BLUES FENCING CLUB

Situated on the slopes of Cape Town’s Table Mountain, Blues Fencing Club is one of the leading fencing clubs in Southern Africa. The club is home to members of the national team, nationally competitive fencers, social fencers and new entrants to the sport. Blues has also become the “go to” club for visiting international fencers.

The club concentrates on epee with is the primary weapon fenced in South Africa and the one we are most competitive internationally. Blues does have a specialist foil group for those wishing to train foil.

Blues offers general bouting, group training and individual or small group lessons, allowing for personal attention by the fencing coaches.

The club’s junior groups train 4pm - 6pm on Monday, Wednesdays and 9am - 11am on Saturdays. The adult training sessions are 5pm - 8pm Monday to Thursday. After junior training on Saturday morning there is a closed training session for the high performance squad.

Patrick Collings

is the Blues head coach and oversees the club’s epee high performance programme. His students have represented South Africa on numerous occasions and medalled in international competitions. Patrick is a British trained epee coach and is one of only two fencing coaches to have been awarded senior coach status in South Africa. He is also the head coach of UCT Fencing, SA’s leading university fencing club.

Athi Vuntu

is the assistant coach at the Blues Epee High Performance programme. He also is the fencing coach at Bishops, one of South Africa’s leading high school fencing clubs which has produced many junior nation team members. Athi remains an active fencer and is a member of the national squad. He has competed in African and Commonwealth championships.

Alex Collings

coaches the junior foilists at Blues and is a former member of the South African national team. He has competed as a foilist in African, Commonwealth and world championships as well as the African Games. Alex has won bronze and silver medals at the African Championships and Commonwealth Fencing Championships. Alex’s student have represented South Africa in international competitions.

DROP-IN	Pay just for the bouting session that you attend. Bring your own personnel equipment and come bout with other fencers.	R125 per session
JUNIOR MEMBERSHIP	For U18 fencers. Access to three group training / bouting sessions a week and one individual lesson a week with one of the Blues coaches	R650 per month
BASIC ADULT MEMBERSHIP	Come bouting whenever Blues is open and join the group training session. Members have access to club masks, jackets and epees (depending on availability).	R450 per month
INDIVIDUAL LESSON + MEMBERSHIP	Basic adult membership plus one individual lesson a week with one of the Blues coaches. A comprehensive lesson plan is designed for each fencer, whether they are a beginner or member of the national tram.	R950 per month
LESSON ONLY	Perhaps you need to refine a technique and refresh some old skills, Blues provides once-off individual,lessons with with our senior coaches.	R300 per lesson
COMMERCIAL	Blues is the go-to fencing club for photo and television shoots. We provide everything from fencers to equipment to venues to fencing choreography.	Price on request

EQUIPMENT

Blues has a relationship with a number of international equipment manufacturers and suppliers to provide everything from entry-level to Olympic-level. Suppliers include Tecrima, Negrini, Escrime Diffusion and Allstar. Blues also sources equipment from Leon Paul. A Cape Town-based agent keeps a supply of the most popular fencing blades, including BF, Vinti and Leon Paul.

We recommend starting by buying a complete weapon, glove, and plastron (a protective vest worn under the jacket) which are the most personal items of your fencing kit. If you want to spend a little more, we recommend your own mask.

Start with those items and add the clothing as you need it. In the interim our adult members can use Blues jackets and masks free of charge.

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