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Fall Schedule, Starting August 30th

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 20:24 — Jason Dazey

Monday: Open Fencing Practice 5:30 to 8:00

Tuesday: Saber Class day
5:30 to 6:30 ages 13 and under
6:30 to 7:30 ages 14 and over

Thursday: Epee Class Day
5:30 to 6:30 Footwork (epee and saber)
6:30 to 7:30 Epee instruction

Friday: Open Fencing Practice 5:30 to 8:00

As always, if you can convince a coach to open the club on an off day, then you are welcome to practice other times.

General membership is $30 a month and includes open fencing time and any special events.

Instructive membership is $40 a month and includes all class time and open fencing time.

Private lessons are $15 for a 20 minute lesson and are arranged by appointment. Please speak with Jason if you are interested.

Tournament 8/28/10

Mon, 08/30/2010 - 15:48 — Jason Dazey

Congratulations to Paul who finished his pools with a 4-2 record. Another congratulations to Stacee for winning a hard fought DE in veteran's sabre. Unfortunately, the Direct Elimination bouts were postponed until next Saturday. Stacee and Paul will need to wait to see how they do in the elimination rounds. Please also extend your condolences to Robert. He earned at least a top 8 finish when the tournament halted. The tournament hosts have chosen not to finish the epee tournament so we will not know how many more bouts he could have won.

Sabre Class Notes, August 17, 2010

Thu, 08/19/2010 - 14:18 — StaceeE

Hello there, Sabre Crew!! Here's a recap what we worked on this week:

We started out by running through some basic footwork following. This time we added some patterns that I would call out, and you had to execute (eg. "double advance, retreat, advance, lunge). You all did a great job of listening and executing the footwork. Remember, no need to rush through the footwork warm-ups. Focus on form!!!

Finding Fencing Clubs and Instructors

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 09:41 — StaceeE

If you've moved away from Bloomington, are about to move, or are relocating temporarily, there are a couple of ways to find out where you can fence in your new place. You can always ask Jason, of course, and he's a great source of information about all things fencing. Or, you can check out the two links below.

The first is "Find a Club Where You Can Fence section of the USFA site. It's divided up by State, and is very helpful.

The other link is to the ClubList on the AskFred site. It is a list of all the clubs that are members of AskFred.

Sabre Class Notes, July 27, 2010

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 09:21 — StaceeE

Hello there, Sabre Crew!! After a brief hiatus, I'm back, and want to recap what we worked on this week. So here goes:

Jason started out by running you all through some footwork warmups, including a new version of the Glove Game. I missed most of that part of the session, but perhaps Jason can follow up with some comments on that.

The drills focused on the Riposte. We discussed Parries and Ripostes, and how it should pretty much be automatic to throw out a Riposte immediately after a Parry.

Sabre Class Notes, July 13, 2010

Wed, 07/14/2010 - 09:26 — StaceeE

Hey Sabre Crew!! Here’s a brief rundown of what we worked on this week:

We did some great footwork following, bean bag tossing, and a round of the glove game. We’re always using our feet and hands in fencing, and all of these exercises worked both.

The glove game, with its emphasis on distance and controlled footwork, went particular well. You guys were really focused, and seemed to get the most out of the game.