FENCING REFEREE GENERAL RULE STUDY
GUIDE 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● Group two penalties.
Answer: Immediate red card.
●● Group three penalties..
Answer: Red card for fencers, Yellow for spectators, or straight to black.
●● Group four penalties.
Answer: Behavioral penalty that results to immediate black card.
●● Jacket overlaps how many cms over the pants?.
Answer: 10 cms.
●● fencer with one foot off of the SIDE of the strip results to a?.
Answer: Hault. The fencer loses ONE meter from the start of the attack.
●● What if the fencer is less than one meter from the back end of the
strip (meaning they are deep into their two meter warning zone)?.
, Answer: it can place the fencer off of the back of the strip and award a
touch to the opponent.
●● BOTH feet off the side of the strip results in?.
Answer: Has the same applications of losing one meter.
●● Both feet off of the rear limits is?.
Answer: a touch for the opponent.
●● If the referees halt is for a fencer leaving the rear limits, what
happens?.
Answer: That fencer's touch is annulled, but s/he can be SCORED
UPON, provided the action began before the "halt."
●● True or False? A plastron is not required in foil fencing..
Answer: False. In foil fencing, a plastron is REQUIRED.
●● True or False? Chest protectors are optional for males, however, for
females are required..
Answer: True. This applies to ALL weapons.
●● True or False? In foil, any chest protector must be covered with an
FIE/USA SEMI approved soft material..
GUIDE 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● Group two penalties.
Answer: Immediate red card.
●● Group three penalties..
Answer: Red card for fencers, Yellow for spectators, or straight to black.
●● Group four penalties.
Answer: Behavioral penalty that results to immediate black card.
●● Jacket overlaps how many cms over the pants?.
Answer: 10 cms.
●● fencer with one foot off of the SIDE of the strip results to a?.
Answer: Hault. The fencer loses ONE meter from the start of the attack.
●● What if the fencer is less than one meter from the back end of the
strip (meaning they are deep into their two meter warning zone)?.
, Answer: it can place the fencer off of the back of the strip and award a
touch to the opponent.
●● BOTH feet off the side of the strip results in?.
Answer: Has the same applications of losing one meter.
●● Both feet off of the rear limits is?.
Answer: a touch for the opponent.
●● If the referees halt is for a fencer leaving the rear limits, what
happens?.
Answer: That fencer's touch is annulled, but s/he can be SCORED
UPON, provided the action began before the "halt."
●● True or False? A plastron is not required in foil fencing..
Answer: False. In foil fencing, a plastron is REQUIRED.
●● True or False? Chest protectors are optional for males, however, for
females are required..
Answer: True. This applies to ALL weapons.
●● True or False? In foil, any chest protector must be covered with an
FIE/USA SEMI approved soft material..
