Safety Rules in your club

[hpfencing]

What are the general saftey rules that your club uses?


Example: Always wear complete gear when bouting
Never point a blade at an un-masked person

I'm developing a new list and would like to see what others use, maybe merge a lot to make one good new rules list for our club in Amarillo.

Thanks in advance for all post and replies.

[Greg]

Pants required

Regulation fencing equipment required - no homemade stuff as substitutes

Avoid buying used out-of-date equipment

Rubber tips on all non-electric foils

Chest protectors for women

Plastrons for men

Properly fitting jackets - not too big leaving openings

No fleches until properly trained to avoid collisions

Clean rust and nicks off blades on regular basis

Stretch out before each practice to prevent injuries

Replace old blades especially those that have been bent in both directions repeatedly.

[keropie]

Avoid heat stroke/exhaustian like the plague (it's hot and humid down here, and we have no air conditioning)

No raising tip of blade past waist unless you and those around you are masked.

Wear a jacket and a mask and a glove while bouting.

Be careful of bouts in progress and lessons in progress (you'd be amazed how often someone just walks behind one of those ><)

Try not to get hurt

[oiuyt]

Plastrons for men

But not for women?

-B

[KD5MDK]

I was wondering that myself.

[El Chucko]

These are our club's rules (Fencing Center of Buffalo):

Fencer's Code
of Conduct

* Never point a weapon at anyone not wearing a fencing mask.
* Keep your weapon point down when not fencing.
* If you see an unsafe situation, call "HALT!" immediately.
* Treat others with courtesy at all times.
* Pay attention to the instructor and follow his or her directions.
* No eating, drinking or running in the training area.
* Salute your opponent before and after the bout.
* Be always ready to acknowledge your opponent's touch.
* Never call your own touch on your opponent.
* Shake hands with your opponent after the bout.
* Behave in a manner worthy of the art you study.

[Mr Epee]

What are the general saftey rules that your club uses?

If you kill someone, then you have to call their parents.

[remise]

One club I visited had a set of rules regarding visitors as well. Children under 8 were not allowed near the strips unless they were wearing a mask, and older visitors were not allowed near the practice dummys. Believe it or not, some parents or visitors saw nothing wrong with standing right next to a practice dummy while a fencer was practicing on it!

[RITFencing]

If you kill someone, then you have to call their parents.

Geez, you guys are strict.

[penguin_2000]

Geez, you guys are strict.

Yeah... what he said. If someone at my club dies, the other guy yells "STRIP" and rolls the guy aside (after unhooking him of course).

As far as rules go, as long as everybody's signed their "safety waivers," there are no rules...

[MyrddinsPrecint]

"Team Booty is bad booty.

Well, if you can't stop yourself.... but.... squad booty is really bad booty! ..... but we're really proud of you for following the rule, because we really didn't think you would. in fact, we kind of don't entirely beleive you are following the rule, but we haven't caught you yet, so we'll go with it."


......... other than that, we dont' have any rules, we just have guidelines.

[foilz]

These are our club's rules (Fencing Center of Buffalo):

Fencer's Code
of Conduct

* Never point a weapon at anyone not wearing a fencing mask.
* Keep your weapon point down when not fencing.
* If you see an unsafe situation, call "HALT!" immediately.
* Treat others with courtesy at all times.
* Pay attention to the instructor and follow his or her directions.
* No eating, drinking or running in the training area.
* Salute your opponent before and after the bout.
* Be always ready to acknowledge your opponent's touch.
* Never call your own touch on your opponent.
* Shake hands with your opponent after the bout.
* Behave in a manner worthy of the art you study.

These are fabulous tenets for our sport. Maybe they have been around a long time. Maybe they are new. I think they should be on the wall of every salle. Kudos and admiration to the folks in Buffalo!

[epeeisky]

We dont really have rules beyond the obvious. Wear a mask, dont put a weapon in anybodys face, and no horseplay. Also wear a jacket and a plastron. We were never told anything about knickers. Although, the other day, I was wearing cargo shorts due to a knee surgery, and a coach walks up to me and says, "I really shouldn't allow you to fence in those," then walks off without doing anything.

[keropie]

Also wear a jacket and a plastron. We were never told anything about knickers.

Mostly because of our retarded PE department and the fact that we have no airconditioning, we actually strongly suggest NOT wearing a plastron OR knickers, because we have had heat stroke issues. Something to keep in mind in some clubs.

[hpfencing]

One club I visited had a set of rules regarding visitors as well. Children under 8 were not allowed near the strips unless they were wearing a mask, and older visitors were not allowed near the practice dummys. Believe it or not, some parents or visitors saw nothing wrong with standing right next to a practice dummy while a fencer was practicing on it!

I like these as well!

[jrgunn]

Pants required

Yep. I always try to remember to wear pants. Pretty embarrassing otherwise.

[Li'l Bebe]

No stabbing people above the knee if they're not wearing a mask (You can stab people in the foot whenever you want to oddly enough)

Don't be stupid.

Don't be a jerk.

[Frater_Frag]

No fighting without weapons, no armed combat without gear...

Instructors not included, we are our own law... And we tend to show off really carefully!

[LUDICROUS]

Point down seems to be the only rule I've ever seen enforced, and only when you're new. Otherwise it's just common sense. There's no page on the wall about rulings etc.

[Fencing Jesus]

There not so much rules, as they are guidelines.