Recreational fencers take lessons, based on availability. Lessons are provided Tuesday through Saturday.

A private lesson comes in many forms:
1) footwork,
2) directed drills with two or more students
3) the traditional lesson with bladework.

The coaches’ schedules are quite busy, so please sign up for your lesson time in advance and cancel with 24 hours notice.

Fitness Classes
Fencers are eligible to take fitness classes when officially enrolled into the program, e.g. taking minimum one lesson per week and are members of the club.

Saturday Fitness Class is open to both competitive and recreational fencers. The class takes place on Saturdays, 2 - 3 PM.

Competitors Fitness Class is open to competitive fencers only. The class takes place on Wednesdays 8 - 9 PM.

Equipment
New students can use club equipment until they decide if this is the sport for them. Once a fencer decides to practice regularly, he or she should invest in some quality equipment.

You don’t have to buy it all at once.

Start with a good foil. This is absolutely necessary when you start fencing “electric” (using a scoring vest and the attached wires that help keep score of your fencing bouts). Most fencers then invest in a mask and a glove. Over time, fencers can outfit themselves with a complete array of good equipment.

Where do you buy it? We recommend Absolute Fencing Gear (www.absolutefencinggear.com) fencing equipment. They are on the internet, but it is easier to have Walid Mahran, head coach of ACN, order it for you. If you like to shop around, feel free to surf the web-you’ll find dozens of equipment vendors running mail-order businesses.

Concourse
TBA

Galloway School
TBA

Woodward Academy
Classes for the Junior High and Elementary run for one hour once a week for ten weeks.
Eligibility: Fencers must be enrolled in Woodward Academy to take the fencing class with Walid Mahran.

Pace Academy
Classes for the Junior High and Elementary run for one hour once a week for ten weeks.
Eligibility: Fencers must be enrolled in Pace Academy to take the fencing class with Walid Mahran.

Atlanta Girl's School
TBA

Barney Medintz
Every Tuesday during the month of June and July, campers at Barney Medintz, a camp for Jewish children located just north of Atlanta in the Appalachian and Blue Ridge mountains, learn the sport of fencing. Students learn stretches, footwork, basic bladework, fencing etiquette and bouting.