Talk:Flick (fencing)

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Can someone explain the use of the pharase lock-out in the article "(such as giving fencers the ability to "lock-out" a riposte)?" Thanks. --Epeefleche 03:20, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Of course. 'Lock-out' refers to the mechanism of the electronic scoring system which disallows additional touches after a certain margin of time after the first hit. The new 2005 timings have increased the Impact Time from 1-5 ms to 13-15 ms, and decreased the blocking time (discussed above) from 750 +/-50 ms to 300 +/-25 ms. Thus, the blocking time has been effectively halved. Hope that helps to clarify. Bradybd 20:19, 25 May 2007 (UTC)