Lindenwoods Youth Fencing Club Competitive Beginner Foil 

A progamme for Competitve Beginner fencers on Mondays and Wednesdays  5:00-6:00 pm. (ages 8-12) .  Take the building blocks learned in Foil Fencing and expand your actions on the piste and understanding of the rules.
Advanced enrollment required; intake in September and January every year. $200 per session includes $50 equipment rental fee.

Location: Lindenwoods Community Centre MPR Room

• Fall Session: 2026 September 14 – December 16 ($200)
• Winter Session 1: 2027 January 11 – March 24 ($150)
• Winter Session 2: 2027 March 31 – May 26 ($150)

Competitive Beginner Foil Program :
Footwork:
jump forward, jump backward, fleche, advance, retreat, lunge.

Technical Elements:
compound attacks, circular parries, octave parry, direct attack on preparation, counter ripostes

Preparations:
straight, engagement, body feint

Action Plan:
offensive and defensive actions executed on the above mentioned preparations

Rules:
conventions, role of the referee

Refereeing:
referee  bouts using the correct commands and describing the actions executed

Testing:
None