Please note that we can only receive outside groups when the salle is not used for regular training purposes. The whole body is valid target and you hit with the point. To register a hit a pressure of 750 grams is required. The idea is that, if the points were sharp, this would suffice to draw blood. If both fencers hit at exactly the same time both fencers get a hit.
Electric equipment is used to register the hits ever since the thirties. .
Tournaments are organised as direct eliminations. If you loose a fight yuo're out of the competition. The first to reach 15 hits wins the fight. The duration of a fight is 3x3 minutes with one minute of rest between each 3-minute period.