Goofballupagus, just to mend a misconception that you seem to share with many people about the protocols of the sport of fencing:   It is NOT the fencer scoring the touch who calls "Touché!" It is considered discourteous and quite bad form to claim scoring a point.

Fencing is very much a game of honor and courtesy, to the point where many experienced fencers claim that they can get real clues as to a person's character, intelligence, and honesty by the way they conduct themselves in a fencing match. I've found this to be true.

It is for the fencer who has been score against to announce that he or she has been touched by calling "Touché!" which is "Touched" in French (much of the language associated with fencing is French, although many Italian terms are used also).

A fencer who claims touches and who doesn't acknowledge touches generally winds up standing a corner somewhere because no one wants to fence with him or her.

Just thought I would instruct you in a few of the courtesies of the sport.

Don Firth

P. S. Now back to our regular screaming match.