--- Joshua Kronengold <mneme at io.com> wrote: > Donna writes: > >From: "Joshua Kronengold" <mneme at io.com> writes: > >>Interesting. Traditionally, in fencing (pre-electric), specific > >>judges are assigned to watch specific fencers, and cannot call points > >>on the other fencer, so there may be less of this effect." > >This is definitely true. I did think that was one of the cooler parts > about > >tournament fencing. One judge watches the back of one fencer, another > judge > >watches the front, and then two judges for the other fencer and one in > the > >middle. > > The one in the middle is a "director", fwiw -- they only get half a > point (or is it one and a half? Not enough to override both judges, > in any case) for judging whether attacks are valid, but have full > discression on the conduct of the bout and right of way (priority). > > >guy gets poked, you raise your hand. It wouldn't work quite as well in > a > >karate tournament because the competitors get to move around so much. > > Actually, I've done judging at a rapier tournament that was modeled > off of classical rules (ie, pre-electric fencing), and it worked ok -- > the judges needed to move a bit to stay to the back of "their" > fencers, but could usually manage ok. Sounds a lot like epee. Jerry Friedman used to watch a lot of fencing matches. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com