Lame
Also known as the electric jacket. This is a lightweight metallic skillet worn over the padded jacket. This jacket also indicates the target area used in foil fencing. This metallic jacket is used only in electric fencing. The jacket itself when hit by an opponent using an electric foil will set off a light on the electrical scoring box to show the fencers and the referee that a touch has been made.

Body Wire
This is a wire that connects the electric foil via the fencer to the electrical scoring box. The body wire is feed through the fencers glove from the foil and up the arm and out the back of the jacket. This is then connected to the electric box and also hooked up to the back of the fencer so that no wires are hanging to cause a trip hazard.

See also:

Protective Clothing
Fencing Weapons
Glossary Of Terms

Last updated on 2007-10-20 by Fighting Fit Fencing