No year passes without the bureaucrats at the FIE passing changes to the rules. Some are necessary — addressing advances in safety technology and materials.

Others are pure bunk. (Think “Russian box of death” or the current meddling with the epee “non-combativity” rules. Don’t get me started…)

So don’t be caught flat-footed by a rule change that may have slipped through the cracks of your conscious awareness. Click on the link below to review the current (August 2018) set of rules adopted by USFencing.

2018-08-usa-fencing-rules