Sabre & Foil Fencing Club · Boston, MA
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Boston, Massachusetts

Find your line.

Sabre & Foil is a fencing club in Boston. We teach classes, sell the equipment, coach private lessons and take fencers to competitions and summer camps.

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  1. 01ClassesFootwork, blade work, bouting
  2. 02EquipmentMasks, jackets, blades, bags
  3. 03MembershipClasses, lessons and camps
  4. 04CompetitionsBouts through the season

01 — Classes

The first line you learn is the one you walk.

Everything in fencing is built on the floor: the distance you can hold and the distance you can take away. Classes start with footwork, add the blade, and reach the bout when you are ready for it.

  1. 01

    Footwork

    Stance, advance, retreat, lunge — the straight line under everything else you will learn.

  2. 02

    Blade work

    Parry, riposte and the point in front of you, in the club's two weapons: sabre and foil.

  3. 03

    Bouting

    Fence for real on the piste, with touches called and scored the way they are in a match.

  4. 04

    Private lessons

    One-to-one time with a coach on your distance, your timing and your blade work.

Fencers drilling footwork along a dark salle floor
Fig. 01 Evening class, footwork down the piste.

02 — Equipment

Kit that carries you down the piste.

Fencing mask, glove, jacket and blades laid out on a dark bench
Fig. 02 Laid out before a session.

The club sells equipment: masks, jackets, gloves, blades and bags. Gear should fit the way you fence, so we size it on the floor before it goes into your bag.

  • 01WeaponsSabre · Foil
  • 02MasksSized on site
  • 03Jackets & breechesFitted to you
  • 04GlovesBoth hands
  • 05BladesSabre · Foil
  • 06Bags & casesFor travel
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03 — Membership

Hold the line all season.

Membership keeps the training going: club classes, private lessons, competitions and summer camps, all through Sabre & Foil in Boston. Tell us what you are training for and we will point you to the right one.

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  • 01

    Club classes

    Group sessions from first footwork to bouting on the piste.

  • 02

    Private lessons

    One-to-one coaching on your distance, timing and blade work.

  • 03

    Competitions

    Fence for the club when you are ready to step on the strip.

  • 04

    Summer camps

    Time on the piste through the summer, for new and returning fencers.

04 — Competitions & camps

Where the training gets tested.

Two fencers mid-bout on an electric piste

Competitions

Fence the bout, not the drill.

Competitions are where the footwork gets tested. Fencers from the club enter events through the season in sabre and foil, and training turns toward the next one.

Young fencers practising footwork drills in a gym hall

Summer camps

Summer on the piste.

Camps put the whole club into one stretch: footwork, blade work and bouting, with plenty of time on the piste for new and returning fencers.

Boston, Massachusetts

Find your line. Then learn to hold it.

Tell us what you are training for — a first class, a season of lessons, or gear that fits — and the club will point you to the right next step.

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Fencers with masks off talking with a coach beside the piste after a session
Fig. 03 After the last bout of the evening.