Updates to the Rules

We have added new rules to the rule book:

t 110 describes the targets as being substantially the smae as those for electric fencing, with the exception of the bib in foil, and with a description of border of the target on the hand. We decided not to include the bib target area for electric foil to make it easier for beginning fencers to fence with the typical beginner's mask supplied by most vendors.

b 120 provides a table of bout orders for pools in competitions for 2 to 14 fencers, and establishes a seeding order for the positions in the pool. This bout order differs from that of the USA Fencing and FIE rules, and is based on the standard rotating bout order used in competitions in many other sports. We chose that format because it allows you to compute bout order easily, even without a table, for any size pool. Fencers should be aware that this bout order changes the flow of the pool, with higher seeded fencers fencing the bottom half of the seeding first.