Video Overview
📘 Rules Short Version
For quick reference you can use the
Short Version of the Tournament Rules and Changes.
📘 Ruleset Version 2026
This tournament follows the official DDHF Bolognese Ruleset v2.1.
We are using option 4 of the scoring system.
📘 Framework Ruleset
This tournament follows the official
DDHF Framework Ruleset v6.0.
• Most important metric: “Survival points” which are clean exchanges without receiving a hit.
• In the pool phase, everyone competes indirectly against all other participants. Ranking is based on survival points.
• Aim to collect as many survival points as possible from every bout, even if you have already won the match.
• Only the fencers with the highest number of survival points advance to the elimination round.
• In the elimination round, match victories decide progression, but survival points remain the primary metric within each bout.
• Afterblows/ double hits are allowed. Afterblow: only one tempo and one step.
• We use scoring system 4. Head or torso hits score 3 points. All other valid hits score 1 point.