Image: Umbrella Fencing at a steampunk event in Essex. Photo by Barry Parsons
Each player is given an umbrella and a specially modified kitchen sieve face mask. Two tennis balls are placed on each kitchen sieve as shown in the photo above. For safety's sake, the sieve must be held in front of the face at all times. It's a tricky game to play. The trick is to knock off both tennis balls from your opponent's face mask without losing of dropping your own. But don't get too lively, or your tennis balls might fall off first on their own accord, without the intervention of your opponent's umbrella. You must keep control of your own tennis balls whilst attacking your opponents. The loser is contestant the who's tennis ball drop first.