Getting started
Being a fencer means you compete or fence against other people. This is done through two means individual lessons and group sessions.
The simplest way I have found to explain this is like learning a foreign language. Individual lessons teach vocabulary and simple phrases. Group sessions are like talking to people, how to use the words to get something done.
If a student just takes individual lessons he is learning skills but that is not fencing. It is boring as there is no application for these skills and they quite after a couple months.
If a fencer just shows up to a group session, it’s hard to fence when you know only a few skills.The analogy in language could be, able to ask about how to get to the airport but have no idea how to order food. You are rather limited.
Again, good fencing and skill comes from a balance of lessons and application of lessons in group training. Lastly, based on experience almost no one learns anything doing it one day a week.
In every instance, we will have all the equipment you will need. Just wear clothes you can sweat in and tennis type shoes.
Fees
We bill our lessons and group classes with a punchcard. The punchcard is $240 and is good for six sessions. A lesson or a group is considered as a punch.
Discount
There is a discount fee for fencers that are training a two times a week or more and need a similar level of lessons. We aim for dedicated and skilled students. If this is your goal also, we can help with teaching and lesson costs. Please talk to a coach about this and whether or not it would fit your needs.
Register
To register for classes, either click the button below or call us at (303) 641-6557.
Individual Lessons
This is training at your skill and your speed and meeting your needs, in a way that can’t be done in any group setting.
A fencer could begin with individual lessons. It is recommended for anyone that is twelve or older as the open training sessions are more focused on doing fencing and less on basic fundamental skills.
Kinderfechten
This is fencers usually age eight to twelve.
It meets 4:00 to 5:30. It’s fine if you have to arrive a bit late because of travel from school or a bit early to leave to make other appointments. The necessary equipment to begin fencing is in the club.
The Kinderfechten is where we get most beginner fencers and they come into a class predominantly not individual lessons. So each session is half learning the basic skills and then fencing others with those skills. On Monday and Wednesday at 3 to 4 pm the coach will have office hours to help fencers with their individual needs. Fencers wanting to learn faster or catch up more than can be provided by the “office hours” will take lessons.
Kinderfechten sessions start at the beginning of each month and run for 4 weeks. You can purchase them online or email the coach at ncfboulder@gmail.com to register and pay in person.
Open Training
Meets 6:30 to 9:30 Monday to Thursday. This session is for fencer twelve years old and older, it is for younger fencers with more skills and experiences than should be in Kinderfechten. Equipment will be provided for new fencers until these fencers decide if this is a sport for them and begin to get their own equipment.
Open training will have fencers that are beginners and those that have trained for six or more years. Therefore, its purpose is more about teaching how to fence or compete and not fundamental bladework skills. So everyone should be taking individual lessons to improve those skills.