Ouch!!
I may be new to this whole fencing thing, but damn, the poor guys(so far), in foil fencing the groin area is an acceptable target. I learned this as I watched one guy get it, and then find out that it counts as a hit, that musta hurt a little, but what do I care, I did the same thing to the same guy later on. But it was his own fault you see, he was holding his foil low and so I had to defend low. Now, when you're holding the foil low, the closest target is of course this precious area, I was nice and explained this to him. So I never saw him get hit low again, he learns quickly, good for him!! :D