Are there any rules on the size of a fencers lame in relation to the person?

[Stuzz!!!]

Hey all!
Iv been wondering if there are any rules to stop people wearing lames that are far to samll for them just to give you less of a target area only iv got a mate who always dose it. Oh by the way he's also tall and left handed. Arg
Yea so if any one knows anything about it could you let me know?
Ta from Stuzz!!!

[Fencing Mom]

Arg

Talk-like-a-pirate-day happened last month.

[oso97]

yes, the bottom of the lame must come to the hip bones.

[rcmatthews]

No, there are no rules. That's why I only wear a 1x1 square of lame material on my back to hook the alligator clamp on to. Oh, by the way, I fence sabre and am not left handed, so yeah.

[Stuzz!!!]

Talk like a pirate day was last month.

So my history teacher told me. Oh that was a fun day!

[Stuzz!!!]

Oh, by the way, I fence sabre and am not left handed, so yeah.

Well not being a leftie is a start but now we just need to get you onto foil and your sorted. (te he he). Oh by the way no offence to left handers.

[rcmatthews]

But I don't want to fence with a tool used to train for epee

[Stuzz!!!]

But I don't want to fence with a tool used to train for epee

iv only one question. Do you have a horse?

[Amadeus]

Talk-like-a-pirate-day happened last month.

no, he's celebrating type like a moron day.

[Araznal]

For foil lames (quoted from USFA rulebook):

"The conductive jacket must be so made that when it is laid flat there
is a straight line between the point of junction of the lines of the
groin and the two points corresponding to the tops of the hip bones
(ilium)."

For sabre lames:

"The fencer must wear, over his jacket, a conductive over-jacket, the
conductive surface of which must cover entirely and without
omission the valid surface of the body above a horizontal line which,
when the fencer is on guard, joins, round the fencer’s trunk, the
upper points of the creases formed by the thighs."


Try this test on your own stuff and see if it passes. If it doesn't, you're cheating.

[Gav]

iv only one question.

What's wrong with this sentence?

[rcmatthews]

No as a matter of fact I don't, but why would I need a horse? I fail to see the logical connection between foil being a training tool and a sabre fencer having a horse.

[jBirch]

No as a matter of fact I don't, but why would I need a horse? I fail to see the logical connection between foil being a training tool and a sabre fencer having a horse.

Oh, because a donkey just doesn't cut it any more.

James.

[foilz]

What's wrong with this sentence?

You deleted the second part of it.

[rcmatthews]

Oh, because a donkey just doesn't cut it any more.

James.

That's a nonsensical approach. You made no attempt to make a logical connection between the two items discussed previously.

[Araznal]

Fascinating, I answered the question, yet the thread lives on in the form of inane chatter. Now why doesn't Gav close down THIS thread, as it's no longer related to fencing and in the fencing discussion forum?

[foilz]

Gav is a Scot. This is a turf issue.

[rcmatthews]

I answered the question too.

[Amadeus]

let me answer it too, just to be sure:





yes

[Stuzz!!!]

No as a matter of fact I don't, but why would I need a horse? I fail to see the logical connection between foil being a training tool and a sabre fencer having a horse.

So if you dont have a horse why do you fence with a cavalry wepon?