Fencing:Fencing Combat Handbook

New rules - 1 January 2024

Version 6 of the Fencing Combat Handbook comes into effect on 1 January 2024.

The wiki is currently being updated to the new rules from 23 December 2023 onwards.

To reference the current rules until 1 January 2024, please use the pdf of version 5.3.

If you happen to be fighting between 23 Dec 2023 and 1 January 2024, be aware that not all of the new rule updates may have been included yet. If you use updated rules in the wiki that day, that's acceptable as they have already been approved by the Board and Committee, just make sure you and your opponent and your marshal agree which set of rules to play by.

Fencing Combat Handbook - PDF version

1. Introduction
2. Rules for fencers
3. Rules for marshals
4. Rules for managing incidents
5. Rules for equipment
6. Inspections
7. Safety tests
8. Authorisation procedures
9. Changing the rules
10. Glossary
11. Change log and Notes