Beginner/Intermediate Epee Class

2009-2010 Dates shown are for Tuesday, Thursday

Week	Session 1	Session 2	Session 3	Session 4	Session 4A
1	Sept 8, 10	Nov 3, 5	Jan 19, 21	Mar 16, 18	May 11, 13
2	Sept 15, 17	Nov 10, 12	Jan 26, 28	Mar 23, 25	May 18, 20
3	Sept 22, 24	Nov 17, 19	Feb 2, 4	Mar 30, Apr 1	May 25, 27
		Nov 24, Free Fence! Thanksgiving!			Y10/Y12 Championships
4	Sept 29, Oct 1	Dec 1, 3	Feb 9, 11	Apr 6, 8	June 1, 3
5	Oct 6, 8	Dec 8, 10	Feb 16, 18	Apr 13, 15	June 8, 10
6	Oct 13, 15	Dec 15, 17	Feb 23, 25	Apr 20, 22	June 15, 17
		Dec 22, Free Fence! Christmas!			Pomme De Terre
		Dec 29, Free Fence! New Year's!			Summer Nationals - Atlanta!
7	Oct 20, 22	Jan 5, 7	Mar 2, 4	Apr 27, 29
8	Oct 27, 29	Jan 12, 14	Mar 9, 11	May 4, 6	corrected 10/21

Times

Time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
4:30-6:00PM		8-11 yr olds		8-11 yr olds
6:00-7:30PM		12-16 yr olds thru Adult		12-16 yr olds thru Adult
7:30-9:00PM		Open Fencing		Open Fencing
9:00-xxx		TBD		TBD

Y10/Y12
Fencing for Youth ages 8 to 12.
Fence one day per week ($225 per session) or both days ($325 per session).

Y12/Y14/U16
Fencing for Youth ages 12 to 16.
Fence one day per week ($225 per session) or both days ($325 per session).

U19/Adult
Fencing for Adults and Youth older than 16.
Fence one day per week ($225 per session) or both days ($325 per session).

Required Forms and where to send them located here.

Cross Roads Membership: $50/season. membership is required for all classes.
$50/year for an individual, $25/year for each additional family member, $100 max. per family per year.
Membership includes Free T-Shirt, strip coaching at selected local events (such RYCs, SYCs, Qualifiers, Division Championships, Pomme De Terre), loan of club equipment if needed. Paid to Cross Roads Fencing Center.

USFA Membership is required for all classes except Introduction to Fencing.
Sign up directly with USFA, list Cross Roads Fencing Center as Competition Club. $60/1 yr, $140/3 yr, family memberships also available. Membership includes laminated membership card, quarterly
American Fencing magazine, fencing stickers, equipment discount coupons, online tracking of ratings.

Classes meet at the Marlborough Recreation Department Jericho Hill building located near the west end of Brigham St: Jericho Hill
Students will meet the coaches and their classmates and begin training.
At this time, we are holding all classes at the Jericho Hill Lodge; classes will move to the gym at the Hildreth School on Sawin St in Marlboro at some point in the future: Hildreth School.

The 90 minute Classes will follow this format:
Some running or a few minutes of games with running to get everyone warmed up, followed by stretching.
Fencing Footwork, with new movements and complexity introduced over time. This also starts conditioning. Games will also be used here to start teaching fencing patience & strategy.
Drills with the epee. Students are shown how to hold the epee, how to attack, how to parry. Students will learn and practice offensive and defensive moves with a coach, with new movements and complexity added as time goes on.
Once students have some proficiency with the epee, they will start some bouting with a partner of similar size under the supervision of the coach.
As skills are developed, the students will be shown new moves, drill them with a coach, drill them with a partner, and practice using them in bouts.
In-class tournaments will be held to introduce fencing rules, tournament procedures, etc, and eventually students will be encouraged to travel to other New England division clubs for tournaments against other students. Tournament Info

USFA Members receive American Fencing magazine quarterly, coupons for discounts with equipment vendors, and membership in the New England division of the USFA (NEUSFA), one of the largest divisions in the country with 1,450+ members (35% Girls/Women & 55% Boys/Men, across all ages). Sounds like a lot - but the different age groups are not all that big, so competitors all get a chance to know each other at tournaments during the course of the year.

Membership runs August 1 thru July 31. USFA Members also receive a "durable and functional membership card and a key tag attachment that can be placed on a keychain, workout bag, shoelace, or anywhere that works for you! The key tag can serve as proof of membership in the event that you forget or misplace your card" (description from USFA website). Proof of membership is required to compete in USFA/NEUSFA tournaments.