Corps a corps, literally meaning "body to body" in
French, is the term for bodily contact between two
fencers in modern
fencing.
Whenever
corps a corps occurs, the
referee must stop the bout. Furthermore, in
foil and
sabre corps a corps is forbidden and punishable by a
yellow card for the
fencer who caused the contact. In
epee,
corps a corps is allowed as long as the opponent is not jostled, and only then is a
yellow card given. In all three weapons,
corps a corps to avoid a touch is forbidden.