The ONE time the foil was actually broken when asking the ref to test it

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Жыл бұрын

This is the only example I can find of a fencer's foil actually not working when they ask the referee to test it 😂
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Fencers in this video:
Iimura JPN
Fabinger GER

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@edwardy528 Жыл бұрын

I like how both the fencer and the ref look vaguely surprised it doesnt work

@OlympicFoil Жыл бұрын

It's great 😂

@kempmcarthur2318 Жыл бұрын

A mythological event

@OlympicFoil Жыл бұрын

They will talk about it decades from now

@ephraimcullen Жыл бұрын

Impossible! The Foil was a paid actor!

@OlympicFoil Жыл бұрын

Only explanation ☝☝☝ didn't want to say it but facts

@Christian09992 Жыл бұрын

In my 10 years of fencing on competitions I have seen this once

@JohnSmith-cx8co Жыл бұрын

Ref nearly fucked up there. He's (understandably) surprised that his first test doesn't work, so instinctively thumbs the tip again to see if he can get the light to go on (which we'd all do). But if the light *does* go on, now he has to explain to the opponent and the coaches why he's annulling a touch when they all saw the light go on.

@OlympicFoil Жыл бұрын

Not a big problem? "I tested it and it failed, annulé, en garde"

@JohnSmith-cx8co Жыл бұрын

@@OlympicFoil Optics matters a lot. Arguably the ref can even let the fencer test the foil themselves, and there's actually nothing in the rules that says that a fencer can't first test the foil before showing the ref. Making a habit of cleanly testing the foil exactly once in an unambiguous way is important for maintaining order on piste - even if technically the ref can just assure the opponent that everything was fine.

@OlympicFoil Жыл бұрын

@@JohnSmith-cx8co Certainly not going to get any disagreement from me on "optics matters a lot."! 😃👍 The rules say: It is not necessary that the failure found should repeat itself each time a test is made; but it is essential that the fault should be observed by the Referee without the possibility of doubt at least once during the tests made by him or under his supervision. Imo there's nothing bad about assuring the opponent everything was fine in an action

@JohnSmith-cx8co Жыл бұрын

@@OlympicFoil I think the best way to assure everyone of consistency is to be very clear and transparent with your actions and movements.

@OlympicFoil Жыл бұрын

@@JohnSmith-cx8co ong fr fr

@nathanyap4106 Жыл бұрын

bro hit at least 3 times

@OlympicFoil Жыл бұрын

yea he knew that the math wasn't mathing 😂

@Niklas211 Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure if I remember correctly, but at the back of my head Foconi also 'successfully' tested his foil as not working in last year's championship in France/Paris 🤔 But hey either way, that's a cool uncommon occurence anyways xD

@OlympicFoil Жыл бұрын

Oh nice perfect! I was hoping this video might bring up a few other examples so I'll have a look for that one. There's one with Cheung in the HKG CHN match from 2019 too, but it's not as good an example as this.

@kevinzhou7442 Жыл бұрын

@@OlympicFoilin that one it snapped i think

@OlympicFoil Жыл бұрын

@@kevinzhou7442 yea tip was out in that one, which is interesting by itself but i was looking for one where even the fencer is a little surprised that it actually doesn't work haha

@nobodyisbest Жыл бұрын

That happens regularly, either when the barrel is deformed and the point cannot travel freely or there is a short somewhere in the system.

@OlympicFoil Жыл бұрын

I suspect this one is the barrel deforming since he tried to press it again maybe it didn't move the first time and he thought he didn't press 500gs. Maybe it's a short tho 😃