Competitive Beginner Foil
A progamme for Competitve Beginner fencers on Mondays 6 – 7 pm. (ages 14- & under) . Take the building blocks learned in Foil Fencing and expand your actions on the piste and understanding of the rules.
Advance enrollment required; intake in September and January every year. $200 per session includes $50 equipment rental fee. Starts Sept 15/2025.
Competitive Beginner Foil Program :
Footwork:
jump forward, jump backward, fleche
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