PE020 - Fencing

Instructor: Cedric Anen

Welcome to the homepage of the Caltech Fencing class for beginners. The class is being taught from 7-8pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Brown gym, and is open to anyone in the Caltech community. Below you will find updates about the class as well as notes and handouts. If you have any questions or comments, please e-mail me at cedric@caltech.edu.

Class Syllabus

Lesson 01 (03-27-07): Introduction and Basic Footwork

Lesson 02 (03-29-07): Holding the Foil

Lesson 03 (04-03-07): Handing out the equipment

Lesson 04 (04-05-07): Parry 4 & 6, Riposte

Lesson 05 (04-10-07): Review of Previous Lessons

Lesson 06 (04-12-07): Beat-Attack and Disengage

Lesson 07 (04-17-07): The Bout and Right-of-Way, Part 1

Lesson 08 (04-19-07): The Bout and Right-of-Way, Part 2

Lesson 09 (04-24-07): Parry 7 & 8, Riposte

Lesson 10 (04-26-07): Attacks with and without the Blade

Lesson 11 (05-01-07): Circle Parries (4 and 6)

Lesson 12 (05-03-07): Review of Previous Lessons

Lesson 13 (05-08-07): Bouting

Lesson 14 (05-10-07): Bouting

Lesson 15 (05-15-07): TBD

Lesson 16 (05-17-07): TBD

Lesson 17 (05-22-07): TBD

Lesson 18 (05-24-07): Special topics

Lesson 19 (05-29-07): Bouting

Lesson 20 (05-31-07): Bouting