Section 3: Playing Area

All bouts take place on a regulation fencing strip known as the piste (Technical Rules t.16–19): Length: 14 m, with a total tolerance of 4 cm (t.18.2); Width: The combat area is 1.50 m wide (t.18.1); Run-back zone: Each competitor, placed 2 m from the centre line, has 5 m of retreating distance a...

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