| Fun and Fitness |
| The young and not so young |
| Competitive results or social fitness |
| Club fun to national team |
| We use the national armband colour system (see here for info) |
| Group learning |
| How to move around, forwards and backwards and attacking your opponent |
| How to hold and manipulate the foil |
| How to attach and how to defend |
| How to score points |
| Simple tactics |
| Bouting and keeping score |
| Basic refereeing - watching to see who scores a hit |
| Learning the lingo - fencing has a descriptive language of its own |
For the 2011 - 2012 Fencing Season, our introductory Yellow level programme starts at $185 per semester
For second year athletes, the Orange level programme is $320 for the full year. Semester pricing is available.
| Wednesday: |
| Thursday: |
| A mixture of Group and individual learning |
| Targeting the Green and Blue level armbands |
| Developing compound actions |
| Developing advanced actions |
| Learning basic refereeing skills and terminology |
| Developing basic teaching / coaching skills |
| This athlete is probably a member of the MFA squad or intermediate programme |
| or developing as an aide moniteur coach |
These fees start at $320 per year
| Primary focus on multiple individual lessons per week |
| Targeting the Red and Black armband levels |
| Developing high level competition ability |
| Developing fluidity and integration of movement at speed |
| Developing towards certification as a referee |
| Developing towards qualification as an aide moniteur coach |
| This athlete is probably a member of the MFA intermediate or high performance programme |
| This athlete is probably competing for a spot in the national high performance programme and national team membership |