Fencing:Conventions
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Conventions
- Combatants are to be authorized by their home kingdom prior to competing in any tournament or melee, and may use only those weapons and defensive objects for which they have been authorized. Combatants may participate in practices without having been authorized by their home kingdom, provided they inform the presiding marshal of their non-authorized status. Kingdoms may establish additional restrictions for visiting fighters.
- Upon hearing the call of "Hold" all fighting shall immediately stop. The fighters shall freeze, check for hazards in their immediate vicinity, and then assume a non-threatening position with their weapons pointed away from their opponents. Any person may call a hold, including the combatant(s), marshal, or bystander. Holds are to be called for any safety reason. Holds are not to be called for the loss of a weapon unless that weapon may be a tripping hazard.