All WWD hosted tournaments require a full regulation uniform as outlined in the USFA rules of fencing. This uniform is required at all USFA sanctioned tournaments, local and national. These requirements are detailed below.

• Jacket. A regulation fencing jacket is required. Half jackets are illegal. Waist length jackets (without a cuissard and groin strap) are illegal in épée. The FIE label is not required; e.g., a modern beginner's jacket is sufficient.
• Chest protectors. Womens (and girls) are required by the rules to wear chest protection -- either "hubcaps" that fit into pockets in the jacket, or body armor. Men are not required by the rules to wear a cup.
• Plastron (underarm protector). An underarm protector is required. It need not be any particular strength, and need not have the FIE label, but it must have no overlapping seams in the underarm area. An underarm protector is required even if you have an FIE jacket (this is not the case in Canada, but is in the US).
• Knickers. Fencing pants (knickers) are required. You may not fence in shorts, jeans, sweat pants, or anything else. FIE label is not required.
• Mask. A mask which passes the 12kg punch test is required (though we do not currently perform this test). Any mask made in the past ten years or so will have been made to this standard; old masks may be unsafe and should be regarded with suspicion, especially if there is corrosion of the wire mesh or if the mesh is large and loosely woven. FIE label is not required.
• Lamé. The conductive jacket must cover the entire target area.
• Socks. Knee-length socks which meet the knickers (and stay up) are required. Socks which just cover most of the calf but leave exposed skin are not acceptable.
• Shoes. The rules say nothing about shoes, so fencing shoes are not required. Shoreline Community College (where we hold most division tournaments) does not allow black-soled shoes on their new gym floor.
• Glove. The glove must have an intact (i.e., no holes) cuff which covers approximately the lower half of the forearm.
• Body cords. You are required to have two working body cords (and for sabre, two working mask cords) at the strip. A spare which doesn't work doesn't count. A working spare across the room doesn't count. Body cords and mask cords are tested for resistance and loose connections by the armorer before the competition and marked. It is worthwhile checking your own body cords with an ohmmeter before coming to a tournament with them.
• Weapons. You are required to have two working weapons at the strip. A spare which doesn't work or doesn't pass the weight or shim tests doesn't count. A working spare across the room doesn't count. FIE or maraging blades are not required.

Failure to have any of the above is a Group I offense -- yellow card for the first offense in a bout, red card for each successive offense. Currently we pre-inspect body cords, mask cords, lamés, sabre overgloves, and sabre masks. For items which must be pre-inspected, a missing inspection mark is an immediate red card.

WWD tournaments do not require the fencer's name on the uniform. Names on uniforms (either on the back or the trailing leg) are required at all National tournaments -- NACs, Junior Olympics, and Division I and Summer National Championships.

Thanks for your cooperation in making our tournaments run smoothly and on-time, and keeping everybody safe.

Greg Jones, Tournament Co-Coordinator and Armorer