Foil Syllabi - Club Night

“The Practice Weapon Put to Practice”
Foil fundamentals for beginners and returning fencers.

1. Class Focus - body positions and holding the sword to deliver the attack.

  • Learned Positions;

    • 1st Position - En Guarde (Center Guard)

    • 2nd Position - Lunge (Long Step Attack),

  • Learned Techniques; Thrust, Recover (from Thrust), Lunge, Recover (from Lunge).

  • Partner Drills; attacking the quadrants (4,6, 7, 8)

  • (Start class with 5 minutes of Foot drills, new students can observe experienced students)

2. Class Focus - Movement as defense,

  • Learned Techniques; Advance, Retreat, Adoppio.

  • Partner Drills; Attacking Quadrants, with retreat out of range, then using adoppio to remise.

  • (Start class with 5 minutes of Foot drills, new students can observe experienced students)

3. Class Focus - Defending the Quadrants with Parries (4678).

  • Learned Techniques; Parries 4,6,7,8.

  • Partner drills, Quadrant attacks with parries, and repost, (onion drill for complexity)

  • (Start class with 5 minutes of Foot drills, new students should participate as well.)

4. Class Focus - Etiquette for Strip Fencing - what is right-of-way?

  • And why do we use it? Speed rounds with instruction.

  • (Start class with 7 minutes of Foot drills, new students should participate as well.)

5. Class Focus - Revisiting Parries,

  • Partner Drills: Quadrant attacks and P-Rs, with movement forward and back, prescribed attacks, then free attacking,

  • (Start class with 7 minutes of Foot drills, new students should participate as well.)

6. Class Focus - Managing Measure,

  •  Partner Drills: Following and Leading measuring drills, Speed Rounds

  • (Start class with 7 minutes of Foot drills, new students should participate as well.)

7. Class Focus - Refereeing:

  • Speed rounds with fencers refereeing.

  • (Start class with 7 minutes of Foot drills, new students should participate as well.)

8. Class Focus - Advance Moves??????

  • Learned Techniques; Pattinando, Balestra, High & Low Stops

  • Speed rounds with fencers refereeing.

  • (Start class with 7 minutes of Foot drills, new students should participate as well.)

9. Class Focus - TBD - Last week of the quarter,

Schedule

Monday, October 14th at 6:30 pm

Monday, October 21st at 6:30 pm

Monday, October 28th at 6:30 pm

Monday, November 4th at 6:30 pm

Monday, November 11h at 6:30 pm

Monday, November 18th at 6:30 pm

November 25th - NO SESSION

Monday, December 2nd at 6:30 pm

Monday, December 6th at 6:30 pm

Monday, December 18th at 6:30 pm