uniform color

[Eric Dew]

In article <3468DB10...@scott.net> david arias <ar...@scott.net> writes:
>i checked the newsgroup FAQs first so please don't flame me for asking a
>question that has been asked before. the FAQs stated that colors can be
>used on the limbs (other than the gross pastel stuff allowed on the
>body) but seemed to stop the explanation prematurely. it then says that
>an arm band is used to show country or club affiliation, and that the
>trailing leg can have lettering (etc. etc.)
>
>my question is, based on the tapes i viewed of international
>competitions, what colors can be used on what parts (no off-color jokes
>please)? i *believe* you can put any color on the trailing arm and
>collar since i recall seeing that Triplette or someone lets you order
>them that way. i also saw an italian fencer with wide red stripes down
>the front of each leg (plus on his trailing arm i think) AND he was
>fencing epee (meaning target areas were therefore colored). there is an
>implication that only the torso must remain white and MAYBE the weapon
>arm (or that *gag* pastel color).
>
>i thought it would be fun to color just my trailing arm and wanted to be
>sure it was not an irreversable mistake. could someone clarify this (i
>will be fencing in the US only)?
>
>david arias
>birmingham fencing club

In the Heidenheimer Epee Pokal tape, the Italian epeeist was wearing
a jacket with bright red and green colors on his pants legs and arm sleeves.
Looked like a clown. If that jacket is any indication, I think you can
put any color you want on the uniform and still have it legal.

EDEW

[Forms Management Ltd.]

In article <edewEJI...@netcom.com>, ed...@netcom.com (Eric Dew) wrote:
<sniped>

>In the Heidenheimer Epee Pokal tape, the Italian epeeist was wearing
>a jacket with bright red and green colors on his pants legs and arm
sleeves.
>Looked like a clown. If that jacket is any indication, I think you can
>put any color you want on the uniform and still have it legal.
>
>EDEW

On entering a competition within the UK a few weks back, i took a friend who
had never seen competive fencing before. One of the first questions he asked
was "who do you know who is who" and on seeing one of the new Leon Paul FIE
regulated masks in which there is a strip of clear plastic of some sort
where your eyes are possitioned, the questioning started to revolve around
painting motifs or faces on the masks, i actually didn't know if this was
legal or has ever been practiced. Can any one shed some light. . .

hugo.