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• Your child's first fencing class, step by step From the phone call to the end of the free class: what to bring, what we lend you, and what comes next. 4 min read
• How much does fencing cost in Austin? Every price in one table, what is free, and a first year worked out for a 7 to 11 year old. 6 min read
• At what age can a child start fencing? From age 4 at our club: each age group, the Saturday class for 4 to 6, and late starters. 5 min read
• Is fencing good for kids? What fencing asks of a child, what it can give, and what no sport can honestly promise. 5 min read
• Is fencing safe for children? What the mask, jacket and glove are for, why blades cannot cut, and an honest word about bruises. 4 min read
• Is fencing good for a shy child? The mask, one partner at a time, small steps: what a quiet child meets at the first class. 4 min read
• Is fencing good for a child with ADHD? What research on sport and attention says, the one small fencing study, and what a class asks of a child. 6 min read
• What sports can a 5 year old play? What 4 to 6 year olds are ready for, the sports that suit the age, and how to judge a class. 4 min read
• How to start fencing: the first three months The first class, the first month with lent kit, how often to train, and what three months cost. 5 min read
• What a beginner needs, and what to buy later What to bring, what we lend, what renting costs after month one, and when to buy your own kit. 4 min read
• Which group is right for my child? Every group by age, with days, times and prices, and how often to train at the start. 3 min read
• Sabre, foil and épée: what is the difference? How you score in each weapon, what right of way means, and which weapon a child should start with. 5 min read
• Is fencing real sword fighting? What is real about fencing, how it differs from films and lightsabers, and what we teach. 4 min read
• Starting fencing as an adult The Wednesday evening class for adults 19 and over: what it costs, how to start, and your first month. 4 min read
• How fencing ratings work, and your first tournament What U, E and A23 mean, how a first rating is earned, membership, age groups and a first event. 6 min read
• Is fencing an Olympic sport? At every Summer Games since 1896: the weapons, the 12 events and how Olympic bouts are scored. 3 min read
• Fencing and college: what the numbers say NCAA team counts, the championship field, the scholarship rules and the college teams nearest Austin, with sources. 6 min read
• Summer fencing camps for kids in Austin June and August day camps, 9 AM to 2 PM, ages 6 to 18, $450 a week with kit for beginners. 3 min read
• Fencing for homeschool families in Austin Evening group classes by age, daytime private lessons by request, and how to start. 3 min read
• Is fencing hard to learn? What a beginner can do after one class, one month and a few months, and what takes years. 4 min read
• Fencing rules for beginners: how a bout works The strip, the commands, touches and time, the cards, pools and direct elimination. 5 min read
• Fencing or martial arts: which suits your child? Contact, kit, rules, ranks and self-defence: how fencing and martial arts differ for a child. 4 min read
• Individual sports for kids who don't like team sports Swimming, tennis, gymnastics, martial arts, climbing, running and fencing, and what each asks. 3 min read
• Sports for a 12 or 13 year old who is starting late What to look for in a sport for a teen beginner, and why fencing suits late starters. 3 min read
• Is fencing good exercise? Fencing as vigorous activity by the official tables, what a class asks of the body, and the adult class. 4 min read
• Fencing vs tennis, soccer and chess Team or solo, indoors or out, contact, effort and cost, side by side. 4 min read
• Is fencing a good sport for girls? Same weapons and rules, half the Olympic events, more NCAA women's teams than men's. 3 min read
• Sabre fencing for beginners: the first skills The stance, footwork, the lunge, parry and riposte, and the rules special to sabre. 4 min read
• Fencing terms for parents En garde, allez, halt, touché, lunge, parry, riposte and the other words you hear first. 4 min read
• Is fencing a team sport? One-on-one bouts, team relays to 45 touches, and training in a group. 3 min read
• Does height or being left-handed help in fencing? What studies found about left-handers and height in fencing, and why sabre is different. 3 min read
• After-school sports in Northwest Austin: fitting one in Class times by age, homework, Saturday mornings, and where to park and find the door. 3 min read