| Place the foil or epee blade in the vise, with the wire side closest, and point down. |
| The young visitors were shown the basics of stage fighting and were able to feel for themselves what it is like to fence with a sabre or epee. |
| Tonight, the South Korean fencer Lam Shin staged a seventy-minute sit-in after losing, in a controversial judgment, the semi-final of the women's epee contest. |
| He was 17 when he competed at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, winning a gold medal as part of the Italian epee team. |
| Use more pressure when setting epee barrels, as these are less likely to split, and are subjected to much greater stresses during fencing. |
| When wiring an epee blade, connect one lead to the blade, then test the other against each blade wire in turn. |
