Moving to Finland : Do I need FIE Range equipment to join club/local tournament ?

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I'm going to move to Jyvaskyla, Finland for 5 month as an exchange student starting from January. I wondered do I need to buy FIE range equipment to enter the club and enter some local tournament in Finland?

I can not read Finnish so I can not read the equipment guideline from www.fencing.fi. All equipment I use right now is made in China which is very cheap ( $38 for complete electric epee+body chord, $48 for mask , $51 for fencing cloth (Jacket+underplaston+pants), $16 for glove).

Since I'm Thai, I can barely afford to buy some major brand especially FIE range equipment due to the exchange rate issue make it seems very expensive to me to buy new in Finland. I wondered if it possible to use my existing equipment which has no brand at all when I'm in Finland. Any who know, could you please give me some advice ? Thanks in advance.

Regards,

[catwood1]

I recommend emailing the club you intend to fence at, and talk to them, as they would know best what they require.

[Purple Fencer]

Or PM Finnfence....she lives there...

[KD5MDK]

Or Mr. Epee.

[Patrician]

Or dont go to Finland at all, cold and no beautiful ladies..

[Mr Epee]

PM responded to.

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Oh... and ignore the jealous dirty swede.

There's more Finnish beauties than you can shake a stick at during a month of Sundays.

[D'Art]

There's more Finnish beauties than you can shake a stick at during a month of Sundays.

That sounds like a challenge....

[Mr Epee]

That sounds like a challenge....

er... I meant 'stick' in the literal sense.

As in a birch branch vihta in the sauna.

[D'Art]

Spoilsport.

Er, I mean, that's what I thought you were on about...

[Fencergrl]

er... I meant 'stick' in the literal sense.

As in a birch branch vihta in the sauna.

Oh baby! Shake your birch branch for me!