What do you think about the upcoming change for the new Foil mask bib rules? Is it going to be a positive effect on Foil, or be an unnecessary addition?
For those who don't know what this is about...
http://www.fie.ch/Fencing/Rules.aspx for links to documents regarding the rule change and lists of equipment manufacturers producing the new masks.
From the corrected rules, to come into effect 1st January 2009:
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The target at foil excludes the limbs and the head. It is confined to the trunk, the upper limit being the collar up to 6 cm above the prominences of the collar bones; at the sides to the seams of the sleeves, which should cross the head of the humerus; and the lower limit following a horizontal line across the back joining the tops of the hip bones, thence by straight lines to the junction of the lines of the groin (see Figure 4, p. 24). It also includes the part of the bib beneath a horizontal line 1.5 - 2 cm below the chin and which, in any case, may not be lower than the line of the shoulders.
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12-24-2008, 06:47 AM
New Foil Mask Bib for 2009
Linear Mode
