The Denver Fencing Center offers more than 15 classes a week in Denver in all three weapons for both youth (ages 8 to 14)and adult (ages 15+) fencers. Our classes provide a great place to learn to fencing. Through these classes, we can take a student of any age who knows nothing about fencing and turn them into a good recreational or competitive fencer. Class Cost: One Saturday class cost $60 for a four week session, plus $30 session equipment rental fee(if necessary). The Saturday classes are longer than our weekday classes. Two weekly classes costs $100 for a six week session, plus the $30 session equipment rental fee(if necessary). If you would like to visit our open fencing session, the cost is $10 per session (equipment rental is $5 or free if you are currently taking a class). Many of the fencers opt for our silver membership which cost $100 a month. This membership allow them to attend all classes and any open fencing sessions. Please read the Memberships section for more details. If you would like to see the classes listed out by days of the week, check out the Schedule page. Beginner Classes: Description: Beginner Fencing class teaches a student the fundamentals of how to fence. The student learns the rules, techniques, and terminology of the sport of fencing. The class covers footwork, blade drills, and fencing with electric scoring equipment. The weekday fencing classes covers all three weapons of fencing: foil, epee, and sabre in six week course. Our weekend Ongoing Youth Beginner Foil teaches the basic to beginners while giving the slightly experienced students different skills to work on in a four week course. Many of the fencers travel long distances to attend these Saturday classes and that is why we follow this ongoing enrollment model.
Foil Classes:
David Johanson scores with a fleche on John Luke Bucuvalas
The Foil Skills class teaches advanced attacks, counterattacks, infighting, and other important foil skills to make the fencer more knowledgeable to the variety of actions performed while fencing. This class teaches situational tactics on when to uses these skills. The class builds muscle memory within the individual fencer so that actions become faster and more instinctive. The Intermediate Foil classes also teach tempo, distance, landing an attack, timing, bout control, and other techniques that drive a fencers' success. This class teaches different techniques that will give a fencer better sense of how to win a bout.
Epee Classes
Alex Axford bend his blade around Reid Doyle's bell to score a touche in epee. Intermediate Epee Class The Epee class teaches basic attacks, counterattacks, binds, and other important epee skills to make the fencer more knowledgeable to the variety of actions performed while fencing. This class teaches situational tactics on when to uses these skills. The class builds muscle memory within the individual fencer so that actions become faster and more instinctive.
Saber Classes
Reid Doyle scores a touche in the 2009 U.S. Fencing Summer Nationals. He goes onto win the bout 5-4.
Intermediate Sabre Class The Intermediate Sabre classes teach basic en guarde, attacks, cuts, parry-ripostes, and other important sabre skills to make the fencer more knowledgeable to the variety of actions performed while fencing. This class teaches situational tactics on when to uses these skills. The class builds muscle memory within the individual fencer so that actions become faster and more instinctive.
Homeschool Classes The Denver Fencing Center currently works with different groups of home school children to offer fencing as their P.E. class. Other home school children take class at the Center during normal after-school times. If you like to set up a private class or would like us to teach fencing to your home school class or group, please contact us at: classesATdenverfencingcenter.com
Golden Classes We offer many of the great fencing classes in Golden now! Click on Golden Classes for more details.
Frequently Asked Questions 1. What do I wear to a fencing class? Wear a comfortable cotton t-shirt or sweatshirt, a long pants (thick sweat pants are ideal) and athletic shoes. The Denver Fencing Center does have bathrooms to make clothing changes. 2. How old does my child need to be to start fencing? We generally recommend that your child start around age 8 for our Youth Classes. Usually at this age, they are able to get into winter clothing (similar to the fencing gear) by themselvers, coordinate their hands and their feet together, and have the concentration to attend a one hour to an hour and a half class. U.S Fencing competitions youngest age group is ages 10 and under. If you would like your child to start earlier, we do run a program at DFC Golden called Musketeers for kids ages 6 to 8 to try out the sport in a supportive environment. 3. If the online registration doesn't work? Just give us a call at (303)922-7288 or drop by the club. We will email the forms or give you the forms to fill out, take your payment, and you will be all set for your fencing class. 4. What is refund policy? Denver Fencing Center will give a refund prior to the start of the class, if you are unable to attend. Once a class session has started, you will receive credits for later session. If we have to cancel a class, we will provide a refund for the classes cancelled. 5. What is your class make-up policy? If you miss a class, we allow you to make it up by taking a similar class during the same class session. We offer over 15 different classes along with 15 other classes in Golden. So if you miss a class in week two of the session, you can take two classes in week three. We make it very easy to catch back up with your fencing. 6. What is the equipment rental fee and what does it cover? The equipment rental fee covers all of the fencing gear that you use during your class: mask, underarm, jacket, glove, chest protector (women), lame, body cord and a foil, epee, or saber. We charge $30 for every session of four to six week set of classes if you do not have this equipment. If you have the non-electric fencing equipment: mask, jacket, glove, underarm, chest protector (women), then we will drop the fee to $15. Nearly all beginners will need to rent equipment, while experienced fencers usually have some sub-set of equipment. 6. What does it cost to get all of the equipment used in the class? The equipment, depending on the weapon, will run from $250 to $500. We rent the equipment so people can try out the sport for a significant amount of time before outlaying the investment. We find that many parents appreciate the option of renting till their child is 100% vested in the sport. 7. Do you sell equipment? Is is cheaper through you or online? Yes, we have a store at our Denver location that stocks most major fencing items. We can order and have the item with a week or two based upon shipping and vendor availability. The cost of the equipment is about the same. We get a little of a volume discount, but we have to charge you local Sales Tax. So online ordering vs. DFC retail ends up being roughly the same price.
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