You must not attack until an engagement has been formed.
Touches on any part are counted good.
You must not hit after you are touched, but recover to the first
position and acknowledge the hit.
After each hit, both men should go to their original ground, and form a
fresh engagement before renewing the assault.
When a man leads off with proper quickness, the other should guard
before returning. Should he not do so, the hit belongs to the one who
led off.
When two men lead off together and both hit, neither hit is counted.
When the Remise or Redouble and Return are made together, the hit
belongs to the one making the Return.
If the Stop Thrust is not made in sufficient time to prevent the attack
being delivered, the hit counts to the one making the attack.
A hit is counted good after a disarmament, if given immediately after
and before there is time to think.