignored by the box. This is because the
circuit through ‘C’ has lower resistance
than through ‘A’.
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