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. You can see which pages have been updated at with the "page last modified" information at the bottom of the page.
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
- Introduction
- Types of fencing
- Single combat, melee and gunners
- When you are allowed to fence
- Behaviour on the field
- Using weapons and defensive objects
- Taking blows
- Protective equipment
- Weapons and defensive equipment
- Types of marshalling
- Supervising combat
- Inspections
- Rules for managing incidents
- Authorisation procedures
- Safety tests
- Marshals as officers
- Changing the rules
- Glossary
- Concussion Recognition Tool
- Change log and Notes