Intermediate Program
AGES
6+
DURATION
6 – 12 months
The Intermediate Fencing session is tailored for children who have completed the Beginners program or the Beginner Fencing Summer Camp. This program includes more advanced technical and tactical training and introduces additional time for physical conditioning to enhance fencing skills such as agility, speed, strength, endurance, coordination, and stretching. There is also an increase in training duration by 30 minutes and an increase in the number of training sessions.
Participants will focus on:
- Enhancing hand and footwork.
- Achieving superior distance management
- Developing technical proficiency
- Increasing usage of electric fencing gear
- Deepening their grasp of fencing regulations
- Engaging more in paired fencing drills
- Strengthening both offensive and defensive techniques
- Gaining an understanding of fencing strategies
- Improvement of the athlete’s physical attributes
Structure
The program includes a significant increase in both training frequency and duration, ranging up to 4 sessions per week, each lasting 1.5 hours. Additionally, participants have the opportunity to fence on Saturdays during Open Fencing Bouts for all levels starting from Intermediate and above starts at 10am to 3 pm.
- warm-ups,
- stretching,
- sports games,
- functional physical exercises,
- paired drills,
- target practice,
- tactical and technical training,
- more time dedicated to fencing with electronic equipment.
Equipment
At this level, you must have your own fencing equipment.
Important Notes
We highly recommend that you purchase all fencing equipment that gonna cost under 500$. The lifespan of which depends on how well it’s cared for, but on average, it lasts between 3. Additionally, at this level, it is necessary to acquire membership in EFA (Eminence Fencing Academy) and USA Fencing to officially participate in competitions. Information about USA members can be found there (usafencing.org). You don’t need to purchase everything in one day; you can buy them gradually. We will explain and guide you on how to do it, making it cost-effective and affordable. At this level, we hope that the fencer will be taking a minimum of 2 Individual lessons per month, but ideally, we recommend 1 Individual lesson per week. Maximum 2 Individual lessons per week of 20 min each.
Program Cost
4 times per week
$250/month
USA Fencing member
$29-99/year
Member of EFA
$220/year
