WHAT WE DO

Loughton Fencing Club meets every Wednesday evening between 7.30 pm and 9.00 pm at the sports hall at Debden Park High School Willingale Road, Loughton, Essex.

We warm up by using traditional sword fencing and we practise footwork exercises, the latter being necessary to control attacks and defences during a bout.

We then practise sword fencing using all three weapons, foil, epee and sabre, though the juniors tend to concentrate on foil. The juniors are at liberty to practise epee and sabre, but these weapons are heavier than foil.

Coaching is offered by a professional coach, to groups, pairs and individuals.

Internal competitions are held from time to time.

The members of Loughton Fencing Club.

The youngest sword fencer is aged 7, the eldest is a sprightly 75. There are fathers and sons, fathers and daughters, mothers and sons, mothers and daughters, cousins, friends, single people, married people, men and women, boys and girls, various races, various religions, as all barriers are crossed, so there are no barriers to sword fencing with us. We welcome all comers.

There is a great deal of free play, which means that sword fencers can roam the hall and challenge any fencer (not otherwise engaged) to a bout. Most sword fencers relish free play as an opportunity to develop individual style, which is the aim of all sword fencers.

 No two nights are the same.

The best way to understand what we do is to "suck it and see". In other words, come along and experience sword fencing for yourself.