Fencing is great fun, but it has many other rewards as well. Over time fencers become swift and agile, learn to concentrate and think quickly, and develop superb balance and excellent muscular coordination. Fencing is fast moving and physically demanding to a surprising degree. It burns plenty of calories and develops good cardiovascular fitness. Those who become involved in fencing find it so enjoyable that they frequently remain involved throughout their lives, and as they enter their senior years the benefits become readily apparent. Many fencers remain active and can prove to be formidable adversaries well into their 70s.
Dr. Arthur Weinberg (left) at age 66,
and Mr. Kenyon Mac Connell at age 24.
If you think you would like to learn to fence but are not sure,
consider the following questions.
1. Do you like your fun fast and exciting?
2. Do enjoy games that are challenging mentally as well as physically?
3. Are you interested in being physically fit throughout your life?
4. Are you patient enough to stick with a problem until you solve it?
5. Do you derive enjoyment and satisfaction from achieving a difficult goal?
If you can answer "yes" to the above questions, then you may find your decision to take up fencing among some of the best you will have ever made.
How Do I Begin?
If you would like to take up fencing in Marin County, just make an appointment by calling La Spada Nimica at (415) 388-8939, or send an e-mail to 
Beginning Instruction
The first few weeks of fencing instruction are typically the most difficult. In the beginning, everything to which the student is exposed will be entirely foreign: how to stand, how to walk, how to maneuver the weapon. However, each lesson will repeat the material covered in the previous lessons, constantly reinforcing what has been learned before. As time passes the student's skills will increase and soon will enable him or her to engage in thrust and parry with speed, precision and grace.