Fencing as a Roman

[Caius Fabius]

Yes we use the lame, it registers ON Target hits, not hits on a target. With foil, you do not get a point for hitting your opponent "Off Target" so the only hits that you get to countt are those upon youe opponent's lame vest. This does not count hits on the legs, arms or head... Epee counts the whole body as a target, and all hits count.

Still you only get a count when you hit a target, not when a target is hit, as it were. That is why when we were fighting in pairs, for fun, you could attack your poopnent or his partner, but if you scored, and the judge didn't see it, you had no proof whom you hit, and the point was not counted.

The light goes on to tell you that you have scored or had an off target hit, whgich also stops action in foil.. It does not tell your opponent that he or she was hit.