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Juniors Central

When
Tuesday 18:15-19:30

Where
Bristol Grammar School Sports Hall

Weapons
Foil & Sabre

Who
Fencers aged 7-18. Fencers aged 14+ are expected to join the performance programme and/or start transitioning to the senior sessions.

What
A fully coached fencing session for younger fencers. Sessions start with a whole club warm-up, usually followed by footwork in weapon-specific groups. The remainder of the session is a combination of group work, pairs exercises, sparring practice and individual lessons, all run by our experienced coaching team. Tha main aim of the session is to help our fencers develop in a fun and nurturing environment with an appropriate level of challenge to keep them engaged and promote learning.

Coaches
Foil: Joseph Pearce, Glen Golding, Richard Bernstein, Ben Priestley & Madison Pearce
Sabre: Nathaniel Lewis & Daniel Wide

Performance Programme

For fencers who are regularly competing and/or who are 14+ we run a performance programme alongside the regular junior training. For more details on the performance programme, please see here.

Wheelchair Fencing

We have the facilities at our central location to be able to offer wheelchair fencing. Please see our wheelchair fencing page here for more details.

Beginner Courses

We run junior beginner courses at our central location periodically throughout the year. The weapon taught during the beginner’s course alternates every course, but there are opportunities to try the other weapon later in the year for experienced fencers. Each beginner’s course lasts for 6 weeks and teaches your child everything required to join the club afterwards and continue their fencing journey, should they wish to. All the necessary equipment is provided. For further details, please see our Junior Beginner Courses page here.