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Gold Blade Fencing offers a wide variety of classes, camps, special programs, and private lessons for fencers of all ages and abilities.

You will find detailed information for each class below, however, if you have any questions, click at the top on Contact Us and we'll be glad to answer your questions. 

 

 
 

 

MEMBERSHIP

*Individual $85 per month
*Family $115 per month
*One time administration fee $25
*10% discount on 6 month and 12 month prepayments
*Membership gives you unlimited access to the club during normal business hours and allows for participation in:
     Footwork Skills sessions (Tues and Thurs 6:30-7:00pm)
    Group instructions
    Fitness and Strategy discussions
    Open Fencing - Open Fencing is the term used where you fence other members that are at the club at the same time for practice, skills and techniques development, or just for the fun of fencing. Open fencing allows anyone at any level to work with others either on the same skill level or more advanced levels if desired.
     Mock Tournaments which allow fencing experience, and teach tournament rules and how they operate.
     Gold Blade Skills Academy sessions (see below section about GBFC SA)
     Access to Coaches for Private Lessons (lessons are scheduled and paid for directly with the coach) but typically run $20 for a 20 minute lesson.

BEGINNER CLASS:

*$100 for 6 sessions
*All equipment provided
*Ages 9 thru adult
*New classes begin the 1st Friday of each month
*Consists of 6 consecutive sessions on Fridays from 6-7:30 pm
*This 6 session class teaches basic fencing skills with hands on equipment use, fencing footwork skills, rules of fencing "bouts", and fencing of "bouts" with other beginners.

The beginner class is designed to give you the opportunity to determine if fencing is the sport for you and if you want to continue with fencing either just for fun and fitness, or competitively.

 

GOLD BLADE SKILLS ACADEMY:

*One time Skills Academy fee $25
*Skills Academy sessions are conducted during normal business hours.

Since the times vary, they are posted at the club prior to each sesssion.
The Gold Blade Skills Academy is a copyrighted program that consists of Three (3) Levels of classes; Gold, Silver and Bronze.
Each level has a very specific set of skills to be mastered over a series of 12 sessions.
At the end of each Level a skills test must be completed in order to advance to the next level.
A patch is awarded for each Level completed by a fencer.
After all three levels are completed the fencer(s) are recognized in an awards ceremony and presented with a small gold blade saber knife.

 

 

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