Fencing Lessons are alot o money!

[Pelle]

hey everyone, im just starting to take fencing and i never realized how much lessons cost, over $300 (canadian) ouch thats a dent in the old wallet, ofcourse my parents are covering it lol

[cornflower]

Welcome to the wonderful (ly expensive) world of Fencing!

Whereabouts in Canada are you from? Me = Canuck fan.

[Mo]

hey everyone, im just starting to take fencing and i never realized how much lessons cost, over $300 (canadian) ouch thats a dent in the old wallet, ofcourse my parents are covering it lol

Just wait!!! Bwaahahahahahahaaaaa
::::laughs evily::::
Fencing is a lot cheaper if you are a beginner, the better you get the more it costs.

[wpotere]

Shockingly fencing in Germany is pretty cheap. Only 17 euros per month...

In the states I used to pay 160 per month for my wife and I.

[Tomas N]

hey everyone, im just starting to take fencing and i never realized how much lessons cost, over $300 (canadian) ouch thats a dent in the old wallet, ofcourse my parents are covering it lol

$300 for how long? The year? That's not a bad deal at all if your getting decent coaching. Anyone know where the most expensive lessons are? Just curious.

Tomas

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[Pelle]

cornflower im from edmonton, the home of the wonderfull EDMONTON OILERS!! but the cannuck's are good aswell, and its costing somthing like $350 for 10 weeks twice a week, with basic equipment, which isn't mine,

[scrapinpeg]

$350 for 10 weeks? $35 a week isn't bad. Especially in Canadian dollars.

I pay $30 for a private lesson with a highly-respected coach in NYC one day a week, and $30 for a longer group lesson on another day. So that's $60 a week, and I think that is a bargain.

[Pelle]

i suppose you right, and the lessons are 1.5 hours each, how long are yours?? i guess i was just compairing it to music lessons (guitar) much cheaper, my coach will be Jujie Luan..heard of her???

[kalivor]

i suppose you right, and the lessons are 1.5 hours each, how long are yours?? i guess i was just compairing it to music lessons (guitar) much cheaper, my coach will be Jujie Luan..heard of her???

Jujie is excellent. That's $350 well-spent.

[cornflower]

i suppose you right, and the lessons are 1.5 hours each, how long are yours?? i guess i was just compairing it to music lessons (guitar) much cheaper, my coach will be Jujie Luan..heard of her???

I've heard of her... apparently she came by a Burnaby fencing club (the Musketeers)

[jBirch]

i suppose you right, and the lessons are 1.5 hours each, how long are yours?? i guess i was just compairing it to music lessons (guitar) much cheaper, my coach will be Jujie Luan..heard of her???

Jujie is great. Not only is she sweet and extremely knowledgable, but humourous too. *grin* You'll have a blast, I'm sure. She's produced some of the top fencers in Canada consistently over the past bunch of years and you're getting pretty much top quality for your dollar (and then some!). Her and Leslie Palmai in Calgary are pretty much the soul of fencing in Alberta (though there are a lot of up and comers that giving them a run for their money) and have done a ton for fencing around these here parts. That's like $350 for 10 guitar lessons with Jimmi Hendrix. Worth the money now?

I fence down in Red Deer and it's $250/season for u17 1 x week 1 hr a group lesson. 'Course none of our coaching staff are Olympic Gold Medalists so you get what you pay for.

Welcome to fencing and I hope that you have fun at EFC!

[MyraTrue]

I have to agree- thats a great price, especially judging by who your coach is.

Here we're paying $20 a lesson, and I'm willing to pay that! Lessons make a huge difference, though it may not feel like it at the time. I realize looking back on the lessons I took, they were worth every cent I spent on them. I wish I could take more. My fencing sure could use it!

[S. Hunter]

hey everyone, im just starting to take fencing and i never realized how much lessons cost, over $300 (canadian) ouch thats a dent in the old wallet, ofcourse my parents are covering it lol

My lessons are free (Well, minus the miniscule YMCA charge, almost nothing if you are a member). But then again, my coach isn't some amazing olympic fencer, or some super duper maker of champions, but I trust him and think he knows what is best, and wouldn't trade him for any other one. Of course, he also places a lot of emphasis on bouting over getting long drawn out lessons, lessons are typically between 15 and 20 minutes, but I learn better that way.

[BrianH]

I think that's quite reasonable, especially considering:

a. The quality of instruction
b. The inclusion of basic equipment
c. Your parents are paying for it.

Work hard and justify their investment. And your coach's time.

BrianH

[raymac]

heh, lucky your parents are paying... i work at wendys when im not at school, no days off for me.
Jbirch, you hold Leslie in quite high regards eh? i could tell by the numerous little things he caught pretty much at first sight that he knew his stuff, but the way you talk about him makes him see like a legend or something. by the way, though im paying $300 for sept-dec 2 hours a week, your comments and my recently discovered love of the sport quell most of the sting. thanks!

[jBirch]

heh, lucky your parents are paying... i work at wendys when im not at school, no days off for me.
Jbirch, you hold Leslie in quite high regards eh? i could tell by the numerous little things he caught pretty much at first sight that he knew his stuff, but the way you talk about him makes him see like a legend or something. by the way, though im paying $300 for sept-dec 2 hours a week, your comments and my recently discovered love of the sport quell most of the sting. thanks!

I personally think the world of Leslie as a coach and a coach of coaches. I took my level 1 and level 2 coaching courses from him and was astounded at three things: his level of technical competance (all the little things he does as a coach that make you do the right thing as a student), his passion for the sport (get him to tell you stories) and his humour, attitude and gentility. I really like him. He always comes up and says hello (and seems to mean it), he always has a kind word (usually with some humour in it) for my wife (who doesn't fence at all) and is just a really nice person to be around. I can ask him a technical question that requires an opinion (What do you think of the flick? When should you teach it? Why should you yell at a ref? Why should you yell when you score a point?), and disagree with his answer without feeling put down or incompetent. In short, he is exactly what I want in a coach and aspire to be as a coach. So yes, I do think the world of him.

As a legend, I'm not so sure of others opinion, but he is the first coach of Olympians that I have met and taken lessons from. He is the only coach certified to certify other coaches and really seems to work to increase fencing in Alberta. Jujie is the only Olympic Gold Medalist I have met in any sport and the only 40 year old (though she looks 23) I know who is in training to make the next Olympic team. She brings amazing coaches from China and Asia to increase the knowledge of Alberta fencers. She does the advertising thing to increase the exposure and works with fencers and coaches in Alberta personally to raise the bar on fencing competitions in Alberta. In short, the two of them work real hard to make fencing better round here and I think that they are marvelous for doing that.

*grin*

So yeah, you're right: I do hold them in high regard.

Take it easy.

[nahouw]

i suppose you right, and the lessons are 1.5 hours each, how long are yours?? i guess i was just compairing it to music lessons (guitar) much cheaper, my coach will be Jujie Luan..heard of her???

1984 Olympic Gold Medalist in Women's Foil