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Story: Archery, fencing, shooting and military re-enactment

Touché!

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Touché!

Wai Ling Chan and Pippi Miller fight it out in the women’s foil round of the 2012 national under-15 fencing tournament. Chan is shown landing a blow – 'Touché!' (French for ‘touched’) was the traditional cry of a fencer when hit. With the introduction of the electronic scoring system this is no longer necessary. The grey sleeveless tops worn by Chan and Miller conduct electricity, and are connected to an electronic scoring box by wires.

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Otago Daily Times

Reference: 14 April 2012, p43

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Megan Cook, Archery, fencing, shooting and military re-enactment – Fencing, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/40814/touche (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Megan Cook, published 12 February 2013, updated 1 January 2015.