Scoring Points in Competitive Saber Fencing

Video Transcript

" Hi! I'm Mike Elder, the head coach and general manager for the Miami Fencing Club; that's www.miamifencingclub.com. We meet weekday evenings at South Miami and Saturday afternoons at Miami Day College, Kendall. Fencing provides an excellent low impact aerobic workout for athletes from age 8 to 80. What we are demonstrating now is real competitive fencing using electronic scoring equipment. You see behind me Jose and Mike are going to fence a savor, which is the fastest, most athletic of the three weapons. They have on their electrical scoring equipment, their gray colored jackets. It's electrically conducted with a touch each other the blade of the savor, the lights will come on. Show them how it works, okay? See the scoring machine in the back there. The green light means he's got to play; Mike over here gets to play. The red light means that Jose gets to play. They have to hit on the gray area, hit them on the arms and head as well. All right, go. "