Epee fencing techniques

Fencing Piste
- Center line, On Guard line (En Garde), Warning line, Limit line
Fencing Rules
-    French           English
     En Grade       On Guard
     Pret                Ready
     Allez              Play
- Individual
   - 3 x 3 minutes Period (15 (before 9 min) or highest points (after 9 minutes) win)
- Team
   - 9 x 3 minutes (Highest score win)

3 Discipline
- Foil
  - Attack with tip, right of way
- Epee
  - Attack with tip, no right of way, target area whole body
- Sabre
  - Attack with tip and 1/3 of blade, right of way, target area from waist upward

Penalty
- Cannot run off the piste
- Turn your bad upon your opponent
- Use the non blade hand
- Non Combativity
  - Referee will end the period and new period begin
- Yellow card is warning, Red card is opponent is awarded a point, Black card, disqualified from contest



Because Epee no right of way or attacker advantage, the most important thing about Epee Fencing is to catch your opponent blade with your weapon guard

When you are leading, go for double hit (each one 1 point)

1. En Garde at parry 6th position
2. Advance and Retreat
    - Forward and Backward movement
3. Lunge to attack



Epee Attack Technique

Stop Hit

Retreat Stop Hit

Beat Attack

Keep distance move forward attack

Turning Parry into attack








Epee Defense or Parry Riposte

8 Parry Position Number
Parry 1: Low Left Point to Ground
Parry 2: Low Right Point to Ground
Parry 3: High Right Point to Sky
Parry 4: High Left Point to Sky or Point Normal
Parry 5:
Parry 6: Upper Right Point Normal
Parry 7: Lower Left Point Normal
Parry 8: Lower Right Point Normal

Parry position 4, 6, 7, 8.  4 (upper left), 6 (upper right), 7 (lower left), 8 (lower right)

8 Parry Position 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Pronated means palm faced down
Supinated means palm faced up
Outside is Right-side
Inside is Left-side
                                     
                                     Parry to Left-side       Parry to Right-side
                                                  (Outside)                      (Inside)

                                       Parry 3 Position          Parry 4 Postion
                                       High Pronated             High Pronated

                                       Parry 2 Position          Parry 1 Position
                                       Low, Pronated             Low, Pronated


                                       Parry 6 Position          Parry 5 Postion
                                       High Supinated           High Supinated

                                       Parry 8 Position          Parry 7 Position
                                       Low, Supinated           Low, Supinated


Most basic simple parry stop hit or parry riposte

Normal Left Parry and Circular of 6th parry (do a clockwise circular movement at the parry 6 position)


Epee Parry (Take the blade, clockwise circular parry) and attack (Riposte, retort or reattack)

Parry no.4 and flick riposte hit on opponent back shoulder



Clockwise Circular Parry (Circular 6: looks like drawing a 6), backward retreat and stop hit




Advance Move


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It Came Upon A Midnight Clear. G Chord. (Lyrics and Chords)

It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
written by Edmund H. Sears, Richard S. Willis
and Jack Schroeder
Original Key: G#/Ab (Male Singer)
Key Signature: D  (Female Singer)  Key Signature: G (Male Singer)    
Time Signature: 6/8 or 3/4    

Verse 1
    G         C        G            G
It came u-pon a midnight clear
         C           C          D 
That glorious song of old
          G        C           G           G
From angels bending near the earth
     C                D7         G
To touch their harps of gold

          B7       B7             Em      Em
Peace on the earth good will to men
          D                 A7         D 
From heaven's all gracious King
       G            C          G           G         
The world in solemn stillness lay
      C           D7      G
To hear the angels sing

Verse 2
        G                C          G              G
Still through the cloven skies they come
         C            C             D
With peaceful wings un-furled
        G            C             G        G
And still their heavenly music floats
          C        D7      G
Over all the weary world

    B7          B7        Em    Em
A-bove its sad and lowly plains
         D           A7          D
They bend on hovering wing
        G     C          G        G
And ever over its Babel sounds
       C           D7      G
The blessed angels sing

Verse 3
    G       C                G           G
O ye be-neath life's crushing load
            C              C           D
Whose forms are bending low
         G       C           G            G
Who toil a-long the climbing way
         C          D7           G
With painful steps and slow

          B7         B7         Em      Em
Look now for glad and golden hours
           D         A7      D     
Come swiftly on the wing
    G          C          G        G
O rest be-side the weary road
        C           D7      G
And hear the angels sing

It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
written by Edmund H. Sears, Richard S. Willis
and Jack Schroeder
Original Key: G#/Ab (Male Singer)
Key Signature: D  (Female Singer)  Key Signature: G (Male Singer)       
Time Signature: 6/8 or 3/4

Verse 1
It came u-pon a midnight clear

That glorious song of old
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold
Peace on the earth good will to men
From heaven's all gracious King     
The world in solemn stillness lay
To hear the angels sing

Verse 2
Still through the cloven skies they come
With peaceful wings un-furled
And still their heavenly music floats
Over all the weary world
Above its sad and lowly plains
They bend on hovering wing
And ever over its Babel sounds
The blessed angels sing

Verse 3
O ye be-neath life's crushing load
Whose forms are bending low
Who toil a-long the climbing way
With painful steps and slow
Look now for glad and golden hours
Come swiftly on the wing
O rest be-side the weary road
And hear the angels sing

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Key: G Shape (Original Key: A (Male Singer)

Key: G Shape

Silver Bells. G Chord. (Lyrics and Chords)

Silver Bells

(Chords Simplified for Beginners)

Key Signature: C  (Male Singer)   Original key Signature: G (Female Singer)   
Time Signature: 3/4 or 6/8

Verse 1

        G                        G

City sidewalks, busy sidewalks

                  C            C

Dressed in Holiday style

           D                D7           G               G

In the air there's a feeling of Christmas

               G                         G

Children laughing, people passing

              C                C

Meeting smile after smile

             D                D7              G       G

And on every street corner you hear

Chorus

           G       G           C       C

Silver bells,      silver bells

D                     D7             G      G

It's Christmas-time in the city

G                 G    C                     C

Ring-a-ling,       hear them ring

        D                D7                  G     D7

And Soon it will be Christmas day

Verse 2

                 G                           G

Strings of street lights, even stop lights

             C                     C

Blink a bright red and green

            D                  D7                     G              G

As the shoppers run home with their treasures

              G                                G

Hear the snow crunch, see the kids bunch

            C                C

This is Santa's big scene

          D                D7             G        G

And above all the bustle you hear...

[Repeat Chorus]

Silver Bells

Key Signature: C  (Male Singer)   Original key Signature: G (Female Singer)    
Time Signature: 3/4 or 6/8

Verse 1

City sidewalks, busy sidewalks

Dressed in Holiday style

In the air there's a feeling of Christmas

Children laughing, people passing

Meeting smile after smile

And on every street corner you hear

Chorus
Silver bells, silver bells

It's Christmas-time in the city

Ring-a-ling, hear them ring

Soon it will be Christmas day

Verse 2

Strings of street lights, even stop lights

Blink a bright red and green

As the shoppers run home with their treasures

Hear the snow crunch, see the kids bunch

This is Santa's big scene

And above all the bustle you hear...

[Repeat Chorus]

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Jingle Bell Rock. G Chord. (Lyrics and Chords)

Jingle Bell Rock

Youtube Key: D

Key Signature: D   Key Signature: G   
Time Signature: 4/4  

Verse 1

| G          -     D         -   | G6       -     ^G   -

  Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock

| G           -    Dmaj7    -  | Am        -    ^D7   -

  Jingle bells swing   and  jingle bells ring

| Am           -       D7         -     | Am        -  ^D7   -

  Snowing    and blowing    up bushels of fun

| A    -          Em7     -  | Am  -  ^D7   -

     Now the jingle hop  has be-gun

Verse 2

| G          -     D         -   | G6       -     ^G   -

  Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock

| G           -    Bm      -  | Am      -    ^D7   -

  Jingle bells chime in   jingle bell time

| Am      -          D7      -      | Am       -     ^D7       -

  Dan-cing and pran-cing in Jingle Bell Square

| Am  -         D     -     | G   -   G7

        In  the fros-ty air

Chorus

     -     | C        -          -   -       | Cm   -         -   -

What a  bright   time,    it's the right    time

   | G     D7   C      D7         | Gmaj7   -   G7

To rock the  night a  -  way

  -       | A     -        Em7  -   | A          -         A7   -

Jin-gle bell    time         is a    swell    time

| D       -   Am7     -    | D   D7               D  D7

     To go gliding in a one-horse sleigh

| G          -   A           -    | G6           -    ^G   -

  Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet

| G        -  Bm7    -  | E7     -   -   -

  Jingle a-round the  clock

| C       -        -       -      | Cm   -            -   -

  Mix and mingle in the jin-gling beat   (2^nd time to Ending)

| A           -       D           -  | G     -   -   -

    That's    the jin-gle bell  rock

(Repeat Verse 2 then Repeat Chorus)

Ending

| Am           -       D           -  | Am           -       D           -

       That's    the jin-gle bell       That's    the jin-gle bell

| Am           -       D           -  | G     -   -   -

       That's    the jin-gle bell  rock

Jingle Bell Rock

(Chords Simplified for Beginner)

Key Signature: D   Key Signature: G   
Time Signature: 4/4

Verse

G

Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock

G                                   Am              ^D

Jingle Bells swing and Jingle Bells ring

Am                  ^D              Am           ^D

Snowing, and blowing up bushels of fun

A                ^D            Am     ^D

   Now the Jingle hop has begun

G

Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock

G                                Am             ^D

Jingle Bells chime in Jingle Bell time

Am                ^D               Am            ^D

Dancing and prancing in Jingle Bell Square

Am         D       G

    In the frosty air

Chorus

             C                             C

What a bright time, it's the right time

      G

To rock the night away

           A                   A

Jingle Bell time is a swell time

      D                     D

To go gliding in a one-horse sleigh

G                                  G

Giddy up jingle horse, pick up your feet

G                          E

Jingle around the clock

C                                  C

Mix and a mingle to a jinglin' beat

A                 ^D             G

   That's the Jingle Bell rock

Outro

A                 ^D             A                 ^D

   That's the Jingle Bell    That's the Jingle Bell

A                 ^D          G

   That's the Jingle Bell rock

Jingle Bell Rock
Key Signature: D   Key Signature: G   
Time Signature: 4/4

Verse 1

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring
Snowing and blowing up bushels of fun
Now the jingle hop has begun

Verse 2

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time
Dancing and prancing in Jingle Bell Square
In the frosty air.

Chorus

What a bright time, it's the right time
To rock the night away

Jingle bell time is a swell time
To go gliding in a one-horse sleigh
Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet
Jingle around the clock

Mix and mingle in the jin-gling beat   (2^nd time to Ending)

That's the jingle bell rock

(Repeat Verse 2 then Repeat Chorus)

Ending

That's the jingle bell, That's the jingle bell

That's the jingle bell rock

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Deck the Halls. G Chord. (Lyrics and Chords)

Deck the Halls

Key Signature: D     Key Signature: G

Time Signature: 4/4

Verse 1

G                             Em

Deck the halls with boughs of holly,

D7        G         G  D G

Fa la la la la, la la la la

G                    Em

Tis the season to be jolly,

D7        G         G  D G

Fa la la la la, la la la la

D7                       G

Don we now our gay apparel,

G        Em         D A7 D

Fa la la la la, la la  la  la

G                         Em

Troll the ancient Yuletide carol,

C          G         G  D7 G

Fa la la la la, la la  la  la

Verse 2

G                       Em

See the blazing Yule before us,

D7        G         G  D G

Fa la la la la, la la la la

G                            Em

Strike the harp and join the chorus,

D7        G         G  D G

Fa la la la la, la la la la

D7                  G

Follow me in merry measure,

G        Em         D A7 D

Fa la la la la, la la  la  la

G                       Em

While I tell the Yuletide treasure,

C          G         G  D7 G

Fa la la la la, la la  la  la

Verse 3

G                    Em

Fast away the old year passes,

D7        G         G  D G

Fa la la la la, la la la la

G                        Em

Hail the new, ye lads and lasses,

D7        G         G  D G

Fa la la la la, la la la la

D7                     G

Sing we joyous all together,

G        Em         D A7 D

Fa la la la la, la la  la  la

G                       Em

Heedless of the wind and weather,

C          G         G  D7 G

Fa la la la la, la la  la  la

Ending

C          G         G  D7 G

Fa la la la la, la la  la  la

Deck the Halls

(Chords Simplified for Beginners)

Key Signature: D     Key Signature: G     
Time Signature: 4/4

Verse 1

G                             G

Deck the halls with boughs of holly,

C              G          D     G

Fa la la la la…  la la la la

G                     G

Tis the season to be jolly,

C              G          D     G

Fa la la la la…  la la la la

D                         G

Don we now our gay apparel,

G              Em           D

Fa la la… la la, la… la  la  la

G                         G

Troll the ancient Yuletide carol,

C              G          D       G

Fa la la la la…, la la  la  la

Verse 2

G                       G

See the blazing Yule before us,

C              G          D     G

Fa la la la la…  la la la la

G                            G

Strike the harp and join the chorus,

C              G          D     G

Fa la la la la…  la la la la

D                   G

Follow me in merry measure,

G              Em           D

Fa la la… la la, la… la  la  la

G                       G

While I tell the Yuletide treasure,

C              G          D       G

Fa la la la la…, la la  la  la

Verse 3

G                    G

Fast away the old year passes,

C              G          D     G

Fa la la la la…  la la la la

G                        G

Hail the new, ye lads and lasses,

C              G          D     G

Fa la la la la…  la la la la

D                       G

Sing we joyous all together,

G              Em           D

Fa la la… la la, la… la  la  la

G                       G

Heedless of the wind and weather,

C              G          D       G

Fa la la la la…, la la  la  la

Ending

C              G          D       G

Fa la la la la…, la la  la  la a

(Repeat 2 times)

Deck the Halls

Key Signature: D     Key Signature: G     
Time Signature: 4/4

Verse 1

Deck the halls with boughs of holly,

Fa la la la la, la la la la

Tis the season to be jolly,

Fa la la la la, la la la la

Don we now our gay apparel,

Fa la la la la, la la  la  la

Troll the ancient Yuletide carol,

Fa la la la la, la la  la  la

Verse 2

See the blazing Yule before us,

Fa la la la la, la la la la

Strike the harp and join the chorus,

Fa la la la la, la la la la

Follow me in merry measure,

Fa la la la la, la la   la  la

While I tell the Yuletide treasure,

Fa la la la la, la la  la  la

Verse 3

Fast away the old year passes,

Fa la la la la, la la la la

Hail the new, ye lads and lasses,

Fa la la la la, la la la la

Sing we joyous all together,

Fa la la la la, la la  la  la

Heedless of the wind and weather,

Fa la la la la, la la  la  la

Ending

Fa la la la la, la la  la  la

(Repeat 2 times)


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