| Club Membership | |
|---|---|
| 1 Year | $50.00 Family $75 |
| Special for New Members | |
| 8 group lessons & plus a 3 month membership |
$80.00 |
| 8 private lessons & plus a 3 month membership |
$140.00 |
| Club Group Lessons | |
| 8 group lessons membership required |
$85.00 |
| Private Lessons | |
| 8 lessons (15-30 minutes) membership required |
$145.00 |
| County Classes | |
| See Parktakes Magazine (available at any Fairfax County Library) | |
Exceptions and Announcements (Please Read)
Equipment provided by the club ($25 rental fee good for a year) is mask, foil and jacket. You will need a good pair of athletic shoes, sweat pants, glove, and a t-shirt to wear. Tennis/court-type shoes are the best. We discourage fencing in shorts (you can get scrapes from a miss-aimed blade), so sweat pants are recommended. Loose athletic pants (such as martial arts pants) will work too. And the t-shirt for general comfort, both inside or out of a fencing jacket.
We expect you to get your own equipment after a year of fencing. A basic starter set of fencing equipment is; protective jacket, fencing glove, mask, and "dry" (non electric) practice weapon. Cost for these varies depending upon quality (the highest level competitive equipment version can be quite expensive), but a good starter set should run $175 or slightly under. These are available with a recommended level of quality from a recommended vendor through the club. You can mail order these from a number of places on the web. This stuff is safety equipment, so you want to get it from a reputable source. Also, before fencing an opponent check out their equipment for safety before you start.
Even if the club provides basic loaner equipment and you like the sport, a lot of folks get their own equipment after a few months. That way they don't have to wonder when was the last time the protective jacket they are wearing was washed, make sure their mask fits well every time, and now have enough equipment to practice at home.
If you want to go into competition (NOTE: We have a practice tournament 2nd Friday of each month (except Dec) 7:00pm start - anyone is welcome to drop in and see what electric fencing is like), you will have to upgrade your equipment to electrical equipment, used for scoring touches. For foil, this will require getting 2 electric weapons (primary and spare), 2 body cords (to run the connection from the weapon to the scoring system), fencing pants ("knickers"), an underarm protector, and an electrically-conducting lame to designate the target area. Cost for the upgrade to electrical equipment for foil should be less than $350, if you've got reasonably good dry fencing equipment, not including a membership in the US Fencing Association, which is required for USFA tournaments ($50/year) and any tournament fee (around $10 for regular tournaments).
*Note - Prices subject to change without notice.