Epee Fencing Attacks : Choosing Sword Style in Fencing

Foil and Sabre are both weapons based on specific rules ( in fencing slang "conventions" ) in order to determine who is awarded of the point in case of simultaneous attacks, which is not for Epee that awards who first hits the opponent ,no matter what happened before ,and also may award both the fencers in case of reciprocal hit in a maximum range of 50/ooo sec. In Italy we use to call Foil Sabre "conventional weapons" and Epee "not conventional weapon". Sorry x my multicomments :-)

I hope that will clarify any possible doubt to some beginners and will sweep away some ridiculous posted idiocies wrong at 100% about the basic weapon that would not teach anything to the ones who fence the technically lesser Epee, or (even funnier and more ridiculous ) about Foil being much lighter than other weapons so someone can develop his muscles strength ....XDD!! A Foil weapon may not be more than 1.2 pound , while an Epee weapon is usually less than 1.6 : massive weight !!!

Ps while I agree with theunderman23 about Foil not being the most strategic weapon ( which definitely is up to epee), unfortunately he's totally out when he behaves like other people he blames so much and he misunderstands all the stuff : technically Foil takes more point control because the valid target is so much smaller than in Epee and you need the best technic to hit get it ( that's why Foil is reputed the hardest weapon ).

Omg how many so big ridiculous nonsenses on here ...!! Why don't you take the good habit of not talking of things you clearly know nothing about ?? SINCE EVER the starting point in fencing is Foil, the weapon that gives any beginning fencer the basic skills and that's the most difficult weapon as for fencing technic . Starting with Foil and not with Epee is not only necessary but it's also a main ( I would say binding ) point in learning fencing sport.

So to the new fencers reading on here, don't listen to these funny,bizarre people who really have no idea of what they're talking about : every good teacher in every country where they know fencing will start on teching you Foil as baiscs for overall Fencing. That's what Fencing runs due to centuries of practice and knowledges and it will not be changed by a few funny "rookies" spelling out their nonsenses .

soooooooooo wrong. why does she insist on talking about things she doesn't know any thing about. technically epee takes more point control because we are trying to hit smaller targets like the hand, foot, and arm. foil isn't the most strategic weapon. all the weapons are equally strategic its just that they have have different ways of applying it. SO PLEASE TO THE NEW FENCES OUT THERE DO NOT LISTEN TO HER. because if you find that one weapon is not for you, you can easily switch

i agree. my weapon was the epee from the beginning, and i never felt the need of practicing with the foil at first. But i don't know, i think that foil is foil and epee is epee; both are diferent in their own ways, and compare is kinda... useless. However i would never change the epee...

I started with foil but since it was what I learned on, I sort of hate it just because it was so much harder than epee. I know thats only because I had a better idea of what to do once I started epee but I still dislike foil. I'm ruined. I have a lot of respect for foil fencers though. The small target area thing was really hard for me.

Are you really that weak?

-_- This is FENCING not bodybuilding. Anywway, those are made to kill people, not for sport