Featured Class: Fencing for Beginners and Advanced Beginners

The clash of steel and competitive spirit combined with the battle of the wits!

Improve agility, balance and coordination along with focus, strategy and confidence through fencing! This is Olympic style fencing is taught using the epee, a thin, light-weight sword, and electronic scoring sensors.

Beginning students will learn the rules of the sport as well as footwork, attacks, parries, responses, and how to judge matches. Advanced beginners will work with both the epee and foil and learn more advanced moves. All gear and protective equipment is provided.

Fencing for Beginners and Advanced Beginners is taught by Fencing Sports Academy of Fairfax at Compass. It is an 8-week class for students in 4th – 8th grade. New students are welcome to enroll! Fencing is taught on Wednesdays from 3:00 pm- 3:55 pm starting January 10 at Compass. Register by December 15 to get a 10% early registration discount off tuition.