Wireless Epee Fencing

The HitMate Wireless Epee system was used in a fencing demonstration on the Memphis FoxNews affiliate.

Check out how it is used to demonstrate what causes a touch in epee:

This is from the story “Fencing Takes Over the University of Memphis Campus”

Fencing.Net shows a brief overview demonstration of the HitMate wireless epee system.

The Epee Hitmate brings a new freedom to fencing practice. With the electric weapon plugged into a small unit held in the pocket of your fencing pants, there is no need for cumbersome spools and floor cables. Hits are indicated on a separate floor console receiver.

The Hitmate allows a fencing club to use it as an “insta strip”, saving hours of setup and teardown time at the beginning and end of fencing practices. Priced at below $400, this is the perfect system for electric epee practice for the club that uses mixed-use facilities, or wishes to quickly utilize extra strip space for electric fencing.

Hitmate implements all the timing conventions for lockout, simultaneous hits and debounce periods, and does not indicate a hit when the weapon tip makes a touch to the opponent’s guard or a metal piste.

The set consists of two transmitting units and one receiver. Each fencer plugs their weapon into a transmitting unit which can then be put into the breeches pocket. The floor-standing receiver Console is placed on the floor.

The Console listens to radio signals from the Hitmate units and flashes red or green score lights whenever a hit is made. There’s also an audible signal.

For near-simultaneous hits occurring within a twenty-fifth of one second, the Console resolves the timing and displays Red, Green or both score lights to announce the result.

For more information on the Wireless Epee System from Hitmate, contact Fencing.Net.